8/24/08 Pirates (Maholm) at Brewers (Sabathia): 1:05 PM CDT

[wibadgers23]

CC Sabathia (14-8, 2.99 ERA, 49 BB/192 SO)

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/brewers0048/a651c998-2fe7-4c24-bdc4-9da93911d2a.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
8/18	HOU	W 9-3	9.0	11	3	2	2	2	9	17	9	40	130	W(8-0)	--	1.60
8/13	@SD	W 7-1	7.0	9	1	1	0	1	8	12	4	31	114	W(7-0)	--	1.55
8/8	WAS	W 5-0	9.0	5	0	0	0	1	9	13	3	32	103	W(6-0)	--	1.58
8/2	@ATL	W 4-2	8.1	6	2	2	0	1	9	11	7	32	109	W(5-0)	--	1.88
7/28	CHC	L 4-6	6.2	9	4	3	1	2	3	10	8	30	124	--	--	1.82
7/23	@STL	W 3-0	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	7	12	7	31	106	W(4-0)	--	1.36
7/18	@SF	W 9-1	9.0	4	1	1	1	0	10	16	4	31	110	W(3-0)	--	1.88
7/13	CIN	W 3-2	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	9	10	8	36	122	W(2-0)	--	2.40
7/8	COL	W 7-3	6.0	5	3	2	0	5	5	11	2	27	97	W(1-0)	--	3.00
Previously with CLE, Acquired by MIL
7/2	@CWS	L 5-6	8.0	7	5	4	2	2	5	10	10	34	123	--	--	3.83

Versus

 

Paul Maholm (8-7, 3.64 ERA, 44 BB/117 SO)

http://media.philly.com/images/20080428_inq_pnot28-a.JPG

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
8/18	NYM	W 5-2	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	4	13	5	26	96	--	--	3.64
8/13	CIN	W 5-2	8.0	7	2	2	2	0	5	11	6	28	97	W(8-7)	--	3.69
8/8	@PHI	W 2-0	7.0	5	0	0	0	3	10	10	1	28	116	--	--	3.76
8/2	@CHC	L 1-5	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	2	10	4	25	87	L(7-7)	--	3.95
7/27	SD	L 1-3	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	9	8	4	26	118	--	--	3.79
7/22	@HOU	W 8-2	8.0	5	1	1	0	1	5	17	4	30	108	W(7-6)	--	3.92
7/17	@COL	L 3-5	6.0	8	5	5	1	0	7	11	5	26	85	L(6-6)	--	4.10
7/10	NYY	W 4-2	8.0	7	2	2	0	1	4	15	5	33	108	W(6-5)	--	3.93
7/5	@MIL	L 1-2	8.0	4	1	1	1	1	6	11	7	27	102	--	--	4.05
6/30	@CIN	L 3-4	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	5	7	10	29	89	--	--	4.28

N.L. Central Standings:

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	79	50	.612	-	48-19	31-31	15-8	35-23	23-10	7-3	W 1
Milwaukee (29)	75	55	.577	4½	40-24	35-31	16-12	34-24	18-11	6-4	W 3
St. Louis (25)	72	59	.550	8	35-30	37-29	19-13	29-28	17-10	6-4	L 1
Houston (20)	65	64	.504	14	34-28	31-36	14-10	27-30	17-13	5-5	W 1
Pittsburgh (12)	57	72	.442	22	34-31	23-41	15-17	26-32	10-14	3-7	L 3
Cincinnati (11)	57	73	.438	22½	32-33	25-40	18-17	20-34	10-16	4-6	L 1

Wild Card Race:

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	75	55	.577	-
St. Louis (29)	72	59	.550	3½
Philadelphia (29)	70	59	.543	4½
Florida (24)	66	64	.508	9
L.A. Dodgers (24)	65	64	.504	9½
Houston (24)	65	64	.504	9½
Colorado (17)	60	71	.458	15½
Pittsburgh (16)	57	72	.442	17½
San Francisco (16)	57	72	.442	17½
Atlanta (15)	57	73	.438	18
Cincinnati (15)	57	73	.438	18
San Diego (7)	48	81	.372	26½
Washington (4)	46	84	.354	29

[jeffh]

Can't wait to get my JJ boblehead.. Jsonline says that this game is a complete sellout. no standing room only left.

[hawing]

Jsonline says that this game is a complete sellout. no standing room only left.

 

Between the bobblehead and CC pitching, I'm not surprised.

 

Dear Brewers:

 

Today is my annual bring-the-nephew game. Please give him a better show than you did last year (when Coco blew the 5 run lead to the Phillies).

Note that it may not take much for you to improve on the 9th inning experience we had that time.

 

Thanks! Love you lots!

 

hawing

[Invader3K]

I am also going to this game and really looking forward to it! I finally get to see CC pitch in person! Woohoo!

[wibadgers23]

Line-up:

2B Rickie Weeks

SS J.J. Hardy

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

RF Corey Hart

CF Mike Cameron

3B Bill Hall

C Jason Kendall

LHP CC Sabathia

[ajpryor]

Awww man TWO lefties in the line up today against a left handed pitcher? Oh wait one is CC nevermind...lol. If Bill Hall can start hitting I don't think we could ever lose against a LHP.

[Vgmastr]

Nice six pitch inning for CC.

[OOOverbay]

Schroeder just said Rivera plays a third of the games... Have I been watching a different team?

[trwi7]

Schroeder just said Rivera plays a third of the games... Have I been watching a different team?

I never thought of Bill as a math scholar. This just confirms my suspicions.

[Menotti80]

maybe 1/3 of the sundays? lol

[trwi7]

How did Braun hit that pitch much less all the way up to the Metavante Club?

[Menotti80]

pathetic... freaking pathetic

[trwi7]

Pathetic.

[derflotr]

You just don't expect to load the bases without making an out in front of Braun and Fielder very often. It's very deflating that they couldn't do anything with it.

[wibadgers23]

Sabathia has been giving up a lot of base hits lately, but that dude knows how to limit the damage better than anybody.

[jason21nl]

come on guys, time to score a couple!

 

more hits, lets get these runs in!

[trwi7]

Double pathetic.

[Vgmastr]

9 baserunners in 4 innings and no runs.

[Menotti80]

rickie you suck. 90 mph, right down the middle, right by you

[jason21nl]

my goodness they can't buy a run. Weeks, you can get the hell of this team anytime now

[wibadgers23]

How in the world do you swing right through a 90 mph fastball right down the middle?

[lukevan]

Ugh, you gotta be kidding me. CC is getting the Sheets treatment today.

[JohnA17]

How in the world do you swing right through a 90 mph fastball right down the middle?

Just a guess but he had his heart set on ball 4 and only swung when it was too late. Pathetic, they can't let this one get away today. Sabathia against the Pirates who are throwing out another soft tossing lefty. You just can't lose this one.

[jason21nl]

CC just not sharp tonight

[Ranier]

I know there is a long way to go, and we could score 10 runs, but not winning this game would be a travesty.