Da Wandy Man was ON tonight. 114 pitches, 7 hits, NO walks, 6 K. And this is with him having 8 pitches that were CLEARLY in the strike zone called balls. Command was great – all 3 pitches, especially the inside FB. Best out was the last one – he hung a curveball, Carlos Gomez hit it to the LF bullpen, Brames dropped the throw, so Gomez broke for 3rd and Barmes threw him out.
Wandy had to pitch with just ONE run of support. And that was on an IF single by Bourgeois, a steal to second, then 3rd, then a score on a ROE E5. Of course Clank popped out. As he did again in the 4th with a man on second. He is SORRY. Wonder how Milo is spinning THIS.
Brett Wallace sat – and all I can say is it BETTER have been because he hurt, not because he’s a lefty. I’m TIRED of that stuff.
Stros also had 2 on in the 7th against LaTroy Hawkins (who looks GREAT with the high socks – of course, I think everyone should wear high socks) and CJ grounded out on a 3-2.
Randy Wolf was nails again – 7 IP
Got to say, though, that Clank made TWO great diving stops and made 3-1 plays look good. And CJ made a GREAT diving stop and throw of a hard hit liner in the 9th. And turned a great DP. Bourgeois played LF, looked great. LOTS of great catches, stole 2 bases, scored the go ahead run and drove in the game winner. Pence made 2 very good catches – and the wind was blowing a LOT harder to left center tonight than it was last night
Of course Brandon Lyon blew the save, giving up a homer to, who else, Da Prince – guess the wind must have kicked up during that AB, hunh, Mr Bad Loser from Fri night.
This bullpen SUCKS.
Poor Wandy, Clemensed AGAIN.
So in comes Kameron Loe, usually Death To Astros Hitters. Towles popsup on the first pitch, then on comes the parade of leftys. Bogusevic grounds out. Then Brett Wallace, pinch hitting, walks. Michael Bourn walks (went ofer 4 but he has managed to get on base every game he has started for the past 22 games) then Bill Hall (new nickname “Chewie” for the way he’s always chewing on his mouth guard – and yeah, all modern nicknames gotta end in “ie” right Milo-ie, or is it Hammie) pinch runs. So Jason Bourgeois, hitting second and playing left is up. He takes strike 1, swings at strike 2, gets a gift Ball 1 from the ump on strike 3, then drives a low FB (ball 2) through the 5.5 hole and
Brandon Lyon gets his 3rd Vampire Win – all 3 came after he blew a save.
Rubber game tomorrow is Bud Norris vs LHP Chris Narveson who has started 4, relieved in 1 games vs the Stros and has a 3.43 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP.
Do I dare say that Bud has pitched well vs the Crew – 4 GS with a 3.09 ERA/1.37 WHIP over 23 IP.
Tags: Brewers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB
Barmes: 0-7 so far. Sanchez 1 fer 3 to keep him above .300.
It seems that Ed “Spec” Wade and I disagree about the value of Brandon Lyon. I don’t think a closer with 4 blown saves and a 4.76 ERA is worth $15 million/3 years.
I would have enjoyed seeing Wandy get the “W.”
Bourgeois is making a case for more playing time. Money be damned. Put the best athletes on the field, I say.
Time to switch Lyon to the set-up role, let’s see how Melancon does as a closer. Of course he can’t be compared to Billy or Brad, but better than all other guys we have left I would say.
Bourgeois looks like another Michael Bourn, his defense would make a huge difference in other ball parks, since MMP’s left field seems to have been particularly tailored to guys like Carlos Lee.
By the way, Wandy looks more like an Ace, don’t ya think?
mark,
put the best players on the field????? not THESE days. if you pay a player more, he plays more. no one understands what a sunk cost IS. so we gonna be seeing barmes/hall/clank as regulars. unfortunately.
elmer,
wandy had EVERYTHING working last night. he was just NAILS. ace indeed. i would MUCH prefer to watch a Bourgeois/Bogusevic platoon in left than the remnants of Clank.
Wandy had the CLEANEST line I’ve seen him pitch. EVER. He was an absolute
JOY to watch last night!!! JR Towles has found a home again. Let’s hope he makes the most of it!!
wandy has had more than a few other really great games – where he’s pitched shutout inings and had that curveball goin ON. you know i been rooten for jr for a long time. hope he sticks this time – or gets traded to a contendah – because you KNOW that jason castro gonna bump him when he comes back no matter WHAT towles has been hitting (see angel sanchez/clint barmes)
Absolutely Positively the most PATHETIC EXCUSE for a Baseball Team that has ever been. I’m gonna/start wearing a grocery bag to the game. Could not hit water if they fell out of frickin boat. Mills is a joke. The whole team is a joke. They need to start letting the fans in for free and refund money to the season ticket holders. Made Travis Wood look like a sure fire Cy Young Winner as they have most pitchers they have faced this year. And then Wood hits a three run homer. Anal Rodriguez needs to unpack his locker and head for Corpus. Don’t put Oklahoma City in a hole by sending that clown there. Send him straight to AA. Send Johnson, Hall, and Bourne with him. Pathetic swing in the ninth like just get this game over for Michael. Mills will probably blame Runge for his strike zone. Hell he was yelling at him all night. Sure wished Dierker was back in the dugout.