04/06/04 Brewers (Davis) @ Cardinals (Marquis)

[brewcrewkid14]

Moeller with a 2-run HR. 7-3 crew in the top of the 6th. Man o Man.

[nikip43]

5 dingers on the year

 

Grive (FA aquisition)

Podsednik

Counsell (Sexson trade)

Overbay (Sexson)

Moller (Sexson

 

nice offseason thus far by Melvin and Co http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[clancyphile]

Iron Chief Napalm

 

I don't know why Yost is doingit. The best guess I have is he wants Bennett's defense in there. Can't say that would be a bad decision: on Opening Day, Womack swiped three off Moeller.

[gregmag]

Okay, am I reading this right? Jenkins. Has two triples. That's a decent SEASON total for him. I love this weird game.

 

What the hell are these guys trying to do -- screw up our draft position for next year?http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

Greg.

[DHonks]

Overbay does hit it hard each time, but good to see Counsell pounding it still (like each game I saw in the spring). A homer and two smashes (two great plays and a little bad luck to get him by 1 step combined in two outs)

 

gotta add that he just hit a hard liner over SS for a hit

[clancyphile]

gregmag

 

Hey, did you think the Cactus League Championship this year was a fluke?

 

DHonks

 

Baseball is a game of luck sometimes.

 

EDIT:

 

Leadoff single... open up the floodgates again, Brewers!

 

EDIT 2:

 

I also think it's time to bring in the bullpen. No need to push Davis any further. He's given the Crew a quality start. Let Adrian Hernandez and Jeff Bennett finish this one off.

[AJAY]

It would be cool if Spivey goes deep tonight. The Milwaukee Diamondbacks are putting on quite a show.

 

Doug Melvin's gotta have a big smile on his face tonight. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/happy.gif

[DuWayne Steurer]

Yurg.....that was ugly. Nice try by Pods, but I don't like seeing our guys going into the wall like that.

[clancyphile]

Well, the smile is fading from mine...

 

Why is Yost sending Davis to pitch the seventh?

[DuWayne Steurer]

Yost brings the hook a little late I'd say.......

[nikip43]

Im pretty sure Ford was spared last year for mop up innings

 

we get to see Bennett in the second game in a semi-pressure situation http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[DuWayne Steurer]

That was a close one. Nice work by Bennet in a tough spot.

[clancyphile]

The offense had better have a huge day tomorrow. Kolb will have worked the first two games of the season. Plus, Kinney will be on the mound, and when he gets in trouble that usually causes a big inning.

 

EDIT:

 

Is it just me, or does Kolb have trouble when he pitches two consecutive games?

 

EDIT 2:

 

Final score 7-5, BREWERS WIN!

 

BELIEVE!

[nikip43]

what a big win. way to close it out bullpen though it was kind of scary near the end http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[AJAY]

TWO AND OH !!

 

Oh my god that was ugly.

 

http://ideaspot.net/mlb/NL_Central/small/brewers1-sm.gif

[rluzinski]

I swear if Yost says "golden glove" and "Helms" in the same sentence again.....

 

And what does it take to commit an error in the majors... apparently it's NOt when teh ball bounces off the inside of your glove....

 

2-0 BABY! It would be nice to exact revenge from last year and sweep the Cards.

 

One last thing, does Bill Schroeder lick ALL catchers, or just Mike Matheny?

[danzig6767]

Wow that was close

 

I know it's early in the year,but blowing that lead would have really been a kick in the nads.

 

One thing that was nice,we were hitting rockets all game long,even quite a few outs were smoked.

[badgerfan.tgf]

Exactly my thinking as well...it is nice to see almost every ball that is being hit is a rocket. Sort of makes me wonder if our offense is actually good or if the Cards pitching is that bad? I'm hoping we're that good! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/eek.gif

[scoop53714]

I like Helms more than most but you cant let Ginter rot on the bench if Wes cant make routine plays. Plus KG is probably a better hitter.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I agree Scoop. Helms has a nice arm, but that glove is not good. Not good.

[batman]

Winning is fun.

 

 MILWAUKEE (7) VS ST LOUIS (5) - FINAL MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg S Podsednik cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 .300 C Counsell ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .286 J Spivey 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .286 G Jenkins lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .286 L Overbay 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .222 W Helms 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .167 B Grieve rf 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 .333 a-B Clark ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C Moeller c 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .286 D Davis p 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 J Bennett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 L Vizcaino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-K Ginter ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Kolb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 7 10 7 1 6 10 a-grounded to shortstop for B Grieve in the 8th; b-grounded to shortstop for L Vizcaino in the 9th. BATTING: 3B - G Jenkins 2 (2, J Marquis 2). HR - C Counsell (1, 1st inning off J Marquis 0 on, 1 Out), L Overbay (1, 6th inning off J Marquis 1 on, 0 Out), C Moeller (1, 6th inning off J Simontacchi 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - C Counsell (1), J Spivey (1), G Jenkins (2), L Overbay 2 (2), C Moeller 2 (2). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Helms 1, D Davis 1. GIDP - G Jenkins. Team LOB - 3. ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg T Womack 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 R Cedeno lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 S Kline p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-M Anderson ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 A Pujols 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 S Rolen 3b 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 .333 E Renteria ss 5 2 2 1 0 0 4 .250 J Edmonds cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .222 R Sanders rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .250 M Matheny c 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 .500 J Marquis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Simontacchi p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-R Lankford ph-lf 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .333 Totals 38 5 12 5 2 4 14 a-walked for J Simontacchi in the 7th; b-reached on infield single to second for J Isringhausen in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - J Edmonds (1, D Davis). HR - M Matheny (1, 2nd inning off D Davis 1 on, 2 Out), E Renteria (1, 4th inning off D Davis 0 on, 1 Out). SF - M Matheny. RBI - M Matheny 3 (4), E Renteria (1), M Anderson (1). 2-out RBI - M Matheny 2, M Anderson. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Renteria 2, R Sanders 1, R Cedeno 1. Team LOB - 9. FIELDING: DP: 1 (T Womack-E Renteria-A Pujols). ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE - 102 004 000 -- 7 ST LOUIS - 020 100 101 -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era D Davis (W, 1-0) 6 1/3 7 4 4 1 4 2 5.68 J Bennett (H, 1) 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 L Vizcaino (H, 2) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D Kolb (S, 2) 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 4.50 ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era J Marquis (L, 0-1) 5 1/3 8 6 6 1 6 2 10.12 J Simontacchi 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 1 5.40 S Kline 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 J Isringhausen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Pitches-strikes: D Davis 98-65; J Bennett 19-12; L Vizcaino 5-2; D Kolb 22-14; J Marquis 101-63; J Simontacchi 23-14; S Kline 9-5; J Isringhausen 8-6. Ground balls-fly balls: D Davis 7-8; J Bennett 1-3; L Vizcaino 0-1; D Kolb 2-1; J Marquis 9-1; J Simontacchi 4-1; S Kline 2-1; J Isringhausen 1-2. Batters faced: D Davis 27; J Bennett 6; L Vizcaino 1; D Kolb 7; J Marquis 25; J Simontacchi 6; S Kline 3; J Isringhausen 3. UMPIRES: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--C.B. Bucknor. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Mike Reilly. T--2:53. Att--23,966. Weather: 73 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, swirling.

[clancyphile]

From what I remember, a lot of those hits came from the 7th inning on.

 

Ned tried to push Doug an inning too far. Pull him out after six, it's early in the season. Let Adrian Hernandez take two innings, and let Bennett get the last one.

 

The other concern I have is that after an impressive game Monday, Kolb was not up to snuff today. This could be a problem.

[bryan]

The Brewers are all alone in first place.

 

WooHoo http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/roll.gif

[TrueBrew]

Yes baby!!!! I am loving it.

 

I agree about the offense tomorrow needs to have a huge game. I don't think we will have Visciano or Kolb for tomorrows game but hopefully Hernandez and Ford can do a good job.

 

Does anyone know how many pitches Kolb had to throw tonight?

[RobertR]

Nice win by the Brewers.

 

The only thing to really complain about was Helms' glove work. And the scoring. There's been talk for a couple of years now of standardizing the scoring instead of having a club employee who's a buddy of the players do it and I think everyone who's up in arms over the sanctity of the record book should at least turn a little attention in the direction of improving the scorers.

 

Robert