Brewers 3, Cubs 2

by Kyle Lobner on Sep 23, 2009 9:33 PM CDT in WPA Game Recaps

W: Chris Narveson (2-0)
L: Jeff Samardzija (1-3)
S: Trevor Hoffman (35)

HR: Prince Fielder (42), Jody Gerut (9), Jeff Samardzija (1)

MVP: Chris Narveson (+.190)
LVP: Jason Kendall (-.054)

If you missed tonight's game, you missed one of 2009's most unlikely pitchers' duels.

Jeff Samardzija was pretty good for the Cubs, holding the Brewers hitless for the first two innings before the Brewer batters figured him out a bit, and Prince Fielder and Jody Gerut took him deep. He also connected for his first major league hit, a second-deck home run to right.

Chris Narveson, though, was that much better: He only needed 70 pitches to get through 5 2/3 innings, allowed just one earned run (Samardzija's home run), walked none and struck out ten. Amazingly, he was pulled with two outs in the sixth inning after just 70 pitches.

At the plate, Jody Gerut remained hot, going 1-for-4 with his ninth home run, and Prince Fielder supplied the other two runs with a homer in the fourth. The Brewers managed just five hits in the game, and the 5-9 hitters combined to go 1-for-14.

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Yea... no sweep for the bad guys.

I know… small victory.

by sjlee on Sep 23, 2009 9:36 PM CDT reply actions

if only the Cards had won yesterday

we would have knocked the Cubs out of the division race.

slightly-larger victory fail

by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 24, 2009 6:33 AM CDT up reply actions

the march towards .500 resumes

"my goodness"

by BrewHaHeather on Sep 23, 2009 9:38 PM CDT reply actions

Is passing the Cubs still a possibility?

by sjlee on Sep 23, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions

sure

Cubs would have to really tank though. But they are the Cubs, so that’s a very strong possibility.

"my goodness"

by BrewHaHeather on Sep 23, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Plus, the Brewers would probably have to win both series.

by sjlee on Sep 23, 2009 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Prince

has really cut down on the “you knows” in his interviews

"my goodness"

by BrewHaHeather on Sep 23, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions

Someone probably mentioned it to him.

by sjlee on Sep 23, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions

I bet Rickie hasn't

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Sep 23, 2009 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

he caught himself saying it a ton

during this year’s home run derby. sounded to me like someone had mentioned it to him. said something ‘’man that was a lot of ’you knows’ " or something to that effect.

by goirish2107 on Sep 23, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Just because I was being sarcastic

Doesn’t mean I won’t take credit for calling the pitchers’ duel.

You know me Al.

by TheJay on Sep 23, 2009 9:45 PM CDT reply actions

MVP

If you take away Narveson’s hitting contribution (-.032), Hoffman actually is the MVP. I think Narveson deserves to keep the title though.

You know me Al.

by TheJay on Sep 23, 2009 9:47 PM CDT reply actions

As a rule

I’ll add a pitcher’s hitting contributions to his WPA, but I don’t subtract the negatives.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by Kyle Lobner on Sep 23, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I add it all together

I could see not punishing pitchers for bunting, though.

You know me Al.

by TheJay on Sep 23, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions

I didn't think my observation about the back of the base thing was so astute

They did the post game tutorial thing on that play. I believe BS even called it ‘brilliant’

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Sep 23, 2009 9:57 PM CDT reply actions

Protocol

I wonder if Narveson buys Gerut something for giving the team extra breathing room so he wound up with the win…or if he gives Weathers the evil eye for almost costing him the win. Or both.

You know me Al.

by TheJay on Sep 24, 2009 7:39 AM CDT reply actions

Narveson should've given up another run

“It’s tough to take a guy out when he’s pitching so well,” Macha said. “But we had a 2-1 lead, and I’ve stayed pretty consistent on how I’ve handled these guys. I didn’t want a guy to pitch that deep into a game and make one mistake and wind up with a loss.”

If the game was tied, no doubt Macha would have left him in to try and get him the win. He might’ve struck out 15.

You know me Al.

by TheJay on Sep 24, 2009 7:52 AM CDT reply actions

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