Early game in game one of the double header. First pitch is 11:40 CDT.
In other good news Brandon Woodruff threw a bullpen session in Milwaukee on Tuesday. He threw 15 pitches. He has accompanied the team to Cinncy and will throw again today or Sat. He looks good to go in April 2025 and will be a welcome addition to the rotation.
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It's a lot of 'ifs', but if Woodruff comes back strong, Meyers is the real deal, Freddy is more good than bad, Ashby maybe comes back strong, Rea stays productive, and Hall improves this might be one hell of a rotation in 2025. I'm too lazy too look up Montas and Civale to know if they will be back.
Montas will be a free agent at the end of the season, hard to tell if the brewers would try to strike a deal. Civale is signed thru 2025 unless the Brewers buy him out.
@ammo posted:Montas will be a free agent at the end of the season, hard to tell if the brewers would try to strike a deal. Civale is signed thru 2025 unless the Brewers buy him out.
Montas has a 20 million dollar mutual option for 2025 (with a 2 million dollar buyout). There is zero chance of them picking up that option. If he pitches well down the stretch, someone else will outbid them. If he pitches poorly, the Brewers would probably want to go with a younger arm even for a cheaper contract.
Civale will probably get 5-6 million during arbitration next year, so he'll be a good value.
By the end of next year, they'll also likely have Gasser and Misioroski in the rotation. Both of those guys have ace potential.
In the end, they should be set up well to have a decent rotation, but the impending loss of Adames (after this year) and D. Williams (after next year) means they'll have to go out and spend some money for veteran help at those positions. They need a power hitter badly if they lose both Adames and Hoskins after this year (and Hoskins has been awful in August (583 OPS).
Brewers lead the series with the Reds 6-3 so far this year, with 4 more games to go. They need to keep their winning streak against them going.
Rea not very sharp today.
Rea struggling today. Made an error in the 1st on a ball hit back to him by De La Cruz which led to a run, gave up a homer to Espinal and now De La Cruz gets another hit driving in a run. But Adames homered in the 2nd also. Now 3 - 1 Reds, top of 3.
TJ Friedl robs Hoskins from a 2 run homer that would have tied it up.
2 out double in the 3rd by Chourio wasted when Hoskins flies out on the 1st pitch. Not sure why he is hitting #2. Should have been Contreras. And as I posted this Contreras homers leading off the 4th. 3 - 2 Reds.
Contreras hits his 19th HR to bring the Crew within 1 run of the Reds, 3-2.
Contreras, with a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOng homer. Friedl wont get that one !!!!! Their using aaron judge baseballs today...
Adames gets on base and Mitchell hits one to the wall in RF, to get Adames to 3rd, as Mitchell takes 2nd. No outs.
Sanchez pops up to DelaCruz. 1 down. Ortiz at bat.
Ortiz strikes out. Frelick up. BASE HIT BY FRELICK!!! 2 RBIs!!! Brewers lead 4-3!!!
Hopefully Rea will settle in and go 6. Had a nice 3rd & 4th innings. I didn't see it but I see De La Cruz got caught stealing. Not an easy thing to do.
Solid pitching by Rea gets Maile to strike out. Brewers up in the top of the 5th are Chourio, Hoskins and Contreras.
Did Chourio get injured on that run to 1st? Hobbling a bit. Radio guys saying he turned his ankle stepping on the bag. He is helped off the field. Yikes!!!
Hoskins grounds out. 2 down for Contreras.
Contreras lines it at Martinez and hits him in the backside. Contreras thrown out.
Chourio still in the game!
India ties it up, to deep LF. 4-4.
Rea is done for the day. Hudson coming in for the Crew, in the bottom of the 5th.
Four HR's so far in this game, 2 for each team.
@mrtundra posted:Chourio still in the game!
20 year old ankles are a lot more forgiving than 35 year old ankles.
Mitchell with a nice play and throw to Adames to put out France, for trying to take second base!
Contreras throws out Hines at 1st!! Crew chief review by the Reds.
After review, the runner is out! Inning over. To the 9th, we go!
Reds get two guys thrown out on the base paths in the 8th. Teams that do that usually deserve to lose
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Reds get two guys thrown out on the base paths in the 8th. Teams that do that usually deserve to lose
And the Brewers end up running into an out on the base paths in the top of the 9th.
De La Cruz strikes out! 1 out in the 10th.
Let's play 10 in Game 1 of a doubleheader on a 97-degree day !!!
Steer at the plate, pops out to Chourio. 2 down. Friedl at bat.
2-2 on Friedl. India advances on a wild pitch. Williams walks Friedl. Runners on the corners.
Williams takes France to a full count.
Lets give the Reds a n o t h e r one run loss.
Game 1 Brewers win !!!!!
France pops out to Frelick! Brewers win 5-4, in game 1!
One down, one to go yet. Why can't Williams learn another pitch? It's a 50 50 guess for the hitters. Something almost as fast as his fastball with just a little movement would be HUGE.
Nice to get game 1. Murphy definitely managed to win the game at hand as most of the 'A' bullpen guys were in the game. I like it - worry about the win and deal with game 2 as it happens.
Chourio on the bench as is Ortiz. Lets get the D H sweep!!! Hall better be on and getting guys out with few pitches. Available relievers, Wilson and Ashby. Maybe Koenig since he only threw 13 pitches in the opener. And Megill threw 14.
Whew, glad the ankle thing wasn't serious. Can't lose Yelich AND Chourio if they want to go anywhere after September.
Shit. Our local radio stations don't have the Brewers on. The FM will carry high school football and the AM will have the Badgers on. 
ESPN Gamecast it is.
Really, Bauers bunting?
Hall with 30 pitches thru 2 innings, not bad but not great either.
Mitchell walk, stolen base and a Frelick single makes it 1 - 0 Crew, middle of 4th. And Hall has a 7 pitch 3rd inning.
So far so good for Hall as he's through 5 without giving up a run on 61 pitches.
And a Mitchell homer leading off the 6th. 2 - 0 Brewers. 
Now Hall is through 6 shutout innings on 70 pitches.
Hoskins HR makes it 4-0
Hall got through 7 innings without allowing a run, looking good so far.
Hoskins single, now 5-0, still batting
Adames 3 run HR makes it 8-0
Adames!!! 8-0 in the top of the 9th!
Mitchell with a Triple!!! Crew pouring it on!!!
Monasterio Doubles! 9-0!!!
Frelick doubles!!! 10-0 Crew!!!
Mr 3-run homer strikes again!
Now 12-0, kick the bitches when they're down
Maile basically throwing batting practice. almost feel sorry for him. Almost.
Contreras HR makes it 14-0
Sac fly and a Contreras homer make it 14 - 0. I think Murphy should pitch the last inning.
Now THAT'S how you bitch slap an inferior team
Magic # down to 17.
Very nice job by Hall. I know Reds aren't exactly murders row but is this what we can expect from Hall for the rest of the season?
And in other great news Yankees are beating the Cards and Atlanta whipped the Phillies. Back into a tie for #2 seed.
Brewers have the best road record of the 3 division leaders. And now have the best run differential in all of MLB.
DL Hall may have set them up to win 2 games. He not only won this game with 7 shutout innings, but he also saved the bullpen (except for Joe Ross) to set them up to be available for tomorrow as well.
Another tough call by the front office too. Who gets sent back down, Hall, Ross, somebody else?
@ammo posted:Very nice job by Hall. I know Reds aren't exactly murders row but is this what we can expect from Hall for the rest of the season?
And in other great news Yankees are beating the Cards and Atlanta whipped the Phillies. Back into a tie for #2 seed.
Brewers have the best road record of the 3 division leaders. And now have the best run differential in all of MLB.
That is crazy to see. Best run differential in baseball and one win behind LA for most in MLB. Without yelich too. It's unreal
@ammo posted:Shit. Our local radio stations don't have the Brewers on. The FM will carry high school football and the AM will have the Badgers on.
The radio station, in my area, had the Brewers game on and as soon as they won game 2 of the doubleheader, they switched over to the Badgers- WMU football game. No postgame show for the Brewers game. Not that it matters. Don't know what I'd do without that radio station, WEVR FM, in River Falls,WI, when the Brewers, Packers and Badgers play.
It's been a long time since I watched a double dip. Guess I can't really claim that since I only saw the last 3 innings of game 1.
I only hope the Packers and Bucks are as fun to watch as the Crew this year.
Last three starts he's only had 1 bad inning. The Chris Hook magic is working.
@DurangoDoug posted:Today's game starts at 6:15 CT, and ESPN Gamecast indicates it will be on Fox. But the Atl/Philly game also starts at 6:15 and also on Fox, so I don' know how that works out?
We in the Mid=West should see the Brewers. South and East Coast will get Phillies. rest of country, 
. I think they do this so if one game gets rained out they have another game to go to. Also Cinncy has 70% chance of showers and T storms this afternoon/evening.
Current weather map shows some light rain just north of Cincinnati, moving east. Not currently showing anything west that might move in later today.
Chourio back in the line up. Wish Frelick would have been tried at 1st base this spring instead of 3rd base. We could use his better batting average in the line up. Yes I know he would be short for a 1st baseman. Anyway, let's get #3.
@DurangoDoug posted:Current weather map shows some light rain just north of Cincinnati, moving east. Not currently showing anything west that might move in later today.
Yep. Just checked radar. Very few very light showers west of Cinncy. Should not be a problem for tonight.
Also D L Hall sent back to Nashville. But should be back tomorrow when rosters can expand from 26 to 28.
Adames 3 run HR! 3-0 Crew in the 3rd
@DurangoDoug posted:Adames 3 run HR! 3-0 Crew in the 3rd
Adames now has 12 3-run home runs this year.
Damn, Frankie gives up 2 in the 5th, now 3-2, they are still batting. now it's on to the 6th
Now 4-2 on small ball in the 6th. still batting, 2 outs guy on 3rd
Cincy ties it with a 2 run HR, still batting, get Frankie out of there. Off to eat dinner, will see where we stand later.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Adames now has 12 3-run home runs this year.
....with 57 RBI's
Ya know......They might wanna think about walking him with 2 runners on. Less damage
Still tied at 4. Top of the order coming up. If Bauers gets up to bat I'd pinch hit for him. Let's get a run or 3 and turn it over to the Air Bender.
HOME RUN CHOURIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This Chourio guy could be pretty good when he grows up.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:This Chourio guy could be pretty good when he grows up.
I don't care how good Skenes is pitching he only plays every 5 days. Chourio is doing his thing day after day after day. He's my Rookie Of The Year!
@ammo posted:I don't care how good Skenes is pitching he only plays every 5 days. Chourio is doing his thing day after day after day. He's my Rookie Of The Year!
I think Jackson Merrill should be the rookie of the year, but I don't think I trade Chourio for him.
Devin Williams with another adventure of an outing.
Strikeout - Walk - Strikeout - Walk - HBP
Watching Williams pitch is like watching Favre play QB. Always holding your breath.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Devin Williams with another adventure of an outing.
Strikeout - Walk - Strikeout - Walk - HBP
And gets a ground out to end it.
That was a great play by Bauers to save it for the Crew.
That was a game saving play by Bauers. I think Cruz scores easily from second if that gets by.
WOW!!! Bauers was a ways off the line. Very lucky he got to that grounder.
Good news, magic number is now 16. Bad news, Phillies won, Cubs won, Dodgers and D-backs tied top of 9th.
Jesus, what a game. Could have done without the bottom of the 9th drama.
Go 20-6 and win 100. Possible, but not close to easy.
Go 17-9 and set a club record for wins. That is in play.
Suck on that, Counsell!!
Oh by the way, Honey Nut Chourio. I came up with that tonight.
Eh? Ehhh?? 
The defense from Perkins and Bauer to end the 6th inning and the 9th inning is as good as it gets.
Perkins did this tonight.
https://x.com/StoolBaseball/st.../1830054338594492723
And this 4 days ago.
https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1828607314456158498
He's played enough innings to qualify for a gold glove, but he's probably not a big enough name to get one, but he deserves one.
He has only 1 error. Also 1 double play and 5 assists. And not like he's 6 and half feet tall like Judge is to pull those fly balls back in play.
Another right handed bat for the outfield. Brewer Hicklin called up from Nashville due to the Sept. 1 roster expansion. Of the 3 division leaders the Brewers have the worst record against left handed pitchers. The extra right handed bat could help. He has never hit with a high average but his OPS for his minor career is .832. 
D L Hall added also.
And sure enough Hicklin is in the line up playing right field.
@PackerBackerDPM posted:That was a game saving play by Bauers. I think Cruz scores easily from second if that gets by.
Cruz would have scored from first on a ground ball down the line
Myers getting so lit up so far today. The Reds got a guy picked off or it would be much worse.
Reds had 3 hits in the first and Myers has given up a home run and a single to lead off the 2nd.
Get someone warming up in case you need a reliever early to keep this within shouting distance.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Myers getting so lit up so far today. The Reds got a guy picked off or it would be much worse.
Reds had 3 hits in the first and Myers has given up a home run and a single to lead off the 2nd.
Get someone warming up in case you need a reliever early to keep this within shouting distance.
Now a walk.
Myers so far has gotten 3 outs (actually 2 since one of the outs was the catcher picking a guy off second) and given up 5 hits and a walk.
And yet the Crew leads 3 - 2 because of an Adames solo homer, and 2 runs from Ortiz after a single and double.
All tied at 3 each after 5
Reds had runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs but Myers limited them to 1 run. Now 3 - 3 going into the 6th. Former Brewer Jacob Junis pitching for the Reds.
Going to the 10th. Tied at 3. Monasterio as runner at 2nd pinch running for Hoskins.
Ortiz gets Andruw to 3rd but is out at 1st base. Turang up now.
Monasterio thrown out at the plate then Chourio pops out to end the inning. Hoping for 11 now.
Can't win them all, but I'll take 3 out of 4 (or 2 out of 3) every series from here on out.
It's been a great season that will end with a playoff berth. The only thing that could ruin it would be if they end up as the 3rd best division champion and the Cubs qualify as the last wild-card, and the Cubs beat them in a playoff series.
Other than that, even a first-round playoff loss still has to be considered a massive overachievement.
We start a 3 game series at home with St Louis on Monday, earlier game that starts at 1:10 CT. For the year the Crew leads the series 7-3. It would be great if they can improve on their win totals vs St Louis.
Bury the Cards!
I'm going with Pluck the Cards with a thread title, unless Ammo beats me to it 
You got it man. I'll be away from home tomorrow.
@DurangoDoug posted:I'm going with Pluck the Cards with a thread title, unless Ammo beats me to it
I second βPhuck the Cardsβ. π₯Έ
They have absolutely exceeded expectations despite the injuries including Yelich.
The combination of Pat Murphy and Jackson Chourio have probably been the biggest reasons for their success and hopefully this is the year they can break through and make some hay in the postseason. Their path becomes a lot less difficult as a 1 or 2 seed for sure.
