2013-06-30 Brewers (Lohse) at Pirates (Morton), 12:35 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 2-1, 14 innings]

[hawing]

Your Milwaukee Brewers try to avoid being swept by the team with the best record in baseball.

And they try this with a new iteration of Sunday/getaway/decimated-by-key-injuries lineup:

 

RF Norichika Aoki

SS Jean Segura

CF Carlos Gomez

1B Juan Francisco

2B Rickie Weeks

3B Yuniesky Betancourt

C Martin Maldonado

LF Logan Schafer

P Kyle Lohse

 

Pirates:

 

LF Starling Marte

2B Neil Walker

CF Andrew McCutchen

RF Garrett Jones

3B Pedro Alvarez

1B Gaby Sanchez

C Michael McKenry

SS Clint Barmes

P Charlie Morton

 

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[trwi7]

You knew Betancourt was going to get a start today after he got a hit last night.

[adamb100]

Pirates and "best record in baseball" just sounds weird.

[stoutdude04]

Sick of Ron trotting Yuni out game after game.

[Bombers]

At the game. I am glad we brought the pancho's. lots of soaking wet folks ... On the banner / ribbon going around the stadium they had a sign that said rain is stupid

[AZBrewCrew]

Rain is moving NNE http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/01/qy2yquqy.jpg

[AZBrewCrew]

Rain is moving NNE http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/01/qy2yquqy.jpg

[Bombers]

Thanks AZ ... Hope this ends soon

[Bombers]

Sunny again - ETA is 4:25 eastern per scoreboard

[AZBrewCrew]

I gotta imagine Lohse is done for the day. Delay over 2 hours

[Dollarbill13]

Thorny is coming in

[sauveb]

The change in the strike zone is interesting. It was very tight before the rain. Both pitchers have received strike 3 calls that would have easily been balls earlier.

[Bombers]

At PNC Park, Pirate cheerleaders shoot hot dogs out of the t-shirt guns. Fans love it - girls told us to not eat them as they are nasty

 

[Bombers]

Hope Thorn is done - he is lucky to have out up a zero

[valpocrewsader]

Man, Logan Schafer can play some outfield. The running catch and laser throw home a couple nights ago was stunning, and now a brilliant piece of thievery three feet above the fence.

[AZBrewCrew]

At PNC Park, Pirate cheerleaders shoot hot dogs out of the t-shirt guns. Fans love it - girls told us to not eat them as they are nasty

 

 

Ive had one before. Bun was soggy and the hot dog was luke warm at best.

[Daubs]

Great outing by Thornburg today - zero runs in 5 IP today. Brewers needed that from him badly.

[stoutdude04]

Yuni now hitting 202 and on pace for 500+ ab. Sickening.

[Bombers]

Segura - out or safe?

[Dmiles23]

Segura - out or safe?

 

It looked like he was safe by an eyelash. It was really close.

[Bombers]

Yuni now hitting 202 and on pace for 500+ ab. Sickening.

And it just gets worse and worse. Please release him.

[RightFieldCoder]

Why would you move your best arm into the infield? Why not put Aoki as the infielder?

 

And why are the corner infielders playing at bunting depth? This is horrible defense that will end bad unless we get the strikeout.

[cnycerveceros]

Why would you move your best arm into the infield? Why not put Aoki as the infielder?

 

And why are the corner infielders playing at bunting depth? This is horrible defense that will end bad unless we get the strikeout.

 

All good points, but with K-Rod walking the world it's moot.

 

Edit: And....it worked. I guess?

[markedman5]

Another brutal month mercifully over.........one loss closer to a top 3 pick

[AZBrewCrew]

Well. We just got swept by the best team in baseball. (That still sounds weird)