2010-03-13 Rockies (Hammel) at Brewers SS (Parra), 2:05 PM CST -- [Brewers win, 7-6]

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

ON THE MOUND: Also scheduled to pitch today (subject to change), after Manny Parra, is RHP John Axford, LHP Scott Schoeneweis and RHP Marco Estrada.

 

MINOR DETAILS: Joining the team from minor-league camp this afternoon is C Patrick Arlis (#95), SS Brent Brewer (#97), OF Kentrail Davis (#93), 1B Chris Errecart (#99), 2B Brett Lawrie (#96), C Austin Stockfisch (#98), RHP Juan Sandoval (#94) and LHP Chris Waters (#89).

[hawing]

I'll be at a nephew's birthday party during today's game...but maybe that will make the chat room all the more fun for the rest of you?

[Schlitz001]

Uecker cracks me up, "Here's the 3-2 pitch by Parra to Lo Duca. It's a check swing and they appeal to first base. Ron Kulpa says that that Lo Duca held up. There's a guy who needs to get some spring training work in, Ron Kulpa."

 

It sound like Parra has been keeping the ball down and in the zone. His breaking ball seems to be spot on.

[endaround]

Axford seems to be having some issues

[TheCrew07]

Escobar with a 2B, I wonder if we'll read in the paper tomorrow Macha's theory about Escobar hitting for power causing him to go into a mini slump again. Seriously, suggesting 1 HR is the cause of an 0-10 in a player's first extended call up may be the dumbest thing I've ever read.

[Mass Haas]

Game summary from the J-S

 

Plenty from Manny Parra -- Rick Peterson for Czar!

 

John Axford strong, glowing praise for Lorenzo Cain -- and Scott Schoeneweis (nothing personal) didn't help his cause.

 

So, a good day all around, both contests!

[DHonks]

Was at the game today. Axford looked awful, Parra looked good against the Rockies' AA lineup. The Rockies' starter, Hammel, must have really good movement because our hitters were missing his fastballs by a foot and--when we did hit them--they were grounders.

 

Escobar, Weeks, and Oeltjen looked good. Cain with an awesome at bat...was that about 15 pitches before hitting the homer? Lawrie looked awful in his at bat. Didn't realize that Errecart was in the Rickey Henderson mold of the ultra-rare "bats right, throws left". Brent Brewer--surprisingly--looked good out there. Agent Josh...please be sure to pass along some praise, as he looked smooth in the field and looked okay at the plate (I sort of expected him to be totally lost)

[Mass Haas]

Axford looked awful

 

One wild pitch and an error on a pickoff throw, but other than that, a statistically good two innings. He's tall and gangly, but what prompts your "awful" comment?

[pitchleague]

I, too, was at the game. That Cain at-bat was epic. Quite entertaining and fun to watch. Definitely would have been one of those standing ovation at-bats if it was at Miller Park--both during the at-bat and especially afterward.

 

Overall, the day was good. I thought Parra looked pretty sharp--he had Seth Smith completely baffled his first time up. I'll agree that Axford looked semi-lost during the inning, despite the final numbers. Schoeneweis still can't get righties out. That was hard to watch.

 

That was also probably the longest 7th inning (home and away) I've ever sat through, time-wise.