2011-04-17 Brewers (Gallardo) at Nationals (Marquis) - Game 1 - [Brewers lose, 8-4]

[bucksman4]

Not liking our chances to salvage even 1 with Estrada on the hill for Game 2.

[crewcrazy]

Makes you wonder if the 6 days of rest had him feeling rusty. I can understand wanting to get as much out of Yo as possible, though. You want to save the pen with Estrada starting the second game.

[PrinceEatMeat]

PLUSH! Hearing the boo birds.

[Yeti73]

Inability to get the clutch hits in game one really took the momentum out of our sails...same thing today. Bats need to come out big in game two...

[NievesNoNO]

At least we're not in danger of getting swept by the Nationals?! Oh....

[chickinbrickin]

BA talking about Plush having a thigh bruse. Must be why RR hasn't been starting him. Even if his leg was cut off I think he would be a better than Kotsay though.

[Yeti73]

Aside from last years game, I feel like Marquis has Koufax numbers vs thhe brewers. Maybe I'm misremembering

[cnycerveceros]

Listening to the Nationals announcers anticipate a possible series sweep with Livan Hernandez going in the next game is not fun.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Aside from last years game, I feel like Marquis has Koufax numbers vs thhe brewers. Maybe I'm misremembering

They said he hasn't won a game against us since '07 with the Cubs, so he can't be that good against us.

[Gobias Industries]

Listening to the Nationals announcers anticipate a possible series sweep with Livan Hernandez going in the next game is not fun.

Livan owned us last year iirc.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Crap, it seemed like Marquis was starting to lose it. Smart move pulling him there. Maybe we should've done that...

[PrinceEatMeat]

Listening to the Nationals announcers anticipate a possible series sweep with Livan Hernandez going in the next game is not fun.

Livan owned us last year iirc.

Yep, complete game shutout. But since we rocked Marquis last year and he owned us this year, that must mean that we'll own Hernandez this year. We can only hope I guess.

[bucksman4]

Listening to the Nationals announcers anticipate a possible series sweep with Livan Hernandez going in the next game is not fun.

Because they've had the pleasure (or displeasure) of watching Marco Estrada firsthand so they know what they're up against. I'd be very confident too if I were them.

[brewmann04]

we the crew needs to step up in game two ugly game one so far

[PrinceEatMeat]

2 runs on 11 hits. That's no getting it done. Gotta come up with more runs. At least we didn't have to drain the entire bullpen on this game though.

[Glennron]

According to Bob Uecker, Ian Kintzler is pitching for the Brewers. A couple weeks ago Brian McMan was the Braves catcher and Yuniel Betancourt was the Brewers shortstop.

[WV Brew]

My take on this game is that Gallardo threw too many curveballs and consequently, too many pitches. He was worn out by the end of the game. I guess it never occurred to him or Lucroy that the Nats gameplan was to up his pitch count. Strike one, strike two and then the curveball. Especially against this team which has almost no hitting.

 

My pet peeve, if a team wants to give you an out, take it. Fat curveball to Marquis to prevent him from giving them an out--right. Thanks for letting me vent.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Holy crap! Gomez drew a walk!

[WisconsinSportsRule]

Aside from last years game, I feel like Marquis has Koufax numbers vs thhe brewers. Maybe I'm misremembering

I think Uecker said that he had a 5-8 record with an ERA over 5 in his career against the Crew.

 

So much for that today.

[PrinceEatMeat]

In other news, I hope Kottaras is the catcher getting the start in Game 2, because it obviously won't be Lucroy.

[Gobias Industries]

This would be very interesting if Weeks shows any plate patience at all in his ab.

[owbc]

Save situation now.

[crewcrazy]

At the very least, putting a couple runs up in the 9th makes me feel a little better about the offense heading into the second game.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Nice to at least get the bats going a little here to instill some confidence for Game 2.

[JET15]

Does anyone know how we rank with RISP? Seems like it must be low, as usual, and today it really showed. Left a lot on base