2019-04-23: Brewers (Davies) at Cardinals (Ponce de Leon) [Brewers lose 4-3 -- Arcia hits HR; Shaw hits 2 HRs]

[Eye Black]

 

[pre]Brewers Lineup Cardinals Lineup

 

1. Lorenzo Cain ® CF 1. Matt Carpenter (L) 3B

2. Christian Yelich (L) RF 2. Paul Goldschmidt ® 1B

3. Yasmani Grandal (S) 1B 3. Paul DeJong ® SS

4. Ryan Braun ® LF 4. Marcell Ozuna ® LF

5. Travis Shaw (L) 3B 5. Jose Martinez ® RF

6. Hernan Perez ® 2B 6. Yadier Molina ® C

7. Manny Pina ® C 7. Dexter Fowler (S) CF

8. Orlando Arcia ® SS 8. Kolten Wong (L) 2B

9. Zach Davies ® P 9. Daniel Ponce de Leon ® P[/pre]

[trwi7]

Maybe Braun will find the fountain of youth tonight.

[DougJonesChangeUp]

Maybe Braun will find the fountain of youth tonight.

 

Like the history reference.

[topper09er]

Maybe Braun will find the fountain of youth tonight.

 

Our 15 year old pitcher beat him to it, obviously led by our 22 year old manager

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Taking this one off. Getting hard to watch and it's been really nice outside.

[topper09er]

Grandal starting at 1B tonight, interesting

[3and2Fastball]

Haven't gotten a response to this so I'll ask here: if Braun is still hitting below .200 by June, does he get benched?

[OldSchoolSnapper]

He won't be hitting .200 in June, but he would probably go from playing 2/3 of the time to 1/3 of the time.

[Mays Hayes]

He won't be hitting .200 in June, but he would probably go from playing 2/3 of the time to 1/3 of the time.

 

Agree and agree... BTW he's still safely over .200 currently for 2 more ABs.

[SomewhereInTime]

Haven't gotten a response to this so I'll ask here: if Braun is still hitting below .200 by June, does he get benched?

 

He is currently hitting over .200 and likely will also be hitting over .200 in June.

[RollieTime]

Really like the move of Grandal at first. Pina is a step up defensively at catcher in my opinion and getting Thames and Aguilar out of the lineup is an added bonus right now. One of those two needs to step up when given the opportunity.

[82brewcrew82]

Really like the move of Grandal at first. Pina is a step up defensively at catcher in my opinion and getting Thames and Aguilar out of the lineup is an added bonus right now. One of those two needs to step up when given the opportunity.

I'm not sure Pina for Aguilar is much of an upgrade at this point. Can't be worse though.

[JosephC]

I'd rather see Thames at 1B. Last seven days has slashed .273/.333/1.000/1.333. He's a streaky bat so why not try to ride him for awhile?

[82brewcrew82]

I'd rather see Thames at 1B. Last seven days has slashed .273/.333/1.000/1.333. He's a streaky bat so why not try to ride him for awhile?

[sarcasm]Just put Grandal at third then.[/sarcasm]

[wallus]

With the recent struggles, I expect a lot of bandwagon fans to jump ship.

[TURBO]

I'd rather see Thames at 1B. Last seven days has slashed .273/.333/1.000/1.333. He's a streaky bat so why not try to ride him for awhile?

[sarcasm]Just put Grandal at third then.[/sarcasm]

 

or SS.

[TURBO]

Another great send by the windmill.

 

geez.

[82brewcrew82]

Even the coaching is bad right now.

[Warning Track Power]

Ed Sedar you stink as a 3B coach. Please reassign him to another area of the organization.

[brooks_quichenick]

We've gotten our fair share of Windmill Eddie already this season. Not a fan

[82brewcrew82]

With the recent struggles, I expect a lot of bandwagon fans to jump ship.

Why? They seem to draw a decent amount of fans regardless.

[82brewcrew82]

Any updates on Moose?

[brooks_quichenick]

Any updates on Moose?

 

Lepay and Rock just mentioned that he took BP today

[TURBO]

With the way our offense is struggling, it doesn't help when the windmill pours it on with bad decisions.

 

The guy is obviously untouchable, so how soon before he retires?

[adambr2]

Looks like another fun one today.