2021-04-24: Brewers (Peralta) at Cubs (Alzolay) [Brewers win, 4-3 -- Piña 2-run HR gives Crew the lead for good]

[brooks_quichenick]

Travis Shaw could use a day off.

[CheezWizHed]

Shaw had an excellent eye early this season and he seems to have lost it. Lots of chasing bad pitches lately...

[CheezWizHed]

I want to see Contreras have a big post-game rant about Taylor not trying to get out of the way.

 

Or better... Yeah, Brothers really shouldn't have thrown at him...

[RollieTime]

Shaw is atrocious against lefties. I’m shocked Counsell isn’t trying to put the nail in the coffin here. Lack of innovation there once again. We all knew that result was coming.

 

Glad to see the rest of the hitters in that inning be patient and do their job.

[Eye Black]

Obviously the error will be on Urias, but seems like that’s one you hope your first baseman is going to be able to handle most of the time.

 

EDIT: The scoring ruling was a base hit, apparently?

[adambr2]

Shaw is atrocious against lefties. I’m shocked Counsell isn’t trying to put the nail in the coffin here. Lack of innovation there once again. We all knew that result was coming.

 

Glad to see the rest of the hitters in that inning be patient and do their job.

 

The problem is with who? Robertson ain't that guy.

[markedman5]

Urias defense not impressing and Hiura unable to make up for it.

[markedman5]

Good work from Suter

[adambr2]

Suter got away with a fat one.

[SomewhereInTime]

It's amazing the variance you have from official scorers, remember the "error" Corbin Burnes reached on in San Diego?

[magnoliacrew]

Hiura!!! Multiple hits!!!

[Eye Black]

With Luis Urias (hopefully) due up this inning these are the exit velocities of the past six balls he’s put in play:

 

97.2 mph

104.3 mph

105.3 mph

86.2 mph

98.6 mph

105.9 mph

 

Seems like he could be on the verge of breaking out a bit.

[RollieTime]

Shaw is atrocious against lefties. I’m shocked Counsell isn’t trying to put the nail in the coffin here. Lack of innovation there once again. We all knew that result was coming.

 

Glad to see the rest of the hitters in that inning be patient and do their job.

 

The problem is with who? Robertson ain't that guy.

 

I’ve always hated the thought of never using your backup catcher. If the starting catcher gets hurt, you always have an extra guy on the roster that can handle it for a couple innings. How often does the starting catcher get hurt and leave the game? I’m genuinely curious, but it seems to be extremely rare. And holding back on a guy 100 times during the season in pinch hitting situations for that MAYBE twice a year (at most?) where a catcher might need to be removed is dumb roster management in my opinion.

 

Perez was here for a number of years. I imagine Robertson is that guy now. If not, I am sure Vogelbach could handle an inning or two with gear on. Sure it might not be pretty, but you make a roster move the next day.

 

This just seems like a place where a manager could be innovative and put the team in a better chance to win. A team just can’t be operated in that way assuming a certain player is going to get hurt every single day.

 

I’m sure I’m in the minority on that and that’s fine. That was an obvious situation to use Pina with the game on the line and a struggling lefty hitter up that struggles against lefties as it is. It was a very obvious decision in my opinion on what should of happened.

[adambr2]

I don't think Counsell is against the idea of using your backup catcher. He's done it plenty of times.

[RollieTime]

I don't think Counsell is against the idea of using your backup catcher. He's done it plenty of times.

 

He certainly has at times, but not enough. This was an obvious time to do it.

[adambr2]

I don't think Corey Ray is going to be any good, but his first two MLB at-bats were not terrible.

 

Frustrating to only have 2 runs to show for everything today.

[SomewhereInTime]

Yeah maybe Sogard is like the last guy in the world you pull a huge shift on.

[B-Train]

Brent with sneaky Olympic level speed.

[Eye Black]

They’ve certainly seen Chafin a lot this year (his 5th appearance against the Crew).

 

Score some runs here and lets go into Sunday with “Big Woo” on the mound for the season series.

[RollieTime]

ALL ABOARD! Pineapple Express leaving the station!

[adambr2]

I love Chafin. He looks badass and he loves giving up runs to the Brewers. What else could you want?

[tggibby55]

FTC

[brooks_quichenick]

Manny being Manny

[folly412]

Delicious!

 

[SeaBass]

Pineapple hits a dinger off Goose Gossage!