7/18/08 Brewers (Sabathia) at Giants (Cain): 9:15 CDT

[wibadgers23]

CC Sabathia (8-8, 3.67 ERA, 137 SO)
http://baseballgal.homestead.com/files/Sabathia/Sabathia34.jpg

Versus

Matt Cain (5-7, 4.06 ERA, 121 SO)
http://espn.starwave.com/photo/2006/0625/mlb_w_cain_412.jpg

N.L. Central Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	57	38	.600	-	37-12	20-26	7-4	22-17	22-8	6-4	L 1
St. Louis	54	43	.557	4	27-21	27-22	10-6	25-20	12-9	5-5	W 2
Milwaukee	52	43	.547	5	31-17	21-26	10-11	23-16	12-8	6-4	W 1
Cincinnati	46	51	.474	12	26-20	20-31	16-13	14-21	7-11	6-4	L 2
Houston	44	51	.463	13	22-21	22-30	10-9	15-20	12-11	4-6	W 2
Pittsburgh	44	51	.463	13	29-22	15-29	12-12	20-25	6-5	4-6	L 2

Wild Card Race

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis	54	43	.557	-
Milwaukee	52	43	.547	1
Philadelphia	52	44	.542	1½
Florida	50	45	.526	3
L.A. Dodgers	46	49	.484	7
Cincinnati	46	51	.474	8
Atlanta	45	50	.474	8
Houston	44	51	.463	9
Pittsburgh	44	51	.463	9
San Francisco	40	55	.421	13
Colorado	40	57	.412	14
San Diego	37	59	.385	16½
Washington	36	60	.375	17½

Brewers Hitting Stats

NAME	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ryan Braun	92	377	52	108	24	3	23	207	66	20	78	8	3	.286	.324	.549	.873
Corey Hart	93	357	48	103	26	3	15	180	58	17	66	13	3	.289	.327	.504	.831
P. Fielder	93	344	52	93	17	2	18	168	52	44	71	2	0	.270	.357	.488	.845
J.J. Hardy	83	307	42	87	20	0	13	146	40	33	48	2	1	.283	.352	.476	.827
Rickie Weeks	77	300	58	65	15	3	8	110	24	36	70	13	3	.217	.320	.367	.687
Jason Kendall	86	291	25	75	15	2	1	97	26	28	25	6	2	.258	.339	.333	.673
Bill Hall	82	269	31	63	17	0	12	116	39	20	74	3	5	.234	.294	.431	.725
Mike Cameron	59	216	32	50	12	0	14	104	35	28	71	8	3	.231	.320	.481	.801
Gabe Kapler	65	149	25	47	11	2	5	77	27	8	23	3	0	.315	.352	.517	.869
C. Counsell	62	133	17	33	7	1	1	45	9	19	21	2	1	.248	.348	.338	.687
R. Branyan	35	106	18	26	5	0	11	64	19	14	37	1	0	.245	.331	.604	.934
Joe Dillon	45	65	12	15	3	0	1	21	6	12	17	1	0	.231	.359	.323	.682
Mike Rivera	15	47	8	15	3	0	1	21	10	2	9	1	0	.319	.360	.447	.807
Gabe Gross	16	43	6	9	3	0	0	12	2	10	7	2	0	.209	.352	.279	.631
Ben Sheets	17	39	2	3	1	0	0	4	3	2	15	0	0	.077	.122	.103	.225
Tony Gwynn	20	35	5	7	1	0	0	8	1	4	6	2	1	.200	.293	.229	.521
Dave Bush	18	35	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	11	0	0	.086	.086	.114	.200
Manny Parra	18	33	1	6	2	0	0	8	3	2	11	0	0	.182	.229	.242	.471
Jeff Suppan	19	30	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	11	0	0	.067	.097	.100	.197
C. Villanueva	23	16	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	8	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301
Seth McClung	19	15	0	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	8	0	0	.267	.267	.333	.600
H. Iribarren	12	14	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	3	0	0	.143	.200	.214	.414
Y. Gallardo	3	8	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375
CC Sabathia†	2	5	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000
Tim Dillard	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
David Riske	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Mitch Stetter	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Brian Shouse	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
J. Tavarez†	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
S. Torres	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
G. Mota	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Eric Gagne	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
D. Turnbow	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Zach Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Mark DiFelice	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Totals	95	3237	440	821	187	16	124	1412	425	302	691	67	22	.254	.323	.436	.759

Brewers Pitching Stats

NAME	GP	GS	W	L	Sv	Hld	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	K/9	P/GS	WHIP	ERA
Ben Sheets	18	18	10	3	0	0	123.0	109	39	13	28	108	7.90	105.3	1.11	2.85
Dave Bush	18	17	5	8	0	0	106.2	97	52	15	26	66	5.57	94.6	1.15	4.39
Jeff Suppan	18	18	5	6	0	0	101.1	118	53	12	44	55	4.88	92.5	1.60	4.71
Manny Parra	19	18	8	2	0	0	100.0	99	42	9	50	78	7.02	95.1	1.49	3.78
C. Villanueva	25	9	3	5	1	6	76.0	87	42	15	21	60	7.11	95.8	1.42	4.97
Seth McClung	21	10	5	5	0	1	75.2	66	35	10	36	64	7.61	86.9	1.35	4.16
S. Torres	43	0	4	2	15	5	49.1	43	15	3	20	33	6.02	0.0	1.28	2.74
G. Mota	34	0	2	5	1	9	34.1	38	22	6	17	31	8.13	0.0	1.60	5.77
Brian Shouse	44	0	3	1	2	11	33.0	25	7	4	8	21	5.73	0.0	1.00	1.91
David Riske	27	0	1	1	1	9	29.0	28	15	4	14	18	5.59	0.0	1.45	4.66
Eric Gagne	24	0	2	2	10	0	23.1	29	19	7	16	21	8.10	0.0	1.93	7.33
Mitch Stetter	22	0	2	1	0	2	22.0	11	6	2	15	28	11.45	0.0	1.18	2.45
Y. Gallardo	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	19	4	2	6	13	5.85	106.0	1.25	1.80
CC Sabathia†	2	2	2	0	0	0	15.0	13	4	0	6	14	8.40	109.5	1.27	2.40
Mark DiFelice	10	0	0	0	0	1	13.2	13	6	4	0	16	10.54	0.0	0.95	3.95
Tim Dillard	8	0	0	0	0	1	8.1	10	5	1	5	3	3.24	0.0	1.80	5.40
J. Tavarez†	7	0	0	1	0	0	7.1	13	7	0	5	10	12.27	0.0	2.45	8.59
D. Turnbow	8	0	0	1	1	0	6.1	12	11	1	13	5	7.11	0.0	3.95	15.63
Zach Jackson	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	2	0	2	1	2.45	0.0	1.91	4.91
Totals	95	95	52	43	31	45	848.0	835	385	108	332	645	6.85	96.3	1.38	4.09

[berniebrewer4life]

Hey, let's get the second half of the season off to a great start!

[SeriesFinale]

Some tough pitching matchups this weekend...I just want one win, which would be one more than they gave me in SF last year. We knocked around Sanchez last time and have actually had some success against Lincecum (we did a number on him twice last year; he dominated us once) and the Giants are horrid at home so I don't think that's too much to ask.

 

Can't wait to see CC go to work in person...I hope he doesn't try to pour it on too hard for his home-area crowd and lose a touch on his control like his first Brewers start, but given those results I'm not too worried.

 

I'll be behind the Crew's dugout tomorrow with my MB glove hat and my yellow old-old-school AA Milwaukee Brewers shirt...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/3187ZQKV15L._SS400_.jpg

...keep your eyes peeled!

[Yeti73]

Hate the All-Star break...can't wait for them to get back in action. Not too confident about our ability to win out there, but these are the types of series we need to win to stay in the race. Especially considering with throw CC, Manny, and Sheets. That's our best ammunition. I see Rickie and Cam turning things around to really round out our lineup and turn the heat on the sCrUBS.

[patrickgpe]

so happy baseball is back tonight. I plan on getting to a bar early, enjoying a fish fry and kicking back and having a few while watching CC. It has been a long 2 days without baseball. I definitely do not like what mlb did by giving most teams a 4 day break instead of the normal 3, even though I am sure it was beneficial to the brewers.

 

SF, thats a sweet shirt I found one similar in the fan zone but the price was ridiculously expensive so i passed.

[SeriesFinale]

SF, thats a sweet shirt I found one similar in the fan zone but the price was ridiculously expensive so i passed.

Yeah I paid something like $25 on Amazon which is more than I'll normally pay on a t-shirt but I thought it was pretty unique

 

[Oldcity]

Some awesome pitching matchups this series. Anything more than one win would be great. Let's not get swept.

[Glennron]

Cain's on my fantasy team, and it seems like he only gives up 5+ runs or 2 or fewer each start. Hopefully Sabathia can shut down the Giants sad offense. They have fewer home runs than Toronto...yikes.

[crewcrazy]

West Coast games suck.

 

With that said, I'm looking forward to staying up until midnight watching the Brewers. I've had nothing to watch all week.

[badgergal]

I used to think west coast games sucked too, until I lived there -- now they're about the only games I can make it to in person (I'll be there tonight, section FC110, about 8 rows up, roughly behind the Brewers on-deck circle). What's really weird living here is when the football season starts-- the 11:00 games in GB, start at 9 AM here. Football for breakfast :-) I'm excited to see CC in person tonight! Anyone else there tonight?

[lcbj68c]

What ever happend to Woogie? Is he not doing his thing anymore?

[Menotti80]

the worst night for a late start. i am driving solo up to wausau tonight and would have love to listen to the game on the way up. guess its gonna be a boring drive...

[sgtcluels]

Late start is horrible... but.. go CC. It'll be tough against Cain.

[jjgott]

I used to think west coast games sucked too, until I lived there -- now they're about the only games I can make it to in person (I'll be there tonight, section FC110, about 8 rows up, roughly behind the Brewers on-deck circle). What's really weird living here is when the football season starts-- the 11:00 games in GB, start at 9 AM here. Football for breakfast :-) I'm excited to see CC in person tonight! Anyone else there tonight?

 

Football for breakfast is really sweet. You can get through all the games and still can do things in the afternoon, as opposed to wasting the entire day like I do now that I am on the east coast.

 

In other news, CRUSH THE GIANTS!

[wOOgiE22]

oooh trust me woogie is still around.... my life is really busy right now so i dont have to time to make them. when things tame down a little bit i will have them up and running again!

[Menotti80]

yeah you know its been a while for woogie when he still has tavaras in his avatar and no CC...

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[pitchleague]

West Coast games suck.

Sure--for you guys that live in the midwest they do. I'm thrilled because I can finally sit out on the patio and watch the game tonight without frying my fanny while doing so. Then, about mid-way through the game, the sun will set and I can light my citronella torches and continue to sit out on the patio and enjoy the cool 85-degree night.

 

[RU Rah Rah]

I have a bunch of family stuff early tonight, so this is actually a good start time for me.

 

And, as a bonus, we won't have to watch Barry Bonds....

[naivin]

Late start works out good for me for a change. I've got ribs on the grill with a couple hours to go, kids will be in bed, and my wife is out of town. Yay me!

[brewtank34]

It's a beautiful Friday night guys....I'm going out and living it up!

 

-won't stop me from DVR'ing the game though so I can watch the Crew topple the Gggggg-men 7-3 tomorrow morning when I'm hung over, eating my Webb's breakfast! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif

 

 

[dlk9s]

West Coast games suck.

Sure--for you guys that live in the midwest they do.

 

Don't forget those of us out East.

I bought the $2 all-star week package of MLB.tv, so I'll put the game on the computer while doing some work tonight.

 

[I Heart Brewers]

I'll be there tonight and tomorrow with my ball and glove logo hat. Up high in the deck tonight, but tomorrow 7 rows behind home plate. CC and Sheets, great way to start after the break. GO CREW!

 

brewtank, your Webb's is making me jealous (and hungry...).

[tdeggie]

According to Tom (jsonline.com) our line up is:

 

2B Rickie Weeks

SS J.J. Hardy

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

RF Corey Hart

3B Russell Branyan

CF Mike Cameron

C Jason Kendall

LHP CC Sabathia

 

Giants line up still TBD

[mls4]

Giants career numbers against Sabathia (H-AB, .OPS)

 

Rich Aurilia 0-5, .167

José Castillo 1-3, .667

Ray Durham 5-16, .838

Bengie Molina 1-15, .243

Aaron Rowand 11-38, .752

Omar Vizquel 0-4, .000

Randy Winn 7-26, .692

 

Brewers career numbers against Cain (H-AB, .OPS):

 

Russell Branyan 0-2, .600

Mike Cameron 2-22, .303

Craig Counsell 3-12, .500

Prince Fielder 1-4, .750

Bill Hall 0-3, .250

Corey Hart 0-2, .333

Jason Kendall 4-14, .732

Mike Rivera 2-3, 1.667

[TerraceReserved]

4 days is too long with no Brewers game. It should be fun to watch CC work tonight.

 

And these west coast games aren't cool. 9:15 start time? Lame.