2010-05-28 Mets (Santana) at Brewers (Gallardo), 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 2-0]

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25-23

19-28

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Johan Santana

4-2 | 3.41

Brewers vs. Santana
Santana Game Log

Yovani Gallardo

4-2 | 3.20

Mets vs. Gallardo
Gallardo Game Log

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1. Reyes SS
   
2. Cora 2B
   
3. Bay LF
   
4. Davis 1B
   
5. Wright 3B
   
6. Pagan CF
   
7. Barajas C
   
8. Francoeur RF
   
9. Santana P
   

1. Weeks 2B
   
2. Gomez CF
   
3. Fielder 1B
   
4. Braun LF
   
5. McGehee 3B
   
6. Hart CF
   
7. Escobar SS
   
8. Kottaras C
   
9. Gallardo RHP
   

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[sheethead]

For some odd reason I feel good about this game. I think I will go.

[TooLiveBrew]

Wow, what an incredible pitching matchup. This is one of the best we'll see all year. I can't wait. Hopefully the righties can rough up Johan & give Yovani some support.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Via Tyler Barnes' twitter:

 

Brewers vs Mets - Weeks 4 Gomez 8 Fielder 3 Braun 7 McGehee 5 Hart 9 Escobar 6 Kottaras 2 Gallardo 1

[crewcrazy]

For those that haven't noticed, the Mets are coming off a sweep of the Phillies in which they shut them out in every game -- that's 27 straight scoreless innings. Their pitching is hot, to say the least.

[wibadgers23]

They are due to give up a bunch of runs then I guess. Since Kottaras is starting tonight, I guess that means Lucroy will be catching Parra and Wolf. Go Crew.

[logan82]

What happened to the black and white pictures?

[crewcrazy]

Fielder hitting third, Braun fourth, according to MLB.com's Jordan Schelling. Interesting look against Santana.

 

Edit: But Anthony Witrado says it's the same lineup as usual. Who's right? Guess we'll find out when the game starts...

[hawing]

What happened to the black and white pictures?

pretendastronaut might have decided to return to color once the Brewers won a series?

[crewcrazy]

What happened to the black and white pictures?

From the 5/26 IGT:

 

You didn't miss anything, it's just something I decided to do until the

Brewers either win a series or win 4 in a row, I haven't decided which.

So far we're 2-1 since I started doing it, so I'm clearly effecting

things!

 

Mission accomplished. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[thablingster]

Fielder hitting third, Braun fourth, according to MLB.com's Jordan Schelling. Interesting look against Santana.

 

Edit: But Anthony Witrado says it's the same lineup as usual. Who's right? Guess we'll find out when the game starts...

Wiltrado edited the blog entry. Macha wants Fielder third vs. LHP to force them to pitch to Fielder since Braun over his career has crushed LHP.

[crewcrazy]

I wonder how Witrado got the lineup wrong the first time -- it almost seems like he just assumed what the lineup would be and posted it without checking, based on what he wrote the first time around.

[BrewCrewForever]

My wish for tonight is that Yo can keep his pitch count under control and get through 7 innings.

[Schlitz001]

I'm excited that I have the night off to watch this game. The Brewers are going to win, I can feel it.

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[cadillacjosh]

Even if its just a tiny sample, Yovanni is doing statisticly better than Johan. How about that? Wouldnt that be something?

 

The Mets have an amazing lineup. Jason Bay/Wright is just an absolutely deadly combination. Hopefully our power of shelling lefties holds strong during this game. You can just never count Johan out. But at least it is Yovanni. I'm kinding of confusing myself in my head with the Jo and Yo haha.

[Mr QL]

Hopefully Yo doesn't get robbed of a win by Santana pitching great. That has happened more than once iirc.

[Buckylovesbeer]

A thought at the start of this game......the intro comparing Yo to Santana scares me (Yo has to win a lot more to be in that comparison.......or get a Cy-Young at least.......he has a long way to go)

[Buckylovesbeer]

That play was awesome!

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Ugh. I've been busy and haven't been able to follow the team extra closely. I check in when I can, but Fielder is still down at .264? Get it together.

[jjkoestler]

How was Yo's first inning? I just turned on the game.

[crewcrazy]

Ugh. I've been busy and haven't been able to follow the team extra closely. I check in when I can, but Fielder is still down at .264? Get it together.

He was up to .275 at the start of the Houston series, which isn't too far off his career .282 average. Still, it's hard to criticize him for not hitting when he's not getting anything to hit. At least he's becoming more and more selective instead of swinging at the stuff out of the zone. Thankfully, Casey's been making teams pay for pitching around Prince.

[Buckylovesbeer]

Yo has been very good so far. Throws a lot of pitches, as we all know he does. But his stuff looks pretty good, and made one heck of a catch and throw to double off a guy on first to end the first.

[jjkoestler]

Thanks Bucky.

[yfinn6]

Kottaras is a left-handed batter, with a lefty on the mound. Lucroy is a right-handed hitter, right? Seems like a rough match up for Kottaras, but what do I know.

[Hofbraunhaus]

Kottaras is a left-handed batter, with a lefty on the mound. Lucroy is a right-handed hitter, right? Seems like a rough match up for Kottaras, but what do I know.

I was thinking the same thing but looks like it worked out so far.