Game Thread #-15: Brewers (11-6) @ Indians (6-9)
by Kyle Lobner on Mar 15, 2011 2:00 PM CDT
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PrintEight days ago, I was in Goodyear to watch the Brewers pound on the Reds. Today the Brewers are back there to face the park's other inhabitants, the Indians. Alas, this time I'm at home on my couch.
Follow the jump for today's pitching matchup, lineup and more!
Chris Narveson (1.17 ERA this spring) will look to continue his impressive spring today. He's allowed just one run on six hits over 7.2 innings of work in his three outings, walking three and striking out four.
The only run Narveson has allowed this spring came on Thursday, when he allowed said run on four hits over 3.2 innings against the Rockies, in a game the Brewers eventually lost in extra innings.
Narveson has never started against the Indians, but did face them once in relief in 2009. It was a pretty forgettable outing for him, as he allowed three runs on three hits and three walks in 1.2 innings.
He'll face off against Indians right-hander Mitch Talbot (4.41 ERA, 4.48 FIP in 2010), who has had a pretty rough spring to date. This is Talbot's fourth outing, and he's allowed 14 runs (13 earned) on 15 hits and three home runs in his first 6.2 Cactus League innings. He last pitched on Friday, allowing three runs on five hits in three innings against the Mariners.
Talbot works in the low 90's with his fastball, but will also mix in a lot of cutters. When he's not throwing some variation of fastball, he also enjoys changeups and the occasional slider. FanGraphs says the slider was his only above average pitch in 2010, and he only threw it around 8% of the time.
Talbot has never faced the Brewers during the regular season.
Lineup:
With the Brewers short on healthy outfielders, both Luis Cruz and Mark Kotsay are out there today:
Rickie Weeks 2B
Craig Counsell SS
Mark Kotsay RF
Prince Fielder 1B
Casey McGehee 3B
Jeremy Reed CF
Mat Gamel DH
Luis Cruz LF
Wil Nieves C
Weather
I'm sure you never would've guessed this on your own, but it's hot in the desert again today. Weather.com says the game time temp will be around 84 and should climb to around 87.
Coverage
MLB.com isn't showing any Brewer coverage of today's game. There is an Indians audio feed, however, and MLB.TV coverage.
Enjoy the game!
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You don't rec DOWN posts
Posts don’t get flagged UP.
You don’t give us the Brewers line DOWNS in every game thread.
While we've got a moment before the game starts
Don’t forget to join the BCBracket Competition.
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I'm going to miss BA/Rock or Cory/Ueck today
But I do like that the Indians audio broadcast is already online.
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At current pace, in a decade
There won’t be anyone left in Cleveland to be hot for anymore.
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What about "Cleveland Rocks?"
The Presidents of the United States of America version conspicuously appears in the MLB 2K8 soundtrack. Maybe there’s a secret code that makes Shin-Soo Choo hit a home run whenever he makes contact, like Griffey in Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. for the N64.
by flyingtoasters on Mar 15, 2011 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I wish
they had some “on/off” audio choices. Like today, you could turn off the broadcast mic and the others would automatically increase volume to fill the space, it’d be a nice feature, maybe it’s already in premium?
They have that for MLB App on the Playstation I know
Doubt they’d do it for the radio…
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But then again, back in my political life
My wife and I used to hold impromptu dance parties to the hold music before conference calls.
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Wonder if someone instructed Weeks not to slide?
Went into third standing up and was almost out.
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only one of the laportas though?
have the rest retired from baseball, or they still in the minor league system?
by PagsBrewCrew on Mar 15, 2011 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
off topic
But JS says Time Warner could have truTV in HD as early as today. Marquette and Wisconsin’s games scheduled for truTV
My eyes hurt.
I tried reading the comments. No idea why I do things like that.
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reading J-S comments
is an insta-headache
by Nicole Haase on Mar 15, 2011 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I must've mentioned the fact that Narveson had only allowed one run too many times.
There’s two more.
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It's only a few dozen ABs at this point.
He’s a 3-for-3 away from .220.
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by Kyle Lobner on Mar 15, 2011 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I know.
But the fact that he’s not hitting at this point is about as relevant as the fact that Carlos is.
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Right
But what else do you expect me to write about. The weather? :-)
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If I'd had more characters to work with
All of my complaints about the sun in Arizona would’ve carried a #noonewantstohearit tag.
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Wow I need to slow down and read better
was about to lose a lot of respect for you and report you to yourself until I read the last word again
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Things I love about the Indians broadcast
no commercials
by Nicole Haase on Mar 15, 2011 3:39 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
the brewers' broadcasts used to be like that
Too close for missiles, I’m switching to Ueck.
This seventh inning stretch commercial is so bad it makes up for an entire game of silence.
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for the love of all things holy
That had better be Fielder’s last headfirst slide until Opening Day.
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McCalvy just tweeted
that he fist bumped the ump after the play :)
by Nicole Haase on Mar 15, 2011 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
theyre incredibly concerned
about Prince’s placement
by Nicole Haase on Mar 15, 2011 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Not enough guys in MLB name Ezequiel
When there is a scuffle in Ireland, there’s no need to specifically mention in the news story that alcohol was involved
According to B-R
There’s only been one player with the first name Ezequiel who played at the MLB level.
There have been 14 who have only played at the minor league level.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
periodic table jokes, really?
you need Spring Training to be over
by Nicole Haase on Mar 15, 2011 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Counsell didn't make a mistake there
He just took a step in the wrong direction to make his range match Yuni’s.
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zing
Too close for missiles, I’m switching to Ueck.
Unless there are wings.
Then he’s just there for the wings. Oh, and pizza? He’ll come eat pizza too.
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Ian Snell
retired from the cards today. at 29
I've decided that
“Refusal to accept reality” isn’t really “retirement”. There should be another word for it.
Twitterize me: @mykenk
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