Brewers 1, Pirates 0
by Kyle Lobner on Apr 29, 2009 3:03 PM CDT
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PrintW: Yovani Gallardo (3-1)
L: Ian Snell (1-3)
S: Carlos Villanueva (2)
HR: Yovani Gallardo (2)
MVP: Yovani Gallardo (+.738)
LVP: Jason Kendall (-.121)
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Wow. Just wow.
I didn't see Juan Nieves' no-hitter, but it's hard for me to imagine a more incredible pitching performance than Yovani Gallardo displayed today.
Gallardo retired the first 14 batters he faced before allowing a double to Adam LaRoche in the fifth, then didn't allow another hit until the eighth inning. All told, he pitched eight scoreless innings, struck out eleven, allowed two hits and walked one. Also, with a scoreless tie in the seventh inning, he hit his second home run of the season, the Brewers only run in the game. With Trevor Hoffman unavailable, Carlos Villanueva pitched a perfect ninth to record his second save.
Ian Snell also had a pretty incredible performance for the Pirates in a losing effort. In an effort to avoid using a bullpen that has been torched in the series, the Pirates allowed Snell to throw 131 pitches, and he allowed just one run on five hits and four walks in seven innings, striking out five.
Prince Fielder was the only Brewer with multiple hits in the game, going 2-for-3 with a double. Ryan Braun went 0-for-4 and was struck out three times by Snell.
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One of the best performances you'll ever see.
Except the game wasn’t televised……..
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That it wasn’t televised really upset me.
by Saberilliterate on Apr 29, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions
the yearly fee
Paid for itself today
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
Me as well
Would’ve been nice to watch on basic cable… le sigh
"If lovin’ Braun is wrong, I want to be a repeat offender!"
RIP Nick Adenhart: Stop Drunk Driving
If I had a dime for every time I've heard that...
"If lovin’ Braun is wrong, I want to be a repeat offender!"
RIP Nick Adenhart: Stop Drunk Driving
hehe - yeah
It’s an hour each way – just couldn’t miss that much work time…at least I got to watch it on the pc…
Still pro-Cameron
There is absolutely no reason that in todays day of 7865 cable channels, that every game isn’t available on tv.
by Saberilliterate on Apr 29, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
So glad I went
By far the most incredible individual performance I’ve seen in person
It is what it is.
if the Cubs keep it up
we’ll be in 2nd place at the end of today
YOGA
YO has the most HR’s for a pitcher in franchise history. He’s given up two runs in his last 22 innings. BEAST!
"You combine the fact that they're good at everything and we're good at nothing, it's not going to be a very pretty outcome." -Ryan Braun
Did he finally pass Brooks Kieschnick?
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brooks only had 3?
I thought he was the stuff of legend…
by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 29, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
21 walks drawn in a three-game series...
That’s obviously the high for this young season.
I wonder what it was last year.
Got the HR highlight up on Facebook.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
by battlekow on Apr 29, 2009 4:08 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
To the second deck no less. What a shot.
Bernie Brewer should be aware that YoGa can hit one out… he took a while to get to the slide.
by Saberilliterate on Apr 29, 2009 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
is the studio in a basement?
seriously, that guy sounded like he was 14.
by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 29, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Would there ever be a possibility
of using Gallardo as a pinch hitter? While I like Brad Nelson, seeing him flail away against lefties because we don’t have any right handed hitters on the bench is getting old. When we’re just talking about a pinch hitter for the pitcher, couldn’t we use Gallardo 4 out of 5 days? Today is the second time that I can recall that he provided all his own offense, so why not?
Good question
They did it with CC once if I remember right, and the Cubs once used Zambrano to bat. I wonder if the reason why they usually don’t do this is to protect the pitchers from getting hurt (and if Gallardo got hurt, our season really would be destroyed this time), or if a good hitting pitcher is just that rare, since I wouldn’t imagine they spend much time in the cages. If Gallardo gets a hit in his next few games I would pinch hit the guy in a heartbeat.
The time with CC was to get him one last ovation at Miller Park at the end of last year, if I remember right. Not really a strategic decision.
by Cheeseandcorn on Apr 29, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
If I remember correctly he came in to pitch hit for Suppan in the 3rd inning of game 4 in the NLDS when it was clear Suppan was done and it was too early to use a position player in that situation.
I know pitchers are often used to pitch hit during bunting situations late in games, especially if there is a starter who is more skilled at putting down a bunt than the reliever in the game.
Saaaaay...Suppan as PH gets me thinking...
What if you WANTED your pitcher to get hurt…
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
We could bring him in every Pirates game to hit someone until he gets suspended
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
Probably wouldn't hurt very much, though.
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
Micah Owings is also used in this role a lot.
Realistically, I guess it’s possible a guy could pull a hamstring running the bases or get hit by a pitch, but I don’t think the possibility for getting injured while hitting is so huge that pitchers should be prohibited from doing it.
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
In the AL, perhaps (chien-mien wang)
but NL pitchers are used to getting three or four AB’s every five days, so what’s the harm in giving them one on an off day.
I have seen Zambrano do it a few times. And Tony LaRusso will send his up on occasion too.
But like others have said, if YoGa pulls a hammy rounding first, Macha will have to leave town quickly
by Saberilliterate on Apr 29, 2009 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
99% sure
that he was used as a pinch hitter a few times in the minors. i can’t seem to find any proof, though
by Capt Science on Apr 29, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
certainly in 2007
minorleaguesplits.com shows he was 0-1 as a PH in the minors in 2007. i really thought he did it a couple more times than that.
but i doubt they’d use him that way in the majors, unless they’re out of alternatives. if memory serves, the brewers even used jamie easterly as a pinch-hitter in an extra inning game in ’83.
by Capt Science on Apr 29, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
wow...
guess i’ll have to listen to this game on the audio archive.
by Oakland Brewer Fan on Apr 29, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions
Day just keeps getting better
Marmol just walked in the 5th AZ run bases still loaded Cubs down 5-0
Let me spell it for you Cub fans O N E H U N D R E D A N D O N E Y E A R S
Marmol walkes in another run 6-0 Snakes
Hello Second Place
Let me spell it for you Cub fans O N E H U N D R E D A N D O N E Y E A R S
thing of beauty isn't it
Someone give Santo his pills he is going to need them lol today
Let me spell it for you Cub fans O N E H U N D R E D A N D O N E Y E A R S
LOL I like that
And the kick is up and it is good ND now trails USC by only 45 points lol
Let me spell it for you Cub fans O N E H U N D R E D A N D O N E Y E A R S
CC started off last season cruddily as well though
wasn’t he like 0-5?
don’t count on the end-of-season numbers being like that. But maybe the yanks will have dropped his trade value by then to the point that we can afford him again. $$$$
by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 29, 2009 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
He had a rough first four starts, including 9 ER allowed consecutively in the third and fourth. Those four starts aside, he threw 235 innings with a 1.88 ERA. Sick.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
0.577 WPA, hot damn.
I think that’s the highest this year. I checked his f/x, and he was still bringing the heat in the 7th. Hot freakin’ damn
And that's only the pitching
He had .738 WPA overall.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
I was at the game today.
It was senior skip day at my high school, so I was there with about 60 of my classmates—two sections away from where Gallardo launched his homerun. Most of my friends were bored because it wasn’t a offense-fest. I enjoyed myself. :)
:) + Suppan = :'(
There was a Kimberly-sponsored bus trip there today...
for seniors.
I found out about this one when I got in my car at 3:10. It took me a while to comprehend this game.
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
Amazing
He doesn’t look like a pitcher the way he swings even. Looked like a Braun home run swing on that one.
"Actually we're wonderful multitaskers... We can pick apart our team misfortunes at losing the first two series of the season AND make fun of the Cubs." - roguejim on BCB commentators
Sounds like an awesome game
the Brewers pitchers sure like to save their best stuff for when we are at work or school.
Behold the power of the Rally Julio
Don't worry A. Laroche says you didn't miss much
Adam LaRoche, the Pittsburgh first baseman and Andy’s older brother, wasn’t impressed by Gallardo.
“Go talk to the home-plate umpire,” LaRoche said, referring to Marty Foster. “He seemed to like him. See what he has to say about it. Old Marty back there, he was on his game today.”
Could his -.142 have anything to do with this?
Shrug
Most teams can score at least one run no matter how awful the home plate umpire is. The fact the Pirates didn’t shows how impressive Gallardo was today.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
Yeah.
Laroches 0-4 with two strikeouts really showed how unimpressive Gallardo actually was.
Said Adam Laroche, “Well, it’s not like we were really trying. Don’t tell him, but the entire team took it upon ourselves to make my brother [third basemen Andy Laroche] look better. He’s been having such a shit season, not to mention his career, that we figured we would make him look like the best player on the team today. He would have had the only hit, too, if it weren’t for that dick of a back-up catcher, [Robinson] Diaz. Thanks to that, we’ll probably have to stay in perpetual suckiness. But yeah, if we weren’t trying to make Andy look good, we could have scored, like, six zillion runs today.”
:) + Suppan = :'(
by Noah Jarosh on Apr 29, 2009 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The strike zone was terrible on lefty's for both pitchers.
From brooksbaseball.com
I couldn’t reach some of those pitches.
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balls called in the strike zone
were harsh against pit.
by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 30, 2009 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Cool
From McCalvy:
Gallardo (3-1) became the first pitcher to homer in a 1-0 win since Odalis Perez did it for the Dodgers vs. the D-backs on Aug. 28. 2002box score of Perez’s game
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
The win, loss, and save are all amusing
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
ha
I clicked on the link but I didn’t expect to actually laugh out loud.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 30, 2009 7:02 AM CDT up reply actions
If he had pitched a scoreless ninth
He would’ve been the first pitcher to homer in a 1-0 win since Bob Welch in 1983.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
Yep
Mike Emeigh at BTF has the whole list:
Welch, LAD vs CIN, June 17, 1983 (off Mario Soto, 6th inn)
Juan Pizarro, CHC at NYM, September 16, 1971 (off Tom Seaver, 8th inn)
Jim Bunning, PHI at NYM, May 5, 1965 (off Warren Spahn, 6th inn)
Early Wynn, CHW vs BOS, May 1, 1959 (off Tom Brewer, 8th inn)The only reliever to do it was Cincinnati’s Johnny Klippstein, who homered off Houston’s Don McMahon in the 13th inning of a game at Colt Stadium on August 8, 1962. In addition to Perez and Gallardo, Baltimore’s Milt Pappas won a 1-0 game with a home run at Memorial Stadium against the Yankees on April 18, 1962. Pappas’s HR came off Bill Stafford in the 5th; Hoyt Wilhelm pitched the last three innings of that game.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
If I calculated right....
His game score was 88. 2nd best this year.
Aaron Harang had a score of 90 a few weeks ago when he went 9 innings and gave up 3 hits with 0 walks and 9 K’s
ok....last comment....need an edit feature.
Harang threw his masterpiece against…..the Pirates!
And his pitching counterpart was…..Ian Snell!
yeah
and both pale in comparison to the greatness of EVAN ANUNDSEN!
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 30, 2009 7:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Ha
that did spur me to check Anundsen’s numbers. Current MLE FIP: 3.84. Heh.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 30, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
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27 | 20 | .574 | 0 | Won 2 |
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26 | 22 | .541 | 1.5 | Won 1 |
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