8/20/08 Non-Brewers IGT

[And That]

Games of interest, centrally timed, playoff odds in parenthesis:

 

6:05 - Nationals (0.0%) @ Phillies (28.7%) - C. Balester (2-5, 5.06) vs. B. Myers (5-10, 5.02)

6:10 - Braves (0.0%) @ Mets (71.3%) - J. Jurrjens (11-8, 3.15) vs. M. Pelfrey (11, 3.91)

7:05 - Reds (0.0%) @ Cubs (99.6%) - B. Arroyo (10-10, 5.51) vs. T. Lilly (12-6, 4.32)

7:15 - Pirates (0.0%) @ Cardinals (14.5%) - J. Davis (1-2, 1.80) vs. T. Wellemeyer (10-4, 3.79)

8:40 - Padres (0.0%) @ Diamondbacks (56.8%) - J. Peavy (9-8, 2.61) vs. D. Haren (13-6, 2.96)

9:10 - Rockies (0.6%) @ Dodgers (43.1%) - J. Francis (3-8, 5.74) vs. C. Billingsley (12-9, 3.10)

9:15 - Marlins (4.8%) @ Giants (0.0%) - S. Olsen (6-8, 4.03) vs. M. Cain (8-9, 3.57)

[wibadgers23]

Looks like the Phillies and Mets are both gonna win. The Pirates are threatening in the first already.

[crewcrazy]

Reds tie the Cubs at 1 in the top of the 6th, but the Cards have scored in 3 straight innings to take an 8-2 lead over the Bucs. Out west, the Padres have taken a 4-0 first-inning lead over the D-Backs.

[ELCABALLO45]

Cincinnati

AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg

C. Dickerson cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .345

J. Keppinger ss 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .263

J. Bruce rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .258

B. Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .267

E. Encarnacion 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250

J. Votto 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277

J. Cabrera lf 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 .340

R. Hanigan c 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .235

B. Arroyo p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200

Totals 23 2 2 2 2 7 7

 

I have NO idea why the Reds are not up 12-1 with this line up!!

[2hoophead]

4-4 in the 9th at the Trop.

Balfour in for the Rays now.

 

Go Rays!

(My new favorite AL team)

 

EDIT: Aybar brothers going head to head....

[BrewCrewForever]

This might get moved to the IGT.

 

But yeah, heck of a game. Balfour throwing 95 on the black. Wish we could have had that trade back. Rays getting it done without Longoria and Crawford, crazy.

[ELCABALLO45]

Peavy vs. Haren..

 

4-4 in the 2nd of course.

[burniebrewer]

Out west, the Padres have taken a 4-0 first-inning lead over the D-Backs.

 

And with Peavy on the hill, Arizona has already tied it in the 2nd at 4-4.

[trwi7]

Why did we trade Gabe Gross for nothing? Oh yes, to get Gwynn more at bats. *sigh*

[giffted1]

A preview of the ALCS?

[moofnelson]

Why did we trade Gabe Gross for nothing? Oh yes, to get Gwynn more at bats. *sigh*

The Brewers pretty much just gave them Balfour, too. He's their setup man now, isn't he?

 

edit: Ok, we got McClung for Balfour. Balfour this year has 57 K's in 39 innings. A 1.39 ERA and a WHIP of .897. Not bad.

And Melvin traded him because of one bad outing last year?

[burniebrewer]

Jeff Samardzjia (I don't care how it's spelled) is the second coming. I predict there will be more of his jersey t-shirts at Wrigley next year than those of Fukudome because Notre Dame is bigger than all of Japan in Chicago.

[owbc]

Gross has done a good job making the highlight reels this year, but his .234 average wouldn't cut it for us. He'd be in Nashville right now.

 

Does anybody think the Cubs will lose this game? I know their win probability is 21%, but I fully expect them to tie/win the game here.

[trwi7]

Ooh Coco vs Ramirez. Who wins the matchup?

[burniebrewer]

CoCo in to close at Wrigley.

 

Wanna bet the Cubs score 2 to beat him? Hope I'm wrong.

 

 

Edit- I see some others agree with me. He got squeezed on strike 3 versus Ramirez there.

[crewcrazy]

I fully expect Aramis Ramirez to tie it with a HR to lead off the 9th.

[trwi7]

Gross has done a good job making the highlight reels this year, but his .234 average wouldn't cut it for us. He'd be in Nashville right now.

 

Does anybody think the Cubs will lose this game? I know their win probability is 21%, but I fully expect them to tie/win the game here.

 

I believe Gross' OPS is well over .800 since joining the Rays.

[burniebrewer]

Wow, Ramirez looked terrible on that swing. Mr. Clutch HR K's.

 

Edit- And Edmonds just looked stupid with the bat on his shoulder. Two outs.

[trwi7]

I wish Coco could've done that last year to Ramirez. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

[crewcrazy]

Edmonds gone on three straight strikes, too. Where was this CoCo in August last year?

[burniebrewer]

Ha! DeRosa was HR posing when he hit that foul ball 300 feet.

[crewcrazy]

DeRosa has 2 of the 3 Chicago hits tonight...heh.

[owbc]

I believe Gross' OPS is well over .800 since joining the Rays.

Looks like it's .764. Not great, but not terrible either. For comparison, in approx. the same number of at-bats, Gabe Kapler has an .835 OPS.

[burniebrewer]

Raise the "L" flag!

 

I don't care if they're out of our reach, a Cubs loss always works for me.

[owbc]

Nice work by Coco!

 

Cubs lose! Cubs lose!!!

 

This should raise our odds of catching them to around 8%.