2010-03-06 Brewers SS (Narveson) at Rockies (Redding) 2:10 PM CST [Brewers lose, 8-6]

[Mass Haas]

Box score here.

 

Colorado's radio broadcast available to subscribers here.

 

Neither Brewer game today is available to XM radio subscribers, bummer for running Saturday errands, for those of us not in the WTMJ market.

 

A Gameday, which mainly allows you to scroll through a "game log" later on, can be found here.

 

Few regular starters here, with Craig Counsell (near his home) and Jody Gerut among those scheduled for the road trip, along with Ken Macha.

 

Hopefully Chris Narveson will impress early on.

[trwi7]

Brewers score 1 in the 1st. Counsell singles, Gerut triples him home.

[Mass Haas]

Media notes:

 

Also expected to pitch (subject to change) -- LHP Chuck Lofgren, LHP A.J. Murray, RHP Amaury Rivas and RHP Alex Periard.

 

Up from minor league camp -- INF's Brett Lawrie and Josh Prince, OF's Lee Haydel and Norris Hopper, RHP's Mike Jones and Juan Sandoval, and LHP Chris Waters.

[trwi7]

Lawrie triples off Rockies top prospect Jhoulys Chacin.

[Mass Haas]

This "no-name" Brewer split squad is up 4-0 in the 4th.

 

The Crew scored three runs in the 3rd on nothing but ground balls, some made it through, others were botched or drove in runs with productive outs.

 

Brett Lawrie hit a triple on an opposite field fly ball in the 4th, but was stranded (thanks, trwi7).

 

LHP's Chris Narveson (two innings) and A.J. Murray have faced the minimum through three. Psyched for Narveson...

 

MLB has that rule about sending at least four "regulars" to every game for the paying fans. The Rockies don't have a split squad today, so their fans might have been upset with the Crew's roster there. MLB certainly can't say much about first-week split squad games.

 

The Giants split roster at the Brewers' park today was built similarly.

[trwi7]

Some good and bad from Rivas in his first inning.

 

He gives up two doubles to Dexter Fowler doubled, Paul LoDuca reached on a Joe Inglett error and Ryan Spilborghs doubled to open up the inning and make it 4-2. Spilborghs then got caught stealing 3rd and Rivas got Troy Tulowitzki to pop out to George Kottaras and Melvin Mora to ground out to Brett Lawrie.

[Mass Haas]

Rough outings for RHP Alex Periard and LHP A.J. Murray as Ken Macha is now 0-3 and has watched another big lead evaporate.

[craigharmann]

Ken Macha is now 0-3 and has watched another big lead evaporate.

Fire Macha!!