Brewer Bats Silenced In 1-0 Loss To Cubs

by Kyle Lobner on Jun 13, 2011 9:37 PM CDT in WPA Game Recaps

Ryan Braun et al might as well have spent nine innings hitting with broken bats.

W: Jeff Samardzija (4-2)
L: Kameron Loe (2-6)
S: Carlos Marmol (13)

HR: None

MVP: Randy Wolf (+.458 pitching and +.004 hitting, +.462 total)
LVP: Kameron Loe (-.217)

Win Expectancy Graph and Star of the Game Voting

The score would imply that this game was a pitcher's duel, but really it was just nine innings of ugly, poorly executed baseball.

For seven innings tonight the Brewers could manage no runs on just four hits against Ryan Dempster, who now has a career 2.50 ERA against Milwaukee. Dempster was lifted for a pitch hitter in the bottom of the seventh, but Jeff Samardzija and Carlos Marmol pitched scoreless innings in relief to complete the shutout.

The Brewers' best chance to score a run against Dempster came in the fifth inning, when Yuniesky Betancourt doubled to lead off the frame and advanced to third with one out on a Wil Nieves ground ball. Randy Wolf blew a suicide squeeze attempt, however, and Betancourt was caught trying to come home.

Meanwhile, Wolf was matching Dempster pitch-for-pitch. He also went seven scoreless innings, allowing just six hits and walking none while striking out seven. Kameron Loe took his place and allowed a run in the bottom of the eighth, although the Cubs' single tally would not have scored if Ryan Braun had been able to make a play on Carlos Pena's fly ball to the wall.

The Brewers probably helped the Cubs out a bit by starting Mark Kotsay in center field (0-for-4, three strikeouts) and Wil Nieves at catcher (0-for-2).

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nice game by Wolf anyway

except that bunt

He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is

by WarWolf on Jun 13, 2011 9:40 PM CDT reply actions

Neither team deserve to win

So I guess the umpire chose the Cubs.

Ryan Braun: He loves it. -- Four pitchers in history with 8.5+ WAR and <250 IP seasons: Greg Maddux (age 29), Pedro Martinez (age 28), Roger Clemens (age 27), Zack Greinke (age 25).

by SRB on Jun 13, 2011 9:40 PM CDT reply actions

sigh...

by Bush League All Star on Jun 13, 2011 9:40 PM CDT reply actions

Much as I hate losing to the Cubs

It doesn’t feel TOO terrible after going on a great run and sweeping the Cards

If I were Ryan Braun, I'd be really excited to be Ryan Braun, too.

by Lefti on Jun 13, 2011 9:40 PM CDT reply actions

No, it still feels pretty crappy

Where are the trolls when you actually want them?

by SAE on Jun 13, 2011 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I had checked out most of spring training so I did not understand the Kotsay hate

Oh boy I understand it now why they keep trying to fit this square peg into the round line up hole is beyond me.

And yes playing that Sunday game line up we almost deserve what we got.

Win the next three and this will all be forgotten.

"It's a joke. It's all a joke.

by WSB Chris on Jun 13, 2011 9:49 PM CDT reply actions

And yes playing that Sunday game line up we almost deserve what we got.

I don’t end up agreeing wholeheartedly with you all that often, but this is one of those times.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jun 13, 2011 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions

I didn't understand/appreciate the elation that White Sox fans had when they got rid of him last year

now I get it

"This one means 'Kill Kirk!!!!'... And also, 'hallelujah'... Depending on the context."

by trippingandy on Jun 13, 2011 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I dont hate him at all.

But I wish he’d be treated as what he actually is: MLB roster flotsam. He’s not a regular starter, not a 2-day-per-week starter, and not a spot starter. He’s Lenny Harris, or Matt Stairs.

by OlyKnows on Jun 13, 2011 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Re: Stairs comparison

sans any recognizable power

by OlyKnows on Jun 13, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

You forgot, he isn't a CF.

Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.

by cooper82 on Jun 13, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Roenicke's postgame comments

See them here. Might want to skip them if you’re not wanting to see words like “eighth inning guy.”

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jun 13, 2011 10:15 PM CDT reply actions

Silver lining

Amy Aaronson is my new favorite Accuweather meteorologist.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jun 13, 2011 10:18 PM CDT reply actions

I'll be the judge of that

I hate Noah's guts right now.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 13, 2011 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Hahahahaha

Nice sig

by Noah Jarosh on Jun 14, 2011 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm still partial to Kate Billo

the old favorite

"This one means 'Kill Kirk!!!!'... And also, 'hallelujah'... Depending on the context."

by trippingandy on Jun 13, 2011 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Good news! We're in first place

But I just got home from the game. It sucked.

The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"

by Tepo6688 on Jun 13, 2011 11:50 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah I was there too,

not a great “first Brewers-Cubs at Wrigley” to go to.

by shooter33 on Jun 14, 2011 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Since I'm in Chicago

I get to Wrigley at least a couple times a year, but they don’t win too often for me.

By the way, am I the only one who feels like they need to improve that stadium? I refuse to believe that they couldn’t nice it up a bit without ruining the “atmosphere.” Also, there is no excuse for having an exposed brick wall encircling the field.

The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"

by Tepo6688 on Jun 14, 2011 5:59 AM CDT up reply actions

You're not the only one.

Wrigley is a dump. Not as bad as Tiger Stadium was, but dumpy all the same. Yes it’s nice and quaint once you get inside the seating bowl (except for all the goofy, deluded people in there), but everything else subtracts from the experience.

Unfortunately, they’re somewhat stuck on ‘improvements’ by its location—it’s boxed in on every side by still-in-use streets. Other stuff they could do: clean it once or twice, so it doesn’t smell like pee; add some lighting so the corridors don’t seem so dank; etc.

"Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forfty percent of all people know that."

by hilbelink on Jun 14, 2011 7:29 AM CDT up reply actions

I was there too, will be back tonight

My complaint is usually the concourse areas smell like the concessions. At Miller you have the sausages and the nut stands that give good aromas. At wrigley the concourse smells of overcooked fried onions.

Its not a well designed stadium anyhow the 200 level seats are so closed in by the upper deck it doesn’t feel open at all. I prefer the upper deck or lower level in the corners out from under the upper deck.

"...just throw that pill over the plate and I'll make it happen." - Tony Plush

by thefreewheelin76 on Jun 14, 2011 8:04 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm also not a big fan of peeing in a trough.

by shooter33 on Jun 14, 2011 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions

The one thing I don't like about Roenike is

he keeps changing the lineup.

by shooter33 on Jun 14, 2011 12:46 AM CDT reply actions

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