Brewers 9, Reds 6

by Nicole Haase on Jul 16, 2009 9:36 PM CDT

W: Braden Looper (8-4)
L: Homer Bailey (1-1)

S: Trevor Hoffman (21)

HR: Prince Fielder (23), Joey Votto (12), Edwin Encarnacion (3)

MVP: Prince Fielder (.334)
LVP: Craig Counsell (-.192)

Anyone concerned about Prince's swing after the Home Run Derby should be heartened by the three-run shot he hit in the third inning.

From there, though, it was the bottom of the order that took over offensively.

The bottom three, including Looper, were on base nine times. Looper himself was a career-high 3-3 with an RBI, making him just the fourth pitcher in Brewers' history to do so. Brad Woodall did it on June 16, 1998, Jim Lonborg on August 2, 1972, and Skip Lockwood on June 26, 1970.

The Brewers broke the game open in the sixth when Ryan Braun walked and stole a base to open the inning and the team brought 10 men to the plate. Mike Cameron had a double, followed by singles from Corey Hart, J.J. Hardy, Looper and Jason Kendall. By the end of the inning, the Brewers were up 8-2.

Looper lasted 5 1/3 and was followed by Mark DiFelice, who pitched 1 2/3 of clean, one hit ball.

Seth McClung came in for the eighth, walked the first two batters and promptly gave up a three-run homer to Edwin Encarnacion, making it a 9-6 ballgame.

The nine-run game is just another in the long list of great run-support games the Brewers have given Looper. In five different Looper starts, the Brewers have scored 10 or more runs. He leads the NL with the Best Run Support - prior to tonight, he was averaging 7.41 runs of support/game. Chris Capuano is incredibly jealous.

The Encarnacion home run did make it a save situation, so it was Trevor Time once again. He gave up one hit when Casey McGehee wasn't able to make a diving catch, but induced pop ups for the first two outs and struck out Laynce Nix to end the game after throwing just 11 pitches.

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I think Gallardo is pretty jealous of Looper too

he never gets any run support either

"my goodness"

by BrewHaHeather on Jul 16, 2009 9:44 PM CDT reply actions

My exact thought upon reading that sentence in the post.

by Cheeseandcorn on Jul 16, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

which brings me to the question

what is the biggest run differential of two pitchers that have both pitched in atleast 24 games on the same team… is that a fair question… because 7.4 runs a game seems ridiculous… I am sure in history there have been much bigger differences, but Yovani it seems is only getting 3.5 runs a game, but I know he has had some earlier games where the Brewers score more than 8 runs; so my guess of 3.5 is probably way off for someone that wants to check baseball reference

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Jul 16, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Toma Ohka

Don’t forget about Toma’s career game at the plate with 2 hits and 4 RBI? That was the game that we switched to the left side of the plate.

Ok he pitched like shit so he never got the third AB. But that was still the most memorable offensive performances by a Brewer’s pitcher in my mind.

by Saberilliterate on Jul 17, 2009 7:36 AM CDT reply actions

That catcher's interference was epic

He did get 3 ABs. The first one he hit the glove.

E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).

by Jordan M on Jul 17, 2009 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions

Chris Capuano

Speaking of the white CC – what is his current status? When will he start rehabbing?

by Saberilliterate on Jul 17, 2009 7:37 AM CDT reply actions

Trevor

It’s nice to see him have a relatively uneventful outing. He’s been pretty Villanueva-esque of late.

"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 Jul 17, 2009 8:54 AM CDT reply actions

Looper

He must have found Claudio Vargas’s secret stash of run support

by drezdn on Jul 17, 2009 8:55 AM CDT reply actions

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