Woodruff seems to have pretty good stuff, but man he's living close to the edge.

6 shutout innings for the Kid!

Arcia is a grizzly 23 years old today.  How good is he going to be?

Can't keep these kids down on the farm.

Braun and Arcia with a throw out at the plate in the 7th!!!!!!!

ARCIA Happy Birthday dinger.

Early in the season i felt that if Arcia could become a consistent .265 - .270 hitter with occasional gap power that he would be a plus player for the Brewers for many years.

Now I think I may have seriously underestimated his potential.

Another insurance run would be O.K. 

Clinic by Alvarado.

Game over 2-0.  Playing like a playoff team with pitching and defense.

Arcia, player of the game. I still think he should be batting leadoff. 

Three of the Brewers five hits and both runs scored.  Big relay for the out at the plate.

Not a bad night at the ballpark.

BTW, this was the first game that i can recall this season where the field didn't have a 'pattern' mowed into it.  It looked like Tampa Bay contracted out their ground crew duties to a lawn service provider.

.....and...because I'm in Jacksonville....3 1/2 hours from Tampa, MLB on line blocked my viewing of the game because I'm in the Rays "home" market....just like they do when the Crew plays the Marlins...300 miles away.

FU Goodell!

Tampa Bay is by far the worst team in MLB in attendance, averaging under 16,000 fans/game.  Wonder what it would be if they hadn't shelled out the big bucks for the Ray tank in left-center field.

Woodruff was really effective.  Good location on pitches and kept guys off the base pads.   Time will tell but his first start was encouraging.  

"kept guys off the base pads"

Did you happen to catch the game?  

I always thought it was base paths. Who da thunk...............

I wouldn't call loading the bases twice "keeping them off" of anything

...well, except for the 9 base runners ... he did keep them off the home plate, er pad. 

Nice win. Arcia is something else, that kid is special. 

i caught some of the game after the 2nd inning.   Good thing was only 2 walks.  

He kept the Rays off the one base pad that counts.

Brewers trying to give this one away. Throwing to 3rd base , when a runner on 1st

When it's Barnes turn for a fan give-away night at Miller Park, instead of a bobble head they should give out a Jacob Barnes stress-relief toy where the eyes bug out when you squeeze it.

I'll take two.

I wonder what the team era is since the break... no hitting, but getting wins. 

"It's inspiring, it really is," said Swarzak, who earned his second career save. "We're feeding off each other. I know I am. Watching these starters go out there and flat-out get it done, it's exciting to see. It's by far the best starting rotation I've been able to watch as a professional."

I thought Shaw got hit in the head?  Great game, sorry Kiel.

Music City posted:

I wonder what the team era is since the break... no hitting, but getting wins. 

Not as good as one would expect.   Pitching ranked 13 since the break, offense ranked 29. 

Davies has been decent in his last few starts.  If that can continue and they get Anderson back pitching near what he did before the injury they have enough (good) starting pitching to hang in there.   Just need Suter or Woodruff to get them quality innings.  

The hitting has certainly dropped off but they hit so well in the first half that a correction was probably expected.   Hope that can turn around as they've really struggled with RISP. 

The defense has been pretty good, errors seem to come in bunches.  But it is easy to see why the Crew is 9-12 since the break with a 4.05 ERA and only scoring 3.33 runs per game. 

Arcia does it again!! Tie 1-1. 

Woohoooooo! 

Jimmy Nelson.

Clutch.

It's been a while since the Brewers had a legitimate, homegrown 'ace' on their pitching staff.  Jimmy looks like he is claiming that spot for himself.

I suspect that when Rock masturbates, he chokes up a little

It's wonderful that Rock is currently criticizing Manny Piña for hitting the baseball hard and not bunting.

— J.P. Breen (@JP_Breen) August 6, 2017

Well that sucks!

Barnes suffers the consequences of having Sogard on the team

Nice game by Nelson. Barnes?