Also plaguing this team is the clutch hit- in the post season, they could have blown the game wide open several times with a big hit. Bases loaded less than 2 outs, second and third no one out... Santana got the big hit in game one, but they’re leaving lots of chances on the board and not cashing in enough. They’ve left 8 on in each of the first two games.
The offense for the Brewers has been clutch just enough to win a hell of a lot of games, but when it comes to giving themselves some breathing room to win games comfortably, they aren't particularly good at it. They've been able to get this far despite this shortcoming. There probably won't be many blowout wins for them, but boy it sure would be nice if they got one tonight to ease my nerves. 
I gotta decide tonight who goes on the projector screen and who goes on the iPad. Might have to switch back and forth depending on the flow of the games. But I bet the last game standing will be the Brewers. Man, these games are brutally long.
This article from SI is informative in that the Dodgers fear one Brewer pitcher - Hader. One Dodger player refers to him as a "superhero" reliever. All the other guys are collectively good, but you can get to them.
https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/10...2-stats-mlb-schedule
Jeffress is much better when hitters see him once or twice in a series and then not again for a month. This is what happens in the regular season. He relies on guys chasing to get favorable pitch counts when he can throw his knuckle curve and get guys to chase that when protecting the plate.
Hader is about the closest thing to Randy Johnson the league has seen.
From the article:
It’s likely that at least one of the next three games will be a not-Hader game. This year the Brewers are 52-7 in Hader games and 48-61 in not-Hader games. That’s partly because he gets dropped into winnable games, not when the team is trailing, but it’s also because the dude struck out more batters than any lefthanded reliever in the history of the game and the biggest weapon going right now.
How nasty is Hader? The Dodgers swung and missed at 11 four-seam fastballs in the entire Division Series against the Braves. They swung and missed at 11 four-seam fastballs just from Hader in Game 1–on 23 attempts to hit it.
It will be interesting to see how Hader is used going forward in his career. Is it better to pitch him every 5th game and just let him go deep 6-8 innings with regular rest or use him like they are (and almost never on consecutive days)?
I think in the regular season you want him to pitch in high leverage situations in 50-60 games. In the post-season, you might be better off using him a starter and having him available to start games 1 and 5 and then use him in relief in a possible game 7. He's a guy that is probably going to be almost as effective the third time through an order as he is the first.
Wow. From watching the part of the pregame I did, you would think the Brewers were a Triple A team compared to the Dodgers team full of Hall of Famers. Except for Hader
MichiganPacker2 posted:Chacin in trouble in the second.
Chacin gets the #7 hitter on a strikeout with guys on 2nd and 3rd and one out and then IBB to set up a strikeout by the pitcher. Gets out clean.
Great starting pitching the last 2 games....lets hope it is not for naught. Need some hits
Pikes Peak posted:Great starting pitching the last 2 games....lets hope it is not for naught. Need some hits
Like that!
And just like that you got a bomb. 4-0 Brew Crew!!!!
Brewers every bit as good as Packers are bad.....it's 1982 again!
I wish I had my sweet 1982 stache' and hair.
Arcia has been unbelievable this post season...
I am so tired of hearing how great the Dodger starting pitchers are. The Brewers have lit them all up. And it hasn't exactly been the top hitters who have done it.
Blair Kiel posted:Brewers every bit as good as Packers are bad.....it's 19182 again!
*GUFFAW*
That may be the 2018 post of the year, if not the Fall!
Pikes Peak posted:Great starting pitching the last 2 games....lets hope it is not for naught. Need some hits
Keep asking Pikes!!!!
If Arcia keeps this up he's going to be asked to piss in a cup.
Nothing sweeter than the sound of boos from Chavez Latrine
I'd like to see C C start Peralta in game 4. he really shut the Dodgers down in his start in L A back in July. But have Gio ready to go at a moments notice if Peralta gets torched early.
And Knable strikes out the side.
Just absolutely filthy... 7 f*cking pitches. Wow...
MichiganPacker2 posted:Why bring in a guy they've lit up? Jeffress?
They gotta get that kid right. You have a 4 run lead. This is the time to use him if there’s a chance to get him right.
But if he can’t get another out here, that’s it.
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Jeffress is completely shot mentally.
Oh man... you’re going to give this kid a chance to redeem himself? Man... this is a bad move...
