2011-09-26 Pirates (Morton) at Brewers (Marcum) - [Brewers lose, 9-8, still 1 up on D-Backs]

[jason21nl]

That ball was hammered

[topper09er]

Glad to see no bunting with Kotsay on deck

[Rhett16]

That ball was hammered

 

Obviously if Braun were playing, he would have caught that ball.

[Raw Biz]

Playing for one run in the 1st again. I don't get it. But Roenicke is definitely predictable.

edit: See, good things can happen when you let good hitters swing away.

[topper09er]

RF was playing really deep for Nyjer there

[topper09er]

Playing for one run in the 1st again. I don't get it. But Roenicke is definitely predictable.

edit: See, good things can happen when you let good hitters swing away.

I think its been pretty well established Morgan bunts those on his own, not ordered from the bench

[jason21nl]

I'll take the double! Still doesn't make it right that he is batting 3rd.

[owbc]

If this is what happens when the Brewers give up a leadoff HR, I hope they keep doing it.

[Raw Biz]

Playing for one run in the 1st again. I don't get it. But Roenicke is definitely predictable.

edit: See, good things can happen when you let good hitters swing away.

I think its been pretty well established Morgan bunts those on his own, not ordered from the bench

Established from what? Players besides Morgan have bunted Hart over as soon as he gets on. It's basically Roenicke's MO to bunt guys over ASAP.

[topper09er]

If this is what happens when the Brewers give up a leadoff HR, I hope they keep doing it.

Yeah we should sign Jeff Suppan to just face the first hitter of every game for us in the playoffs. He has the leadoff HR giving up credentials!

[jason21nl]

wow, how disappointing is that? Tied it up though

[Oldcity]

Well that's a big disappointment.

[jjgott]

JHJ Rally Killer

[ELCABALLO45]

Ouch. Weeks and Hairston fail right there.

[Oldcity]

Well this is crappy.

[logan82]

Playing for one run in the 1st again. I don't get it. But Roenicke is definitely predictable.

edit: See, good things can happen when you let good hitters swing away.

I think its been pretty well established Morgan bunts those on his own, not ordered from the bench

Established from what? Players besides Morgan have bunted Hart over as soon as he gets on. It's basically Roenicke's MO to bunt guys over ASAP.

Even if the manager is not ordering the bunt, he is also not telling Morgan not to bunt. I have a hard time believing the manager is just letting his players play. He seems to constantly want to be fiddling with things.(hit and run, sac bunting, etc.)

[topper09er]

"That's him bunting the runner over. He's bunting to get the guy over,

but he's also bunting for a hit also. And that's the thing I made clear

with him is that he needs to be bunting for a hit there." - RRR on Morgan

 

 

2 spot hitter this season:

Rk		G	GS	PA	AB	SH
1	Corey Hart	19	19	82	69	1
2	Nyjer Morgan	80	76	347	311	12
3	Carlos Gomez	43	38	170	153	7
4	Mark Kotsay	10	8	36	32	0
5	Craig Counsell	7	4	20	16	2
6	Jerry Hairston	12	12	54	47	0
7	Felipe Lopez	1	1	5	4	1
8	Josh Wilson	2	1	5	4	0

Hart has 1 bunt from that spot all year, Gomez and Counsell should be bunting every chance they get, esp without the platoon split considering how bad on offense they are. Lopez is no world beater either, not too bad to have him bunt.

 

And Morgan has the rest of the 2 spot SHs

[jason21nl]

Marcum not looking very sharp at all so far

[Oldcity]

I thought Marcum has looked okay other than the homer. Pittsburgh only has one hard-hit ball.

[Oldcity]

You've got to be kidding me!

[Bernman23]

Marcum not looking very sharp at all so far

He shouldn't be aligned to pitch at home in the playoffs, and Greinke on the road. I don't know how much more of a sample some need to see. Fortunes will certainly change in the future for both pitchers, but that doesn't mean there isn't something to it now. Both pitchers know where they've recently succeeded and failed.

 

As for conceding runs after you squander surefire scoring opportunities of your own, how much more often do you see that happen? Good job by the Brewers to make the Pirates feel good about themselves. They needed a reason to at Miller Park.

[jason21nl]

Wow, this isn't going well at all

[topper09er]

Maybe the baseball Gods are finally paying us back for all the previous good luck against Pitt. We need to melt down all of our gold and build a statue of Babe Ruth to please them

[Oldcity]

I have never seen so many weak base hits in one inning in my life!

[markedman5]

his location is off....everything is up in the zone. Nothing hit hard other then the homer and the fly to Morgan but those dink fly ball hits don't happen if you keep the ball down.

 

Going to be tough to beat Morton if he gets 5 or 6 runs.