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Brewers 5, Reds 1

Craig Counsell hit a home-run, but keeps up his gritty appearance. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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Craig Counsell hit a home-run, but keeps up his gritty appearance. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

 

W: Manny Parra (4-8)
L:  Aaron Harang (5-10)

HR: Craig Counsell (!), JJ Hardy

MVP: Manny Parra - pitching (.242)
LVP: Manny Parra - batting (-.057); Frank Catalanotto (-.044)

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It was basically a boring baseball game until Craig Counsell hit a home-run in the top of the fourth inning. Mike Cameron hit a double and Casey McGehee hit a single to get runners on first and third. Fielder reached on a pitching error, allowing Cameron to score. Corey Hart hit a ground-rule double and Frank Catalanotto hit a sac fly, giving McGehee and Fielder the ability to score. In the bottom of the fifth inning, though, the Reds answered the Brewers' four runs with one of their own.

The rest of the game was pretty boring again until the top of the eighth, when the game was delayed on account of rain. For about two hours, we sat on the edge of our seats, just waiting for the game to be called and mocking the Reds for their lack of roofing. As 10:35-ish came around, a tired and groggy few BCB goers rejoined the game thread. The Reds brought in Daniel Ray Herrera to replace Aaron Harang after such a long rest, which worked to their advantage when he was able to retire the last two batters of the inning. Todd Coffey, however, showed that he's got enough GRIT to pitch after a nice shower.

JJ Hardy, the first batter up in the top of the ninth, hit a home-run off the third pitch from Nick Masset. Mark DiFelice was brought in to relieve some leftover Coffey. Laynce Nix was brought in as a pinch hitter for Nick Masset, who ended up being the last hitter of the night. As he struck out, at least one Brewers fan untucked her shirt. Way to go, Crew!

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I was at the movies

harry potter :|

how’d Parra look?

by warwick5s on Jul 18, 2009 11:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Good enough to keep the Reds down to only one lucky HR

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by kirbir on Jul 18, 2009 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How was the movie btw?

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by kirbir on Jul 18, 2009 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't read the last two books

but it seemed like it was more of a setup for the next movie than anything else

a couple of funny parts and whatnot but it was kind of meh overall in my opinion

by warwick5s on Jul 19, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I missed the post-rain delay baseball action

b/c I went to see the Harry Potter movie tonight too. And agreed. On its own…meh. But it is setting up the next movie if I remember correctly (which I might not be).

Also, I’m pretty sure Hardy hit that HR b/c I decided to throw on my JJ Hardy hat before going to the movie. That is the only explanation. My unkempt hair says “you’re welcome” to JJ.

by sme on Jul 19, 2009 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I heard he threw 125 pitches tho

i know they want to build his confidence and Macha doesn’t trust his bullpen lately, but …really?

Brewers fan lost in South Carolina.

by SCBrewer on Jul 18, 2009 11:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ehh

He’s thrown into the hundreds before and is very capable of doing so when he’s doing well. He was playing well tonight and there really was no reason whatsoever to pull him out that I could see. Plus, the ability to get into the hundreds is something, unfortunately, that our starting pitchers are going to have to have until we get some relievers who can play a little more consistently.

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by kirbir on Jul 18, 2009 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was cool to see the Milwaukee Fans had seemed to have taken over

Small Park after the Rain delay

Also nice to see Mr Parra not wilt under pressure and give them 6 solid innings Manny seems to have found his mojo again

also nice to see a little offense by the Crew

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by WSB Chris on Jul 19, 2009 12:10 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Weird pitching management

Leaving Parra in for 124 pitches and then having Coffey pitch on both sides of a 2 hour rain delay. I thought letting Parra warm up for the 7th was neat even though Baker called Macha’s bluff and put a lefty out there anyway. A win is a win is a win, but strange.

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by TheJay on Jul 19, 2009 12:39 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Pitching

Macha’s move of having Parra warm up was very Tony Larussa(esque). As far as Coffey pitching with a two hour break in between, I don’t necessarily see that as a big deal. In the olden days of doubleheader baseball many relievers would pitch in both games.

by statsllc on Jul 19, 2009 7:10 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think anyone's worried about abusing parra

captainbok: What do you like the most about milwaukee

Jeff Suppan: Captain Bok, that is a great question. Does "Bok" mean Book of Knowledge? My favorite thing about Milwaukee are the Brewers.

by JAMOOL on Jul 19, 2009 2:26 AM CDT reply actions   1 recs

well...

his last two outings have been pretty bleeping excellent. so, the minors did him enough good that I am worried about abusing him.

by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 19, 2009 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think that's the case at all

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

by Jordan M on Jul 19, 2009 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think...

the biggest confidence boost Parra got yesterday was 2 on and no one out in the 1st and not allowing a single run to score. Pre-AAA Parra would have allowed those two and the next god knows how many to score. Post-AAA Parra? Gets Votto to ground out then strikes out the next two.

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by KWSN on Jul 19, 2009 11:36 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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