Of course last night's game went a lot better than anyone expected based on the recent lack of Interleague success and how bad the team plays when the game is nationally televised - especially after going down by five runs - twice.
But if you take away last night's rousing success, Interleague hasn't seemed to be going so well for the Brewers.
Not sure about anyone else, but I've got a really low opinion of Interleague games, mostly because it feels like the Brewers never perform well, so I compiled a list of the team's record each season since Interleague play started.
Year | W | L | Runs Scored | Runs Against |
2009 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 45 |
2008 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 81 |
2007 | 8 | 7 | 82 | 74 |
2006 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 91 |
2005 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 64 |
2004 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 36 |
2003 | 5 | 7 | 67 | 60 |
2002 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 79 |
2001 | 5 | 10 | 65 | 77 |
2000 | 6 | 9 | 68 | 84 |
1999 | 8 | 6 | 86 | 78 |
1998 | 8 | 6 | 74 | 68 |
1997 (in AL) | 8 | 7 | 48 | 56 |
Total | 81 | 95 | 814 | 893 |
Turns out, it's not that bad. Clearly, it's not great, but it's better than I thought it was going to be. I didn't remember having a winning record in 2007 and I lived in another state in 2001 and 2002, so I missed out on the pain that was a combined 7-20 record. But overall, my impression that the Brewers have been complete crap in Interleague was easily proven false, no matter how hard it was to believe.
So maybe it just seems so much worse than it is – and for good reason. Interleague losses have been some major heart-breakers. Though the series in
How about the loss in
Or getting no-hit in
But the best I could figure, the Crew is 4-
Here’s the games I compiled:
I know I missed some games in there, but I was doing my research while watching last night's game and understandably got a little side-tracked at times. If anyone else has some to add to the list, please do, but I doubt any other unearthed wins will help dull the pain of the performance of this team when all eyes are on them.