2015-05-01 Brewers (Peralta) at Cubs (Lester), 1:20 PM CDT [Brewers lose. 1-0]

[TooLiveBrew]

No idea what Rizzo's thinking trying to steal there.

[yfinn6]

No idea what Rizzo's thinking trying to steal there.

 

Me neither. As Maldonado was throwing the ball, I figured as long as the throw was even OK that Rizzo would be dead meat.

[AKCheesehead]

One very irritating Brewers tradition: with 2 outs, walking the opponent's weak #8 (or in this case with Maddon emulating LaRussa, #7) hitter, thus allowing them to clear the pitcher.

[reillymcshane]

braunie. sigh.

[reillymcshane]

Maldonado's arm is just amazing. I know it's just one part of being a catcher, but it's fun watching him in the field.

[WV Brew]

Jeffress on pace to appear in 92 games?

[reillymcshane]

Not much can send your heart sinking than hearing things like Matt LePay saying, "Hector Gomez trying to get something going."

 

Three of our hitters have been in the minors this year, or could easily be in the minors at this moment (Gomez, Jimenez, Rogers). Two are back ups (Maldonado and Parra). Brutal lineup.

[markedman5]

Brewers offense back to normal after the strange day on Weds when they actually scored runs........

[pacopete4]

Game comes down to small call. Braun can't put it in play with a runner at 3B and one out. What a shame

[pacopete4]

Gomez back tomorrow. Slide Parra to LF for the even stinker Davis.

[brewmann04]

wow terrible offense again today but put me down for a win Sun especially if they lose tomorrow .

[reillymcshane]

Game comes down to small call. Braun can't put it in play with a runner at 3B and one out. What a shame

Yep. That was my 'sigh' post earlier. Although another 10 feet and Braun has an HR.

 

This team's inability to take a walk is crippling.

[pacopete4]

Game comes down to small call. Braun can't put it in play with a runner at 3B and one out. What a shame

Yep. That was my 'sigh' post earlier. Although another 10 feet and Braun has an HR.

 

This team's inability to take a walk is crippling.

 

 

At times it truly feels as if they do not want to. 3-1 count, better swing wherever it is. Can't stand that approach.

[reillymcshane]

Tough pitch for Braun to take, but it looked low.

[reillymcshane]

Game comes down to small call. Braun can't put it in play with a runner at 3B and one out. What a shame

Yep. That was my 'sigh' post earlier. Although another 10 feet and Braun has an HR.

 

This team's inability to take a walk is crippling.

 

 

At times it truly feels as if they do not want to. 3-1 count, better swing wherever it is. Can't stand that approach.

i feel your pain.

[cnycerveceros]

Just want back to back wins. Once.

[pacopete4]

I've seen enough on Rogers. He needs more at bats. I don't care where or what his defense is like. He can hit.

 

Guys like Davis, Scooter ect. can go bye bye to the minors.

[Lee16]

We'll lose tomorrow, then somehow scrape up a win on Sunday to make sure our wonderful manager stays off the unemployment line for another week, at least.

[trwi7]

Is it bad that I don't mind and actually sort of prefer seeing the Brewers lose right now?

 

I just don't want this team to climb to like 5 games under .500 and within what Attanasio and Melvin consider "striking distance" of the wildcard even though it's not and just keep the status quo.

[brewmann04]

get the trade rumors going

[AKCheesehead]

It isn't bad, it makes some sense. However, in a bad season it sure would be nice to have at least one thing to hang your hat on. For me, if i got to have my choice of one silver lining on a season like this, I'd like that silver lining to be Milwaukee handing the Cubs' hind ends to them.

[brewcrewdue80]

Brewers offense back to normal after the strange day on Weds when they actually scored runs........

 

Big difference. Facing a AAA Pitcher first appearance call-up and Facing a Team's Ace.

 

Which btw, I feel like the Brewers are facing a team's ace in every series, which would mean seeing a lot of #2s too. Not to defend them or anything, they are ML players and should be able to hit ML pitching.

 

Feel bad for Peralta after last season he's now 0-4 to begin this season...Do we have the Jeff Samardzija of a few seasons ago brewing?

[markedman5]

Lester hasn't been pitching like an ace this year. He had 4 starts before this 1 and in each game the other team managed to get at least 3 runs off of him in 6 innings or less.

 

Brewer batters are the cure for every struggling pitcher.

[TheCrew07]

My only thought about this game as I was following along on Gameday was how envious I am of the Cubs' position, they are essentially where we were in 2006 except they can afford to buy impact pitching in FA. For all the talk about prospects failing around here over the years that's as talented a young line-up as we'll see in the division, and that's without Schwarber who's tearing up AA as was expected.

 

It bothers me that I'm jealous of the Cubs given how much I despise their entire fan culture and "lovable loser" garbage.

 

Swap out Fowler for one of Baez or Alcántara, and Schwarber for Coghlan or Ross and that's as an impressive line-up you'll find in baseball from a raw talent perspective.

[3and2Fastball]

5 and 18

 

wow

 

On the plus side Jeffress looked great today. Nasty curveball