04/15/04 Milwaukee (Sheets) @ Houston (Redding)

[squarepusher]

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[Getpaddled]

Houston is on a roll. Sheets I can see struggling against this red-hot lineup, I see a high scoring affair, but faith in my Brewers will come out on top Crew 11-10

Wouldn?t it be a tasty treat to take 3 of 4 from Houston in Houston!

[Diskono]

I think a split of this series isn't too far-fetched. Sheets is an Astro killer, and Houston has that knuckleballer (who couldn't throw a strike to save his life last Friday) starting Saturday.

[clancyphile]

Where is this city called Redding?

[Getpaddled]

hopefully closer to miller park then houston

[TrueBrew]

I have to agree that it will probably be a high scoring game today. It would be pretty tough for sheets to follow up his last performance against the same lineup.

[SoCalBrewfan]

www.mapquest.com/maps/map...g&state=CA

[mls4]

"Houston has that knuckleballer (who couldn't throw a strike to save his life last Friday) starting Saturday."

 

Jared Fernandez was optioned to AAA on Tuesday. According to the Astros' website, Brandon Duckworth will start on Saturday.

[brettac1]

Duckworth is terrible, and the Crew has struggled with knuckleballers since spring when they faced Sparks, and they couldn't get a hit against Cody McKay for two innings in StL. So this is actually probably a lucky break.

[thebruce44]

I am really looking forward to see if Sheets can follow up his last game with another great start. He has shown flashes of being a number 1 before, but has always been inconsistent. Putting in a quality start today would be a big step.

[SlideBernieSlide]

Jenkins loves hitting against this guy. Hopefully, he'll keep it going.

 

 

Sheets vs Astro Hitters

Brad Ausmus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 (5-23)

Jeff Bagwell . . . . . . . . . . . .219 (7-32, 1 HR)

Lance Berkman . . . . . . . . . .333 (10-30, 3 HR)

Craig Biggio . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 (6-27, 2 HR)

Morgan Ensberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000 (0-8

Adam Everett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364 (4-11)

Richard Hidalgo . . . . . . . . . .360 (9-25, 2 HR)

Jeff Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214 (3-14)

Michael Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 (1-2)

Jason Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000 (0-4)

Orlando Palmeiro . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 (2-13)

Jose Vizcaino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273 (6-22)

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 (53-211, 8 HR)

 

 

Redding vs Brewer Hitters

Brady Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 (1-5)

Craig Counsell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571 (4-7)

Keith Ginter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000 (0-9)

Ben Grieve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 (1-2)

Bill Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.000 (1-1)

Wes Helms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417 (5-12, 2 HR)

Geoff Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . .714 (5-7, 1 HR)

Chad Moeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000 (0-1)

Lyle Overbay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 (2-9)

Scott Podsednik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 (1-10)

Junior Spivey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000 (0-1)

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313 (20-64, 3 HR)

[Dogger192003]

I think Sheets has gotten in the heads of the Astros hitters the way Miller has with the Brewers hitters. These guys know very well that they don't hit certain pitchers well. That said I would be very happy to leave Houston with a .500 record intact.

[JoeHova]

The most famous City of Redding is in Pennsylvania.

 

 

 

oops, I guess there is an a instead of that first D in the town in Penn.

[endaround]

Anyone else having problesm with audio on MLB.com?

[pabrewerfan]

Reading, PA is pronounced the same as Tim Redding.

[Nefaste]

Quote:

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Anyone else having problesm with audio on MLB.com?

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Yup, it's cleared up now though. Had to listen to the Astros announcers for a while. Thank goodness for Uecker.

[AJAY]

Craig Counsell really really works the count. I am starting to get impressed by his approach. I think it is rubbing off on the rest of the team.

 

Maybe Ned Yost knew what he was doing by batting Counsell second. He leads the team in walks.

 

Nice.

[AJAY]

Sheets is out. Is he hurt?

 

This doesn't look good.

[madjeff66]

When he was running the bases in the fourth, he made kind of a klutzy move legging into third after Berkman hacked up Pod's fly.

 

Wonder if it's related to that.

[madjeff66]

Lower back tightness, seems to be an annual problem

[DuWayne Steurer]

When Ben first came up, I noticed that he leaned back before every pitch, sort of how someone would if their lower back hurt. After watching him do it for a few games, I figured that it was just a "thing" he did, like so many pitchers do.

 

Is this really a long time thing that he's been dealing with maybe? Or am I just grasping at straws?

[madjeff66]

Did the Houston pitcher just strike out the side on 9 pitches?http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/eek.gif

 

That only happens about 3-4 times a year in all of MLB

[bork]

Yahoo box says Sheets left with "right elbow tightness." Hope that's not the case. But Yahoo is often wrong.

 

So is it an ankle, back or elbow?

[homer]

Radio said back stiffness.

[germanking]

TV also said the back and how about Ford. That breaking ball is just plain nasty!!!!!!!