Brewers 6 Pirates 2
I need something explained to me. Last year against Rick White, right handed batters batted .335, but against Mike Gonzalez righties only hit .194. Despite this stat, available to anyone with the internet, today Lloyd brings out Rick White to pitch to Brady Clark and Junior Spivey, two right-handed hitters, before bringing in Gonzalez to pitch. The result? A single followed by a grounder to White who, without realizing Clark ran with the pitch, threw to second late. Everybody's safe. Oh NOW we bring Gonzalez in, since we're in a hopeless mess. Even last year, when he had amazing season (a "statiscal anomaly" as Dave Littlefield called him) he had a 6.20 ERA when coming into the game in late inning pressure situations with runners on base. So what happens? Lyle Overbay lays down a surprise bunt, bases loaded. Four runs later, and we have ourselves another loss in a game we out played Milwaukee for a full 7 innings. Poor Josh Fogg.
Other observations:
Daryle Ward can't hit lefties to save his life. Chris Capuano throws with his left hand. Just because Daryle hit a homer last night doesn't mean he should play today.
Jack Wilson is hitting .182. Today he went 0-for-5 and left 6 runners on base. Not a 2 hitter right now.
Bay, Craig Wilson, Mackowiak, in that order. At least he got something right today.
ESPN game summary here