2012-09-20 Brewers (Fiers) at Pirates (Rodriguez), 3:05 PM CDT [Hart returns to lineup; Brewers win, 9-7]

[dlk9s]

BOOOOOO!!! Braun can't make my prediction come true if you walk him!

[pebadger]

Halfway to 8 in the 8th.

[djoctagone]

hope springs attorney!

[chickinbrickin]

Squeeze with Ish. *** Ron

[reillymcshane]

Bunt??? You're rockin' this guy, got a lefty on righty... why?

[dlk9s]

[sarcasm]Perfect time to bunt.[/sarcasm]

[pebadger]

Just dump it into right, Luc. He's gonna pitch you away here.

[reillymcshane]

it's great we have the lead, but we've certainly blown a lot of chances.

[reillymcshane]

I think we've left 10 men on base. Gotta get more of those. Oh well, just shut down the pirates and make it a moot piont.

[pebadger]

WHy bunt if you can steal?

[SenatorShriv]

another wasted bunt from Segura there.

[SenatorShriv]

That run makes me feel better about our chances. I always assume that Axford will give up one run...

[pebadger]

Way to go, kid.

 

I absolutely love how Segura, Ishikawa and Shaefer have really contributed in this stretch.

[razzzorsharp]

Gah, that's a tough error there. Cmon Axford, pump those strikes.

[pebadger]

Ishikawa has to catch that, but it's an E6 because the throw takes him off the bag if he does catch it.

 

Of course I jinxed both ends of that play.

[SenatorShriv]

Agree that Ishikawa should have gotten that, but that the E goes to Segura. I thought Ishikawa should have gotten to the foul ball from Walker too, but that was made moot with the Axford strikeout.

[razzzorsharp]

Axford looked vintage there.

[pebadger]

Leave the sweep suits. Take the pierogi.

 

- RR prior to boarding plane for D.C.

[BrewerTerp]

Wow gang, this team keeps proving to us that it's not the same team from a month ago. Clutch hitting and a reliable bullpen. They won't quit!

[markedman5]

Best win of the year?

 

I agree with Rock....best Ax has thrown all year in that inning.

[packfan79]

Huge come back win today, lets keep it going boys!!

[hawing]

It would have really sucked to let the Pirates come back on the same day our postseason ticket invoice was delivered. Thanks, Brewers!

[Yeti73]

Amazing.

[Funketown]

This was huge. The Brewers go into Pittsburgh for three games while the Cardinals host Houston and the Brewers don't lose any ground. The Dodgers are down 3-1 in the fourth to WSH right now.

 

The Cardinals have six in a row vs. the Cubs and Astros before finishing the season vs. Washington and Cincinnati. It's going to be tough to gain any ground over the next week but they really need to pick up at least a game during that time.

 

Whatever happens, this team better get a great ovation after game 162. I think just about everybody here was in 2013 mode after 120 games (with good reason), but they've just kept going at it and kept mashing. I never thought we'd enjoy meaningful September baseball after the Greinke trade and falling to 54-66. Ain't baseball great?

[wisniewski]

I'm running out of superlatives to describe how exciting this team is and how this is all playing out.