2011-06-17 Brewers (Marcum) at Red Sox (Lackey) - [Brewers lose, 10-4]

[pretendastronaut]

June 17 - 6:10 P.M.

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39-31

41-27

Pitching Matchup

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Shaun Marcum

7-2 | 2.68

Fenway Park will feel familiar to Marcum, considering he pitched parts of five seasons in the AL East with Toronto. He's had success against the Red Sox there -- 3-2 with a 3.52 ERA in eight games, including six starts.

Red Sox vs. Marcum
Marcum Game Log

John Lackey

4-5 | 7.41

Lackey notched his second straight win since returning from the DL his last time out, allowing four runs on six hits through six innings. The 32-year-old continues to rebuild his arm strength after missing nearly a month with a strained right elbow.

Brewers vs. Lackey
Lackey Game Log

Starting Lineups

1. 
   
2. 2B Rickie Weeks
   
3. CF Nyjer Morgan
   
4. LF Ryan Braun
   
5. DH Prince Fielder
   
6. 3B Casey McGehee
   
7. RF Corey Hart
   
8. 1B Mark Kotsay
   
9. C Jonathan Lucroy
   
10. SS Craig Counsell

• RHP Shaun Marcum

1. 
   
2. CF Jacoby Ellsbury
   
3. 2B Dustin Pedroia
   
4. 1B Adrian Gonzalez
   
5. 3B Kevin Youkilis
   
6. DH David Ortiz
   
7. LF Carl Crawford
   
8. SS Marco Scutaro
   
9. RF J.D. Drew
   
10. C Jason Varitek

• RHP John Lackey

Media Coverage

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Brewerfan Game Chat

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Sons of Sam Horn

[adamb100]

Interleague play is always fun, getting to see a team we rarely play. It's too bad the scheduling gods have us playing the best teams in baseball but what can you do.

[Invader3K]

If they can win at least one game in this series, it's probably this one. Lackey has been bad this season and we have our basically our best starting pitcher on the mound. Time to get a win.

[RightFieldCoder]

Nothing to help rebuild Lackey's numbers and confidence like mowing through the Brewers hitters. I love when almost every pitcher sets season or career strikeout marks against us. I can't wait to here Bill singing praises about Lackey's great pitching and saying the Brewers ran into bad luck facing a good pitching performance.

The good new is that the Cardinals have also stopped playing baseball. However we let the Reds and the Pirates (the Pirates?!?) back into the picture. It seems like the NL Central is going to be a game of "Not It" all year.

from the Cubs series>

[owbc]

I'm happy for Pirates fans, it is nice for them to have a competing team for a change. They will probably finish 10 games out this year, but the franchise appears to be headed in the right direction.

[chuckcrim]

Hey obsessed, how's the weather looking in Boston tonight? Looks like some storms are hitting NYC - will those eventually move into BOS?

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

I remember the first game last time...sat underneath Fenway for over 2 hours drinking beers before they called the game...sold enough beer to pay for Crawford & Gonzalez. Plenty of Brewers fans...I'm betting it's the same thing tonight!

[Funketown]

Given the 25 man roster, I don't mind Kotsay playing 1B. He probably handles the position fine. I would have liked to see Gamel or Green up for interleague, but so it goes. I actually would have liked to see Kotarras get a shot at 1B over Kotsay, but that's not a huge improvement.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Weeks 4 Morgan 8 Braun 7 Fielder DH McGehee 5 Hart 9 Kotsay 3 Lucroy 2 Counsell 6

 

Here's the lineup with Marcum pitching. I don't mind it. Especially like that Counsell is playing.

[umphrey]

Weeks 4 Morgan 8 Braun 7 Fielder DH McGehee 5 Hart 9 Kotsay 3 Lucroy 2 Counsell 6

 

Here's the lineup with Marcum pitching. I don't mind it. Especially like that Counsell is playing.

I just heard on the radio Nyjer Morgan was batting 9th. Don't know if they were wrong or this is.

[owbc]

There's definitely a risk of rain tonight. They have a window right now but I don't know how long it is going to last. At this juncture I think they will get the game in, but that could change if there is more development.

[pretendastronaut]

Weeks 4 Morgan 8 Braun 7 Fielder DH McGehee 5 Hart 9 Kotsay 3 Lucroy 2 Counsell 6

 

 

 

Here's the lineup with Marcum pitching. I don't mind it. Especially like that Counsell is playing.

I just heard on the radio Nyjer Morgan was batting 9th. Don't know if they were wrong or this is.

 

 

Radio is. Brewers and Haudricourt have Morgan in the 2 spot.

[Blancofan1]

We'll have to wait and see if it comes into play at all in the series, but Papelbon is out for the first two games.

Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon had the appeal of his three-game suspension heard on Friday. It was reduced to two games. He will serve the suspension on Friday and Saturday against the Brewers and will be eligible to return on Sunday. In his absence, Daniel Bard is likely to be used in save opportunities.---from cbssportsline.com

[Oxy]

I'll predict that the Brewers get off to a quick 4-0 lead then the game gets called in the middle of the 4th inning, rendering the lead and our favorable pitching matchup null and void.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Looks like it won't rain at all until about 9:00, so I doubt that'll happen. Would be fitting though wouldn't it?

[chickinbrickin]

Given the 25 man roster, I don't mind Kotsay playing 1B. He probably handles the position fine. I would have liked to see Gamel or Green up for interleague, but so it goes. I actually would have liked to see Kotarras get a shot at 1B over Kotsay, but that's not a huge improvement.

 

I agree with you, but it see why they didn't with the interleague schedule of 1 series away 2 at home and 1 away. They wouldn't be used at home with no DH.

[davego]

Be a real nice win tonight, given the last time out and what the rest of the weekend could have in-store.

[chickinbrickin]

Cubs are world beaters now huh? 3-1 win over the Yankees today????

[PrinceEatMeat]

Cubs are world beaters now huh? 3-1 win over the Yankees today????

With Doug Davis pitching too.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Tonight's matchup is the MLB.tv Free Game of the Day for us out-of-market types.

[Invader3K]

Cubs are world beaters now huh? 3-1 win over the Yankees today????

With Doug Davis pitching too.

That is just hilarious.

[rluzinski]

Nothing to help rebuild Lackey's numbers and confidence like mowing through the Brewers hitters. I love when almost every pitcher sets season or career strikeout marks against us. I can't wait to here Bill singing praises about Lackey's great pitching and saying the Brewers ran into bad luck facing a good pitching performance.

And opposing fans say the same thing about their team when guys like Suppan, Parra, Capuano, Narveson, Bush, Estrada, etc..have/had a great start against them. The problem is that fans expect the Brewers offense to do well against every mediocre starting pitcher they face. That's simply not a realistic expectation.

Furthermore, it's not like Lackey is even a bad pitcher! Sure, he's gotten knocked around in 51 IP this year but he still has an updated ZiPS ERA projection of 4.55. Unless he's lost velocity or has some other sign of injury, I would bet on his projection more than what his current stats suggest. Against an average NL offense (like the Brewers?), he might have an expected ERA of 4.25. An average offense vs. an average defense/pitching is going to score 2 or less runs something like a quarter of the time and 3 or less runs nearly half the time.

So if Lackey gives up 2 or less runs in 6 innings, that's nothing extraordinary.

 

[chuckcrim]

Does Auggie have the worst Sconnie accent of all time or is it just me?

[ilovebeer]

nice hit Mr. Morgan

[Menotti80]

I remember the first game last time...sat underneath Fenway for over 2 hours drinking beers before they called the game...sold enough beer to pay for Crawford & Gonzalez. Plenty of Brewers fans...I'm betting it's the same thing tonight!

 

 

I was there for that rain out game too. Lots of loud "lets go brewers" chants ringing through the concourses