8/20/08 Astros (Rodriguez) at Brewers (Parra): 1:05 PM CDT

[wibadgers23]

Manny Parra (9-6, 4.12 ERA, 63 BB/118 SO)

http://images.620wtmj.com/images/620wtmj_041708parraap.JPG

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
8/15	@LAD	L 3-5	5.2	10	4	4	1	1	6	12	3	28	93	L(9-6)	--	4.12
8/10	WAS	W 5-4	7.0	6	1	1	0	0	9	10	4	27	92	--	--	4.02
8/4	@CIN	L 3-6	6.0	4	6	6	1	4	6	8	6	26	105	L(9-5)	--	4.18
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

Versus

 

Wandy Rodriguez (7-5, 4.15 ERA, 36 BB/95 SO)

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0417/mlb_g_rodriguez_300.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
8/15	ARI	L 2-12	2.1	3	4	4	0	6	4	2	2	16	77	L(7-5)	--	4.15
8/10	@CIN	W 13-4	6.2	5	2	2	2	1	7	10	5	26	107	W(7-4)	--	3.89
8/5	@CHC	L 7-11	5.0	9	6	6	0	2	1	5	12	27	81	--	--	3.98
7/30	CIN	L 5-9	4.2	9	6	6	3	1	4	6	9	23	88	L(6-4)	--	3.61
7/25	@MIL	W 3-1	6.0	3	1	1	0	3	7	4	5	24	100	W(6-3)	--	3.18
7/19	CHC	W 4-1	6.2	9	1	1	1	0	7	7	11	28	104	W(5-3)	--	3.31
7/12	@WAS	W 6-4	5.1	8	4	4	1	1	1	8	8	23	80	W(4-3)	--	3.48
7/6	@ATL	L 6-7	5.1	7	3	3	1	2	8	5	7	25	107	--	--	3.23
7/1	LAD	L 6-7	5.0	6	5	5	1	4	5	5	8	25	93	--	--	3.08
6/26	TEX	W 7-2	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	9	6	12	30	105	W(3-3)	--	2.58

N.L. Central Standings:

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	77	48	.616	-	46-17	31-31	14-7	34-22	23-10	8-2	W 2
Milwaukee (31)	72	55	.567	6	37-24	35-31	16-12	31-24	18-11	6-4	L 1
St. Louis (28)	70	58	.547	8½	33-29	37-29	18-12	28-28	17-10	6-4	L 2
Houston (24)	64	62	.508	13½	34-28	30-34	13-9	27-29	17-13	7-3	W 1
Pittsburgh (17)	57	69	.452	20½	34-31	23-38	15-17	26-29	10-14	4-6	W 2
Cincinnati (15)	55	71	.437	22½	32-33	23-38	18-17	19-33	9-15	3-7	L 1

Wild Card Race:

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	72	55	.567	-
St. Louis (33)	70	58	.547	2½
Philadelphia (33)	67	58	.536	4
Florida (30)	65	61	.516	6½
L.A. Dodgers (30)	64	61	.512	7
Houston (29)	64	62	.508	7½
Colorado (22)	58	69	.457	14
Pittsburgh (22)	57	69	.452	14½
Atlanta (21)	56	70	.444	15½
Cincinnati (20)	55	71	.437	16½
San Francisco (19)	53	72	.424	18
San Diego (14)	48	77	.384	23
Washington (9)	44	82	.349	27½

[Invader3K]

Hopefully Manny continues to pitch well and gets us the win. It would be nice to basically put away the Astros' hopes of catching us in the Wild Card.

[davego]

Go Manny! I'll be there today kickin' it in the Club seats. Just look for the big geeky-looking guy in the Brewer shirt.

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

i will be at the game also...GO CREW

[sargennm]

Turn it back around guys. Let's go! Series wins. That's all we need the rest of the way.

[brewcrew00]

Remember guys, it's Wandy Rodriguez. The simple greatest human pitcher of all time.

[ajpryor]

LHP mmm tasty

[moofnelson]

Let's beat Wendy-Rod today Crew! AKA: Bat Boy

http://thegrandnarrative.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/bat-boy.jpg

 

 

[sargennm]

Per JS blog. Weeks, Hall and Rivera in, Braun still out.

 

2B Rickie Weeks

SS J.J. Hardy

LF Gabe Kapler

1B Prince Fielder

RF Corey Hart

3B Bill Hall

CF Mike Cameron

C Mike Rivera

LHP Manny Parra

[OOOverbay]

I'm in shock(Hall and Rivera)... and Braun needs to get healthy... and go get them Manny.

[crewcrazy]

I wonder how long it'll take this game thread to turn into another vent thread. I was only able to watch last night's game up until the inning Houston tied it and I had a hard time figuring out what I missed since most of the posts were "Sheets sucks" and "Playoff teams don't ever play this bad".

 

Pretty good lineup to have against a lefty, and it's good to see Rivera starting to get more than one start every two weeks lately. Hopefully Braun can return in the Pirates series, but hopefully he won't need to be rushed back.

[And That]

I'm guessing now that Kendall's contract in guaranteed for next season, we'll start seeing Rivera a little more often.

[wibadgers23]

It seems like we've always had trouble with this guy. Let's turn that around today. Go Crew!

[berniebrewer4life]

Let's get that W boys.

[GormanHarvey]

I like this lineup for the matchup today. I think Rivera should be Parra's personal catcher. At least it would get him in there every 5 days or so and get Kendall a little rest. My prediction - Jason Kendall will weigh under 170 lbs by Oct 1

[jhart05]

Just look for the big geeky-looking guy in the Brewer shirt.

 

 

Heck, that describes just about half the stadium. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[crewcrazy]

If you couldn't tell from the guy in the Oktoberfest leiderhosen throwing out the first pitch, it's La Crosse Area day at Miller Park.

 

They should've signed Damian Miller to a 1-day contract just for this game...he was always clutch on these days. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

My prediction - Jason Kendall will weigh under 170 lbs by Oct 1

 

My buddy and I had a long discussion at the game on Sunday...Has Jason Kendall lost more weight during the season than Johnny Estrada gained last year? I'm thinking Kendall has dropped 20 lbs, but Estrada must have added 50 last year.

 

Note to Jason - Use your day off to pony up to the training table today!!!

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

La Crosse Day...as someone who has been there once, I hereby nominate Mike Rivera as honarary mayor of La Crosse for the day!!! Can I get a second?

[eanelson4]

Good start boys. Let's hop on the run machine early!

[wibadgers23]

What?! This game is on tv? I thought it was radio only today. Well that was a nice surprise when I turned it to FSN just for the fun of it and saw the game was on.

[trwi7]

You mean Sveum actually has a stop sign?

[crewcrazy]

KAPLAN!

 

Fielder sac fly to follow on the next pitch...good start, guys. Please don't stop at 2 again today.

[trwi7]

Hart and Hall has the plate discipline of somebody playing a video game. Hack away.

 

Fixed my post.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Cameron should be in the 6 hole.