Brewers 12, Astros 5
by Kyle Lobner on Aug 8, 2009 9:34 PM CDT
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PrintW: Manny Parra (7-8)
L: Mike Hampton (7-9)
HR: Prince Fielder (27), Carlos Lee (19)
MVP: Mike Rivera (+.139)
LVP: Felipe Lopez (-.029)
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Did the Brewers need a win like this, or what?
The Brewers picked up three runs in the first two innings tonight off Mike Hampton, and led 3-1 when he left the game early with a strained right knee. After that, the Brewer bats came alive, connecting for five runs off of newly acquired Yorman Bazardo in the third to blow open an 8-1 lead, and they were able to coast home from there.
Manny Parra didn't have his best outing, allowing three runs on eight hits and three walks in 5.1 innings, but it was good enough. After Claudio Vargas allowed just one run in 1.2 innings, Chris Smith pitched a scoreless eighth, appearing in a win for just the second time in 23 2009 appearances. Mike Burns closed out the ninth.
At the plate, Mike Rivera was the most valuable Brewer, going 2-for-4 with a walk and driving in three runs. On a night where everything went right for the Crew, Felipe Lopez was actually the least valuable Brewer despite hitting an RBI double, drawing three walks and scoring two runs in six plate appearances.
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The thing about Parra giving up 8 hits
I didn’t feel like he got hit all that hard, the balls just found some holes tonight
dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove
We can pick on a hit here or there that snuck through
But he retired 16 batters and allowed 11 baserunners, so it’s hard to argue he pitched really well.
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
It certainly wasn't a great performance
But I guess since a W is a W and all it’s harder to fault. Certainly a few did make it through some holes, and if not for the run support the game could have easily been lost, but overall until the final two outings I was happy with Parra, but that’s been the story of the starting pitching, out too early and loading bases far too often
Gerut
Reached on an error and scored a run and still didn’t contribute WPA.
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Now that he's had a few starts
Someone should do a thing looking at Parra before and after going down to AAA, and what he’s changed, if his improvement is luck/skill/whatever. That’d be pretty cool to check out.
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I think an analysis got done on here
looking at the types of pitches he threw before and after AAA
dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove
Humph, whaddya know
Shows how much I pay attention, I guess :-p
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I think that was after only a few starts (two, maybe)
Might still be interesting to take another look.
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I did two pitch selection posts
Overall stuff is getting back in line with what would be expected though, yes.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
Mainly luck stuff
If he runs a .350 babip and 60% strand rate, you don’t expect .250 and 80% to balance it out, you expect about .300 and 70%, and that’s what he’s done.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
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