Tonight's Matchup: Brewers (Narveson) vs. Phillies (Hamels)
by morineko on Sep 8, 2011 5:00 PM CDT
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PrintThe Brewers face Cole Hamels (2.63 ERA, 2.72 FIP) in tonight's game. Hamels isn't the name everyone associates with the Phillies rotation but he's been putting up pretty good numbers for them this season. He's been going deep into starts this year. Hamels has started 27 games in 2011 and has only pitched fewer than 5 innings in 3 of them. He has pitched 8 innings or more in 10 starts. The Brewers in their small samples don't hit him frequently but they hit him far; the current roster has 7 home runs against him. Ryan Braun, despite being 4 for 20 against Hamels, has hit 2 home runs off him. They haven't faced him at all in 2011.
Chris Narveson (4.26 ERA, 3.84 FIP) has only pitched against Philadelphia twice in his career, both starts. In his last start against the Phillies this April, he pitched 6 innings, walked 3 and gave up 4 hits. His other start against Philly was the infamous 130-pitch game in May of 2010 where he struck out 9. Not surprisingly, the Phillie with the most experience against Narveson is Hunter Pence; he's 3 for 8.
Lineup:
Corey Hart RF
Jerry Hairston 2B
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Casey McGehee 3B
Yuniesky Betancourt SS
Jonathan Lucroy C
Carlos Gomez CF
Chris Narveson P
Bullpen tracker:
LaTroy Hawkins pitched 1 inning (18 pitches) last night.
Frankie de la Cruz pitched 1 inning (16 pitches) Tuesday.
Kameron Loe pitched 1 inning (12 pitches) Tuesday.
John Axford pitched 1 inning (12 pitches) Monday.
Takashi Saito pitched 1 inning (14 pitches) Sunday.
Francisco Rodriguez pitched 1 inning (14 pitches) Sunday.
Marco Estrada pitched 1 inning (15 pitches) Saturday.
Tim Dillard probably pitched in Nashville earlier this week, but I forgot to track it.
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MLB Network doggin' T Plush heavy last night and today
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
Slacker!
Just kidding…
Tim Dillard pitched 1 inning (18 pitches) on Monday and 2 innings (38 pitches) on Saturday.
He had a clean inning Monday, but allowed 4 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits with 2 walks on Saturday.
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I wrote the preview on my lunch at work
this is what you get when you have 30 minutes to write something. stupid overtime, stupid 60-hour weeks (i’m finally home. now.)
Yuni will dominate !
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
by WarWolf on Sep 8, 2011 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why does RRR keep letting Yuni play?
What can he possibly see in him? He’s horrific with the bat and the defense right now. What the hell does RRR see in him?
Ron knows talent !
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
The matchups still don't work
You put in Green at 2B and Hairston at SS and you’ve got a lefty (Green) against LHP. As much as we hate Yuni, a pitcher with a good LHB split could make Green look very much like Yuni, if not worse. Without Weeks, there still isn’t a good option for a SS replacement.
Is anyone going to the PBR this weekend ?
Ima Gangster is on the disabled list but I think BushWhacker will be in town !
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
Two runs in seven innings.
If this happens tonight, people may again bemoan the absentee offense, but it will be an average appearance for Cole Hamels. Expect him to be in through about the seventh inning or 110 pitches, then turn it over to Stutes or Herndon for an inning, and Madson to close it out. There’s awesome pitching for both teams, but like our bullpen better; either way we could easily see fewer than 20 runs for the whole 4-game series.
by nullacct on Sep 8, 2011 6:59 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
So don't kick me off the site when I say...
… that I thought Pujols comments saying that Morgan just gets carried away sometimes was pretty fair. I’m not sure he meant the bit about liking Morgan and not minding having a guy like that on his team, but the last bit pretty much nailed it, in my opinion. Doesn’t stop him being part of the problem last night…
Anyway, go Brewers.
"fortunate, but also lucky"
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 8, 2011 7:03 PM CDT reply actions
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| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
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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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Pittsburgh
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22 | 24 | .478 | 4 | Won 2 |
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Milwaukee
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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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