7/1/07 Brewers (Bush) @ Cubs (Marquis): 1:20 PM CDT

[brewmann04]

maybe this will be another wake up call for the Brewers ,just before the All star break. Or this could be another start of a long July after reaching that 14 games over 500.

[PeaveyFury]

Well, it could have been much worse, but should have been soooo much better.

 

The offense needs to wake the heck up.

[Oldcity]

Or maybe it will be just another game. Wasn't Friday supposed to be the start of a slump?

[Ennder]

Brewers have the best OPS in the NL against lefties with an .853.

Brewers have the 3rd best OPS in the NL vs righties with only a .763,

 

100 points of OPS is a pretty big gap.

[endaround]

Bush never has reacted well when his routine is interrupted.

[PeaveyFury]

Rocket balls being hit all over the place, and all of them are being caught.

[SlideBernieSlide]

Cubbies catching all the breaks today. One of those days.

[crewcrazy]

Bah...everything is hit so hard, but right at someone. That double play was some horrible luck.

[Ennder]

Yeah its just not our day so far, between the ump giving them a run and all the hard hit balls at guys this game could of been very different. Thats baseball though, keep at marquis and beat up on the depleted bullpen.

 

Mike Hargrove resigned as manager of the Mariners because he's burned out.

[wisconsinfan47]

Hopefully one of those hard hit balls will find the gap or corner with runners on. It's bound to happen.

 

Haha, gotta love it when Hardy and Jenkins both triple within 24 hours of each other...

[brettac1]

Even though this game sucks so far, worst case is leaving Chicago with a huge lead and heading off to get fat on the Pirates and Nats before a four day all-star break.

[igor67]

Ennder was your implication that we could make Pinella resign mid season? OOh would that be fun.

[PeaveyFury]

Jenkins with an amazingly dumb play for a 10 year vet.

[adambr2]

Nice baserunning, Jenks.

 

We're doing a sweet job today getting runners in from 3rd with less than 2 outs.

[crewcrazy]

Absolutely nothing is going right. Ugh. At least they're starting to hit Marquis hard.

[SlideBernieSlide]

Very odd day. Brewers heads must already be in Pittsburgh? I guess they're already looking forward to that battle??

[TerraceReserved]

Ughh........... so many bad things happening. Should be 2-1 in my book right now.

[bobskube]

Im surprised they did not pinch hit for Bush there.

 

Horrible luck this game with a mix of bad "D", bad fielding, and one atrocious ump call.

[DHonks]

Im surprised they did not pinch hit for Bush there.

 

not really. Bush seems to have really settled in and has a low pitch count. No point in taxing the pen, unless our offense is showing signs of life

[rluzinski]

Here comes the comeback!?

 

Man. If the Brewers are only able to win 1 game in this series, I'm going to be pretty disappointed.

 

I just really just wanted the Brewers not to be swept. I'd obviously prefer the they win the series but the Cubs aren't going to make up much ground, at least.

[brettac1]

Hart decided to punch bad luck in the face there.

[PeaveyFury]

Yay Corey!

 

Too bad Jenkins ran like a dip, or it'd be 4-2. Too bad the ump was a dip, or it'd be 3-2. Too bad Braun fielded like a dip, or it'd be tied.

[wisconsinfan47]

That's a start...

 

It's too bad that didn't come in one of those earlier innings with runners on.

[rluzinski]

Is it a given that Jenkins would have scored had he run? It really wasn't that slow of a roller. Maybe the Cubs wouldn't have even tried to cut him down with a 4 run lead?

[crewcrazy]

Oh well...have to start somewhere. Start chipping away.