2011-08-10 Brewers (Wolf) at Cardinals (Westbrook) - [Brewers win, 5-1]

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August 10 - 7:15 P.M.

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66-50

62-54

Pitching Matchup

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Randy Wolf

8-8, 3.61

The lefty's five earned runs allowed were the most he's given up in nearly a month, but he came away with a win Wednesday against the Cards. Wolf also gave up a home run for the first time since July 18 and struggled during his six-inning outing.

Cardinals vs. Wolf
Wolf Game Log

Jake Westbrook

9-5, 4.83

Westbrook's overall trend line looks good -- a 3.83 ERA since the start of July. But he's walked three batters in each of his past two starts, after walking two or fewer in seven of his previous eight.

Brewers vs. Westbrook
Westbrook Game Log

Starting Lineups

1. 
   
2. RF Corey Hart
   
3. CF Nyjer Morgan
   
4. LF Ryan Braun
   
5. 1B Prince Fielder
   
6. 3B Casey McGehee
   
7. SS Yuniesky Betancourt
   
8. 2B Jerry Hairston, Jr.
   
9. C George Kottaras
   
10. LHP Randy Wolf
    

1. 
   
2. SS Rafael Furcal
   
3. RF Corey Patterson
   
4. 1B Albert Pujols
   
5. 3B David Freese
   
6. LF Allen Craig
   
7. C Yadier Molina
   
8. 2B Ryan Theriot
   
9. CF Jon Jay
   
10. RHP Jake Westbrook
    

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Cards Talk

[sargennm]

Lineup: Hart 9 Morgan 8 Braun 7 Fielder 3 McGehee 5 Betancourt 6 Hairston 4 Kottaras 2 Wolf 1.

 

I was going to say we could have a thread free of lineup complaints tonight, but I know we'll get at least three comments about the Wolf-Lucroy dynamic.

[fondybrewfan]

Hey Hairston is getting a start!!

 

Like the lineup

[liveforoctober]

Well, this was the game out of the 3 that I circled as a "we really should win this one" ... hopefully a couple of our bats stay hot and we can take the series the easy way and go for a crushing blow tomorrow.

 

BTW, did anyone else catch the two Brewer fans in the crowd yesterday with the "Just here to check on the lights" sign? I could have hugged them...

[rwa12]

Pouring down here right now...hoping it clears by 7

[TauPentaRei]

This guy definitely has a good head on his shoulders in writing a mildly complimentary piece on the Crew at the expense of the "grumpy but proper" Cardinals. The level of baseball saturation in the SL Post-Dispatch is pretty impressive.

 

A couple of the best bits:

 

...irreverent youngsters who dared to mock baseball's most stuffy unwritten rules...

 

They don't need to yank out their shirt tails anymore to get on the nerves of the cantankerous old-school Cards...

 

He rubbed his hand on his scruffy beard and let out a soft chuckle just at the very thought of a three-game sweep.

>>> I will be doing this all afternoon, btw

[sargennm]

This guy definitely has a good head on his shoulders in writing a mildly complimentary piece on the Crew at the expense of the "grumpy but proper" Cardinals. The level of baseball saturation in the SL Post-Dispatch is pretty impressive.

 

A couple of the best bits:

 

...irreverent youngsters who dared to mock baseball's most stuffy unwritten rules...

 

They don't need to yank out their shirt tails anymore to get on the nerves of the cantankerous old-school Cards...

 

He rubbed his hand on his scruffy beard and let out a soft chuckle just at the very thought of a three-game sweep.

>>> I will be doing this all afternoon, btw

Did anyone else in baseball care about the untucking thing. It's amazing how much that's stuck here. Anybody else been reading the post's other columnist this week. He really is trying to stir the pot with his word choices, more than any other writer I;ve ever seen. Even took a whole segment on his radio show to talk about how no Brewers shoed up at some off-day charity event Albert hosted, and how there's always someone there from visiting teams.

[StearnsFTW]

Praise Jesus.

 

Hairston gets a start.

[GoudaBrew]

This guy definitely has a good head on his shoulders in writing a mildly complimentary piece on the Crew at the expense of the "grumpy but proper" Cardinals. The level of baseball saturation in the SL Post-Dispatch is pretty impressive.

 

A couple of the best bits:

 

...irreverent youngsters who dared to mock baseball's most stuffy unwritten rules...

 

They don't need to yank out their shirt tails anymore to get on the nerves of the cantankerous old-school Cards...

 

He rubbed his hand on his scruffy beard and let out a soft chuckle just at the very thought of a three-game sweep.

>>> I will be doing this all afternoon, btw

That was great! Thanks for sharing. Go get 'em Crew!

[lbb020]

I wish we didn't have 3 lefties in the lineup today, RHB are killing Westbrook this season (.326/.373/.491). That being said, the only lefty I would replace is Kottaras....too bad Wolf hates Lucroy.

[brwrsfan]

I don't mind Kottaras starting, as Lucroy needs a day off every now and again. It's somewhat annoying that it has to come only with Wolf. Righties are killing Westbrook, so Kottaras starting tomorrow would have been ideal. Or seeing how we just had 2 days off last week, Lucroy could just play. But we know that won't fly. Otherwise I like it a lot. Hairston finally gets to play!!

[rluzinski]

I wish we didn't have 3 lefties in the lineup today, RHB are killing Westbrook this season (.326/.373/.491). That being said, the only lefty I would replace is Kottaras....too bad Wolf hates Lucroy.

In one possible scenario, he has perhaps the largest (true talent) reverse platoon split ever. In another, it's a fluky small sample. Career splits:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=westbja01&year=Career&t=p#plato

One year splits = EVIL. Good time to give Kottaras a start.

 

[tommyboy42609]

Sounds like we're going to catch a break with no Holliday tonight after he 'tweaked' something in his back.

[jjfanec]

Sounds like we're going to catch a break with no Holliday tonight after he 'tweaked' something in his back.

That is a HUGE break. He seems to be on base all the time.

 

I felt like we needed one in this series and that two would be great. I am a greedy man and would like to get number 2 right here

[KCBrewerfan34]

Here's hoping Holliday doesn't pull a Willis Reed.

[ECpackers]

holliday and berkman are both not playing tonight.

 

brewers call up SP Frankie De La Cruz.

[ilovebeer]

Just looked at the St Louis radar and no rain in the area.

[ilovebeer]

I wonder if Tony will blame the Brewers for Holiday being out

[ECpackers]

yeah, its because we pitched him inside, so he though he should work on keeping his hands in and pulling the ball quicker...so he tweaked an oblique. brewers fault

[fondybrewfan]

Yeah we have to take advantage of that lineup now. I am confident we will get runs off of Westbrook but Wolf just scares me (Really for no logical reason)

[dlk9s]

This guy definitely has a good head on his shoulders in writing a mildly complimentary piece on the Crew at the expense of the "grumpy but proper" Cardinals. The level of baseball saturation in the SL Post-Dispatch is pretty impressive.

I will say that the articles on that site surrounding this series have been pretty good.

[Vgmastr]

No Holliday or Berkman tonight, got to take advantage.

[brettac1]

McGehee and Betancourt may be terrible, but at least they get along? Silver linings ftw.

[Vgmastr]

As bad as RRR can be sometimes, you really have to question TLR. Jay and Patterson, the latter of whom has no business anywhere a major league starting lineup to begin with, are both lefties and starting against Wolf. Yet Berkman, a switch hitter, is riding the bench. Yeah, I know Berkman is not as good as a righty, but he has to be better than Patterson, especially against a LHP.

[Raw Biz]

Great bunt, hopefully Braun and Prince have a better game than last night.