7/20/08 Brewers (Parra) at Giants (Lincecum): 3:05 CDT

[obobo55]

I won't say what it is, but this will be the fifth time we have attempted it this year, each time we have failed.

 

I know Lincecum will be tough, but I think we can do it tomorrow. Manny should be well rested and SF is not a great offensive team. Can't wait for the game tomorrow...

[wibadgers23]

Manny Parra (8-2, 3.78 ERA, 78 SO)

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080622/capt.14932138071d4515897395f6234ab5e6.orioles_brewers_baseball_wimg103.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
7/11	CIN	L 5-6	6.1	6	5	4	0	1	6	8	4	27	93	--	--	3.78
7/7	COL	L 3-4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	18	--	--	3.65
7/3	@ARI	L 5-6	6.0	4	0	0	0	3	4	9	6	25	100	--	--	3.69
6/28	@MIN	W 5-1	7.0	2	0	0	0	4	6	12	4	27	112	W(8-2)	--	3.95
6/22	BAL	W 7-3	5.0	5	3	3	0	6	1	9	4	24	90	W(7-2)	--	4.29
6/17	TOR	W 7-0	7.0	4	0	0	0	4	5	9	4	28	108	W(6-2)	--	4.22
6/11	@HOU	W 10-6	5.1	10	5	5	3	0	3	8	8	24	84	W(5-2)	--	4.66
6/4	ARI	W 10-1	7.0	4	1	1	0	2	8	7	5	27	101	W(4-2)	--	4.33
5/30	HOU	W 5-1	6.0	4	1	1	0	4	6	3	8	26	87	W(3-2)	--	4.72
5/25	@WAS	L 6-7	4.1	7	6	6	1	3	3	8	1	22	86	--	--	5.11

Versus

 

Tim Lincecum (11-2, 2.57 ERA, 135 SO)

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0511/mlb_ap_lincecum_412.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
7/13	@CHC	W 4-2	8.0	6	1	1	0	1	9	10	5	31	116	W(11-2)	--	2.57
7/8	@NYM	L 0-7	6.0	9	4	4	2	2	4	9	6	26	105	L(10-2)	--	2.66
7/3	CHC	W 8-3	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	8	7	5	26	111	W(10-1)	--	2.49
6/28	@OAK	W 1-0	7.0	5	0	0	0	3	11	7	3	28	116	W(9-1)	--	2.38
6/22	@KC	L 10-11	5.0	6	5	5	0	2	8	6	3	23	110	--	--	2.54
6/16	DET	W 8-6	7.0	6	4	4	2	3	3	11	6	28	108	--	--	2.21
6/11	@COL	L 0-1	7.0	6	0	0	0	3	9	9	2	28	104	--	--	1.99
6/6	@WAS	W 10-1	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	5	9	8	25	83	W(8-1)	--	2.15
6/1	SD	W 4-3	7.0	4	1	1	0	4	2	4	9	29	100	--	--	2.23
5/27	@ARI	W 6-3	7.1	6	3	3	0	3	7	9	9	31	119	W(7-1)	--	2.33

N.L. Central Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	57	40	.588	-	37-12	20-28	7-4	22-19	22-8	5-5	L 3
St. Louis	56	43	.566	2	29-21	27-22	10-6	25-20	14-9	6-4	W 4
Milwaukee	54	43	.557	3	31-17	23-26	10-11	23-16	14-8	6-4	W 3
Cincinnati	48	51	.485	10	28-20	20-31	18-13	14-21	7-11	6-4	W 2
Houston	46	51	.474	11	24-21	22-30	10-9	17-20	12-11	6-4	W 4
Pittsburgh	44	53	.454	13	29-22	15-31	12-12	20-25	6-7	4-6	L 4

Wild Card Race

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis	56	43	.566	-
Milwaukee	54	43	.557	1
N.Y. Mets	52	46	.531	3½
Florida	51	46	.526	4
Cincinnati	48	51	.485	8
L.A. Dodgers	47	50	.485	8
Atlanta	46	51	.474	9
Houston	46	51	.474	9
Pittsburgh	44	53	.454	11
Colorado	42	57	.424	14
San Francisco	40	57	.412	15
San Diego	37	61	.378	18½
Washington	37	61	.378	18½

[RickieDROPSbombs]

Hopefully Manny will come out sharp tomorrow and hit his spots. When he does, he is untouchable at times.

[berniebrewer4life]

Just do it manny.

[ELCABALLO45]

I doubt he does but if Mike Rivera starts, he is going to homer.

 

Tiny Tim is a great pitcher, hopefully we can get to him.

[jason21nl]

I'm really looking forward to this game. I really like Parra and any time I get to watch Lincecum pitch is awesome. The little guy is just fun to watch.

[BrewCrewForever]

Tall task today against "The Freak". Maybe we can get to him early and Manny can hold the lowly Giants offense. Come on boys sweep to start the second half! Only 1 back of the Cards and only 3 now behind the Cubs? Things are getting very interesting.

[dlk9s]

I'm rooting for only 1 wild pitch from Manny today. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gifhttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[brettac1]

Time to drop the S-bomb.

 

Let's hope the 'stros can do the same.

[crewcrazy]

I predict both starting pitchers will hit a double today. Lincecum may be small, but he can flat-out rake.

[pitchleague]

any chance that Lincecum could be "off" today due to his bout with the flu this week? Sure would be nice if we caught a break like that.

[SeriesFinale]

We've done a number on Lincecum twice, he's done one on us once. The Brewers have just dominated the Giants this year, the run differential is something else, and the bats have been on fire the last two days. Figure in too that the Giants stink at home and Manny is no slouch--heck, I even wonder what mental effect the possible Ray-Ray/Taschner deal going down today would have on the Giants. That's gotta be a downer.

 

You'd have to think that with perhaps the best NL pitcher of the season on the mound for them today, the Giants would have the advantage, but we'll see. I won't bring a broom out to the park today, but we'll see.

[owbc]

Despite all of the side stories, this game comes down to whether or not Lincecum has his A stuff. If he does, we aren't winning.

[wisconsinfan47]

Depressing, yet hopeful stat of the day:

 

5 longest current droughts of no road series sweeps (minimum 3 game series)

5. Baltimore Orioles, since May 28-30, 2007

4. Atlanta Braves, since April 2-5, 2007

3. San Diego Padres, since July 24-26, 2006

2. Texas Rangers, since May 2-4, 2005

1. Milwaukee Brewers, since June 29-July 1, 2004

 

Go Brewers!

[razzzorsharp]

Despite all of the side stories, this game comes down to whether or not Lincecum has his A stuff. If he does, we aren't winning.

Not if they can't score runs. Cmon Manny, all we are asking for is a shutout so we can win in the 11th.

[And That]

Brewers:

2B Weeks

SS Hardy

LF Braun

1B Fielder

RF Hart

3B Branyan

CF Cameron

C Kendall

P Parra

 

Non-Brewers:

2B Burriss

3B Castillo

RF Winn

C Molina

CF Rowand

1B Aurillia

LF Velez

SS Ochoa

P Linecum

[craigharmann]

Who is televising this game? I'm not seeing it on Extra Innings.

[Mass Haas]

Extra Innings is not running any of the West Coast games because ESPN's Sunday Night Game is two hours earlier than normal for the ESPY's.

 

Boo!

 

I'm a fanatic with both EI and MLB.TV, so I'm tied to my PC instead of my recliner. Better than nothing...

[craigharmann]

I looked on DirecTV's website and it gave me a channel for the game. So we'll see here in about a minute or so if it happens. What's the point of "see your team wherever you live", if the game isn't shown on the package that you pay an arm and a leg for? Ticks me off. And I can't watch it. BOOOO!!!!

[DHonks]

Directv's schedule shows 696, but I'm getting a message and no game

[crewcrazy]

Either I'm blind, or somebody flipped a wrong switch at FSN. I get audio, but I see nothing but black...anyone else having this problem (I have DishNetwork, BTW)?

[Trowekamp]

I am guessing one of the Home / Away broadcasts will be replaced with the Brewers at 3:05..

[pitchleague]

neither Giants nor Brewers broadcasts are on.

[Trowekamp]

Of course it might be under blackout rules because the end could run into the ESPN National Game of the week..

[DHonks]

Sorry folks...from DirecTv's website.

 

"ESPN maintains their exclusive national broadcast window for all Major League Baseball games on Sunday nights, therefore, no telecast can be made available for out-of-market distribution. As their rights are for night games only, any games which start after 5:00pm ET (2:00pm PT) cannot be distributed out-of-market. However, on the first Sunday after the All-Star Game (7/15/08), no game with a start time after 3:00pm ET (12:00pm PT) can be distributed out-of-market."