Padres 9, Brewers 0
by morineko on Apr 30, 2010 12:43 AM CDT
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PrintW: Wade LeBlanc (2-0)
L: Doug Davis (0-3)
MVP: Ryan Braun (+.052)
LVP: Rickie Weeks (-.066)
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Doug Davis and Jeff Suppan combined tonight to form Failbot 2010, with assists from Craig Counsell's bad fielding and an ill-timed Brewers offense. The Padres proved that a team really can get 9 runs off of 13 singles and a couple of errors. The entirety of the scoring occurred during the 4th and 5th innings. Davis had his escape kit going throughout the first three innings but ran out of rope in the 4th. Craig Counsell started the inning with a fielding error which Davis followed by a walk to Kyle Blanks. The Padres followed that with five consecutive singles, scoring 4. Davis was left in to start the 5th but gave up two more singles, leading to an expected Jeff Suppan appearance. Blanks literally hit a single off Suppan that bounced off his foot. 4 singles later, the Padres racked up another 5 runs. Suppan settled down after the 5th to eat up 3 perfect innings, striking out 5.
According to this tweet from the Padres' official Twitter account, the seven singles in the fifth inning tied the team's all-time record for consecutive singles.
As you can tell via the WPA listed and linked up there, this wasn't a very productive night for the Brewers. They wasted 9 hits, with Fielder, Weeks, and Counsell being unable to get any runners in scoring position around to score. This was also a bad night for basepath errors. In the first inning, the Brewers lost a nearly sure chance of scoring when Carlos Gomez took a long lead off second base and was picked off by Wade LeBlanc. (Aside: LeBlanc has picked off 5 baserunners this year; one can attempt to run off him, but I really wouldn't try. LeBlanc gives credit to the coaches for making the calls and claims he doesn't have a good move, but results may prove the lie.) Ryan Braun followed that pickoff with a double. Braun was also called out in the 4th trying to go from first to third on a Corey Hart single. Four of the Brewers' nine hits were doubles, but other than in the first inning they just couldn't string them together. It didn't help that Doug Davis failed at advancing runners in the fifth, either, striking out on a foul bunt.
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I think it was a terrible decision to let Davis bat for himself
He wasn’t pitching well, and it wasted a golden opportunity to get ourselves back in the game (1st and 3rd, one out)
Grrr!
Too close for missiles, I’m switching to Ueck.
Failbot 2010
I assume they form together Voltron style. Each one transforming into a noodle like robot arm.
by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Apr 30, 2010 7:02 AM CDT reply actions
Suppan needs to talk to Carlos Villanueva
about transitioning to a relief role, because if he changed his approach he might be fairly okay at it. Right now, he’s a disaster. I just reviewed his pitches from last night. His slider is horrible, but his changeup could be a nice pitch for him if he threw it more often (and 3-4 mph slower).
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His changeup would be decent if his fastball were 3-4 mph faster…
by BrewCrewBrian on Apr 30, 2010 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions
True, but his fastball is not bad.
His 4-seamer was averaging 88 last night, with decent movement. It was a good pitch for him, especially to lefties. He was putting it in the zone against righties, though. If he could work that pitch down more, and used his off-speed pitches more effectively, his fastball would be much better.
Oh… and he should never throw another slider again.
by RobertArthur on Apr 30, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
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Davis had his escape kit going throughout the first three innings but ran out of rope in the 4th.
Is classic and fits Davis’s pitching style to a T. I instantly thought of Davis as MacGruber somehow miraculously finding himself in and of all sorts of trouble, only to see it implode in the end. Actually, now that I think about it, he’s a balance between MacGyver and MacGruber. Last night, like most of this season we’ve gotten MacGruber. Here is to hoping MacGyver shows up eventually this season.
BCB, the preferred above replacement level sarcasm supplier.
by MadJimiBrewha on Apr 30, 2010 9:04 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
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