Game Thread #138: Cardinals (82-57) at Brewers (66-71)
by kirbir on Sep 8, 2009 6:00 PM CDT
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PrintSt. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers, Sep 8, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
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St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, Sep 8, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Mostly clear. p.h. Game time temperature around 70.
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Can Manny Parra lead the Brewers to victory against the Cardinals again?
Follow the jump to find out!
Last week, Manny Parra was the only pitcher to get a win against the St. Louis Cardinals in their hometown. He's currently 10-10 with an ERA of 6.47. He went 6.1 innings, throwing 88 pitches in his last game with five strikeouts.
John Smoltz is currently 3-6 with an ERA of 6.63. He went for six innings with 84 pitches thrown in his last matchup against Manny.
Lineup:
Corey Patterson CF
Craig Counsell 2B
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Casey McGehee 3B
Jody Gerut RF
JJ Hardy SS
Mike Rivera C
Manny Parra RHP
Carlos Villanueva last threw Saturday for one inning (12 pitches).
Chris Smith hasn't pitched since Wednesday.
Mark DiFelice threw 21 pitches in one inning yesterday.
Todd Coffey threw 20 pitches on Sunday.
Mitch Stetter threw 13 pitches on Sunday.
Claudio Vargas threw eight whole pitches Sunday.
Dave Weathers threw 16 pitches Sunday.
Trevor Hoffman threw 15 pitches Sunday.
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Well at least Corey Patterson didn’t get the start over Gerut in right.
by Trent Durrington on Sep 8, 2009 6:08 PM CDT reply actions
They should stick Hardy in center for fun
Try and set a record for most triples allowed in a game.
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Brewers have to play over .600 from here on
to finish .500
The Cardinals are not very good against lefties
Maybe that’s why Manny has done well against them, Rock.
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That looked like a balk
The team is having trouble with runners so far…
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HP umpire
Same guy that called Braun out on a pitch over the left-handed batters box to end a game in Houston.
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manny has neck spasms apparently
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
Prince is one RBI away from tying the team record
It still gets me to see RBI: Fielder (120+) in box scores.
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Too bad the other long reliever pitched the ninth yesterday
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I'm sure in some way they disrespected the game just now
Larussa is drafting a letter to Selig regarding the fireworks
Smoltz
He has five homers and three steals in his career. I guess anything can happen if you play long enough.
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Pitchers cycle
Catfish Hunter hit .350 in 1971 for Oakland while winning 21 games. Among his hits were one double, one triple and one home run. And just for good measure he stole a base too. He held out the next year until Charlie Finley gave him an extra $10,000 for his hitting prowess
I'm surprised Finley didn't require him to use a colorful bat as retaliation
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Notice absence of Kendall.
Coincidence? I think not.
by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 8, 2009 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions
patterson:
the patented rally killer.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
My favorite was the check swing broken bat foul
Sucks that Villanueva couldn’t get a bunt down but in his defense he hasn’t batted for three weeks.
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2 on no one out
And they cannot even get a runner to 3rd not swell at all
Everything is just swell :)
by WSB Chris on Sep 8, 2009 7:58 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
rivera did score gerut
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
For anybody who wanted to see what it's like to have Corey Patterson in your everyday line-up:
That, right there, times eleventy-billion. That’s it.
i'm no mathmagician
but that number sounds scarily accurate
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Replacement Level Player would be a significant upgrade
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
What is it about this guy that makes GMs give him chance after chance after chance?
Was it the one good month in ‘03? The 45 bases he stole while putting up a .317 OBP for the O’s? The relentless hype before he ever got to the bigs? Do his farts have magical properties? What is it? I need to know.
It's because he looks like Eddie Gaedel with those high socks
You don’t pass on a guy who looks like a guy who never made an out.
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comparison
Corey Patterson is the Kip Wells of everyday players.
by statsllc on Sep 8, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I would like to see Patterson battle the last Brewers OF to wear #10 for playing time
A Patterson-Krynzel showdown would be epic.
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villa taking a page out of the book of suppan
and hoping for the double play still?
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
I had to laugh
when i saw the lineup tonight and Patterson was hitting something like .105 and Parra was something in the neighborhood of .143, thats right, our PITCHER has a better BA than our leadoff hitter. HORRIBLE
What a disrespectful inning for Carlos.
The Brewers have won 8 games just like that this year. I call them luck wins.
Guess not
C’mon Mat, clear the leadoff man.
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kl, you at the game?
was that a mario song at the end of that inning?
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
by tcyoung on Sep 8, 2009 8:31 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Fun, dink around with the bullpen before a day game
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This weekend
Looper might be sore on Sunday.
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boy...i'm glad yovanni didn't pitch in his next couple spots in the rotation
clearly it’s because he would be pitching two days in a row. So, yeah. Throw Looper under that particular bus.
A non-Cy Young winner doesn't get away with that reaction
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Smoltz was visibly upset with the ball 3 call
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Kind of barked, I guess you would say
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i would have rather he howled at the moon
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-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Blech
This inning is getting ugly fast.
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Don't worry...
Coffey is on the mound. Didn’t someone mention he could be an option as closer next season?
Only one run
Way to limit the damage.
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Sure, why not
Taking Shallowness to New Depths...
by Fatter than Joey on Sep 8, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
only if they load the bases with no outs.
then i wanna see him squeeze every drop of magic onto those pitches.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Well played sir
dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove
Narveson and Axford
Narveson pitched yesterday and Axford won’t be thrown into the fire for his debut.
You know me Al.
i am definitely in the mood for some badger mutual insurance runs.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
why can't brian anderson say 'groin'
it’s not ‘gron’
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
because brian anderson is a certified putz.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
everyone's favorite caveman!
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
patterson batting with runners on
stop me if you’ve heard how this one ends
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
guess you're still with him.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions
well you're in luck
that boy has negative OPS+!
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Brewers take lead, offense shuts down, other team chips away
Patterson struck out three times in three at-bats. Other than that, the usual.
You know me Al.
hmm
How many consecutive years does this make for Brad Thompson in the “Top 10 Gameday Photos Most Resembling a Behatted Lesbian” list?
by rob deer's moustache will destroy us all on Sep 8, 2009 9:30 PM CDT reply actions
Macha is brilliant
Starts Patterson and tells him to strike out 3 times just to set up the RBI situation against a lefty reliever. Too bad Bourgeois didn’t come through for him.
You know me Al.
the machanations he spins are analogous to a rube goldberg run scoring machine.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
also by having claudio vargas pitch the 8th he is helping the state of wisconsin with its
zero deaths plan. sober up everyone.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
what'd he do?
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions
attempted a sliding catch
and didnt even come close, putting the tying run to be in scoring position
the only slide i put my faith in:
"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin
by sowingwildoats on Sep 8, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Is anyone timing this half inning?
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
that's why you gotta drink it here
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
Napping between pitches.
The Brewers have won 8 games just like that this year. I call them luck wins.
Imagine a setup-closer combo of Vargas and Valverde
Combined WHIP of about 3.00 and 40 holds/saves.
You know me Al.
Dave Krynzel heroics
Looks like he hit the game winning HR in the 10th inning yesterday for the Norfolk Tides in their final game. I didn’t realize he was still playing.
Heh, weird
I hadn’t thought of him in forever until my comment about the last Brewers OF to wear #10.
You know me Al.
on the bright side the pitching update for the gamethread will be easy tomorrow:
everyone pitched yesterday
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
How did the Cardinals get Blake Hawksworth?
Wasn’t he at Nashville at the start of the season?
weird
Journal-Sentinel from April 24: “Mat Gamel and Brendan Katin each drove in three runs to lead the Sounds over Memphis, 7-6. Nashville’s Blake Hawksworth recovered after giving up four runs in the first.”
Why throw him something he can hit?
Everything in the dirt. Holliday’s dumb enough to chase one of them. Jesus.
The zone is pretty goofy tonight.
The Brewers have won 8 games just like that this year. I call them luck wins.
he's rusty
how many saves does he have since the asb?
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
overworked and the cardinals dont need the win
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
It's the Brewers
is there really any danger of blowing the save?
by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 8, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
but the power of the lineup is up this inning!
by Nicole Haase on Sep 8, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
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