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2018-07-06: Braves (Foltynewicz) at Brewers (Peralta) 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-4; Dan Jennings puts out 7th inning fire]


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Heck of a job by Jennings. Glad to see he's bounced back after the struggles. Would be pretty pathetic if the starter goes 6 and you blow a 4 run lead without Hader, Jeffries, or Knebel entering the game.
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I guess I'm the only one who thought putting in Barnes to begin with ws a mistake. Atlant's too good of a hitting team to trust a lead to your maybe 4th best reliever when your three best relievers are fresh and availaable to set you up for a sereis tying win at least.
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In a one or two run game I'm guessing Jeffress is in. With a four run lead the hope was probably to surrender a couple and have him finish the game/8th. You have to make a choice and sometimes it doesn't go smoothly.

 

Exactly. If you get that inning from Barnes, then maybe you tack on some more runs and don't need any of your big guys. or if you don't get anymore runs maybe it saves one of your main guys. Just didn't work today. impossible to be perfect like they were the first 6-7 weeks of the year

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I like Barnes just fine, but I think any RP (maybe excluding Hader) should have an extremely short leash if they put the first two runners on without recording an out.

 

On the other hand, we are in the middle of a long stretch without any days off and Counsell may be hoping that guys can go full innings.

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Barnes HAS been good. So going to him wasn’t bad. I just think (even when soft hit or errors or walks etc) if you allow 3/4 guys in a row on, you have to pull the pin... especially a guy like Barnes who’s usually a. Unhittable or b. The lead is disappearing ... certain guys seem to let things snowball. He’s always been one of them. Usually can tell by the first batter. Jennings tho - one hell of an inning there with no room for error!
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Nice work Jennings! Now got to tack on a couple. If the big three are not available now what?

Why wouldn't they be available?

I hope they are Jeffress and Knebel should be. Not sure but Iam figuring Jeffress up next. Shame they couldn't close it without them. Four run lead should have been enough.

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