Game 108 4-3 Win of Cubbies

After a huge offensive game yesterday, the Brewers faced a cubs pitcher making his major league debut.

The offense managed to get an early start by plating one in the first, but the Cubs answered back in the bottom of the frame. The Brew Crew got another run in the 3rd, 4th, and 7th. This made it 4-1. The Cubs managed to get another run in the 7th. Into the 9th, the Brewers were leading 4-2. Axford got his 16th save after allowing a run in the 9th but closed it out none the less.

Narveson pitched well, but he was taken out after 5.2 innings due to a high pitch count. He only game up 1 run. The bull pen pitched ok, with Coffey and Axford giving up the two runs.

MVB: Braun 3-4
LVB: Hart 0-4 3SO 1BB

Game107 18-1 Win vs Cubs

Well the first three innings made this game look like a pitching duel. The last five, however, was pretty much the opposite of a pitching duel with the Brewers scoring in every frame. The Brewers tallied 18 runs off of 26 hits, and three walks and 33 total base runners. Even Trevor Hoffman got an at bat in the 9th. Gomez was at the plate 2 time in the middle of the game and got hit each time. That had only happened twice before in Franchise history and the last Brewer to do this was Fielder in 2006.

Gallardo pitched like an ace, going 6 innings, giving up 1 run off of 3 hits and striking out 12. Hawkings and Hoffman came in to pitch in the no pressure situation and performed well.

MVB:Fielder 5-7 5 RBI 2R or McGehee 5-7 HR 4RBI 3R
LVB: Lucroy, a Ghastly 1-6

Game 106 5-2 Loss to 'stros

Well that was a quiet series for the Brewers. The lost all 3 games by a combined score of 16-2. Wolf pitched well, but was the hard luck loser. Good new today though as the offense actually scored some runs. Sorry for the scarce blogging this series, not that there was much to blog about.

MVB: Hart, 1-4 HR
LVB: Tie, Loe 8 pitches, 0 strikes, and Braddock gave up Grand Slam.

Game 105 6-0 Loss to Astros

Another game, another disappointing loss to the 'stros. After not scoring a run in the first game, the Brewers did a repeat perfomance and failed to push one across the plate again. Bush gave up 5 run in the first two innings, and six overall. The Brewers first four batters had 6 hits, the rest had zero. Terrible series.

MVB: Weeks 2-4
LVB: Tie, offense and Bush

Game 104 5-0 loss to Astros

The long ball killed Parra in this game. The Brewers couldn't get a hit when it mattered on offense. They seemed to have two on every inning but struck out the end it.

MVB: McGehee
LVB: Parra

Game 103 10-2 Reds over Brewers

Well for five innings at least the Brewers look to have a chance to win the series. All of that went down the drain fast with a 5 run 6th inning by the Reds.

The Brewers actually struck first on a RBI double by Braun and an RBI single by Lucroy

Narveson held the Reds scoreless for 5 innings, but he couldn't get anyone out in the 6th, allowing the first four batters to reach. Loe came in and allowed 4 runs while getting two outs. Coffey came in and retired the final batter, but the damage was already done. By the 9th the Brewers were down 10-2 after allowing a grand slam to Phillips and a solo shot to Votto.

MVB: Escobar 2-4 with double
LVB: Inglett 0-3 3 SO Silver Sombrero

Game 102 12-4 loss to Reds

A terrible pitching game from Gallardo and the rest of the pitchers led to a Reds lead that the Brewers couldn't come even close to making up.

Almost every pitcher who appeared for the Brewers today gave up a run. But there were two pitcher who pitched a perfect inning. One was Hoffman who has shown flashes of his old self recently and the other was Joe Inglett.

Rickie Weeks managed to hit another homer for his 3rd home run in as many days. Weeks also had a single and a walk. Gallardo also hit a homer, his fourth of the season. Nothing much else happened on offense. It was not a very good game at all.


MVB: Weeks
LVB: Gallardo

Game 101 3-2 win over Reds

Edmonds got to play the hero today for the Brewers. He broke a 2-2 tie in the 8th with a pinch hit homer.

After a rough second inning where he allowed 2 runs, Wolf pitched a great game. He didn't allow any more runs and went 7 strong innings, showing us the Randy Wolf of last years Dodgers. He also struck out 5 and only walked 1.

On offense, it was a relatively slow day, with only 3 hits for the Brewers. First was Randy Wolf helping his cause in the 3rd. Immediately after Wolf's hit, Rickie Weeks hit his 21 of the year over the fence, tying it at 2. It stayed that way until the 8th, when Edmonds sent one into the Bleachers.

This was the 7th consecutive win at home for the Brew Crew. The Brewers are only 5 games under .500 now

MVB: Wolf
LVB: Everyone besides Wolf, Weeks, and Edmonds 0-∞

On a side note, congradulations to Matt Garza for throwing the 5th no-hitter of the year for the Rays, their first one in their short history. Now it Gallardo's turn.

Game 99, 4-3 walkoff win vs Nationals

Braun, for one day at least, is the hero. With a home run in the first, Braun started the game with a bang. He also ended it with a walk off single with two on.

Parra allowed 4 hits in 6 innings, along with 2 ER. Axford came into the 9th with a one run lead, but unfortunately blew his first save.

MVB: Braun, 2-4 HR and walk off single
LVB: Axford, Blown Save

Game 97 3-2 win over Pirates

Wow, just when I give up on the team, they pull off a win like this. It wasn't too impressive of a win, unless you compare it to the last two games.

All of the parts came together today. The offense scored just enough to get the win. The pitcher held the pirates scoreless for six innings. Gallardo made a strong return from injury. He didn't allow a run in his innings. His ERA is now just 2.45.

Rickie Weeks had a triple and a HR, powering the Brewers to the win.

MVB: Gallardo, 6IP, 0 ER, 5 K
LVB: Coffey .2 IP, 2ER

Game 96 recap 15-3 Pirate over Brewers

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Games like this make me almost want to give up on this team. Its official, I am declaring that we stand 0 chance at getting even close to the playoffs. We probably won't even make it back to .500.

Wolf gave up 12 runs all earned. That would be considered bad for most teams, but lately this is about the best a Brewers can pitch. The Brewers have given up 26 runs in the last 2 games.

The offense managed only 3 runs against one of the worst pitching staffs in baseball.

MVB: Not a Brewer, that for sure
LVB: Wolf

Game 95 Recap

A great day for the Brewers offense was ruined by a terrible day by Dave Bush. The Brewers scored 9, but Bush gave of 10 runs, 5 of which were ER. The Brewers lost 11-9. 9 of the 10 runs Bush gave up were in the first inning. Two consecutive errors after a grand slam provided an insurmountable lead. After they were down 9-0, they almost made a comeback, but couldn't string together a big hit in the 9th.

MVB: Edmonds, 4 for 5, triple shy of the cycle, 3 RBI
LVB: Bush, of course

Im now 1-5. Maybe tomorrow the Brewers could put together both good pitching, like yesterday, and good hitting, like today.

Game 94 recap

I finally got one right, and the Brewers took the first game of four against the Pirates.

The offense was terrible, but luckily, ever hit by the Brewers came around to score. The Brewers only had three hits total, and didn't have a base runner until the 5th inning. Two of those hits were home runs, Weeks and Fielder, and the third hit, Gomez, was on base when Weeks rounded the bases.

Capuano pitch exactly like I predicted, 5 strong innings, 1 ER, 3 hits allowed. He also earned his first win in over 3 years. He definitely made a case to replace a struggling starter in the rotation. The rookie bullpen held the Pirate scoreless the rest of the game. Axford got his 12 save in dramatic fashion, 2 BB followed by 2 K's and a ground out.

MVB: Weeks, 1-4, 2 RBI HR
LVB: Hart, 0-4, 2 K, ending 9 game hit streak.

I am now 1-4, while the Brewers are 3-2 since this blogs creation.

Game 93 Recap

Well a bad start by Manny Parra put the game away for good, even with a decent comeback in the last couple of innings. Parra gave up 10 in 5.1 innings.

The Brewers had more hits than the Braves and got walked more times, but the Braves got hits when they mattered. They plated 11 on 13 hits, while the Brewers plated 6 on 14 hits. 3 of the 6 Brewers runs came in the last two innings. Fielder hit a solo shot in the 8th and Hart and Braun drove in two in the 9th.

MVB: Weeks 3-4, 2 HR, 3 R, 2RBI
LVB: Parra, awful

Game 92 Recap

Well, so far every game I predicted the Brewers to win, they lost. And every game I predict that they will lose, they win. I should just be pessimistic every game.

Narveson pitched a good game, 6 innings and 2 runs, and the Brewers win 6-3 against the Braves, which guaranteed at least a split in the series. Fielder hit his 21st HR of the season, but Corey Hart stole the show again with a bases-clearing double in the 7th. With the win, the Brewers moved to 42-50 on the season.

MVB: Hart 2 for 4, 2B, 3 RBI
LVB: McGehee 0 for 4

Well, tomorrow the Brewers, with Manny Parra at the mound, will play to take 3 out of 4 against the Braves, who are the best team at home in the MLB, who have Derrick Lowe on the mound.

Since creation of blog
Predictions 0-3
Brewers 2-1

Game 91 Recap

Wow, the Brewers could have used a couple of those runs yesterday. Every starter had a hit except Wolf, who had a sac bunt and sac fly. Two Brewers had three hit games, McGehee and Gomez. The only bad news for the Brewers is that Doug Davis is going back to the DL. This brought up Lorenzo Cain from AAA. In his first career AB, he drilled a pitch to left that with most fielders would have been a double, but a nice play by Diaz made it a long fly out.

MVB: The whole offense ( I mean 9 runs and 16 hits, spread that out and we would be close to .500)
LVB: um... ...the weather?

Storm clouds above the stadium threatened the game early but play went on. Glad I was wrong for this prediction. So far I am 0-2 for my predictions of the Brewers.

All Star Game Recap

Since this is my first ever post game post, I feel that I need to explain a few things. For every game, I will try to do a post-game post which will recap some of the interesting portions of the game. I will also add a MVB which stands for Most Valuable Brewer and a LVB or Least Valuable Brewers. I will calculate these based on a formula that I created, which I will explain in depth tomorrow.

The first four innings of this game were a complete pitching duel. For the NL, Jimenez pitched a solid, but not great, 2 innings without allowing a run. They then followed it up with 2 perfect innings for Josh Johnson, striking out two. The game remained scoreless until the 5th when Evan Longoria walked. An error on pitcher Kuo with Mauer batting moved him to Longoria. He then scored on a sac fly by Robinson Cano. The NL the escaped the inning with no further damage. The game remained 1-0 until the 7th, when the NL rallied with 2 outs to load the bases. Brian McCann drilled a 0-1 count pitch to right field for a bases clearing double. That double made the score 3-1.

After a disappointing top of the 9th, the AL was batting to stay in it. After a single from David Ortiz, Adrian Beltre struck out for the first out. A head up play on a single by Joe Buck, in which RF Byrd through out David Ortiz, who misreading the play and retreated back to second, made it two outs. With two outs, Kinsler drilled the first pitch to deep right center field, but it wasn't far enough and the CF Chris Young was able to get under it, ending the game. It was the first win in the last 14 years for the NL.

In this game, the Brewers batters seemed lost to say the least. They only put 1 ball in play in 4 ab. They also struck out 3 times. It might have been better to stick Gallardo, at least he couldn't do any worse. On the the VB's.

MVB: Braun -> -4

LVB: Hart -> -4

Becuase they tied in score, I made a judgement call on who would be most valuable. Since Hart struck out with runners on 1st and 3rd in the 5th inning, I credited him with the least valuable. By default this gave it to Braun, who was statistically no better, since he ended the 2nd with a GIDP and struck out with a runner on 2 in the 5th.

Home Run Derby Update

And just like that Hart is now leading the competition. He had a monster round, sending 13 over the fence while the closest before him had only hit 2. He is almost a sure thing to make it to the next round. His longest to this point was 464', by far the longest of the first 4 batters.

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE
Hart is officially through to the second round.

FINAL UPDATE
Hart made it to the second round leading the competition, but fatigue and bad luck got the better of him and he couldn't push one out of the yard in the second. The final was David Ortiz vs Hanley Ramirez with Ortiz coming out victorious.