Reds 8, Brewers 5

by Kyle Lobner on Aug 27, 2009 4:04 PM CDT in Game Threads Comment 23 comments

W: Justin Lehr (3-1)
L: Dave Bush (3-5)
S: Francisco Cordero (28)

HR: Prince Fielder (35), Mike Cameron (19), Joey Votto (20)

MVP: Prince Fielder (+.178)
LVP: Mark DiFelice (-.410)

Just when you thought the Brewers had found rock bottom, they went ahead and got swept at home by the Reds.

Things started off pretty well for the Brewers today against Justin Lehr, as they scored four runs in the first inning on Prince Fielder's 35th home run and Mike Cameron's RBI double. Dave Bush no-hit the Reds into the fourth inning, then all of a sudden the wheels came off.

Six straight Reds reached base off of Bush and Mark DiFelice in the fifth inning as the Reds scored six times to take the lead. Justin Lehr, who was nearly bounced from the game in the first inning, held the Brewers scoreless until the eighth inning, when Mike Cameron hit a solo home run.

All told, Bush allowed five earned runs on four hits and three walks in 4.2 innings, picking up his fifth loss.

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Wake me for spring training.

by Zorakathura on Aug 27, 2009 4:09 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Why?

Are you and Witrado going to be the bullpen catchers for the Mariners?

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't remember feeling this upset during the 106 loss season

battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm

by Michael M on Aug 27, 2009 4:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

As time goes by, you tend you forget the bad things... or at least how bad you felt.

by sjlee on Aug 27, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, the previous years probably had a numbing effect.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2009 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Things have been getting better the past few years

Now they’re about as good as they’re going to get (offense is good already, no pitching on the horizon) internally, so it sucks not to have the winning years that were the goal since that 106 loss season.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2009 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Couldn't have said it any better myself

I’ve gotten to the point where I wish we would have hired Jack Z as GM…Sigh…just frustrating

battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm

by Michael M on Aug 27, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You mean the same Jack Z that...

got us some great hitting players who play so-so defense, but not so much luck with pitching prospects? One could argue that the lack of pitching prospects in the farm system is attributed to him.

by sjlee on Aug 27, 2009 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i still would rather have him than Mark A.

Perhaps he’d hire someone better to handle the pitching end of the draft and still make input to the hitters.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You mean rather than Doug Melvin?

by NoahJ on Aug 27, 2009 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

err...think fail

you’ve got it. Dougie.

Sorry…brain must be off.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 28, 2009 6:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You want Jack Z as the owner?

by sjlee on Aug 27, 2009 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe this like '90

A down year in the middle of a few winning seasons.

by Zorakathura on Aug 27, 2009 10:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Could be

Disappointing, regardless.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

One strike away from getting out of the fifth...

…hard to take when you run out of gas on a two out nine pitch walk to the pitcher. But at least Bush was solid for 4+ (unlike Soup).

Hot stove can’t come soon enough.

by infield fly on Aug 27, 2009 4:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It's a sad day...

When this is the upside of the game…

“at least Bush was solid for 4+ "

by sjlee on Aug 27, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I a fan of Macha's (I guess)

and I wasn’t able to watch or listen to the game, BUT

How can a manager be trying to squeeze 92 pitches out of a guy who has (had?) a torn triceps?

Without an explanation from someone here, this goes on Macha.

"At times I'm emotional," --Ryan Braun, 7/7/09

by heybatterbatter on Aug 27, 2009 4:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm...

Could it be because the bullpen was still recovering from two back-to-back extra inning games, and the Brewers still have 11 straight games to play?

by sjlee on Aug 27, 2009 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also...

Don’t forget, Bush’s PC was at 92 when he left the game. When he started the 5th inning, it was much less than that. In fact, it still wasn’t close even after he got the first 2 outs.

He then faced four more batters… two of which took 13 pitches.

I don’t think Macha was trying to squeeze anything… he was just hoping Bush could just get one more out.

by sjlee on Aug 27, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs