Brewers Win Tenth Straight Game Against Pirates With 7-2 Victory
by -JP- on Aug 12, 2011 10:42 PM CDT
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PrintWP: Zack Greinke (11-4)
LP: Paul Maholm (6-13)
HR: Ryan Braun (22), Prince Fielder (27)
MVP: Zack Greinke (+.208)
LVP: Yuniesky Betancourt (-.043)
It's always nice to see the Pirates at Miller Park.
Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder's back-to-back home runs highlighted a great offensive performance today, as the Brewers withstood a late Pirates rally and put the game out of reach in the eighth inning for a 7-2 win. The Brewers' offense was led today by multi-hit games from Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, Casey McGehee, and Jonathan Lucroy. Zack Greinke was on his game as well, limiting the Pirates to two runs and six hits with nine strikeouts and one walk.
The Brewers got started early today, with a Josh Wilson RBI single to score Casey McGehee in the second inning. They would add on two more in the third inning on a Casey McGehee RBI triple (no, you did not misread that) and another in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly from Ryan Braun. Meanwhile, through seven innings, Zack Greinke was having a magnificent day. Through seven innings, he had only allowed three hits and one walk. He was completely on top of his game.
However, in the eighth inning, it started to unravel. The Pirates scored two runs on RBI doubles from Michael McKenry and Andrew McCutchen. Greinke was done after 7 2/3 innings, and Francisco Rodriguez came in to finish the eighth inning and hold the lead at 4-2. Then, to start the Brewers half of the inning, Braun and Fielder went back-to-back with home runs to push the lead out to 6-2. The Brewers would score another run on an RBI single from Jonathan Lucroy to make it 7-2.
The scariest moment for the Brewers came in that same inning. Francisco Rodriguez was allowed to bat for himself so he could finish the game, and managed to get a hit. Corey Hart would ground out to end the inning, but Rodriguez couldn't come back out to pitch the ninth inning. He left the game with a leg injury, though reports say that he just had a cramp. Kameron Loe came in to finish the game with a perfect ninth inning.
The Brewers are now 52-17 against the Pirates since 2007. That includes a 34-3 record at Miller Park.
The series against the Pirates continues tomorrow afternoon. Remember that it is a 3:10 PM start time, as this will be a national broadcast.
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No postgame quotes
I have no access to a method to get those right now.
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i can't help you there, but heres a postgame quote on zambrano from cryin' mike quade:
“he walked off on 24 guys battling their ass off. I don’t know where he’s gone…i heard he might retire”
by MKEtotheATX on Aug 12, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Oooo, battling.
Real original
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This is awesome
Evil BCBers turning on eachother.
The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"
The Brewers on the road: See above
Reading it now
Al Yellon is the main writer for the site, right? People are calling him out for some reason on not being a reporter, and he has absolutely snapped on one of the guys there for making jokes.
I can’t imagine Kyle doing that. Of course, the Brewers have yet to be so bad and drama filled during his tenure.
It gets worse
I think I can understand Al having a short fuse tonight. He has to find a way to defend that team.
The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"
The Brewers on the road: See above
all I remember/know about Al is that he made a post before the season to spin the Garza trade as an equalizer to the Brewers Greinke move
but the worst was that one dude from the other Cubs blog who was interviewed here and said that Garza was better than Marcum. lol
I am too drunk to taste this chicken.
by ThroughBeingCool on Aug 13, 2011 4:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Garza has an fWAR of 3.2, which is more than either Marcum or Greinke. Marcum's is 1.9 while Greinke is at 2.8
Garza has been great for the Cubs this year.
I aim to misbehave
Nobody's better than the Zack Attack.
1) Zack Greinke – 2.25 xFIP
2) Roy Halladay – 2.62 xFIP
3) Cliff Lee – 2.65 xFIP
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
I'm not sure I trust anything that normalizes HRs. Surely, HRs allowed is not purely luck.
I aim to misbehave
Not any more than balls in play
HRs are primarily dependent on the number of fly balls.
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
I'm not sure BABIP should be normalized either
In both cases, a pitcher who is throwing pitches down the middle is going to get hit harder.
I aim to misbehave
someone has hijacked the head and shoulders tag on twitter
and their rant is getting featured on the front page of the site. pretty surprised that no troll has figured that out before
bahahaha,
So far my favorite has to be the person who was “z scrolling”, managed to type a “z” into the title for a post and put it up. It has 10 recs. Link
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Another poster says
I’m afraid to use the “Z” key to page through comments now.
Looks like I’ll have to use the "C" and "X" keys.
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Thanks FOX
for picking up Saturday’s game and then blacking it out in Minnesota in favor of the “regional” Yankees-Rays match-up. I don’t think I can bitch about this often enough.
by Hangwith'em Rach on Aug 12, 2011 10:52 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
how is there anything "regional" about that??
by MKEtotheATX on Aug 12, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
The Twins are in the American League and so are the Yankees and Rays???
I’m at a loss.
by Hangwith'em Rach on Aug 12, 2011 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
i guess by "regional" they mean
you are in a region that might be interested in this game, therefore we will blackout out from watching it
by MKEtotheATX on Aug 12, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, it is awful
there are 3 “national” games today so I doubt that many people will get the Brewers game. It stinks for those of us who pay to see every game yet we can’t watch a Saturday afternoon game which is televised.
Brewers:
4 games ahead of the Uptight Citizens Brigade
2 games behind the Braves for the Wild Card Safety Net
2 games ahead of Arizona to avoid the Phils in the 1st round
Rec'd 1000 times if I could
Fox should know that everyone in MN hates the Yankees
"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra
I need a K-Rod hit highlight!!
Ahhh
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
RR is a genius
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
I'm such an idiot
Should have prognostikegg’ed this tonight.
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."- Rogers Hornsby
by icecreamman on Aug 13, 2011 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions
In case anyone else is up, this should be happening very soon in the FSN replay.
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
how many guys have 10 years in the majors and a career avg of .500?
it can’t be many. or maybe it can be.
gotta love it when Yuni has a double, scores a run, turns 2 double plays and is LVP
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
Defense is assigned to the pitcher.
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great start by Zack
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
Braun and Prince back to back was cool -
How many times has that happened?
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
What you really wanted to ask was, "Has Prince Fielder Ever Hit a Grand Slam?" Right?
Streak Breakers.com
Has Prince Fielder ever eaten a Grand Slam Breakfast?
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While hitting a grand slam?
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
nope
bacon and sausage
The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"
The Brewers on the road: See above
True
but he might be Jewish.
The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"
The Brewers on the road: See above
Some more perspective on how good the Brewers have been:
Hits/game over their last 13 games: 10, 13, 11, 11, 14, 15, 11, 13, 11, 9, 8, 10, 13
The major league record for consecutive 10+ hit games is 15, so they’re not going to break it, but that’s awfully close.
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
Who says
they aren’t going to break it? Only 13 games until we tie the record.
Brewers:
4 games ahead of the Uptight Citizens Brigade
2 games behind the Braves for the Wild Card Safety Net
2 games ahead of Arizona to avoid the Phils in the 1st round
by molitorfan on Aug 13, 2011 6:09 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
No official stat of the night
However, I did post an unofficial stat in the FanPosts. (Mainly because I’m not authorized to do more than a recap here.)
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casey in a beer me pose above
and with a triple why not toss him a frosty one
by Milwaukee Beers on Aug 13, 2011 6:57 AM CDT reply actions
Hendry on Zambrano's "retirement":
“We will respect his wishes and honor them and move forward.”
Now he’s going to have that smile surgically removed from his face.
I’m surprised he didn’t have Soriano kidnapped and claim that he and Soriano had retired together.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 13, 2011 8:10 AM CDT reply actions
Really, it's basically Hendry shouting "No Take-backs!"
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 13, 2011 8:10 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Some people pay good money to have that kind of smile surgically affixed to their face.
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Cincinnati
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26 | 20 | .565 | 0 | Won 1 |
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St. Louis
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25 | 22 | .531 | 1.5 | Lost 3 |
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Houston
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22 | 24 | .478 | 4 | Lost 1 |
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