Reds 8, Brewers 6 (13 innings)
W: Daniel Ray Herrera (2-4)
L: Todd Coffey (4-3)
HR: Felipe Lopez (8), Laynce Nix 2 (12), Joey Votto (19)
MVP: Felipe Lopez (+.194)
LVP: Mike Cameron (-.288)
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All told, that was a lot closer to a victory than I expected tonight, but still a loss.
On the mound, Jeff Suppan picked right back up where he left off. After missing nearly a month with a strained oblique, Suppan returned to the rotation tonight and lasted just 4.1 innings, retiring 13 batters and allowing 14 baserunners and four earned runs. As bad as it was, it could have been much, much worse: Suppan had a runner in scoring position with no one out in each of his first four innings of work. He threw 90 pitches, 50 of them strikes and remains winless since June 12.
The Brewer bats, meanwhile, waited until the last moment to wake up. Bronson Arroyo held the Crew to one run on six hits in seven innings, and struck out four. Felipe Lopez hit a solo home run to provide the team's only offense against him. Counting tonight's outing, Arroyo has now posted a 1.89 ERA in five August starts.
The Brewers came back to life in the ninth, as Frank Catalanotto reached on an error with one out, Jason Kendall drove him home on a double and Mike Rivera drew a pinch hit walk, before Dusty Baker brought in Arthur Rhodes to face Felipe Lopez, who reached on an infield single to load the bases. Craig Counsell drew a bases loaded walk to bring up Ryan Braun, who hit a two-run single to bring the Brewers within one. Prince Fielder hit a single through the left side to load the bases again, Casey McGehee drove home the tying run with a single, but Braun was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a would-be sac fly from Mike Cameron, sending the game to extra innings.
Lopez left the game after the ninth inning with what appears to be a reaggravation of his previous hamstring injury. The ensuing double switch left the Brewers out of position players, which would later force Todd Coffey to be left in to hit for himself.
After Trevor Hoffman pitched a scoreless tenth, Todd Coffey shut down the Reds offense in the 11th and 12th innings before allowing home runs to Joey Votto and Laynce Nix (his second of the game) while trying to close out a third inning. Daniel Ray Herrera retired Kendall, Alcides Escobar and Yovani Gallardo (pinch hitting) in order in the bottom of the 13th to end the game.
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Only like a dozen teams with a worse record.
Lets move up a few more spots in the draft.. I’m aboard the tank train except against the cubs and cards.
by Flag Up on Aug 25, 2009 11:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The upside is...
…the underpants gnomes episode of South Park is on Comedy Central right now.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 25, 2009 11:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that's better than watching Zach Miner suck
which is what I’m doing right now. Strange how things like this make you thankful for what the Brewers have. (Miner is not adequate to his position lately)
by morineko on Aug 25, 2009 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phase 1: Lose baseball games….painfully
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit
It is what it is.
by coolig on Aug 25, 2009 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh! I know this one!
Step 2 is “Move up in the draft.”
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
by KLSnow on Aug 26, 2009 6:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Game of inches
Cam’s triple, so close – the catch by Nix, which BTW was a dumb play with 2 outs.
by Zorakathura on Aug 25, 2009 11:47 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
How close was that play at home in the 9th?
Seems to me that the Brewers have been thrown out at home quite a few times this season… maybe this loss goes to Fischer?
by sjlee on Aug 26, 2009 4:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Depends what you mean. The ball beat him to the plate easily but the catcher was slightly out of position and Braun tried to get his foot on the plate before the tag.
But Braun said in a radio clip I heard today that he didn’t check with Fischer before he took off. The club’s line was that Fischer told him not to go.
Fischer made a nice call on holding up Counsell, but if he would have sent Braun on the play earlier he would have scored as the throw was way off line. With just one out at that moment, and no foreknowledge that the throw would be bad, it’s probably not fair to criticize Fischer for not sending Braun when he had his first chance to get the go ahead run.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 26, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Braun trying to score is the right move there
If he didn’t go they would have needed a basehit to score him. With a tie game I’m ok taking a risk to try and end the game right there, any throw that wasn’t nearly perfect could have allowed him to score.
It is what it is.
by coolig on Aug 26, 2009 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs



























