Brewers Win The Game You'd Expect Them To Lose, Lose The One You'd Expect Them To Win In Doubleheader Split
by Kyle Lobner on Aug 22, 2011 10:20 PM CDT
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W: Chris Narveson (9-6)
L: Jeff Karstens (9-7)
HR: Ryan Braun (25), Ryan Ludwick (12)
MVP: Chris Narveson (+.322 pitching, +.176 hitting for +.498 total)
LVP: Nyjer Morgan (-.102)
Win Expectancy Graph and Star of the Game Voting
Game 2: Pirates 9, Brewers 2
W: Daniel McCutchen (4-3)
L: Zack Greinke (12-5)
HR: Corey Hart (19), Ryan Doumit (7)
MVP: Prince Fielder (+.058)
LVP: Zack Greinke (-.230)
Win Expectancy Graph and Star of the Game Voting
It's about time the Brewers lost a game. All this winning was getting ridiculous.
The Brewers started their hottest starting pitcher and a guy who hadn't pitched in over two weeks today, so of course Chris Narveson is the one that got a win. He pitched 5.1 scoreless innings and drove in the game's first two runs in the first game. He left the start a little early after developing a (new) cut near the fingernail on his left index finger, but it's not believed to be serious and he's expected to make his next start.
Fortunately, shortly after he left the Brewers scored enough runs to make his absence a moot point. Tim Dillard pitched the final two innings. Seven different Brewers scored a run in the game: Yuniesky Betancourt (2-for-5) was the only one to score twice.
Meanwhile, Zack Greinke was all right tonight for six innings but couldn't get anyone out in the seventh in game two. He was given an early lead when Corey Hart homered to lead off the game, but allowed single runs in the first and fourth and five more in the seventh as Pittsburgh retook the lead and piled on. All told, he allowed the aforementioned seven runs on seven hits over 6.1 innings, walking one and striking out four.
Frankie De La Cruz might have pitched his way back to Nashville in relief of Greinke tonight. He allowed the first three batters he faced in the seventh to reach as the Pirates turned the game into a laugher. He needed 32 pitches to record the inning's final two outs. He pitched a scoreless eighth to improve the outing a bit, but his final line was 1.2 innings, two earned runs, three hits, a walk and a wild pitch.
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You know things are going your way when..
your ace gets roughed up a bit, you lose a game 9-2, and you still pick up a half game in the standings.
Taking 3 out of 4 is an acceptable road series.
Get on it, boys. Make them remember how mired in mediocrity they are tomorrow, after letting them taste the sweet nectar of going .500 tonight.
The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"
The Brewers on the road: See above
The big thing to remember at this point
Is that the onus is all on the trailing team, especially with this large of a gap in the standings. Essentially, every day in which the standings don’t change is a win for the Brewers and a loss for the Cardinals.
by Cheeseandcorn on Aug 22, 2011 10:32 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
True
and the standings changed a half game in the Brewers favor.
Brewers:
9 games ahead of the Uptight Citizens Brigade
1/2 game behind the Braves for the Wild Card Safety Net
7 games ahead of Arizona to avoid the Phils in the 1st round
For the record,
I fully expected them to win both games
It is what it is.
by coolig on Aug 22, 2011 10:40 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I actually kind of like losing one.
As weird as it sounds. I’m worried at this point about getting too hot. Of course we have to keep winning and make the playoffs but we can’t spend all our mojo in one four week stretch.
by Cervercero on Aug 23, 2011 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I enjoyed game 1 but missed game 2
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
I think MLB made the Brewers lose this game
To help raise the Pirates self esteem ;) The crew was due for a game like this they tried to do it against the Mets and the Mets refused to win. It will be interesting to see how they bounce back tomorrow.
all things considered I will take 4-1 on the road trip so far
"It's a joke. It's all a joke.
If anyone is interested in some comedy gold
this fanpost from Bucs Dugout is ridiculous. They hate us for not being as pathetic as they are.
The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"
The Brewers on the road: See above
This is awesome.
Especially since all the comments agree with what this 4 year old wrote.
I like how they admit they read the site
Great work with the this day in Brewer history
That's what I was thinking too
Oddly enough, that one guy is criticizing us for remembering a “forgettable player” like Pat Listach and having a “lack of tradition”. Maybe someone should remind him that…
1. The Brewers have only been around for 41 years.
2. We can’t just keep talking about Yount and Molitor every single day.
Personally I think they are just pissed they still suck. It’s like we were college roommates back in the day… always partying, but not amounting to much. Now, we’ve improved ourselves… got a good job and live in a good neighborhood, but our old roommate is still living the same lifestyle and has a new roommate who’s not nearly as fun to hang out with.
Hmmm, an even better analogy… Wedding Crashers. We’re Vince Vaughn, and the Pirates are Owen Wilson. That means the Astros are Will Ferrell.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
by sjlee on Aug 23, 2011 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Astros have opportunity for a funeral soon enough.
Applying pop culture to Brewers discussions since 2009, earning the nickname of "Our Little Abed".
I see what you did there
The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"
The Brewers on the road: See above
I’m really confused by this reaction. I thought we were the plucky underdogs. Apparantly we are assholes? Would these people prefer the Yankees win every year?
by Rabbit915 on Aug 22, 2011 11:43 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
No, see
we’ve never had our star players signed away by other teams because we can’t pay them.
We’re basically the Yankees, you see?
by Archibaldcrane on Aug 23, 2011 1:21 AM CDT up reply actions
They're just mad
because we didn’t invite them to the pool party.
Brewers:
9 games ahead of the Uptight Citizens Brigade
1/2 game behind the Braves for the Wild Card Safety Net
7 games ahead of Arizona to avoid the Phils in the 1st round
So, the magic number is down to 27, correct?
"fortunate, but also lucky"
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 22, 2011 11:12 PM CDT reply actions
Only unfortunte thing about this loss:
A win would have given us a .600 W%
.5xx W%’s are for chumps.
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
He's in full-on kool-aid man pose right there.
by Archibaldcrane on Aug 23, 2011 1:20 AM CDT up reply actions
As far as making outs on the bases
The Brewers are indeed leading the league in making outs on the bases, but we aren’t far and away the leader, we’re in the ballpark. We lead with 62, the Angels have 59, the Rockies 55, etc. There also doesn’t seem to be a correlation between stolen base success and OOB – the Padres steal over 80% successfully in league-leading attempts, but have still made 52 baserunning errors (does not include caught stealing).
Astros eliminated.
One down four to go.
by Zorakathura on Aug 23, 2011 1:10 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I cannot dump on De La Cruz
When it seemed like Joe West decided in the 7th to periodically not call strikes
by Big10freak on Aug 23, 2011 4:20 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Five road games in four days in two cities
And they go 4-1? I’ll take it. Couple more games against the Pirates and then they come home and rest until Tuesday.
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| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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Pittsburgh
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22 | 24 | .478 | 4 | Won 2 |
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19 | 27 | .413 | 7 | Lost 1 |
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Chicago
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15 | 31 | .326 | 11 | Lost 11 |
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