Brewers 4, Pirates 3
by Kyle Lobner on Jul 10, 2010 8:59 PM CDT
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PrintW: Dave Bush (4-6)
L: Jeff Karstens (2-4)
S: John Axford (10)
HR: Ryan Braun (12), Prince Fielder (20), Garrett Jones (11), Ryan Doumit (8)
MVP: Dave Bush (+.235)
LVP: Carlos Gomez (-.060)
Graph of Knocking Jeff Karstens Around and Star of the Game Voting
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I know it's mean but I can't help it: Beating Jeff Karstens just makes me feel good. It's like going to your high school class reunion and discovering that the douchebag who thought he was better than everyone else has done time in prison and now cleans septic systems for a living.
The Brewers went back-to-back against Karstens in the third inning, with Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder doing the honors. Braun's shot ended a 44 PA, eleven game homerless streak. He went 2-for-4 in the game with a walk, a double and a stolen base and scored three of the four Brewer runs.
Meanwhile, Dave Bush made the lead stand up. He allowed two runs on six hits and two walks over 6.1 innings, striking out five. Kameron Loe, Zach Braddock and John Axford took it from there. Axford allowed a leadoff home run to Ryan Doumit in the ninth, but nothing else.
And, of course, no Brewer-Pirates game is complete without some plunkings: Dave Bush hit Neil Walker early in the game, and both benches were warned after Sean Gallagher hit Rickie Weeks in the sixth.
In the eighth inning of Friday's game the Brewers were down 4-2 and riding a five game losing streak. If you had told me at that point that the Brewers would be looking for a sweep tomorrow, I'd have been pretty happy with that.
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wasn't it a 5 game losing streak
who’s counting anyways….at least its not 10 or 11 or whatever it was earlier
"There are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary. And there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance."
Fixed
by the Pirates!
Get well soon Ueck
by molitorfan on Jul 10, 2010 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Its nice that we are winning but than I remember it is the Pirates
which is like a baby fighting a pack of Dingos not much of a challenge.
Still looking forward to the AS Break
"It's a joke. It's all a joke.
And in some bizarre, bizarre universe,
after tomorrow’s games we could very well be 8.5 back of the Reds and 6.5 back of the Cards at the All-Star Break. After the break and four games in Atlanta, we’ll have the easiest part of our schedule coming, beginning with a 4-game set in Pittsburgh (starting on July 19, coincidentally the day Yo is coming off the DL) and running through August 12.
During that 22-game span:
11 against the current NL Division bottom-feeders (7 of those at home, though I still don’t know if that’s a positive or not yet)
6 against Houston (split H-A)
3 in Chicago against the Cubs
3 at home vs. the Reds
Unlike the last “important” 20-game stretch (currently at 10-9 with one game left) that was hyped up, in which we had 11 games against playoff contenders, there will be just 3 games against contenders in this run (exculding the Cubbies, of course). And this is for the team that had the best record in the NL Central in June (okay barely and we tied for it with the Reds, but still!!). For a better month of June stat, we had the #5 FIP (#4 xFIP) in the NL in June, which is about all this lineup should need to be a playoff team.
The keys to making it happen:
-Nightly production from at least 3 out of our 5 top hitters (Weeks, Hart, Braun, Fielder, McGehee), with role players filling in the gaps
-The health of Yovani Gallardo’s oblique muscle
-Continued consistency from Wolf & Bush (nine of their last ten combined starts have been QS)
-Have 50%-60% of Davis, Parra, and Narveson’s starts be “solid,” if not quality.
This is not (too) unrealistic. Get 1 or 2 in Atlanta, then win 17-18 of the next 22 against bad baseball teams. We will be 4 GB at the absolute most and filled with confidence, even if it is a bit of Dutch courage. As I’ve said before on this blog, I think this is one of those years when the division winner in the Central only gets to the mid-80s in the W column. With a solid push in late July and early August, this team could end up nabbing 86 or 87 wins, which might be enough.
(I of course reserve the right to take this all back the moment we trade Hart, Weeks, and/or Fielder)
by Vee Sanford's Next-door Neighbor on Jul 10, 2010 9:49 PM CDT reply actions
One-run wins over the Pirates do not build my confidence
And it may only take 87 wins to take the division, but that still means going 48-26 (.649) the rest of the way. Show me one team that ever made the playoffs with 50 losses at the all-star break?
Deja vu
I have heard this before. I’ll pay attention to the playoff race when the team reaches .500.
Eagerly awaiting SBN Madison.
Yeah, even I (the person who ran the numbers the last time)
have punted on this idea.
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
Did you guys hear Karstens had a son born a few months ago?
by Cheeseandcorn on Jul 10, 2010 10:32 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
That kid better not hit home runs in the backyard
He might get plunked.
Eagerly awaiting SBN Madison.
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| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
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Chicago
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Cincinnati
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Houston
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Milwaukee
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Pittsburgh
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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St. Louis
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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