Game Thread #104: Brewers (48-55) at Astros (42-59)
by Kyle Lobner on Jul 30, 2010 6:00 PM CDT
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PrintMilwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, Jul 30, 2010 7:05 PM CDT
Can the Brewers spoil game 1 of the J.A. Happ Era?
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3 game series vs Astros @ Minute Maid Park
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Milwaukee Brewers Friday, Jul 30, 2010, 7:05 PM CDT Clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 95. |
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Follow the jump for tonight's pitching matchup, lineup and more!
Tonight was scheduled to be Roy Oswalt's turn in the Astros rotation, but now that he's a Phillie he'll be replaced by J.A. Happ (1.76 ERA, 5.13 ERA), making just his fourth start of the 2010 season. After making two starts in April, Happ spent three months in the minors before returning to the major leagues on Sunday, and allowing three runs on four hits and four walks over five innings against the Rockies.
Happ is a lefty and, as you might expect, he's better against lefties, holding them to a career .224/.292/.367 line. Righties fare significantly better, at .252/.327/.410. He throws in the upper 80's (89.2 mph average fastball), with a below average slider and an average changeup. No Brewer has faced Happ more than four times, and no one has taken him deep. Prince Fielder (2-for-4 with a pair of doubles) has had the most success.
Meanwhile, it's impossible to tell what to expect from Manny Parra (5.33 ERA, 4.44 FIP), who had one of his better starts of the season on Saturday. Parra held the Nationals to two runs on four hits over six innings, walking three and striking out four. Before that, it had been over a month since his last quality start.
Parra is getting crushed by lefties this season, allowing them to hit .391/.443/.652 in 110 PAs. He's also allowing a ton of baserunners, with a 1.704 WHIP. Among major leaguers with at least 80 IP, Parra's WHIP is the third worst:
| Pitcher | Team | IP | WHIP |
| Brad Bergesen | BAL | 88 | 1.750 |
| Ryan Rowland-Smith | SEA | 98.1 | 1.719 |
| Manny Parra | MIL | 81 | 1.704 |
Six Astros have faced Parra at least ten times, and four of them have fared very well:
| Player | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Hunter Pence | 22 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 |
| Carlos Lee | 21 | .529 | .619 | .824 | 1.443 |
| Lance Berkman | 18 | .357 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| Michael Bourn | 15 | .357 | .357 | .857 | 1.214 |
| Jeff Keppinger | 15 | .250 | .357 | .333 | .690 |
| Pedro Feliz | 10 | .500 | .500 | .800 | 1.300 |
I haven't seen a lineup yet, but after reading Jordan Schelling's Twitter I do feel like I watched last night's entire episode of Jersey Shore.
And in the bullpen:
Todd Coffey pitched 1 inning (21 pitches) Wednesday, and also pitched on Tuesday.
David Riske pitched 1 inning (11 pitches) Wednesday, and also pitched on Tuesday.
Carlos Villanueva pitched 1 inning (33 pitches) Wednesday.
Kameron Loe pitched .2 innings (27 pitches) Wednesday.
Chris Capuano pitched 3 innings (59 pitches) Tuesday.
Trevor Hoffman pitched 1 inning (6 pitches) Tuesday.
John Axford pitched 1 inning (21 pitches) on Monday.
Zach Braddock has not pitched since July 19th.
Enjoy the game!
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Bagwell looks like a homeless man in a baseball uni...
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 30, 2010 7:18 PM CDT reply actions
2nd inning and the place is pretty empty
No, empty.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:26 PM CDT reply actions
i'm hovering
shocked at the inactivity
"Staying up to watch the 10 o'clock Olds? This just in--Go to bed."
I'm home now
Busy day, checked out the Outagamie County Fair today.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
25 pushups...
Drop now, soldier!
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions
confused as to whether you mean Houston or this thread
either or, you’re right on
"Staying up to watch the 10 o'clock Olds? This just in--Go to bed."
Confused? Join the company!
We deal in confusion here.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
When you said "pretty empty"
I thought perhaps you meant Minute Maid Park. It sounded empty in the early going.
Stop the madness! Stop the losing!
Ok, I'll bite.
Braddock has missed 10 games w/o going on the DL.
Cain could spell Corey and Braun, provide some PH from the right side and PR when needed. A lotta players get their starts that way…
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:30 PM CDT reply actions
tired bullpen or bad bench
pick your poison
"Staying up to watch the 10 o'clock Olds? This just in--Go to bed."
Instead they picked both and went shorthanded on both the bench and in the pen.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 30, 2010 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
they don't look as tired with one more guy sitting with 'em
"Staying up to watch the 10 o'clock Olds? This just in--Go to bed."
He threw a couple pitches on Wednesday, i believe
Maybe he should play first base instead. That is, he should lie out there and we can step on him when we get a hit.
Hart shaved!
looks at least 6 years younger
"Staying up to watch the 10 o'clock Olds? This just in--Go to bed."
Is Ueck not doing road games?
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:34 PM CDT reply actions
Texas in the summer? I'd pass, too.
That, and fall, winter and spring.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Bye-bye no hitter
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:35 PM CDT reply actions
Jason Michaels
always killin brewers
"Staying up to watch the 10 o'clock Olds? This just in--Go to bed."
I want the old Braun back
the one who could hit and it didn’t matter what he did on defense
"Staying up to watch the 10 o'clock Olds? This just in--Go to bed."
Oh yeah, I remember that guy...
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Now he wants to be a gold glover, a spray hitter, and a restaurant owner..
darn
"Staying up to watch the 10 o'clock Olds? This just in--Go to bed."
not sure about #2
he’s pulling a lot and just late a lot, it seems to me
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Clearly Hart's participation in the HR derby destroyed Braun's swing.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 30, 2010 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I know we don't know the answer to this...
… but what’s gone wrong with him? The dropoff is pretty mind boggling.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 30, 2010 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions
After signing a long-term contract
He made a comment about how the team needs pitching and Doug Melvin treated him like a child in return, and the owner gave DM a big ole vote of confidence and Braun is left to wonder why the hell he should care, since he’s pretty much stuck here for the next forever and the team has no hope of winning. So now like most of us who hate our job but do it to pay the bills he mails it in and spends most of his time thinking about his restaurant and other businesses.
Just guessing. Post your own theory.
Doug Melvin treated him like a child?
I like statistics better than psychoanalysis.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Leadoff walks are killers
heh, heh, heh…
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:44 PM CDT reply actions
For us!
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow.
Parra was fired up after that play.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 30, 2010 7:54 PM CDT reply actions
Prince
It seems like he’s getting ready for a mid-season meltdown. Will he charge the Cubs clubhouse or beat up Dave Bush?
Wait until he hears what he's worth now
After the Yankees acquire Lance Berkman for $6 and a cold piece of pizza
When
Is the League going to realize that the trick to stopping our offense is to let one of our players get to second or third?
We like irony.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Casey!!
Thankfully, the bottom of the lineup follows. Then, let Richard jack one…
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 7:58 PM CDT reply actions
Davey Nelson jumping on management
“they’re just not concentrating on manufacturing runs”
“Happ throws everything wide and we keep pulling everything”
This is Muni League ball basics.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:00 PM CDT reply actions
So is it just me, or does there seem to be a LOT of trades going on this year?
Granted, I didn’t follow baseball nearly as much last year as I did this year, but it really seems like there’s a whole lot more moving around of players going on in 2010 than 2009.
C'mon Esky!
Keep it goin… Oh, nevermind.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:02 PM CDT reply actions
Three leadoff hitters on in 4 innings and nothing to show for it...
Our MO
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:04 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
We can't hit in the clutch,
our starting pitching stinks, we can’t throw out runners in any situation, we can’t bunt…..
Other than that, it’s been an average year
"I had a roommate in the minor leagues named Arturo Polanco. The first words in English I taught him were 'Son of a bleach.' I think something was lost in the translation." -- Jim Bouton, Ball Four
by PlusorMinusThree on Jul 30, 2010 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
But we're contending, apparently.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jul 30, 2010 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions
"Chris Johnson took an away pitch and took it away." --Davey Nelson
Something the Brewers hitters are not allowed to do, apparently.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Call Melvin. He's taking calls I hear. ;-)
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
He makes it sound like no one is calling at all
Maybe a wrong number or a telemarketer every once in a while, but otherwise people aren’t interested in talking to him, poor guy. Maybe I will give him a call just to cheer him up. I could tell him a joke I suppose.
(Phone rings)
Hello?
Hey DM, this is null. How are you doing?
Nullacct eh? Are you the bastard who drew me hugging Macha on the Titanic?
Yeah, the same. How’s that trade deadline going?
It’s quiet. It was quiet anyway, until you called. Don’t you have someone to harass?
Aw, sorry to hear that Dougie. Let me cheer ya up with a little joke.
Not interested.
Knock knock
…. who’s there.
Pack.
Pack wh-
Pack your shit up and get the fuck out of there because Attanasio just fired your ass, I saw it on ESPN.
What??
Heh, just kidding.
Listen you punk, I ought to-
Chill Doug, now you’ll be all fired up and can stay awake until the deadline, when that GM calls to offer some one-armed prostitute for half the lineup and you can fall all over yourself writing press releases about it.
>click<
Yeah, I think he’d enjoy that. A little pep talk.
Well, I for one read it...
I confess I have thought like this, too.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions
That's The End
of my support for Parra. He’s gotta go
"I had a roommate in the minor leagues named Arturo Polanco. The first words in English I taught him were 'Son of a bleach.' I think something was lost in the translation." -- Jim Bouton, Ball Four
by PlusorMinusThree on Jul 30, 2010 8:16 PM CDT reply actions
How about all the LOB failures today? They should go, too?
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions
There's a big difference between small sample size failure and Parra's repetitive implosions.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Ok, how about all the LOB failures this year? Bigger sample size.
Four runs ain’t the end of the world this early for a team with our kind of power. Of course, we do have a problem moving a runner from one base to the next. That problem has been with us since the millenium.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions
So what do you propose?
Signing nine Craig Counsells to add some grit?
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Nope. My pay grade precludes solutions
just pointing out the obvious – we suck at moving runners. Getting Gomez was a real indicator for me about this management. Management wants this guy to be a free swinger – like we don’t have enough of them already? I think it’s called obsession.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions
houston *was last in the league
After this game / series that won’t be the case
He’s actually underrated, but that’s another can of worms…
by jarlbartar on Jul 30, 2010 8:21 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Corey Provus had to stretch
to link a Badger Insurance runs mention into the chatter. We’re a very long way before insurance runs, aren’t we Corey? Kinda funny.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:20 PM CDT reply actions
sad
They’re interviewing the Lance Berkman fans in the puma hats on the Astros feed. They sound very depressed.
Jet lag.
Can’t use that one tomorrow….
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't really use that one tonight either...
by CheezeconQueso on Jul 30, 2010 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions
How about "end of the month blues?"
Or “the beginning of Sabbath?”
How about “lusting after the short porch in left?”
I’m done. (applause)
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
That was a most excellent single
Crisp and beautiful. Fit for framing, if you could frame a base hit.
Casey and Braun both now hitting .274
I think he’s got a beautiful swing, too. Especially if the pitch is up a bit.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Ueck will be in MafiaTown for the series Monday.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:38 PM CDT reply actions
Interesting to see whether Parra is gone after six.
His spot is up in the 7th.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:42 PM CDT reply actions
Macha doesn't want Parra to face Michaels again. Pulled.
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm outta here, too.
Someone get the lights, OK?
Statistics: A bunch of numbers looking around for an argument. G. Burgy, Rockville, MD
by heybatterbatter on Jul 30, 2010 8:47 PM CDT reply actions
BA: "They could open this thing wide open with a big inning."
FanGraphs had them at about 96% to win coming into the inning. It’s already about as wide open as it gets.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Wow
That was one depressing gamethread to catch up on.
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and a whole lot of this
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by MadJimiBrewha on Jul 30, 2010 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
And some how I'm not surprised
I can’t say Macha has been gaining any allies over the past couple weeks. I’ll admit I’ve been on the fence regarding him being held responsible based on the fact that he may be limited to work with what he’s been given by Melvin. Lately however, I get the feeling he’s been coating the fence in butter.
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by MadJimiBrewha on Jul 30, 2010 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Had a day off in there though
Maybe he should play first base instead. That is, he should lie out there and we can step on him when we get a hit.
"Get out on the wing and throw, dammit!"
Maybe he should play first base instead. That is, he should lie out there and we can step on him when we get a hit.
Gomez, Escobar and the pitcher's spot due up in the 9th.
Anyone think we’ll see Weeks come to the plate?
Now that's great tasting chicken!
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