Game Thread #117: Astros (56-61) at Brewers (58-58)
by Kyle Lobner on Aug 16, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
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PrintHouston Astros at Milwaukee Brewers, Aug 16, 2009 1:05 PM CDT
Current Series
Brewers lead the series 2-0
| Fri 08/14 | WP: Yovani Gallardo (11 - 9) LP: Wandy Rodriguez (11 - 7) |
11 - 2 win |
| Sat 08/15 | WP: Mike Burns (3 - 4) LP: Brian Moehler (7 - 9) |
6 - 2 win |
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Houston Astros Sunday, Aug 16, 2009, 1:05 PM CDT Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. |
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Braden Looper, who leads the NL in home runs allowed, takes on one of baseball's best pitchers today, and if that didn't put the Brewers at a significant enough disadvantage, Jason Kendall is also back behind the plate [undermining my two out of three games started is standard for a catcher argument from yesterday - TheJay].
I'm going to the Timber Rattlers game, but follow the jump if you'd like more info on today's pitching matchup, lineups and conversation on today's game.
Roy Oswalt (6-4, 3.87) is making just his second start in August, having missed most of the month with a strained muscle in his back. He went five innings last time out and was not himself, allowing six earned runs on nine hits and two walks in five innings. He's 13-8 and a 3.62 ERA in his career against the Brewers and has owned Prince Fielder, holding him to a .129/.156/.161 line in 32 PAs. Jason Kendall has faced Oswalt 48 times, most of any Brewer, and fared well, posting a .386/.435/.455 line. With that said, 14 of Kendall's 17 hits against Oswalt came in 2004 or earlier.
Meanwhile, the Brewers might settle for five solid innings from Braden Looper (10-6, 4.99), who allowed seven runs (five earned), including two more home runs in just five innings of work last time out. Looper's 29 home runs allowed lead the National League, and he needs just seven more in the nine or so starts he has left to break the franchise record set by Wayne Franklin in 2003. If Looper allows a home run today, he'll be the first Brewer to reach 30 in a season since Jeff Suppan did it last year.
Jason Kendall went 0-for-2 and drew an intentional walk last night, and that incredible performance earned him another start today:
Felipe Lopez 2B
Craig Counsell 3B
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Mike Cameron CF
Frank Catalanotto RF
Jason Kendall C
Braden Looper P
Alcides Escobar SS
And in the bullpen:
Claudio Vargas pitched one inning (21 pitches) Friday.
Todd Coffey pitched one inning (9 pitches) last night, and also pitched on Friday.
Jesus Colome pitched one inning (12 pitches) Friday.
David Weathers pitched one inning (9 pitches) last night.
Mark DiFelice has not pitched since Thursday.
Trevor Hoffman has not pitched since Thursday.
Mitch Stetter has not pitched since Thursday.
Enjoy the game!
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Maybe...
Rivera with spanish-sounding name catches Gallardo and Parra, each themselves with spanish-sounding names (regardless of where each was actually born)
if Villy starts, maybe Rivera will get him too;)
Looks like Suppan and Bush have tentative return dates.
Suppan’s lined up for Aug. 25th. And Bush for Aug. 27th. Assuming there are no setbacks
Next 7 games:
Monday at PIT: Carlos Villanueva
Tuesday at PIT: Manny Parra
Wednesday at PIT: Yovani Gallardo
Thursday OFF
Friday at WAS: Braden Looper
Saturday at WAS: Villanueva
Aug. 23 at WAS: Parra
Aug. 24 at WAS: Gallardo
"Cubs suck. I own them" -Doug Davis
not really
his day is thursday. simplest just to skip him, being the bottom of the rotation guy. They might be able to slot him in saturday instead of villy, but I suspect they’ll have him in reserve that day to be villy’s first reliever (or a long relief guy next Friday for Looper if he implodes there)
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 16, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
hoffman threw warmup yesterday
so…it’s not that he hasn’t pitched since Thursday. Might need to keep that in mind if today’s contest and tomorrow’s are both close.
hoping not to see him today
I’ve got to leave home by 4:30 eastern today. Probably 4:15. So, I’d like a 2 hr game please;)
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 16, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd like a really short game
I have to leave by 2
"my goodness"
by BrewHaHeather on Aug 16, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Pandora rocks!
First time in a long time I’ve heard the Rare Earth cover of the Ray Charles standard “What’d I Say”
yeah, it does!
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Nice play by Lopez
13 pitch inning for Looper
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Managed to get through 1
With out being Looper’d.
Skipping the game today, to much homework I’ve been putting off.
yeah...trying to do homework myself
…but microsoft word won’t let me use it until it gets off it’s slow ass and installs some updates.
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 16, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
just finished after about 30 minutes
I was about to start using the portuguese version of open office 3, that’s how desperate I was.
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 16, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Write me a 12 page paper
On the French Revolution please… Humanities II is annoying. Sure wish I would’ve finished my Bachelors when I was younger instead of waiting all these years.
yeah, I've been out of school for 7 years myself.
it’ll be challenging to say the least
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 16, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
trade ya
2-3 pages on the 2004 Science paper “Computational Design of a Biologically Active Enzyme”
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 16, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Second day in a row
Lopez surprised himself with a hit.
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didn't look like it had the distance though
"my goodness"
by BrewHaHeather on Aug 16, 2009 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
they use 100˚ degree angles for the lines there?
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 16, 2009 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
About 30 feet shorter, less time to hook foul
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Does Frank have a hit streak going?
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Hit each game this series
8 for 21 now in August
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It's starting to get stormy out here in Racine County
I can only imagine what it’s like closer to Milwaukee
CounsellWSMVP10!
It's looking like it might pour down here
but unless its a 3000 mile long front that’s as relevant as the mode of transport JJ Hardy is using today…
"I hope your name is Rick"
pitch the rasen bag instead?
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
rasin*
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
dried grapes?
are we greek?
oh, wait…that’s raisin
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 16, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
would have been out at second
if Oswalt picked that Loop bunt up cleanly
2009 Brewers: Pass the liquor.
Kendall
power up!
"At times I'm emotional," --Ryan Braun, 7/7/09
by heybatterbatter on Aug 16, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions
intentional plunk?
hit him after the trip to the mound in a situation in which they could have intentionally walked him.
2009 Brewers: Pass the liquor.
Well that wasn't the time to hit someone
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I thought they were booing Looper when I heard the crowd get loud
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Pull Looper while they review it.
by Zorakathura on Aug 16, 2009 2:37 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Looper will make sure there's no doubt with his next pitch
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Prince is slugging .875 over the last eight games
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Oswalt really doesn't want Cameron off first base
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Kendall will move the runner over to third, though
It just might take two outs to do it.
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Or he'll drop down a nice bunt
That works, too
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It would be neat if Escobar beat out a double play grounder
So this backfires.
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by TheJay on Aug 16, 2009 2:57 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
he's probably the Brewer most likely to do it
by CheezeconQueso on Aug 16, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder if any Astros were wondering why Escobar got such a loud cheer
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the 'stache likes that play
hardy woulda been out, instead alcides gives them the lead with his speed
They've looked like a different team the last few days
And I don’t just mean actually winning the game.
"Cubs suck. I own them" -Doug Davis
It's a little soon to say that.
But they’re playing a lot better.
"Cubs suck. I own them" -Doug Davis
It helps they've been hitting them just out of the Astros' reach all weekend
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Chorizo sausage is crumbly. Bad joke.
by Zorakathura on Aug 16, 2009 3:12 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Heh... I'll say.
The only reason I’m asking is because I know two of the four mini-sausages in today’s race… friend’s kids.
Brat... he's the older of the two.
Mom wasn’t sure if the Chorizo would even finish the race… stage fright.
To be fair
I’d be bricking it if I was in the race. The potential for embarassment is huge…
"I hope your name is Rick"
Last year I was at a game where they did the mini-sausage racers
the kid in the Chorizo costume couldn’t get the top part of the costume with the sombrero moving, so as he started to run he was leaning backwards. it was hilarious
Not often Counsell gets the LOOGY treatment
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It's weird
But I guess it’s not like lefties are getting Prince out anyway
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Right
I figured that. But even so, why are you burning a pitcher against CC. Not that I don’t love him.
"Cubs suck. I own them" -Doug Davis
Yeah, I don't get it either
Counsell has been lost against Oswalt today, too.
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Apparently...
He was going to his car when he heard a woman calling for help. He pulled out his cell phone to call 911 and a guy hit him with a pipe in the head and body. He then fought with the guy who ran off. Barret is in the hospital in stable condition.
wow
wonder if the guy knew who he was, or if it was a wrong place/wrong time situation
by CheezeconQueso on Aug 16, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
If I'm right...
“wrong place/wrong time” was the excuse Marion Barry used…
"I hope your name is Rick"
He's having surgery on the hand today.
Could be a defensive wound. Neighbors describe Barret as lying in a pool of blood.
by Zorakathura on Aug 16, 2009 3:27 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Braun becomes the team's first double-digit basestealer
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Too bad when ever Cammy is up
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
by WSB Chris on Aug 16, 2009 3:28 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Ooh
That was a quick swing call by the HP umpire
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stormy in milwaukee
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
Not sure what plate Bill Welke is using
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Maybe get someone else warming up?
Vargas did a good job of scaring Burns into getting the final out yesterday.
CounsellWSMVP10!
heyyyy there we go macha
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
DiFelice in
Three guys who will bat lefthanded after the pinch-hitter so I wonder if he’s in for only one batter.
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I'm starting to think I should've stayed away from the game
We were winning when I left
CounsellWSMVP10!
I am not second guessing based on this appearance by Weathers...
…but it appears that Weathers has replaced Coffey in the 8th inning type role, with Coffey moving earlier to the game.
Based on how well Coffey has done, has anyone heard a rationale for this?
I would much rather have Coffey in those high leverage situations (and wish I would have posted this when I thought it earlier in the week as opposed to now).
I think they're supposed to split 8th inning duty
Weathers might get an edge because he’s a veteran.
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It's possible
But I could see that if the team doesn’t get Hoffman back, they would use Coffey as a closer. He finished off the game last night and has two saves under his belt this year.
CounsellWSMVP10!
What was it again that made Weathers look like a good acquisition?
It sure isn’t his current pitching….oh wait, that’s with benefit of hindsight. Doesn’t count here.
Good game for seven innings…well it ain’t over ‘til it’s over……
by PlusorMinusThree on Aug 16, 2009 3:54 PM CDT reply actions
So instead of a lead with the bottom of the order coming up
Need a comeback and to go through the middle of the order again.
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i liked how our hopes for the 8th hung on the grit of
cat, kendall and gerut.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
Better than having them up in the 9th
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At least Valverde likes making things interesting
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valverde just cracks me up, in general
in addition to the the bright glove, he has very odd motions and routines. he just reminds me of a “boss” character in a ’90’s videogame.
by Capt Science on Aug 16, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Keppinger apparently playing Kendall depth
Ground-rule doubles to straightaway left can’t happen too often.
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I wouldn't throw him anything over the plate
Let him get himself out or take your chances with the end of the Brewers bench.
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FSN camera man
sucks. He panned up to the second deck on that fly ball.
2009 Brewers: Pass the liquor.
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