Brewers 5, Giants 1

by tristarscoop on Jun 26, 2009 9:40 PM CDT in Game Threads Comment 31 comments

W: Yovani Gallardo (8-4)
L: Matt Cain (9-2)

HR: Pablo Sandoval (9), J.J. Hardy (7)

MVP: Yovani Gallardo (.249)
LVP: Prince Fielder (-.045)

The game got off on a sour note when Pablo Sandoval hit a solo shot in the top of the first, but the Brewers quickly responded. Craig Counsell had a lead-off triple and scored on Ryan Braun’s double. Braun was then driven in by Casey McGehee’s double, making it 2-1.

The Giants singled in the second, but from there, Gallardo went on auto-pitch, retiring 16 in a row, six via the strikeout, before giving up a ground rule double (on fan interference) and a walk in the seventh inning.

In the meantime, the Brewers kept adding to their lead.

J.J. Hardy got his 500th career hit on a home run to deep center in the third. (Video here.)

In the fifth, Gallardo and Counsell walked to lead off the inning. Hardy laid down a beautiful bunt to advance the runners and beat out the throw at first to load the bases with no outs. Braun then singled to left to score Gallardo, leaving the bases still loaded. Prince Fielder hit a sacrifice fly to shallow left and third base coach Brad Fisher sent Counsell home where he made a beautiful slide, beating the throw with his toe and scoring another run. The inning ended on a double play, but the Crew had pushed the lead to 5-1.

Gallardo left the game after 7 2/3 with 118 pitches and nine strikeouts.

Todd Coffey sprinted on in relief with runners on first and second and got Bengie Molina to fly out on two pitches to end the inning. Carlos Villanueva then came in to close out the game in the ninth inning, retiring the side in order.

Edit: Also, the Cards lost, so we're tied for first again!

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Stress free games – FTW

by Flag Up on Jun 26, 2009 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Battlekow said YoGa had to pitch like an ace to beat Cain tonight.

And he did just that. Great game YoGa.

by Legend54321 on Jun 26, 2009 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Cards lose!

to double my fun for the night!

"I think this decision could go either way," Baseball Tonight legal analyst John Kruk said.

by ZTK Always on Vacation on Jun 26, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wheeee

It was a great selection of awesome.

by battlekow on Jun 26, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tied for 1st.

by Flag Up on Jun 26, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey this story was in a serif type - looked like Palatino

I click away and click back and its sans-serif

by ol Pete on Jun 26, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm a sabermagician, remember?

It was a great selection of awesome.

by battlekow on Jun 26, 2009 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I broke SB Nation

by tristarscoop on Jun 26, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

its trumping my seer powers

by ol Pete on Jun 26, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty sure it always did that, Pete

It was a great selection of awesome.

by battlekow on Jun 26, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

[insert one of those brain twisty Asian quotes here]

by ol Pete on Jun 26, 2009 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice to be back in the National League

Now excuse me while I go teach young Mr. Jeffress how to shoot up heroin. I figure the boy might as well start riding the horse since he will not be playing baseball all that much longer. Do they let druggies play in the North Woods league?

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

by WSB Chris on Jun 26, 2009 10:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How in the wide wide world of sports are we in first place??

It sure doesn’t seem like we should even be close

C&C Machine (OU) | WTLC (OKC)

by dishingoutdimes on Jun 26, 2009 10:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yes

the National League is not good. The Phils have been playing like garbage and are winning the East and the Dodgers have their best player suspended for a third of the season and are winning the West.

"He had some firsts," said Brewers manager Ken Macha. "His first homer, his first Major League start, his first error and my first gray hair."

by molitorfan on Jun 27, 2009 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

500 eh?

by levnclf on Jun 26, 2009 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

No video of Counsell's slide yet

But there is this:

You can see from the fact that Molina has the ball already and how far Counsell is from the plate that it was going to take a nice slide to score.

It was a great selection of awesome.

by battlekow on Jun 26, 2009 10:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Whoops

It was a great selection of awesome.

by battlekow on Jun 26, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was a gritty veteran slide wasn't it

I bet Molina was glad it was not Prince coming with his history of smashing Giant catchers 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

by WSB Chris on Jun 26, 2009 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lookin around the Giants sites

the one player that seems to get the regular negative reaction is CC. One guy called him a poor man’s David Eckstein. Eckstein might be a poor man’s CC.

by ol Pete on Jun 26, 2009 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a joke

Eckstein is stretched at SS and only plays 2B now.

It was a great selection of awesome.

by battlekow on Jun 26, 2009 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think I'm the only person in the world not to find Counsell annoying

I’m weird anyway.

by morineko on Jun 27, 2009 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can't explain why

but the way that he complains to umpires amuses me – mostly the facial expression.

by ol Pete on Jun 27, 2009 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

At what point do you give Third Base to McGehee full time

Or do we need him to keep platooning at 2nd with Counsell?

My thought long term was give 3rd to McGehee move Hart to Center and move Gamel to RF(next Season)

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

by WSB Chris on Jun 26, 2009 10:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

When Gamel hitches a ride with Nick Adenhart?

No.

It was a great selection of awesome.

by battlekow on Jun 26, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Never?

I hate to be Mr. Statistical Regression, but there’s a reason that McGehee’s rest of season ZiPS projection is .261/.310/.390. He’s hit great so far and we should bump up our expectation accordingly, but he’s never even been an .800 OPS player in the minors. I’m cool with a platoon or 50% of the time at second for now. I’d like Gamel playing everyday with Hall being the defensive replacement.

I last May, still no more than Nick Neugebauer not.

by Jordan M on Jun 27, 2009 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh, noez, Witrado's at it again

Take a look before someone at the JS catches it. Giants at Twins, indeed.

by morineko on Jun 27, 2009 12:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That's just sad

At least the J-S is happy with him.

"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!"

by roguejim on Jun 27, 2009 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was at yesterday's game

It was pretty nice: good weather, and Gallardo dispatched with the G-men pretty efficiently.

Oh, and Coffey is surprisingly fast, as is the Polish Sausage.

"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!"

by roguejim on Jun 27, 2009 8:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

if you don't mind

I am going to take that last line for a spin around the block.

Coffey is surprisingly fast, as is the Polish Sausage

by molitorfan on Jun 27, 2009 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

Craig Counsell’s walk-up-to-the-plate music is Jimi Hendrix’s cover of All Along the Watchtower.

Craig Counsell is a warrior poet.

"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!"

by roguejim on Jun 27, 2009 8:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs