2014-03-31 Braves (Teheran) at Brewers (Gallardo), 1:10 PM CDT (Opening Day!) - Brewers win 2-0

[AZBrewCrew]

K-Rod warming up, not Big Jim. Interesting

[Fear The Chorizo]

gotta love relievers who throw strikes when their team is up by 2 runs late

[jjkoestler]

K-Rod over JH?

[JackNicholson1974]

So JH lost the job already?

[stoutdude04]

Frustrating...

[JohnBriggs12]

Very curious to be sure.

[The stache]

Hmm, does Roenicke like the K Rod match up better than Henderson here??

[The stache]

K Rod had him right where he wanted him at 3-0.

[dlk9s]

K-Rod has veteran moxie.

[craigharmann]

K-Rod has cactus power.

[zzzmanwitz]

I'm sure that will be one of the first 3 questions for RRR after the game. Let's just hope K-Rod gets the job done. Maybe they are saving JH for more high leverage situations?

[Fear The Chorizo]

Someone pinch RR and tell him he's not on the Angels bench watching young KRod mow down hitters in the postseason...regardless of how this ends up, it's the wrong move

[TheCrew07]

K Rod had him right where he wanted him at 3-0.

 

... and strike 1 was thigh high right down the middle of plate, thankfully Johnson didn't swing at it. The AB turned out to be win though, so all is well.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Great play, Scooter!

 

Handled that deflection well!

[vegasbrewcrew1993]

Come on Brewers finish this!!

[dlk9s]

In fairness to K-Rod, he probably figured that the batter would be taking on 3-0 because they needed a baserunner, so grooving one was likely a safe move.

[The stache]

Great play, Scooter! Nice game for the little guy (I say that fully aware I'm about the same size he is).

[saget]

161 wins to go.

[reillymcshane]

nice way to start

[The stache]

Hello, Opening Day win column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zzzmanwitz]

162-0!!!

[bjkrautk]

THE BREWERS ARE ON A PACE FOR 162 WINS!

 

(I didn't get to write the 'on a pace' language for an opening day HR, so you'll have to excuse my optimism here.)

[Fear The Chorizo]

got him! nothing like a routine 20-pitch inning from KRod for the save!

 

1-0, and gotta like the pitching today, albeit with a weird twist of KRod closing. Totally ok with bringing him in for a save situation here and there during the course of the season, especially if JH has been used frequently...opening day though?

 

Unless something's bugging JH healthwise, I don't like the move if he's going to be getting the lions' share of save opportunities.

[JohnBriggs12]

That's 5 shutouts of the Braves in the last 7 meetings. All 4 wins over them last year were shutouts and that's 15 shutouts recorded by the Brewers since June 15th last year. Amazing.

[dlk9s]

BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL