2014-07-21 Reds (Latos) at Brewers (Peralta), 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-2]

[pretendastronaut]

CF Carlos Gomez

2B Scooter Gennett

RF Ryan Braun

3B Aramis Ramirez

C Jonathan Lucroy

LF Logan Schafer

1B Mark Reynolds

SS Jean Segura

P Wily Peralta

 

Reds

 

CF Billy Hamilton

RF Skip Schumaker

3B Todd Frazier

C Devin Mesoraco

1B Donald Lutz

LF Chris Heisey

2B Ramon Santiago

SS Zack Cozart

P Mat Latos

[treego14]

Schafer? Why? Davis is 5 times the player Schafer is, generally, and at least twice as good against a tough righty pitcher.

[swheeler23]

Braun doesn't do well against Latos 2-20. They should switch him and Lucroy

[chadomac]

khrush is being punished

[Bombers]

No Votto, Phillips or Bruce - in all honesty you see why they got swept by the Yankees. Let's go Brewers - let's take this first game tonight!

[The stache]

Hello, my fellow Brewer fans!

 

Ok, guys. Tonight we get on track. Wily is going to turn around and throw a gem tonight. And the boys are going to come out with the red hot bats early and often.

 

I'm feeling good about the Brew Crew, and sending some positive karma to Miller Park. The Reds have knocked us around some early in the season, but there's a lot of baseball yet to be played, and we get some payback tonight!

 

Mow 'em down, Big Wily!!!!!!!

[The stache]

On this day in 1947, that magical season in which Jackie Robinson finally broke the color barrier in the modern game, Frankie Frisch, the "Fordham Flash", becomes the first switch hitter inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Frisch, a lifetime .316 hitter, is joined on this day by Carl Hubbell, Mickey Cochrane (the man that Mickey Mantle was named for. Cochrane was his father's favorite player) and Lefty Grove.

 

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Here's my 1934 Goudey Frankie Frisch. I love this card.

[nate82]

Schumaker is going to go 5-5 with 3 HR's all of them 2 or 3 run shots.

[Bombers]

Way to spin that S&S ... Let's go O!!!

[Bombers]

Schumaker is going to go 5-5 1-5 with 3 HR's DP's all of them 2 or 3 run shots guys on base.

Fixed. Go Brewers!!

[DuWayne Steurer]

Gotta love RRR.

 

The left fielder bats 6th, and Schafer is playing LF, so Schafer bats 6th.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Awesome. Walk the pitcher to lead off the inning.

[coolcool]

The strike zone is the size of a penny.

[yfinn6]

C'mon, Wily. Get it together.

[yfinn6]

Man that was a sweet play by Segura.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I swear to god I have never seen infield-in work before.

[PrinceFielderx1]

The Brewers will win this game. I have that special feeling..

[DuWayne Steurer]

I don't know who did Latos' ink, but he should really get some money back for some of that garbage.

[coolcool]

The Brewers will win this game. I have that special feeling..

 

[yfinn6]

Segura!!!

[Bombers]

Way to go Jean!

[topper09er]

Little league HR

[folly412]

Maybe some of that dumb luck we had is returning.

[DuWayne Steurer]

That's a start....

 

Jean was out by a mile at third if that throw wouldn't have hit him.

[The stache]

Brauny back over .300 And his OPS creeping closer to .900, at .877 now.

 

I always thought Wily Peralta was going to be more of a strikeout pitcher than he has been. He's only averaging 4.5 K per start, 6.8 K per 9 innings. That's not terrible, but I'd expected him to be closer to 8-8.5 per game. He averaged 9.4 K/9 IP in 2011, and 8.8 in 2012. I know it's not his fastball velocity, as he's got one of the highest average fastball velocities in the Major Leagues. What is it then?