8/1/08 Brewers (Suppan) at Braves (James): 6:30 CDT

[wibadgers23]

Jeff Suppan (5-7, 5.04 ERA, 61 SO)

http://yogibrewer.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/hotsoup.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
7/27	HOU	L 6-11	6.0	11	8	8	2	1	3	11	6	28	91	L(5-7)	--	5.04
7/22	@STL	W 4-3	7.0	8	3	3	1	2	3	9	9	31	93	--	--	4.65
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

Versus

 

Chuck James (2-3, 8.22 ERA, 17 SO)

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2007/07/14/hxpotoWs.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
5/15	@PHI	L 0-5	4.0	6	5	5	3	5	0	4	7	22	77	L(2-3)	--	8.22
5/10	@PIT	L 2-5	6.0	5	5	5	1	4	7	7	7	27	106	L(2-2)	--	7.58
4/24	FLA	W 7-4	5.0	5	4	4	1	5	3	5	9	24	83	W(2-1)	--	7.62
4/19	LAD	W 4-1	5.0	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	11	19	69	W(1-1)	--	7.88
4/9	@COL	L 6-12	3.0	5	6	6	1	1	5	2	5	18	69	L(0-1)	--	18.00

N.L. Central Standings:

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	65	44	.596	-	39-14	26-30	9-6	27-19	23-10	7-3	W 5
Milwaukee (49)	60	49	.550	5	32-23	28-26	10-11	28-22	15-8	4-6	L 5
St. Louis (48)	61	50	.550	5	30-25	31-25	14-9	25-24	15-9	4-6	L 1
Cincinnati (40)	51	58	.468	14	30-25	21-33	18-14	15-23	9-15	3-7	W 1
Houston (41)	50	57	.467	14	26-26	24-31	10-9	21-26	12-11	4-6	L 1
Pittsburgh (40)	50	58	.463	14½	32-26	18-32	12-12	23-25	9-12	6-4	L 1

Wild Card Race:

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	60	49	.550	-
St. Louis	61	50	.550	-
N.Y. Mets	58	50	.537	1½
Florida	58	51	.532	2
L.A. Dodgers	54	54	.500	5½
Cincinnati	51	58	.468	9
Houston	50	57	.467	9
Atlanta	50	58	.463	9½
Pittsburgh	50	58	.463	9½
Colorado	49	61	.445	11½
San Francisco	44	63	.411	15
San Diego	42	67	.385	18
Washington	38	70	.352	21½

[2008 world champs]

Forget what happened in the Cubs series. 5 games is doable, very doable, and if the Brewers can't make that up, theres always the wild card. Lots of baseball left folks! Perfect guy to start a winning streak.........Ok, the last sentence was a stretch, but these aint your daddy's Braves. GO CREW!

[Mike2k33]

Just don't embarrass yourselves, Crew.

 

 

Let's get a hit with RISP!

[LordBeerMeStrength]

The first time there is a RISP, hit him in. It would really loosen everyone up. They could relax and start playing baseball like they should be. An early lead would be great.

[holybannana]

I sort of feel like my years of baseball viewing and analyzing point to the Brewers being on a frustrating slump for the next couple weeks. But lets stay positive and say things go back to being swell. This thing just got interesting. There's a lot of season left.

[bucks2281]

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/cb/b3/dc797220eca0110d3b4b6010._AA240_.L.jpg

 

 

[LUKE232323]

The Braves either have half their core traded or on the DL. We're facing a very crappy left hander. Good mix to turn it around, my main worry is they are mentally carrying the Cubs series with them on ths road trip. Hopefully that is not the case.

[Sheets4theHOF]

Murphy's law

[JumpinMacFlash]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/funny-pictures-kitten-has-determination.jpg

 

 

[rluzinski]

A week ago, many were convinced that the Brewers' great success on road trip would carry over to the home stand. Every game is a new beginning.

 

A nice win tonight could do a lo heal the fans' battered hearts (yes, me included). Couple that with a loss from the Cubs and/or Cards...

[eanelson4]

I have 0 confidence that we can put up runs against Chuck James tonight. For that matter, I also have 0 confidence that Jeff Suppan can have a good outing for once. I'll believe it when I see it. Good luck to the Brewers. They need a W.

[Irish Brewer]

Lets tag James for a nice 7 spot and run him out of the game by the fourth.

 

Come on boys, time to start all over.

[crewcrazy]

This would be a nice time for Suppan's veterany-ness to kick in for something like 7 IP and 1 or 2 ER. Hopefully Braun can get out of his mini-slump and Fielder continues to hit well.

[sheethead]

I went to visit the MIB and got the flashy thingy treatment. I'm not exactly sure what happened this last week, but I see the Brewers are tied for the Wild Card. Let's build on that.

[JJ Hardy Har Har]

I went to visit the MIB and got the flashy thingy treatment. I'm not exactly sure what happened this last week, but I see the Brewers are tied for the Wild Card. Let's build on that.

I like it.

 

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

I haven't seen the Brew Crew with this much of an advantage heading into a game since CC went up against Lollipop Lilly.

 

C'mon Crew...all streaks start with one!!!

[imblotto]

This is when Suppan starts his 2nd half brilliance and extends it into the playoffs, right?

[TauPentaRei]

screw hitting with RISP.

 

it's solo dinger time! why change what you do best?

[owbc]

Braves 10, Brewers 3

[sauveb]

Hey, we have Suppan vs. a guy with an 8.22 ERA. This one is a tossup.

[ELCABALLO45]

Brewers 1

Braves 20

 

Try not to get blown out losers.

[ELCABALLO45]

2B Rickie Weeks

SS JJ Hardy

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

RF Corey Hart

3B Bill Hall

CF Mike Cameron

C Jason Kendall

P Jeff Suppan

[wibadgers23]

So much for Hart getting a couple games off like Ned said. Let's hope he gets it turned around so Prince starts seeing some pitches to hit again.

[fondybrewfan]

Nothing like going to Atlanta after sucking big time against the Cubs. I have no doubt that Atlanta, our house of horrors, will bring out the worst in Ned.

[JET15]

They can't even hear me through this glass...