Brewers 4, Cardinals 3

by Kyle Lobner on Sep 3, 2009 4:04 PM CDT in WPA Game Recaps

W: Manny Parra (10-10)
L: John Smoltz (3-6)
S: Trevor Hoffman (30)

HR: Casey McGehee (13), Julio Lugo (3), Matt Holliday (21)

MVP: Casey McGehee (+.242)
LVP: David Weathers (-.175)

And somehow, Manny Parra owns the Cardinals.

Despite posting an ERA over 7 against the rest of baseball, Manny Parra has pitched well against the Cardinals in each of his four outings against them, posting a 2.42 ERA in 26 innings, including allowing just two earned runs in 6.1 innings today en route to his tenth victory.

The Brewer bullpen made it interesting in the seventh, as Parra was lifted with one out and a runner on and David Weathers loaded the bases with a hit and a walk, but Mitch Stetter struck out Khalil Greene and Claudio Vargas got Albert Pujols to ground out to end the inning. Pujols came up again with two outs and a runner on in the ninth, and Trevor Hoffman struck him out to end the game.

Casey McGehee hit his second home run of the series and his thirteenth of the season in the sixth inning, giving the Brewers the lead. He was the MVP of all three games in the series. Ryan Braun also went 2-for-4 and was the only Brewer to record a multi-hit game.

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Manny Parra has 10 wins. What a silly game.

by Mykenk on Sep 3, 2009 4:07 PM CDT reply actions

he's a game-winner. that's what he does

but seriously. nice outing. his WHIP-not-in-the-first was sub 1.0 I believe.

by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 3, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Agreed.

Particularly when Looper has 11 wins.

by sjlee on Sep 3, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions

How many of those wins are disrespectful?

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

by tcyoung on Sep 3, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Two

by sjlee on Sep 3, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Holy cow!!

The Brewers beat the Cardinals and the Cubs lose. It’s like a perfect day.

by Getting Yosted on Sep 3, 2009 4:15 PM CDT reply actions

Unfortunately they also won the last two days, while the Brewers lost.

So, net effect… -1 game.

by sjlee on Sep 3, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions

It is what it is.

by coolig on Sep 4, 2009 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions

Brewers can still catch the Cubs

not that it matters

by DukeMarkell on Sep 3, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh, it matters... cause nothing else does.

by sjlee on Sep 3, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Amen

Everything is just swell :)

by WSB Chris on Sep 3, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions

A perfect season (according to Connie)

Connie Mack was known for being cheap. He once jumped into a cab to the ballpark with an umpire so that he wouldn’t have to pay the full fare. On the cab ride, he revealed something to the umpire. The perfect season, according to Mack, was not one in which his Athletics won the pennant. It was one where the Athletics started the season hot and led the league for a while early in the season. That would get the fans excited so he would sell lots of tickets. Then he wanted the team to fade and finish under .500. That was so they wouldn’t ask for salary increases for next season.

by DukeMarkell on Sep 3, 2009 4:23 PM CDT reply actions

by Zeyes on Sep 3, 2009 6:34 PM CDT reply actions

Not looking so good

Memphis up 6-1 through 5.

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Sep 3, 2009 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions

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