7/22/08 Brewers (Suppan) at Cardinals (Lohse): 7:15 CDT

[wibadgers23]

Jeff Suppan (5-6, 4.71 ERA, 55 SO)

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0430/mlb_g_suppan_412.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
7/6	PIT	W 11-6	3.0	5	6	6	2	2	2	1	5	16	75	--	--	4.71
7/1	@ARI	W 8-6	5.0	9	5	5	1	2	0	10	8	25	76	W(5-6)	--	4.30
6/25	@ATL	L 2-4	6.0	9	4	4	0	1	5	13	6	27	94	L(4-6)	--	4.05
6/20	BAL	L 5-8	1.2	7	6	3	0	2	1	3	2	15	55	L(4-5)	--	3.92
6/14	MIN	L 4-9	7.0	7	2	2	0	1	5	9	6	27	96	--	--	3.68
6/8	@COL	W 3-2	5.1	4	2	1	0	5	3	10	3	24	99	W(4-4)	--	3.78
6/2	ARI	W 4-3	7.0	7	3	3	1	2	6	8	5	28	96	--	--	3.93
5/28	ATL	W 1-0	8.0	4	0	0	0	5	7	11	5	32	113	W(3-4)	--	3.93
5/23	@WAS	L 1-5	5.2	3	5	1	1	3	4	10	3	25	89	L(2-4)	--	4.47
5/17	@BOS	L 3-5	6.0	9	4	4	1	2	1	7	11	28	97	L(2-3)	--	4.78

Versus

 

Kyle Lohse (12-2, 3.35 ERA, 63 SO)

http://www.wyoung.net/pictures/lohse2.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
7/17	SD	W 4-3	7.0	7	2	2	1	2	4	12	5	28	107	W(12-2)	--	3.35
7/11	@PIT	W 6-0	7.0	6	0	0	0	1	3	12	7	29	100	W(11-2)	--	3.39
7/5	CHC	W 5-4	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	6	6	8	29	111	--	--	3.61
6/30	NYM	W 7-1	7.0	5	1	0	0	2	4	13	5	27	105	W(10-2)	--	3.67
6/25	@DET	L 7-8	4.0	11	5	5	1	1	2	13	1	23	83	--	--	3.94
6/20	@BOS	W 5-4	6.0	6	2	1	1	2	4	8	9	27	109	W(9-2)	--	3.63
6/14	PHI	W 3-2	8.0	4	2	2	1	2	3	12	11	30	116	W(8-2)	--	3.77
6/8	@HOU	W 5-4	6.0	5	3	3	1	2	3	9	5	24	91	W(7-2)	--	3.92
6/3	@WAS	W 6-1	5.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	7	4	18	63	W(6-2)	--	3.87
5/29	HOU	W 3-2	6.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	11	7	24	86	W(5-2)	--	4.02

N.L. Central Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	58	41	.586	-	37-12	21-29	7-4	23-19	22-9	5-5	L 1
Milwaukee	56	43	.566	2	31-17	25-26	10-11	24-16	15-8	7-3	W 5
St. Louis	57	44	.564	2	30-22	27-22	10-6	25-21	15-9	6-4	L 1
Cincinnati	48	53	.475	11	28-22	20-31	18-14	14-21	7-12	5-5	L 2
Houston	46	53	.465	12	24-23	22-30	10-9	17-22	12-11	5-5	L 2
Pittsburgh	45	54	.455	13	29-22	16-32	12-12	21-25	6-8	3-7	W 1

Wild Card Race

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	56	43	.566	-
St. Louis	57	44	.564	-
Philadelphia	53	46	.535	3
Florida	52	47	.525	4
Arizona	49	50	.495	7
Cincinnati	48	53	.475	9
Atlanta	47	52	.475	9
Houston	46	53	.465	10
Pittsburgh	45	54	.455	11
Colorado	43	58	.426	14
San Francisco	40	58	.408	15½
Washington	38	61	.384	18
San Diego	38	62	.380	18½

[ELCABALLO45]

Dear Brewers,

 

Wow, that was fun.

 

Lets do it again.

 

XOXO

 

ELCABALLO45

[IslandsAC]

Great game - I'll be in attendance at this one (447A - row 2 - seats 3 through 6) Go Crew!

[strawbossisevil]

If we could somehow pull out this game, we'd be in super great shape with both CC and Sheets pitching the next two. Still after pulling out the game tonight, you have to like our chances for at least a split in this series.

[Mr QL]

yea, a win here and this might be a very special roadtrip

[razzzorsharp]

This is a must win.....

 

for the Cardinals.

[olsonnet]

We need to lose the "OK if we lose this one because..." mentality with games like this.

[BrewCrewWS]

Prediction: 11-5 Brewers. Braun, Hardy and Cameron go yard.

[rupskinnn]

lets hope Soup can continue (for the most part) to pitch well against his former team.

[obobo55]

	-2, -3	-1, -1	0, 1	1, 3
	-3, -3	-2, -1	-1, 1	0, 3
	-4, -3	-3, -1	-2, 1	-1, 3
	-5, -3	-4, -1	-3, 1	-2, 3

Pulling this over from yesterday's IGT. These are the 16 possible outcomes over the next 3 days (Brewer wins from left to right 0-1-2-3/Cubs wins from top to bottom). Coming in, there were 10 bad outcomes out of 25. Now there are just 3 "bad" outcomes out of 16. Not bad for 1 day of work...

 

Don't want to jinx us, but when was the last time the Brewer's were 15 games over .500? 1992? We got to 14 over 5 separate times last year, the last time on July 2nd. July 19th of last year we were 54-41 and it was all downhill from there. Just curious if anyone knows if it goes back to '92. A win tomorrow with CC going Wednesday? I'd take our chances.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

I'm not gonna freak out if we lose this one..... BUUUUUT.... what a springboard this win would be, with CC and Benny going the next two. You're looking at a red hot team coming back to Miller Park for the biggest homestand to date this season.

 

Here's hoping someone hypnotized Soup and told him its October and they're in NYC.

[B2k1121]

I hate Kyle Lohse, only because it seems like the Brewers don't fair so well against him.

[Sheets4theHOF]

Lohse has been amazing and Soup is a control pitcher coming off of a long layoff. I'm not expecting a win, but if the crew pulls this one out it could lead to all kinds of awesomeness.

[OOOverbay]

I just can't believe were defying all recent history by looking great out of the break (and on the road of all places).

[derflotr]

63 SO in 120+ innings for Lohse and a 3.35 ERA? Wow.

 

Let's do our best Detroit impression

[BrewCrewForever]

After Braun goes 0-6 last night and we still win, I feel he comes back tonight strong.

[Yeti73]

Lohse has to come back to earth sometime right? Both pens were stretched a little last night so let's hope we have good Soup today. Otherwise, yank him immediately and let Bush go the distance...

[sheethead]

What a long day of work this will be today. I just want to enjoy some Brewer baseball, and nothing else really. LaRussa can talk about accumulating wins all he likes, but this series could end up being a turning point in both these team's seasons. Rough up Lohse please.

[RobDeer 45]

well I say we go out and beat these guys up tonight and then go in to the last two games with our two studs. Is this in HD tonight?

[bucks2281]

Jeff Suppan is due for a victory. Now's the perfect time.

[razzzorsharp]

Lohse against the Crew this year....

 

Apr 22 @ MIL L 8-9 - 4.0 8H 4ER

 

Apr 17 MIL L 3-5 - 7.0 5H 2ER

 

His starts were of the back to back variety with the Crew and you'll notice both ended in a loss. Keep it up. Also, it seems a little less muggy today so maybe that's a good thing for Soup (though I don't know why, I am searching for any advantage here).

[olliegjw]

Great game - I'll be in attendance at this one (447A - row 2 - seats 3 through 6) Go Crew!

You must be a big boy. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[eanelson4]

Suppan is on pace to give up 7 runs tonight. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

JUN 8 @ COL - 1ER

JUN 14 MIN - 2ER

JUN 20 BAL - 3ER

JUN 25 @ ATL - 4ER

JUL 1 @ ARI - 5 ER

JUL 6 PIT - 6ER

 

Here's to hoping he can re-start the "cycle" at 1 ER or even (gasp) 0 ER after that stint on the DL

[sgtcluels]

Welcome back Soup... please be good second half soup.

[datrain711]

i like that CV wasn't used last night so he can step in easily if Suppan can't get comfortable.

 

Hopefully Suppan's rest did him well, as he needs to get up to the level of our other starting pitchers lately.