Brewers 7, Pirates 2
by Kyle Lobner on Aug 27, 2010 10:01 PM CDT
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PrintW: Chris Narveson (10-7)
L: James McDonald (2-4)
HR: Chris Snyder (12)
MVP: Alcides Escobar (+.418)
LVP: Ryan Braun (-.194)
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Stuff like this is only funny when it happens to someone else.
Through six innings, James McDonald had shut the Brewers down, limiting them to a run on three singles, striking out six. Then, all of a sudden, the Brewer bats woke up and the Crew scored six in the seventh, turning what looked like a likely loss into a non-save situation the other way.
The biggest blow was a two-run triple for Alcides Escobar, his eighth three-bagger of the season. With a month left to play, Escobar has eight triples and a chance to be the first Brewer with ten since Fernando Vina in 1996. He went 2-for-4 overall, as the Brewers' 6-8 hitters (Chris Dickerson, Escobar and Jonathan Lucroy) combined for six hits.
Meanwhile, Chris Narveson earned his tenth victory by holding the Pirates to two runs on seven hits in seven innings, walking one and striking out eight. It was his first outing longer than six innings since June, and just his third quality start in ten tries.
With the win, the Brewers are 11-5 against the Pirates and 49-63 against the rest of baseball.
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by tcyoung on Aug 27, 2010 10:05 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I wonder if Narveson will be able to eclipse the nice win total that Braden Looper put up for the Brewers
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
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by Charlie Marlow on Aug 27, 2010 10:07 PM CDT reply actions
At least Narveson is occasionally good.
He’s not just winning because the offense scores 12. If they had scored 3 he would have gotten the win (ceteris peribus).
Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.
Esky is starting to look like an upgrade
The kid is young, but he’s got the talent and a head for the game
What truth is there to "sophomore slump?"
He’ll get better over time, but do we expect any marked improvement next year?
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I don't expect it
There are some parts that will disappear, like the luck he has at extension-swinging at pitches outside the strike zone, the % of those dropping in for hits will decline. And he’s not going to put on any significant weight I don’t think, so he’ll still only have warning-track power. But what seems to be at the root of the sophomore slump is that the league makes more little adjustments to you than you do to it. I don’t think that applies to Alcides because (a) he’s already making adjustments and he’s got a great mind for the game, and (b) we’ve only really seen a fraction of what he can do so far anyway. As he blooms and becomes less timid, we’re going to see a whole lot more great baseball out of him.
Esky isn't gonna wow us with his offense
I think we already knew that from the start. But what the Brewers are looking for is his defense. His defense will get better with experience and we’re already seeing some glimpses of what he’s capable of defensively. So once he gets some more ML experience, it’s safe to say that he’s gonna be an above average shortstop defensively
by ilikeburritos on Aug 28, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I agree
If he can manage to hit as well as Gantner did I’d be happy with it (.270-.280). He’ll never hit 20 HRs, but I could see him getting 40+ doubles in a good season, and that would be plenty. He’s here for his glove :)
I don't know what's going on
But I’m running in a 5K tomorrow morning, so I need to go get some sleep. Hopefully if news breaks someone will FanShot it.
Have a good night, folks!
Now that's great tasting chicken!
by Kyle Lobner on Aug 27, 2010 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I asked @jordanschelling
@s99psk No idea. I’m on the visitor’s side again this weekend. Heard some skeptical discussion of it in press box.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Aug 27, 2010 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Bush is scheduled to start on Sunday
If he is being traded/released, then who would the Brewers start in his place? I guess there’d be time to bring someone up from Nashville… but they don’t really have any options left on the current roster.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Just saw that "double play" at the end of the sixth.
Can’t remember if I’ve ever seen Braun get that upset at an ump before. He was right, though – that was a terrible call.
I have no idea how he wasn't thrown out
I’ve honestly never seen a player throw equipment like that and stay in the game. Maybe the ump knew he was wrong.
"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra
Brewers finally win Astros finally lose
3rd place magic number down to 32 Huzzah
"It's a joke. It's all a joke.
McDonald
Like Parra, it seems that the 3rd time through the lineup is his downfall.
According to the graphic they showed on TV, opposing hitters are hitting over .350 against him the 3rd time.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Yeah, something like .379
and it didn’t go down…
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
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