2011-08-24 Brewers (Marcum) at Pirates (Thompson) - [Brewers lose, 2-0]

[pretendastronaut]

August 24 - 11:35 A.M.

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78-53

60-68

Pitching Matchup

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Shaun Marcum

11-3, 3.40

In two starts against Pittsburgh this season, Marcum has allowed only one run in 14 2/3 innings. He earned a tough-luck no-decision after 7 2/3 quality innings at Miller Park last week.

Pirates vs. Marcum
Marcum Game Log

Aaron Thompson

0-0, -.--

Thompson will make his Major League debut just two weeks after he was at Double-A Atltoona. He's filling in for an injured Kevin Correia. He'll be limited to about 55 pitches after going only four innings in his past two Triple-A outings.

Brewers vs. Thompson
Thompson Game Log

Starting Lineups

1. 
   
2. Hart RF
   
3. Hairston CF
   
4. Braun LF
   
5. Fielder 1B
   
6. McGehee 3B
   
7. Betancourt SS
   
8. Lucroy C
   
9. Wilson 2B
   
10. Marcum P

1. 
   
2. Tabata LF
   
3. Harrison 3B
   
4. McCutchen CF
   
5. Walker 2B
   
6. Jones 1B
   
7. Paul RF
   
8. Cedeño SS
   
9. McKenry C
   
10. Thompson P

Media Coverage

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Brewerfan Game Chat

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Fan Sites

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[patrickgpe]

while he has a very good triple a ERA with a very small sample size, he struggled in AA ball this year. Hopefully the brewers don't struggle with another pitcher making his big league debut.

[jimmyjeromehardy7]

Interesting defensive alignment today. Wondering if Wilson plays behind the ump or if both catchers are in front. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[owbc]

Since he's only going 55 pitches, the Brewers should be able to chase him after 4 and get to the bullpen.

 

Edit: lineup fixed ;-)

[Glennron]

I can't wait until Gomez is back and then Josh Wilson can stop playing.

[ninja33]

nothing against gomez, but I think I'd rather just get weeks back. don't think wilson will be seeing too much PT once that happens.

[brwrsfan]

Gomez and Weeks back does two things:

 

1. Pushes Josh Wilson to the end of the bench, where he belongs

 

2 . Allows us to use Hairston in a super-sub role. Playing 3-5 times a week all over the diamond to give the starters a day off. I think he is best served in this role.

 

I hope we don't have trouble with another pitcher making his debut, let's keep the pedal down. If he's really limited to 55 pitches, I'm hoping he's out by the 4th inning. Unless he's grooving balls, it would be nice to see us take some pitches and work the counts a bit more than we normally do. 55 pitches can be chewed up in a hurry if you're having some long at bats. Either way, let's take this one!!

[Hammer]

Anyone know if this game will be available to the Fox Valley?

[GoudaBrew]

Nothing like Brewers baseball in the morning! Go get 'em Crew!

[1992casey]

Anyone know if this game will be available to the Fox Valley?

 

Wouldn't the game be on FS-WI on cable systems outside of the Milwaukee market?

 

On DirecTV, the game is on 680, 680-1, 722, and 722-1. No HD on the "-1" channels, but depending on your receiver settings, you might prefer using those.

 

If you're able to receive Channel 58 over the air, the game should be on 58-2.

[pretendastronaut]

Hart steals second, and Hairston does his job to be sure Hart gets to third.

 

These first two at-bats are what the Brewers haven't been able to do for years, and even the first half of this year. These are the types of things that give me a lot of confidence in this team.

[pretendastronaut]

Then Braun and Fielder fail. Typical.

[dlk9s]

I can't imagine how nervous that kid must have been, particularly when Braun and Fielder were standing 60 feet away from him. Nice job pitching to Braun. Threw those last two inside off the plate, but close enough where he had to swing and get jammed.

[dlk9s]

I like that Harrison kid for the Pirates. I think he'll develop into a nice player. I also like how he tipped his cap after Braun robbed him of extra bases the other day - Cards-like move.

[dlk9s]

If Yuni could learn to go with pitches, he could be a decent hitter. If he wouldn't try to pull every pitch he sees, he could shoot some through the right side or drive some into the right-center gap.

[hawing]

Ahh, I thought the 11:35 was when the radio pregame started, not the game game. Well, 1-0 for Wednesday, Brewers. Then come home!

[brwrsfan]

Frustrating first inning. We fail with a man on third and one out (AGAIN, this has been happening way too much lately IMO). Then they get the same spot and score.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Hope this game isn't one of those with the dreaded "Rookie Pitcher's First Start Curse" attached to it. Too many of those in the Brewers' past.

[umphrey]

Just realized that the Brewers are playing 27+ innings in less than 24 hours

[Raw Biz]

Just realized that the Brewers are playing 27+ innings in less than 24 hours

How?

[umphrey]

Just realized that the Brewers are playing 27+ innings in less than 24 hours

How?

my mistake, thought the DH was yesterday

[brwrsfan]

Hope this game isn't one of those with the dreaded "Rookie Pitcher's First Start Curse" attached to it. Too many of those in the Brewers' past.

I agree with this completely. It's sad that the first thing that comes to mind any time a MLB Debut comes up is "well here comes 7 shutout innings". We never seem to just pound guys. This guy struggled in AA this year, his AAA numbers were decent in only 8 innings. This should be a pitcher that we score runs off of, and we still might. But this always seems to happen to us.

 

To make matters worse, Marcum just walked him too.

 

[dlk9s]

I'm watching the Pittsburgh broadcast and they interviewed the pitcher's family in the stands. Braun was up and there was a small part of me that hoped he wouldn't jack one out, because it would have been odd to have to watch them get all sad on the air. Also, it was a bit awkward because the mom and dad were sitting a few seats apart and mom obviously had her new husband/boyfriend next to her. They must really not get along if they can't even sit next to each other (or at least on either side of their younger kid) during their boy's MLB debut.

 

EDIT: Oh, and hey, Yuni pulls another pitch he shouldn't pull.

[topper09er]

Im starting to get angry that they arent playing Hairston at SS. Yuni is going to cost us a game in the playoffs, which may be enough to cost us the series.

[brwrsfan]

I'd love Hairston at short...after Weeks comes back. Hairston at short means Counsell/Wilson have to play second. And amazingly, I think they are both much worse than Betancourt is.

 

Marcum not looking sharp today. Hope we can keep this at 2 runs only and that the offense can put a rally together.