Welcome Back, Brewer Offense: Five Homers Beat Reds 6-3
by Kyle Lobner on Sep 16, 2011 8:49 PM CDT
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W: Randy Wolf (13-9)
L: Bronson Arroyo (8-12)
S: John Axford (43)
HR: Prince Fielder (33), Mark Kotsay (3), Ryan Braun 2 (30), George Kottaras (5)
MVP: Mark Kotsay (+.206)
LVP: Taylor Green (-.044)
Win Expectancy Graph and Star of the Game Voting
Facing Bronson Arroyo in a hitters' park is like a perfect storm for a slumping offense. He entered tonight's game leading the NL in home runs allowed with 40, and the Brewers hung four more on him tonight (plus one more against the Reds bullpen) en route to a 6-3 victory.
Randy Wolf was cruising through seven, but the wheels came off in the eighth. He retired 13 straight batters at one point but allowed all three batters he faced in the eighth to reach and two of those runners came around to score. All told he pitched seven innings and allowed three runs on seven hits, walking none and striking out seven. The seven K's were the most he's recorded in a game since June.
Meanwhile, the Brewers' five home runs covered for the fact that they only had two other hits in the game. Ryan Braun's pair of home runs tonight made him just the second player in franchise history with 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases. He also scored his 100th run: This is the 25th time in franchise history a Brewer has reached that mark.
The Brewers' five home runs tonight tied a season high: They also hit five on July 19 against the Diamondbacks.
Tonight's win improved the Brewers to 2-5 in Cincinnati this season.
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and Yuni did his part !
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
Yuni congratulated all the players that hit HR's
very important to team chemistry
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
by WarWolf on Sep 16, 2011 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I used to think you were serious with all this Yuni praise
But it’s pretty obvious by now that this is all a bizarre ruse (one that must take a ton of self-control).
by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 16, 2011 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions
My what?
your ruse, ma’am: your clever attempt to deceive me.
"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 Sep 16, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can't rent here anymore.
Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.
Try not to start Yuni on your way to the parking lot.
by Archibaldcrane on Sep 17, 2011 1:36 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
37 yunis
in a row?
i'm fighting all the french people i can find. happy cinco de mayo!
by sowingwildoats on Sep 17, 2011 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Kot Say Hey Kid !
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
So Braun has...
.330 BA – Check
100 R – Check
36 2B – Short 4?
30 HR – Check
99 RBI – Short 1
31 SB – Check
Any others worth mentioning?
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 8:56 PM CDT reply actions
If the season ended today
he’d be the 4th person in MLB history with a 30HR/30SB/35Doubles/.330+ AVG.
That’s remarkable.
by Archibaldcrane on Sep 16, 2011 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Ryan is pretty good
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
35 stolen bases
would make he and Vladimir the only two players with 30/35/35/.330+.
Vlad had two triples that year – Braun has 5.
by Archibaldcrane on Sep 16, 2011 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions
of all the crazy stats, Royals have 3 OF's with 40 doubles this year
They could all wind up with 20 SB, 20 HR 80 RS and 80 RBI too
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
heh and too were unwanted FA pickups - the other a converted 3rd baseman considered to be a bust
Melky, Franecour, and Gordon – playing on a last place team in a pitchers park -
go figure
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
kind of reminds me of Yount's 1982 season
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
In play no out O.o
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions
IN PLAY RUNS
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions
game is tied 2 to 2
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
Motte did not know to walk Howard
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
The Astros
Or the Pirates
Or the Cubs
by kotsaythebuzzkill on Sep 16, 2011 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank goodness RRR started Yuni or I would have no reason to complain
Effing Roenicke.
Seriously, though, we all needed this breath of fresh air. Thanks Crew! Magic Number 7.
by ecocd on Sep 16, 2011 8:59 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Watching the Cards?
He dropped it. He dropped it.
by Hangwith'em Rach on Sep 16, 2011 9:02 PM CDT reply actions
i missed pretty much everything in this game because of work and an emergency vet trip
so all i got to see was yuni being yuni in the 9th.
i'm fighting all the french people i can find. happy cinco de mayo!
Someone mentioned something about if the game only lasted 8 innings...
Blah blah Cardinalols would be doing well. They done messed up again!
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 9:04 PM CDT reply actions
Haha go Phils!
I am too drunk to taste this chicken.
by ThroughBeingCool on Sep 16, 2011 9:05 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
watching the Rays-Red Sox game
Damon checked swung and got hit by the pitch, but good ol Bob Davidson said it was a strike and called him out haha
I am too drunk to taste this chicken.
by ThroughBeingCool on Sep 16, 2011 9:09 PM CDT reply actions
would be crazy if the Rays knocked out Red Sox for wild card
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
Like it.
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Cards have man on third and 1 out.
Pujols up.
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 9:28 PM CDT reply actions
3-2 Cardinals ;/
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 9:35 PM CDT reply actions
4-2, runner thrown out at home.
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions
One of the craziest plays I've seen
Be sure to check out the highlight of that double/triple to make it 4-2 if you’re not watching the game.
Going to fire up the PS3 to check it out.
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Molina GIDP.
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 16, 2011 9:39 PM CDT reply actions
come on Philadelphia
I am too drunk to taste this chicken.
by ThroughBeingCool on Sep 16, 2011 9:44 PM CDT reply actions
1 down, 1 on for the Phillies
Mayberry is up
I am too drunk to taste this chicken.
by ThroughBeingCool on Sep 16, 2011 9:45 PM CDT reply actions
live look in for Philly-St.L on MLBN
I am too drunk to taste this chicken.
by ThroughBeingCool on Sep 16, 2011 9:45 PM CDT reply actions
2 outs now
I am too drunk to taste this chicken.
by ThroughBeingCool on Sep 16, 2011 9:46 PM CDT reply actions
Cardinals win :-/
I am too drunk to taste this chicken.
by ThroughBeingCool on Sep 16, 2011 9:48 PM CDT reply actions
I'm starting to root for the Cards getting the Wild Card
1) It would mean that the Brewers definitely won the division.
2) The Cards would have a decent shot at beating the Phils
3) If we faced each other in the NCLS it would be EPIC.
REWIND YOURSELF!
by drezdn on Sep 16, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm starting to think this way too...
"fortunate, but also lucky"
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 16, 2011 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Also, the Brewers wouldn't have to play the Braves which would be nice.
by Noah Jarosh on Sep 16, 2011 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions
The Braves are looking pretty bad these days.
by Zorakathura on Sep 16, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I just have a bad feeling about playing them.
by Noah Jarosh on Sep 16, 2011 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I have similar feelings about the D-Backs.
by Zorakathura on Sep 16, 2011 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, they're going to have to play one of them
Braves (or possibly Cardinals), Diamondbacks or Phillies.
I’d prefer to play just about anyone before the Phillies.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
The logical side of me doesn't want to play the Phillies.
My gut would almost prefer them. I guess I just feel like the Brewers would put on their best performance against the best team.
by Noah Jarosh on Sep 16, 2011 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I kind of feel the same way.
To be the best, you have to beat the best. Might as well get the Phillies over with in a short series and have an “easier” opponent in the NLCS.
fka "warwick5s"
by DEUCE SLUICE on Sep 17, 2011 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Your gut is sick, I think
because the Phillies will beat us in the post season.
"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 Sep 17, 2011 2:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Any way we can get the Astros into the playoffs at the last minute?
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
Hunter Pence doesn't count for this calculation.
Applying pop culture to Brewers discussions since 2009, earning the nickname of "Our Little Abed".
And people didn't like the lineup tonight
RR is a mad genius, a fortune teller or a witch.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Blind squirrell theory, man
"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 Sep 16, 2011 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Roenicke may be a blind squirrel, but considering the Brewers record, he must have developed some kind of impressive echo location system or something.
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
by SRB on Sep 16, 2011 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
or he has to many good player to let him eff things up to badly over the course of 162games. Don’t worry, he will come back to bite us in the playoffs.
Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.
by cooper82 on Sep 16, 2011 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
If the Brewers win the World Series
The conversation here the next day will be all about how it was all Roenicke’s fault they didn’t sweep.
by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 16, 2011 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
You're so emo
"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 Sep 17, 2011 2:35 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh yeah
He’s the one responsible for their record. Make sure Marcum and Greinke know.
"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 Sep 17, 2011 2:34 AM CDT up reply actions
No, he's only responsible for the losses.
Wins=players, losses=manager.
by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 17, 2011 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Good lord
"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 Sep 17, 2011 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, that *is* more or less what you've been saying all year
If you can point to a time you’ve pinned a win on Roenicke just like you pin losses on him, then I’ll gladly admit I’m wrong about that, though. (For the record, I don’t think he’s really responsible for either wins or losses.)
by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 17, 2011 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You know what, that was unfair
Rubie Q is the one who’s fond of attributing losses to Roenicke. Without going through the site’s archives (which I’m too lazy to do), I can’t back up the statement that you pin losses specifically on Roenicke, so I take it back. Apologies.
by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 17, 2011 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't know about that
The regular lineup hasn’t been doing much lately, so I don’t blame him for shaking things up a bit… although continuing to play Yuni is still a head scratcher.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Its not, though
"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 Sep 17, 2011 2:35 AM CDT up reply actions
If he is a witch
We should probably wait a while to burn him. Someone get weights and a duck
(Verb) you cardinals.
by Taterwithbacon on Sep 17, 2011 3:23 AM CDT up reply actions
He turned me into a newt!
Can the newt play SS?
by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 17, 2011 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
People didn't like the lineup?
I thought Arroyo has bad splits against LHB. Roenicke put his lefties into the lineup, even Green. I don’t really see what there was to complain about, but okay. Even Kotsay made sense from that perspective. I guess you could’ve argued for Counsell over Betancourt, but we know that’s a lost cause.
by ecocd on Sep 17, 2011 7:16 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That was a good night for the Crew
an off day followed by a 5 HR day will help us forget that little rough stretch.
Brewers:
5.5 games ahead of the Uptight Citizens Brigade
2 games ahead of the Braves for the Wild Card Safety Net
1 game ahead ofArizona to avoid the Phils in the 1st round
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