Brewers 5, Reds 2
by Kyle Lobner on May 31, 2009 4:10 PM CDT
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PrintW: Yovani Gallardo (5-2)
L: Micah Owings (3-6)
S: Trevor Hoffman (13)
HR: Brandon Phillips (9), Mike Hammerin (11)
MVP: Mike Cameron (+.185)
LVP: Prince Fielder (-.052)
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I didn't see this game thanks to my sister's high school graduation. Apparently the Brewers scored, then scored again, gave up a run, scored some more, gave up a home run later and then Hells Bells'd their way to victory. The usual. -- TheJay
Gallardo started out by striking out the ballpark in the first part of the game, racking up 8 Ks in the first three innings. The Brewers got 2 in the first on a sustained rally involving Counsell, Hardy, Braun, Cameron, and Gamel, and then Cameron's 2-run homer added to the advantage. Gallardo began to struggle and was taken out with a pitch count closing in on 100 in the sixth inning. Mitch Stetter and Mark DiFelice combined to get the game to Hoffman, who struck out the side in the ninth around his first walk of the year on his bobblehead day. -- Jordan
Practically every one of the Top 40 records being played on every radio station in the United States is a communication to the children to take a trip, to drop out, to groove. The psychedelic jackets on the record albums have their own hidden symbols and messages as well as all the lyrics of all the top rock songs, and they all sing the same refrain: "It's fun to take take a trip, put acid in your veins." -- battlekow
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Hooray for May Sweeps!
except when the Twins are doing the sweeping
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Added stuff next to the pretty picture
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Thanks, Jay
I don't hate Kendall like everybody else, I'm a non-conformist like that.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 31, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, no he di'int!
Despite all that, the Reds’ Brandon Phillips still insisted that Cincinnati was the superior team.
"I feel like we’re a better team than the Brewers," he said. "But today, they executed better than we did. They did the little things. We didn’t do the little things the last two games. That’s why they won the game."
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Tell you what Brandon...
… that we’ll agree to say they’re the better team as long as they promise to let us stomp the shit out of them all season.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 31, 2009 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep
they are the best team in baseball that just got their asses swept
"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
It must really suck to have been swept by the worse team and be 3.5 games behind the worse team. And we even went through their top 3 pitchers doing it too
by Saberilliterate on May 31, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
It does
A lot. And Micah Owings is our fifth starter, not one of our “top 3,” but yes, it still sucks.
by Brendanukkah on May 31, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
keep in mind that means that we were only up half a game on them going into the series
As we were recently tied with the cards heading into 2 series with them.
in other words, they’ve been doing pretty okay so far. even though the cubs are on everyone’s mind, there are a few other players for this division.
yes – they have been doing well. yes they will do well throughout the season. I am not saying that they are the Pirates. But the best team in the NL central they aint
by Saberilliterate on Jun 1, 2009 5:34 AM CDT up reply actions
The little things?
Like what, hit more home runs? commit three more errors? Seriously?
Brewers fan lost in South Carolina.
Cubs down 8-0...
… what a day this has been…
… what a rare mood I’m in…
… why it’s, almost like being…
… all alone in first place on June 1st!
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 31, 2009 8:50 PM CDT reply actions
The first of two
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
The second of two
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
Lookin' good, Billy Ray!
I don't hate Kendall like everybody else, I'm a non-conformist like that.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 31, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Feelin' good, Louis!
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
battlekow
I agree completely with your summary of the game. I was in attendance with my lovely spouse and two children. The gentleman behind me kept insisting that I “smoke it…get high!” Later, an usher suggested that heroin was his wife and his life. I cannot recall the order in which he positioned that short couplet. Keep up the drug-related commentary.
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NL Central Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chicago
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Cincinnati
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Houston
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Milwaukee
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Pittsburgh
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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St. Louis
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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