2011-07-08 Reds (Leake) at Brewers (Greinke) - [Brewers, Kotsay walkoff winners off F. Cordero, 8-7]

[Oldcity]

I like Rillo, but I wish he would speak up. He speaks so softly that it's difficult to hear. A couple years ago when he was on the post-game show, "Rillo's Rants" were hilarious. Nicest ranting ever.

[theavrock]

Greinke's homer pitch to Votto was bad, but other than that he wasn't bad. Two routine ground balls make it through our stationary defense.

Except that wasn't the case. All 3 ground balls were hard hit and would have been singles with any defense out there.

I get that people want Greinke to succeed but let's call it as it is.

[dlk9s]

And the Brewers go quick and quietly into the night.

Considering it was the first inning, that statement doesn't really make sense.

[danzig6767]

Greinke's homer pitch to Votto was bad, but other than that he wasn't bad. Two routine ground balls make it through our stationary defense.

You're right that the two singles were routine type of groundballs that easily could have been outs instead and our infield defense does suck, but on those two hits, the balls just found perfect holes moreso than lack of range by our infielders.

[Oldcity]

The one between Betancourt and McGehee, neither moved. The one to the right side would have been a single anywhere, but it was not hard hit. Only two hard hit were Phillips and Votto.

[theavrock]

The one between Betancourt and McGehee, neither moved. The one to the right side would have been a single anywhere, but it was not hard hit. Only two hard hit were Phillips and Votto.

Neither moved because they weren't getting to it. No one gets that ball. They weren't screamers but it wasn't a dribbler.

They were solid singles

[ELCABALLO45]

The one between Betancourt and McGehee, neither moved. The one to the right side would have been a single anywhere, but it was not hard hit. Only two hard hit were Phillips and Votto.

Gamel not McGehee.

[jjkoestler]

I think Greinke needs to be mentored by Crash Davis. Million dollar arm, ten cent head.

[ilovebeer]

thats true dlk9s,how about quickly and quitely into the 2nd.

[Oldcity]

The one between Betancourt and McGehee, neither moved. The one to the right side would have been a single anywhere, but it was not hard hit. Only two hard hit were Phillips and Votto.

Gamel not McGehee.

Ha. I'm so used to McGehee not being able to move, said it by accident.

[theavrock]

I'll echo that Rillo rocks.

 

"Second hitter in a row he has in a 3-2 count. Pitch count gets eaten up pretty quick like that."

[ilovebeer]

That was a much better inning for Zack, his pitch count is a tad high.

[crewcrazy]

Good bounceback inning for Greinke, but the we'll see how he fares against the top of the order the next time around.

[TheCrew07]

Zack sure does seem to get a lot of swings and misses on balls out of the zone. I agree with Danzig, I'd just sit FB on him and look for one I could handle.

 

Geez Gamel out guessed himself there, that was a nice pitch to hit.

[pebadger]

I stand by my hypothesis that ZG is good (or bad) enough with his misses that guys sort of "know", with a greater degree of certainty, where he is going to miss and thus it's easier to hit his mistakes than the mistakes of other guys who are more "effectively wild". His own consistency in the general area of the zone hurts him. Thus his BABIP seems "unlucky" when in fact his own style of pitching is concducive to having a high BABIP.

[Oldcity]

I'm willing to be nobody in baseball is behind in the count more often than Yuni.

[danzig6767]

It's amazing how many shallow flies to right-center and RF that Yuni hits. What a scrub.

[ramssuperbowl99]

I stand by my hypothesis that ZG is good (or bad) enough with his misses that guys sort of "know", with a greater degree of certainty, where he is going to miss and thus it's easier to hit his mistakes than the mistakes of other guys who are more "effectively wild". His own consistency in the general area of the zone hurts him. Thus his BABIP seems "unlucky" when in fact his own style of pitching is concducive to having a high BABIP.

Which makes sense considering his career BABIP is .309 and he's played on terrible defensive teams.

[Oldcity]

Oh boy. He hit their crappiest hitter in the lineup.

[Yeti73]

Not the guy in this lineup to walk.

[crewcrazy]

At least Yuni leads the league in sac flies. He's especially good at making outs when it counts.

[natronek8780]

Yuck. I just keep waiting (along with everyone else) for Greinke to put it all together.

[TheCrew07]

Good bounceback inning for Greinke, but the we'll see how he fares against the top of the order the next time around.

Well that was a prophetic statement.

 

[dlk9s]

This is inning is getting exciting!

[jjkoestler]

I'm awfully close to hopping off the Greinke bandwagon. This is ridiculous.