8/4/08 Brewers (Parra) at Reds (Arroyo): 6:10 PM CDT

[wibadgers23]

Manny Parra (9-4, 3.93 ERA, 97 SO)

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Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
7/30	CHC	L 2-7	5.1	8	5	5	0	4	5	11	2	29	96	L(9-4)	--	3.93
7/25	HOU	L 1-3	6.0	8	3	3	0	2	5	12	1	26	100	L(9-3)	--	3.72
7/20	@SF	W 7-4	7.2	7	2	2	0	2	9	14	2	32	106	W(9-2)	--	3.68
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

Versus

 

Bronson Arroyo (9-8, 5.74 ERA, 107 SO)

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Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
7/29	@HOU	L 2-6	6.1	8	6	6	2	0	3	9	9	28	109	L(9-8)	--	5.74
7/23	SD	W 9-5	7.0	6	3	3	2	0	7	9	7	27	102	W(9-7)	--	5.60
7/18	NYM	W 5-2	8.0	4	2	2	0	1	4	11	7	28	95	W(8-7)	--	5.71
7/10	@CHC	W 12-7	5.0	7	5	5	1	3	2	12	6	24	103	W(7-7)	--	5.97
7/4	WAS	W 3-0	6.0	5	0	0	0	3	3	8	8	26	95	W(6-7)	--	5.82
6/29	@CLE	W 9-5	6.0	5	2	1	1	2	6	3	8	24	94	W(5-7)	--	6.19
6/24	@TOR	L 1-14	1.0	11	10	10	3	1	1	5	3	15	53	L(4-7)	--	6.52
6/18	LAD	L 1-6	6.1	7	6	6	1	1	6	7	4	27	100	L(4-6)	--	5.55
6/12	STL	W 6-2	6.0	2	0	0	0	1	4	8	4	21	86	--	--	5.31
6/7	@FLA	L 7-8	4.2	7	4	4	2	2	6	5	7	23	103	--	--	5.74

N.L. Central Standings:

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	67	45	.598	-	41-15	26-30	9-6	29-20	23-10	7-3	W 2
Milwaukee (46)	62	50	.554	5	32-23	30-27	12-12	28-22	15-8	3-7	L 1
St. Louis (44)	62	52	.544	6	31-27	31-25	15-11	25-24	15-9	5-5	L 2
Houston (39)	53	57	.482	13	29-26	24-31	13-9	21-26	12-11	7-3	W 3
Pittsburgh (36)	51	60	.459	15½	32-26	19-34	12-12	24-27	9-12	4-6	L 2
Cincinnati (35)	51	61	.455	16	30-25	21-36	18-17	15-23	9-15	2-8	L 3

Wild Card Race:

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	62	50	.554	-
St. Louis	62	52	.544	1
Florida	59	53	.527	3
N.Y. Mets	58	53	.523	3½
L.A. Dodgers	56	55	.505	5½
Houston	53	57	.482	8
Atlanta	51	60	.459	10½
Pittsburgh	51	60	.459	10½
Cincinnati	51	61	.455	11
Colorado	51	62	.451	11½
San Francisco	46	64	.418	15
San Diego	43	69	.384	19
Washington	41	70	.369	20½

[2008 world champs]

I think this is a MUST win if the series is to be taken... Go Crew get some freakin runs this time.

[And That]

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[ELCABALLO45]

This will be the last game I get to watch on TV before my big Baseball trip.

 

Brewers please make it a good one.

 

Please?

[RobDeer 45]

Go Crew!

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Dear Brewers

 

It's Bronson Arroyo...he's not Jorge Campillo, Glendon Rusch or Wandy Rodriguez. Please hammer him.

 

Thank you, SoCal Brew Crew Fan

[crossface21]

Is that stat correct, that Parra hasn't given up a HR in his last 51 1/3 innings???

[sargennm]

I'll keep taking 2 out of 3 on the road the rest of the way. Let's make winning the Reds series a bit easier by taking this one tonight!

 

Prince stays hot tonight and Braun rejoins him! I want to see them both going at the same time.

[hawing]

Don't let the freakish leg kick of Mr. Arroyo intimidate you, Brewers!

[razzzorsharp]

Where Bronson learned to pitch....

 

 

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[sargennm]

Just in case your reading this Prince, don't let this guy get away with the reckless promotion of these products that harm animals and the environment! He is your sworn enemy and the only way to defeat him and his meat-eating brethren is to take him yard three times tonight.

 

And if that isn't enough inspiration, how about you take him deep because he's such a nerd.

 

[Glennron]

Sweet, another pitcher who doesn't walk a lot of guys. The Brewers patience should really come out in full force again this game.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Sweet, another pitcher who doesn't walk a lot of guys. The Brewers patience should really come out in full force again this game.

 

But he does give up the homers...so can we hit enough solo shots to win???

[joepepsi]

Tom Hardricourt is perplexed:

You don't have to be hot

By Tom Haudricourt

Monday, Aug 4 2008, 02:19 PM

 

... to be in the Brewers' lineup.

 

Many residents of Slump City can be found in the lineup the Brewers will send out against Bronson Arroyo tonight at Great American Ball Park:

 

2B Rickie Weeks

SS J.J. Hardy

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

RF Corey Hart

3B Craig Counsell

CF Mike Cameron

C Jason Kendall

LHP Manny Parra

[Glennron]

Why does Yost hate Branyan so much? I never envisioned Counsell starting three straight games when there were no injuries.

[yount19.u]

Tom Hardricourt is perplexed:

You don't have to be hot

By Tom Haudricourt

Monday, Aug 4 2008, 02:19 PM

 

... to be in the Brewers' lineup.

 

Many residents of Slump City can be found in the lineup the Brewers will send out against Bronson Arroyo tonight at Great American Ball Park:

 

2B Rickie Weeks

SS J.J. Hardy

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

RF Corey Hart

3B Craig Counsell

CF Mike Cameron

C Jason Kendall

LHP Manny Parra

 

I'm perplexed as well. Why is Counsell getting so much time at 3rd lately? I know Hall and Branyan aren't lighting the world on fire right now, but they hit homers and Hall is always tough against the Reds.

[pitchleague]

needless to say, Counsell hit the ball pretty darn hard all weekend in Atlanta.

[Bruce Ciskie]

Why are Ray Durham and Russell Branyan on the team?

[Oldcity]

Ugh. Free Russ Branyan!

[crossface21]

With Counsell, I can only think that with the offense struggling mightly right now, he's looking for guys that can make contact with the ball. You give yourself a much better chance to get on base when you swing the bat, rather than watch strike 3 fly right down the middle and then looked perplexed at why the ump called you out.

[Bruce Ciskie]

With Counsell, I can only think that with the offense struggling mightly right now, he's looking for guys that can make contact with the ball. You give yourself a much better chance to get on base when you swing the bat, rather than watch strike 3 fly right down the middle and then looked perplexed at why the ump called you out.

 

Counsell hit .174 in July and struck out twice Saturday.

 

Just sayin'.

[rluzinski]

I'm sure Tom wants Kapler to start over Cameron. He's like 95% of baseball fans out there. It only takes about 100 AB before they are convinved that a career backup is a whole new player and should start over an established player. After that backup inevitably starts playinglike he always has, they'll conveniently forget it and find a new backup to scream for.

 

But Tom should actually be happy. The reddddddd hottttt Counsell is in there. Nevermind his 100's of crappy ABs. He's seeing the ball really well right now! Honest!

 

And for those who constantly complain about the Brewers offense... How many bad games (less than 3 runs) is a good offense allowed to have and still be good overall? I'm guessing that the answer to that would be in fantasy land. This notion that a consistent offense exists somewhere out there is a figment of your imaginations.

[joepepsi]

Russell Branyan since the All Star break: .286/.348/.571 .919 OPS. Of course that's only 23 plate appearances because Ned refuses to play him. 6 hits, 2 walks, 4K, 1 homer, 3 doubles, 1 rbi, 6 runs scored.

 

Craig Counsell since the All Star break: .167/.211/.167 .378 OPS. That's 3 singles over 19 plate appearances, 3 Ks, 1 walk, 0 runs scored, 0 rbi.

[crossface21]

I didn't take into account Counsell's recent performance. When I made my comment, it was only in reference to he amount of SO's per at bat for Hall, Branyan, and Counsell over the course of the season. How bad does it suck that out of 3 guys, the Brewers can't get anyone to do a decent job on a consistent basis.

[uecker9]

Oh, I'll play. Since July 1st - Counsell 7-31 4BB 4K Branyan 8-40 3BB 10K

 

Blindfold or no blindfold? Cigarette or no Cigarette?http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif And against Arroyo both are .333 (Counsell 4-12, Branyan 2-6)

 

Looks like Cameron hits him well, that would be cool.