2020-08-21: Brewers (Houser) at Pirates (Kuhl) [Brewers lose, 7-2]

[brewers888]

That will do it for this one.

[pacopete4]

Our offense stinks but our pitching hasn’t been great either. Giving up a lot of runs.

[LouisEly]

Houser is a reliever. *Cracks another Miller

Yep, relievers go 7IP only giving up one extra base hit.*Finishes off another Shiner.

 

...and 4 runs to a lousy team.

With two infield hits and an error accounting for half of them.

[timpep]

Well, I think Houser's performance was maybe something to inspire a bit of optimism at least. He had the one rough inning but recovered to go 7 deep, and if we could play defense he probably would be getting a no decision tonight.

[brewers888]

Our offense stinks but our pitching hasn’t been great either. Giving up a lot of runs.

 

Pirates were the only offense worse than ours.

[jason21nl]

One of the most blah/unlikeable Brewers teams in a long time. They’re just not any fun to watch.

[RollieTime]

I think we’ve seen too many take steps back offensively and then go elsewhere and do well. Andy Haines just has to be the fall guy even if he really doesn’t play much a role in it.

 

I wonder if he is starting to feel the pressure and that’s why he started barking at the umpire when Gamel was up batting? I agree in that too many guys have struggled when brought here and succeeded to an extent elsewhere.

[folly412]

Getting lit up by the 4 win Pirates. Happy birthday, Craig.

[timpep]

Being a groundball pitcher for the Brewers can't be fun this year.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Alex Claudio has looked good in every appearance he's had. Before tonight ...

[homer]

I think we’ve seen too many take steps back offensively and then go elsewhere and do well. Andy Haines just has to be the fall guy even if he really doesn’t play much a role in it.

 

I wonder if he is starting to feel the pressure and that’s why he started barking at the umpire when Gamel was up batting? I agree in that too many guys have struggled when brought here and succeeded to an extent elsewhere.

 

Who? Haines was hired last year so it'd have to be someone that was on last year's team. Aguilar?

[Bulldogboy]

In all honesty when the playoffs were expanded I never really considered that the Brewers would not get in based on the talent on hand. I miscalculated. This team is in trouble.

[RollieTime]

I think we’ve seen too many take steps back offensively and then go elsewhere and do well. Andy Haines just has to be the fall guy even if he really doesn’t play much a role in it.

 

I wonder if he is starting to feel the pressure and that’s why he started barking at the umpire when Gamel was up batting? I agree in that too many guys have struggled when brought here and succeeded to an extent elsewhere.

 

Who?

 

Andy Haines was barking at the umpire from the dugout.

[ecjimg]

I love it when Claudio faces right handed batters

[jason21nl]

Being a groundball pitcher for the Brewers can't be fun this year.

 

Especially with Sogard alligator arming everything.

[PinaMadness]

More Urias and less Sogard please.

[Eye Black]

That Luis Urias single (103.7 exit velocity) was the Brewers second hardest hit ball of the night behind the Ben Gamel home run. Yes, it was ahead of the Yelich HR. Urias isn’t a guy with typically high exit velo, but that was some good contact.

[PinaMadness]

Oh great, now the agony will be prolonged even further.

[Bulldogboy]

Release Holt. It just didn't work out.

[Eye Black]

In other news the Cubs are down 8-0 to the White Sox in the 6th inning. Hernan Perez started for the Cubs and has already played three different positions tonight.

 

The Tigers had lost 20 straight games to the Indians (MLB record is 23 straight), but they are up 10-5 on Cleveland in the 8th inning.

[PinaMadness]

And that concludes the worst game of the season. Happy Birthday, CC.

[yourout]

Release Holt. It just didn't work out.

The only guy with a worse batting average this year is Stearns himself.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

And that concludes the worst game of the season. Happy Birthday, CC.

 

Yeah, good thing there's another one tomorrow. Want the stench of this one around as little time as possible.

[PinaMadness]

This lineup is so embarrasingly bad. I would rather DH Woodruff than see Sogard and Holt in the lineup together.

Yeah, pretty much this.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

One of the most blah/unlikeable Brewers teams in a long time. They’re just not any fun to watch.

 

This is how I feel. Missing Cain hurts in that respect. I keep thinking of 2016, which was a bad team but fun. Way more fun than this group, and a lot of that has to do with just being younger and more capable of surprising you.