Brewers 10, Mets 6
W: Braden Looper (6-4)
L: Fernando Nieve (3-1)
S: Trevor Hoffman (18)
HR: J.J. Hardy (8), Casey McGehee (5, GS)
MVP: J.J. Hardy and Casey McGehee (both at .206)
LVP: Prince Fielder (-.094)
Win Expectancy Graph
SB Nation Coverage
Casey McGehee was the story of this game.
While the Brewers had plenty of hits and base runners through the first five innings, they'd only plated three runs.
In the top of the sixth, McGehee booted a routine pop-up, extending the inning. Of course, the next guy at bat hit one off the center field wall, scoring two runs.
However, redemption came quick for Casey, who came up in the bottom of the sixth with the bases loaded and cracked his first career grand slam to the Brewers bullpen.
Then, in the seventh inning, he got a routine grounder (though deep) from Gary Shefffield and failed to get the throw to first in time, once again allowing a run and extending the inning, which is when Ken Macha pulled a double-switch, taking him out and putting in Bill Hall.
J.J. Hardy was three hits to the cycle after his first three plate appearances. He doubled in the first, homered in the third and singled in the first. He had a hit to center in the sixth that got past Fernando Martinez that looked to be his best chance at the triple, but with the slightly injured Counsell on-base in front of him and his own not-so-fast pace, he was held to a double.
Hardy, despite going 0-for in Sunday's game, has been on base 11 times in the past four games.
The Brewers got at it early, putting more hits on the board by the end of the second inning than they did during Sunday's entire game.
It was a great game for the less prolific of Brewers hitters.
Frank Catalanotto, giving Corey Hart a day's rest in right field through six innings, was 2-2 with a HBP, Jason Kendall was 3-4 with a walk, Braden Looper had an RBI, and Bill Hall, who came in for McGehee in the seventh, was 2-2 with two RBI. All-in-all, the Brewers compiled 19 hits, their second-most this season.
Braden Looper up seven hits while walking two and striking out two. The two early runs were unearned, but he was responsible for the seventh inning run that scored on McGehee's throw. He was relieved by Todd Coffey, who notched just 1/3 of an inning.
Mitch Stetter came in and was his normal, spectacular self, stranding two more, making it 36 of 44 inherited runners stranded.
Carlos Villanueva came in in the ninth and made it interesting, giving up three runs and putting runners on first and second, necessitating Hell's Bells. Luckily, The Hoff needed just one pitch to get Brian Schneider to GIDP, ending the game.
Of course, perhaps the bigger story than McGehee is that the Brewers won a nationally televised game in more-than convincing fashion.
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I think, given McGehee's defensive "eccentricities", that we'll give the MVP to Hardy
It was a great selection of awesome.
by battlekow on Jun 29, 2009 9:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and the GS video is still not up
MLBAM’d.
It was a great selection of awesome.
by battlekow on Jun 29, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just callin' em like FanGraphs sees 'em
by tristarscoop on Jun 29, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
good summary
anyone who missed the game will appreciate it.
Coffey is surprisingly fast, as is the Polish Sausage
by molitorfan on Jun 29, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I concur
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by TheJay on Jun 29, 2009 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah very good summary
Some ups and downs, but still a fun time and funner outcome
by pharom on Jun 29, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So he's only at 125 PA and Jordan will no doubt wOBA this, but still
But the regulars by OPS:
Fielder 1.024
Braun .980
McGehee .964
Cameron .804
Counsell .794
Hart .744
Hardy .677
Kendall .598
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by TheJay on Jun 29, 2009 9:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
so, he's higher than counsell then
but is he higher than counsell was at 125 PA?
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 30, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Counsell was around .800 then, too. He doesn’t hit homers enough to drive up his OPS.
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by TheJay on Jun 30, 2009 5:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great news
Check out who’s leading off for the Arizona Brewers (and who’s hitting second).
It was a great selection of awesome.
by battlekow on Jun 29, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was all pumped to see Carlos George atop the order
Oh well. Maybe he’ll make an error to soften the blow.
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by TheJay on Jun 29, 2009 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's actually his first game of the year, too
I was worried he had a serious injury and wouldn’t be able to rack up a gaudy error total this year.
It was a great selection of awesome.
by battlekow on Jun 29, 2009 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BUT LOOK WHOS HITTING EIGHTH BITCH
I last May, still no more than Nick Neugebauer not.
by Jordan M on Jun 29, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mean ninth and this was much funnier before I saw Jay's comment.
I last May, still no more than Nick Neugebauer not.
by Jordan M on Jun 29, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He lived up to the billing
One game, one error. He did have seven chances though, so his fielding percentage (.857) is higher than last year’s at short (.805!).
It was a great selection of awesome.
by battlekow on Jun 29, 2009 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was purusing the Mets SB Nation site and guess who was hang out there flying his Brewers Flag
Our newest Unperson Ol Pete. I sure hope he does not go off his meds and embarrass us as a group ;)
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 29, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"Our newest Unperson Ol Pete"
Can you explain what this means or what I missed?
battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm
by Michael M on Jun 30, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he was banned by BK
for saying nasty things to Zeyes.
BK probably would have banned him in a couple of days for being a contrarian anyway, but this one really left no doubt.
his comments are still around in yesterday’s game thread for your viewing pleasure.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 30, 2009 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Special game tonight
No RBIs for either Braun or Fielder
Just 3 of the 19 hits for the pair combined
What Macha’s been looking for….a team effort at the plate
by heybatterbatter on Jun 29, 2009 10:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
MLBAM never posted the grand slam as a real-time highlight
They finally put it up as a regular highlight, though; for your viewing pleasure.
It was a great selection of awesome.
by battlekow on Jun 29, 2009 10:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I like the stunned person in the retro logo t-shirt 14 seconds in
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by TheJay on Jun 29, 2009 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No mention of snatching cable from the jaws of a blowout?
It’s cool. HD heals all wounds.
by Chris B on Jun 29, 2009 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The end of the game thread had at least one such comment
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by TheJay on Jun 30, 2009 5:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Been high on McGehee
since we signed him when he was destroying the spring league.
Is it possible that we just nabbed the deal of the decade? I don’t want to jinx it, but the guy has been hot for an awful long time.
by Wayfaerer on Jun 30, 2009 12:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Plus
if all pans out, we really stuck it to the Cubs.
by Wayfaerer on Jun 30, 2009 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
With DeRosa
I think the Cubs have already had it stuck as far as former Cubs go.
by ecocd on Jun 30, 2009 2:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
When I heard about DeRosa winding up in St. Louis I wondered if that made up for Edmonds going the other way.
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by TheJay on Jun 30, 2009 5:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bob Hazle was hotter longer
125 PA is around 30 games for a starter, so McGehee has had a really good month (which is kind of true considering he didn’t play much until late May). I hope it continues, but there have been many, many other baseball players who put up really good months and fell off afterward.
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by TheJay on Jun 30, 2009 5:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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