2011-06-19 Brewers (Gallardo) at Red Sox (Wakefield) - [Brewers lose, 12-3]

[KCBrewerfan34]

Does this game have any additional meaning today? If the Brewers walk out of Fenway winning 2 of 3 does that send a message to the AL and the rest of the NL or is this just 1 game on the schedule of 162.

I think this team is starting (if they don't already) believe they can win the division and make a run in the playoffs, 2008 alot of these guys were "babies" but now our offense is seasoned and we arguably have the best starting 4 in the NL and Axford has done the job and he was electric last night.

I would love to win this game today and plant a little seed in Francona and his troops.

GO BREW

[logan82]

Just another game on the schedule.

[pretendastronaut]

June 19 - 12:35 P.M.

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40-32

42-28

Pitching Matchup

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Yovani Gallardo

8-3 | 3.76

Gallardo was down with a knee injury when the Brewers last played in Boston in 2008, so this will be his first visit to Fenway Park.

Red Sox vs. Gallardo
Gallardo Game Log

Tim Wakefield

3-2 | 4.39

In his last start, he took a tough-luck loss to the Rays, allowing one earned run over seven innings while throwing 119 pitches, his highest total since 2003. Wakefield is four wins away from 200 in his career.

Brewers vs. Wakefield
Wakefield Game Log

Starting Lineups

1. 
   
2. 2B Weeks
   
3. RF Hart
   
4. DH Braun
   
5. 1B Fielder
   
6. 3B McGehee
   
7. SS Betancourt
   
8. LF Morgan
   
9. CF Gomez
   
10. C Lucroy

• RHP Yovani Gallardo

1. 
   
2. CF Ellsbury
   
3. 2B Pedroia
   
4. 1B A. Gonzalez
   
5. 3B Youkilis
   
6. DH Ortiz
   
7. RF Drew
   
8. SS Scutaro
   
9. C Saltalamacchia
   
10. LF Reddick
    

• RHP Tim Wakefield

Media Coverage

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Brewerfan Game Chat

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Fan Sites

Sons of Sam Horn

[pretendastronaut]

Winning today would make me feel more confident about the remainder of this month against the Yanks and Rays, but that's about it.

[Funketown]

I love watching knuckleballers pitch. Should be a fun one!

 

Gomez and Yuni in the same lineup will be interesting, especially against a knuckler. I could honestly see Wakefield throw a 80 pitch CG today.

 

I wonder why Roenicke is putting Lucroy/Kottaras in the 9-hole and Betancourt in the 6-hole. Meh.

[liveforoctober]

Weeks, Hart, Braun, Morgan, Gomez ..... against a knuckleballer. I'm requesting 12 stolen bases today.

[dlk9s]

Yuni and Gomez will be really funny to watch against Wakefield.

[Funketown]

The game is also on TBS today so those of us who are outside Wisconsin will get to watch! That is, unless TV Guide is lying to me...

[owbc]

Betancourt's now at -0.6 WAR this year. Ouch.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Just another game on the schedule. We're in first at the end of the day, regardless.

 

For what it's worth, there's on writer on ESPN.com (and it's the main story on the MLB page) that says this is a world series preview. Again, for what it's worth.

[jeffy]

It's both...

 

If they win or even if they lose in a close game, I think it adds to the team's (and fans') confidence that they can compete with the best.

 

OTOH, if they are blown out, then maybe yesterday's win starts to mean less.

 

Ultimately though, going 1-2 here and, say, winning 7 of 9 against the Pirates the rest of the year would be better than winning 2 of 3 here and going 4-5 against the Pirates.

[Funketown]

Betancourt's now at -0.6 WAR this year. Ouch.

In Neifi Perez' "Worst Season Ever", he put up a .243 wOBA, -13.0 UZR and 3.1 BSR for a grand total of -2.9 WAR.

 

Currently, Yuni is at a .246 wOBA, -4.8 UZR and 1.7 BSR, but is only at -0.6 WAR.

 

I'm pretty sure the only difference here is the quality of league hitting. The 2002 aggregate batting line from the NL was .259/.331/.410/.741. The current 2011 aggregate batting line from the NL is only .251/.319/.385/.704.

 

In any other year, Yuni would be even further into the negative WAR.

[BrewCrewForever]

So TBS will only be available to those outside of Wisconsin? Damn. I wanted to watch their broadcast instead. Figure Anderson will be doing the game for TBS and FSWI will be stuck with Coshun, who is awful as a play-by-play announcer.

[KCBrewerfan34]

If you're a fan saying this is just another game on the schedule that's OK but I don't think the players or the manager is taking it that way and I like that.

 

I think RR has raised the bar and the players are buying into it. Hios statements involving our staff and our offense, he makes these gentle little statements and they all mean " hey you guys are really good, let's take care of business" kind of stuff.

 

 

GO BREW

[PrinceEatMeat]

I don't have a problem with Yuni playing as much as I do Gomez. Yuni is a career .316 hitter against Wakefield. I guess Gomez is playing because he's 2-5 against him. Ugh. There's no way both should be in the lineup. The biggest problem I have is Morgan not hitting 2nd. If these are the players that have to play I'd go with Weeks Morgan Braun Fielder McGehee Hart Betancourt Lucroy Gomez as the lineup. But if I was making the decisions I'd have the same lineup as Game 1 out there. Makes the most sense to me.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

I would have thought a patient hitter like Counsell would have made sense today.

[umphrey]

Well I do like DHing Braun so we can have a really awesome defensive outfield

[Yeti73]

I see this going one of two ways: Wakefield totally shuts us down for 8 innings and we meet Pabelbon or we knock Wakefield out by the 3rd inning and we nervously cling to a 5+ run lead.

[wisconsinfan47]

Its a shame TBS is blacked out here. I would love to hear BA as a neutral observer.

 

Also, this is probably our best defensive outfield since 2008, at least.

[GoudaBrew]

Its a shame TBS is blacked out here. I would love to hear BA as a neutral observer.

 

Also, this is probably our best defensive outfield since 2008, at least.

Doesn't look like BA is doing the game on TBS.

 

Go Crew! This game is very winnable (they all are!).

[UeckerAddict]

Yeah, it's Ernie Johnson, Smoltz, and Darling on TBS.

[chuckcrim]

I'm in the Twin Cities and Ernie Johnson is in the booth for TBS. Maybe that's only for pregame...

[ilovebeer]

The game is delayed by some kind of ceremony.

[ilovebeer]

If we win today we go 3-4 on this roadtrip, I know a lot of peopel said before the trip started they would be happy with that, is that still the case?

[umphrey]

If we win today we go 3-4 on this roadtrip, I know a lot of peopel said before the trip started they would be happy with that, is that still the case?

I think I would be about equally happy with the Red Sox series and disappointed in the Cubs series, so if we win today then I'd call it a wash