2011-04-19 Brewers (Wolf) at Phillies (Halladay) - 6:05 PM CDT [Brewers win, 9-0]

[pretendastronaut]

April 19 - 6:05 CDT

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8-8

10-5

Pitching Matchup

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Randy Wolf

1-2 | 4.32

Phillies vs. Wolf
Wolf Game Log

Roy Halladay

2-0 | 1.23

Brewers vs. Halladay
Halladay Game Log

Starting Lineups

1. 2B Rickie Weeks
   
2. CF Carlos Gomez
   
3. LF Ryan Braun
   
4. 1B Prince Fielder
   
5. 3B Casey McGehee
   
6. RF Mark Kotsay
   
7. SS Yuniesky Betancourt
   
8. C George Kottaras
   
9. LHP Randy Wolf
   

1. CF Shane Victorino
   
2. 3B Placido Polanco
   
3. SS Jimmy Rollins
   
4. 1B Ryan Howard
   
5. LF Raul Ibanez
   
6. RF John Mayberry
   
7. C Carlos Ruiz
   
8. 2B Wilson Valdez
   
9. RHP Roy Halladay
   

Media Coverage

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Brewerfan Game Chat

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Fan Sites

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[GormanHarvey]

Anyone think there's a chance NyjMo can be ready to start tonight? I'm really hoping so. It would be nice to have him in the OF with Wolf on the mound

[endaround]

I think a rainout would really nice tonight

[ttsather]

Winning last night really takes the edge off of this series. Hopefully everyone can play relaxed and surprise Halladay.

[rluzinski]

I think a rainout would really nice tonight

Looks like a decent shot at a rain out:

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/USPA1276

Vegas is giving the Brewers about a 35% chance of winning and it's hard to imagine that being lower in a make-up game.

[prophet]

I wouldn't mind a rainout either. We used a lot of pitchers in the last two days, with a double header and then extras yesterday. Could use a day off. Plus, I'm not too confident about our offense being able to hit Halladay at this point in the season. But, on the other hand, the road to the World Series would probably go through Philly at some point, so if this team wants to be legit, they got to beat him at some point.

[milwaukeesportsfan]

A rainout would be the absolute best thing to happen to this team right now.

[PrinceEatMeat]

So we'd rather see us face Halladay and Lee on the same day? That would be rough.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Looking at the radar, it looks like the rain will be out of the area by game time. So I doubt there will be a rainout. Maybe a short delay before the game starts.

[milwaukeesportsfan]

With an off day on Thursday, wouldn't we just play the make up game then?

[PrinceEatMeat]

With an off day on Thursday, wouldn't we just play the make up game then?

No the Phillies play Thursday.

[milwaukeesportsfan]

Duh, my bad.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Brewers at Phillies - Weeks 4, Gomez 8, Braun 7, Fielder 3, McGehee 5, Kotsay 9, Betancourt 6, Kottaras 2, Wolf 1

 

Same crap. Kottaras catching Wolf again, no surprise. Don't really understand going with Betancourt instead of Counsell, since we are facing Halladay. I would've went with Counsell, and hit him 2nd, with Gomez 8th.

[logan82]

Bring on the rain. I would rather face the Phillies with Morgan and Hart available.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Bring on the rain. I would rather face the Phillies with Morgan and Hart available.

Except that we'd probably just play a doubleheader again tomorrow.

[GormanHarvey]

Brewers at Phillies - Weeks 4, Gomez 8, Braun 7, Fielder 3, McGehee 5, Kotsay 9, Betancourt 6, Kottaras 2, Wolf 1

 

Same crap. Kottaras catching Wolf again, no surprise. Don't really understand going with Betancourt instead of Counsell, since we are facing Halladay. I would've went with Counsell, and hit him 2nd, with Gomez 8th.

 

 

Believe it or not, out of our currently available players, Yuni B has about the best numbers vs Halladay. I know, hard to believe

[Kevbo74]

Randy Wolf's record breaking night is in jeopardy of a rainout?

Saw this neat stat on the baseball card forum I frequent:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=9s8nF

I'll light a cigar for that one, why not?

[prophet]

I did a double take myself when I saw that Yuni had the best numbers against Halladay. But, it is what it is. Either way, he's the best pitcher in the major leagues, so any team would be hard pressed to find a lot of guys with good offense against him in their careers.

[rluzinski]

Believe it or not, out of our currently available players, Yuni B has about the best numbers vs Halladay. I know, hard to believe

You see crazy numbers all the time when you look at batter vs. pitcher match ups. It's why managers should know to just ignore them.

 

Brewers at Phillies - Weeks 4, Gomez 8, Braun 7, Fielder 3, McGehee 5, Kotsay 9, Betancourt 6, Kottaras 2, Wolf 1

At least when the 2002 Brewers rolled out guys like Gomez, Kotsay, Betencourt and kattaras, you knew that the lineup was pretty close to the best it could be. It's so much more frustrating this year when:

A. The glaring issues could be improved upon quite easily.

B. A playoff run is reasonably possible this year.

[GormanHarvey]

I was just alluding to how Halladay is so dominant, yet some how Betancourt has decent numbers against him. I thought it was funny, that's all

[chickinbrickin]

Brewers at Phillies - Weeks 4, Gomez 8, Braun 7, Fielder 3, McGehee 5, Kotsay 9, Betancourt 6, Kottaras 2, Wolf 1

 

Same crap. Kottaras catching Wolf again, no surprise. Don't really understand going with Betancourt instead of Counsell, since we are facing Halladay. I would've went with Counsell, and hit him 2nd, with Gomez 8th.

I find it funny that Wolf hates Lucroy for whatever reason, but he had his only good start of the year while Luc was catching him. This Gomez in the 2 hole is getting sickening. I would almost rather see Gomez lead off and have Rickie in the 2 hole until Hart is back.

[Menotti80]

if the game is indeed played, would the MLB network broadcast be blacked out in Milwaukee?

[crewcrazy]

Kottaras starting could just as easily be explained by getting more lefties into the lineup and protecting Lucroy from a tough RHP.

 

The pitching matchup obviously isn't optimal for the Brewers, but it's not like Halladay has never lost before. Who knows, maybe he won't be as sharp after throwing 123 pitches in his CG against the Nats. If the Brewers can chase him after 7, they can maybe steal another one in the late innings. Of course, they'd have to show some plate discipline to get the pitch count up over 12 an inning.

[PrinceEatMeat]

What would actually be better than a rainout is if the game started, and then had to be stopped for a rain delay for a couple hours. Then Halladay probably wouldn't continue.

[zzzmanwitz]

Could our Bullpen handle that tonight?