2009-06-20 Brewers (Bush) at Tigers (Figaro) : 3:05 PM CT [Brewers lose, 9-5]

[pretendastronaut]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/woogie22/2009seasonbanners/startingpitchers.jpg

http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/matchup-062009.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/woogie22/2009seasonbanners/mediacoveragefox305.jpg
Live Boxscore | MLB GameDay 2009 | ESPN GameCast
Sportsline GameCenter | 620 WTMJ Affiliates

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/woogie22/2009seasonbanners/gamepreviewdet.jpg

Sportsline Preview | MLB Preview | ESPN Preview
Brewers Press Pass

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/woogie22/2009seasonbanners/pitchingstatsdet.jpg

Tigers vs. Bush | Brewers vs. Figaro
Bush Game Log | Figaro Game Log

Brewers Pitching Stats | Tigers Pitching Stats
Brewers Pitching Splits | Tigers Pitching Splits

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/woogie22/2009seasonbanners/battingstatsdet.jpg

Brewers Batting Stats | Tigers Batting Stats
Brewers Batting Splits | Tigers Batting Splits

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/woogie22/2009seasonbanners/standingsdet.jpg

Standings | vs. Tigers | vs. Division
Expanded | RPI

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/woogie22/2009seasonbanners/scoreboarddet.jpg

ESPN | MLB.com | Sportsline | Fox Sports

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/woogie22/2009seasonbanners/brewersnewsdet.jpg

JSOnline | Rotoworld | ESPN | Sportsline
Fox Sports | CNNSI

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/woogie22/2009seasonbanners/fansitesdet.jpg

MotownTigers.com

[berniebrewer4life]

This is Figaro's first career start, so looks like we have little chance at a win today.

[crewcrazy]

Yeah, I would've preferred to face Willis today, especially since we have two "jinxes" working against us today (the unknown rookie pitcher jinx and the 2009 national TV jinx). Hopefully they can hit this guy as well as they hit Tommy Hanson and Bush has figured out his mechanics.

 

Figaro's stats in AA so far this year:

5-2, 4.10 ERA, 1.074 WHIP, 7.8 K/9, 2.2 BB/9, 3.47 K/BB

[hawing]

While Figaro could turn in a Chris Saenzesque performance, and the Brewers are on stupid FOX again, and I have to follow from work again (which hasn't worked well the last few times it has happened on a Saturday - like last week, or that horrible doubleheader with STL in 2007)...I'm still going to hope for a better outcome than all the signs suggest.

 

(for some reason, the Yuku spellchecker has flagged "Saenzesque." http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif)

[Invader3K]

Hopefully the Brewers will be hungry for a win after it seemed like the game yesterday was completely out of their hands. I know they seem to usually fair poorly on national TV and against debuting starters, but it would be nice to continue the momentum they had against the Indians and get a win here.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Dear Dave

 

Please, please , please give us a quality start. I forgot what one looked like.

 

SoCal

[RayKingsForemanGrill]

Per JSONLINE:

 

BREWERS

2B Craig Counsell

DH Casey McGehee

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

RF Corey Hart

3B Mat Gamel

SS JJ Hardy

CF Jody Gerut

C Jason Kendall

RHP Dave Bush

 

Gerut in center and Kendall catching Bush... interesting... do you think, since they are down a man or two, that they want to keep Rivera available to pinch hit (since he'd be a better option than Kendall?)

[crewcrazy]

Cameron's serving his one-game suspension today, so Gerut starting in center isn't a surprise. Kendall catching is kind of a surprise, like you said RKFG, but maybe they're just trying to switch things up and see how Bush fares with Kendall catching instead of Rivera. It could be the PH thing, but you don't really see that many pinch-hit appearances in AL games.

[UeckerAddict]

Both Yahoo Sports and ESPN say that Hart is sitting while Bill Hall is batting 5th and playing RF. That has to be wrong, right????????????

 

Edit: mlb.com also has Hall batting 5th in RF.

[logan82]

Hopefully Macha hasn't decided to give up on giving Kendall at least one day off every turn through the rotation. It honestly wouldn't be surprising though. I expect Kendall will start almost every day starting at some point in the season. That is what Macha did with Kendall in the past and seemed to indicate he would do during spring training.

[crewcrazy]

No mention of a possible Hart scratch on JSOnline yet, but it is Witrado reporting and not Haudricourt. Witrado didn't even seem confident in Kendall catching, so I guess we'll see what we get for the lineup in a little more than an hour. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[hawing]

Does Gameday Audio pick up the pregame show?

Edit: never mind, I just found it's on already.

[brewdude15]

I have the TV turned to FOX, but they keep mentioning the KC-STL game as the premier game, but it's raining. Are we not gonna get the Crew today and be forced to watch the Royals-Cards?

 

EDIT: Never mind, it's on.

[UeckerAddict]

That was weird.The lineup was wrong on Yahoo, ESPN, and MLB, but now it's changed back to Hart. I didn't think that could be right, playing Hall in right. Just odd.

[ELCABALLO45]

Prince is so red hot right now

[hawing]

Too many H names on the roster for the media to keep up.

 

Well, the Brewers got some hits off the newbie. Come on, Dave Bush. Please.

[logan82]

Kendall is catching. Bush probably throws a no-hitter.

[Invader3K]

Anyone else not getting the game in HD even though it's on an HD channel?

[Daubs]

Anyone else not getting the game in HD even though it's on an HD channel?

 

Nope - no HD in Milwaukee. Gotta love FOX!

[UeckerAddict]

Living down south, and getting the mlb package and Astro home games on TV, I hate it when the Brewers are on Fox because those are the only games I can't see.

[Mass Haas]

Jody Gerut is pitiful, these wasted opportunities early are painful.

[Invader3K]

Yeah, everyone seemed somewhat optimistic when he came to Milwaukee, but he hasn't done much with his opportunities.

[hawing]

I'd say, "we scored first!" - except it reminds me of the Don Morton days of Wisconsin football.

[crewcrazy]

Figaro's throwing some heat...I don't know if FOX's gun is fast (reading 97 mph on that McGehee strikeout), but it's still pretty impressive. At least they were able to push a run across. Hopefully Bush can keep it going on the mound and they can add to it next inning.

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

Pardon me if this has been mentioned... but no beard!

 

Perhaps Bushie is a little stitious?