2009-05-22 Brewers (Parra) at Twins (Slowey): 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 11-3]

[PrinceEatMeat]

Wow, we let Cuddyer hit for the cycle.

[jwill535]

Gerut gets Gwynn's number. Is #22 only to be used by CF's?

[Teatoe993]

I'm not really down with Macha using every guy in our pen for an inning. Just pick a sacrificial lamb (Julio) or two and let the other guys rest.

[dlk9s]

Ok, so NOW has Minnesota reached its run quota for the week?

[thablingster]

If Gamel keeps hitting how he is, they can't deny him more starting opportunities, can they?

[jeffy]

Ok, so NOW has Minnesota reached its run quota for the week?

 

This is what I am hoping,since I will be at the next two.

[rluzinski]

People have decided that Parra is mentally weak and falls apart under pressure based off of his facial expressions? It's all so silly, IMO. As Ennder showed, the numbers appear to show that the theory is absolutely false.

 

And I just have trouble with the whole nibbling criticism. Maybe he is trying to be too fine but maybe he just doesn't have the best control. If he starts throwing pitched down the middle, he's going to get predictably crushed. There isn't always some simple solution to a player's troubles. Sometimes it's simply physical limitation. I don't know what's the exact problem with Parra but I don't think anyone else here does either.

[wibadgers23]

Well that was an ugly game. Just about the only positive was Gamel's two hits including a double off the lefty pitcher. We never seem to play well in Minneapolis, but hopefully we can get a win on Saturday night and then go for the series win on Sunday.

[SeriesFinale]

Yeah, I watched the whole thing (nothing to post here, really...I wasn't surprised a lot of the thread ended up being a dogpile on Parra--get him out of the rotation? Come on.) and Gamel was the highlight for certain. I gotta say I enjoyed watching Cuddyer leg out that triple, too.

 

Anyway, a loss is a loss is a loss, but if I had to, I'd take a dozen like this--down big and down early on the road to a team I don't have strong negative feelings about--to one like Soriano and the Cubs beating us at home in the 9th by one run on a crushing homer.

[crewcrazy]

My view on the annual crappy interleague performances: at least most of the other teams in the NL also struggle. Hell, the Cubs lost to the Padres last night and just had another important player land on the DL. It's a long season and this team has set itself up extremely well to weather a few bumps in the road. It was a crappy loss, sure, but Cuddyer just had one of those nights where he was crushing everything in sight. Take his performance out of the mix and it's only a 6-3 loss. The Twins are just swinging hot bats right now...even Gallardo would've gotten roughed up if he had to face this lineup right now, and after lucking into a couple wins in Houston, they were probably due to get kicked around a little. Dust yourselves off and start over in the second game.

[Invader3K]

The good news is that they're facing a guy who's never pitched before in the majors (Anthony Swarzak), so they have a good shot of going into Sunday for a "rubber match".

[logan82]

The good news is that they're facing a guy who's never pitched before in the majors (Anthony Swarzak), so they have a good shot of going into Sunday for a "rubber match".

 

We usually fare poorly against guys making their MLB debut.

[Invader3K]

Yeah, I know that...I just have a feeling that after last night's pounding, the Brewers' bats will come back ablaze and light this guy up. Just a hunch I have.