Neuter the Nationals Thread

Ortiz is back:

In his limited rehab Ortiz went 0 - 2 with a walk yesterday at Appleton.   Good to have him back!!

And for the month of July Chourio is 8 for 29, a .275 ave.,   3 doubles, 3 RBI, 4 walks and 5 K.   He is steadily improving.   

Freddie continues to struggle. Gives up 3 hits in the 1st but Nats only get 1 run as Stinker Winker is thrown out at home.

Come on, Peralta.

Peraltra strikes out the side in the 4th but also gives up a single, a double another single and another double which leads to 2 more runs.

However the Brewers come alive in their 4th. A leadoff walk to Contreras, doubles by Adames and Frelick lead to 2 runs.  And Frelick is stranded at 2nd. 3 - 2 Nats end of 4.

Winker homers in the Nats 5th and Adames leaves the bases loaded in the Brewer 5th.  4 - 2 Nats.

Nats add another in the 7th off Milner. Brewers now batting.

"and Adames leaves the bases loaded in the Brewer 5th" Hard to win games stranding runners in scoring position. This trend continues.

Starting line up for Saturday. Game time is 3:10 CDT.   Need to kick some ass again!!!  Yelich gets a day off as does Turang and Contreras catching.

I think  Romeo Doubs threw out the first pitch.   

Brewers already in Nats bullpen in the bottom of the 1st inning.   

Good 1st inning.....so far. Chourio doubled, Ortiz walks. After 2 outs Hoskins doubles for 2 runs, frelick walks and Monasterio ground rule double scores 1.  3 - 0 Brewers and the Nats change pitchers. Crew still batting.

Wow, 46 pitches for Parker. I had to look up the record.

Steve Traschel and Bartolo Colon both had 61 pitch innings in 1997.

Wow, hell of a 1st inning!

Perkins walks to load the bases and Haase singles to drive in 2 more.  5 - 0 Crew and sending the 10th man to the plate.   

How about that footwork from Hoskins?

Still 5-0 after 3, Brewers again strand runners on 2nd and 3rd in the bottom of 3rd inning. They blew a chance to pad their lead.

Keuchel in trouble in the 4th, 2 on no outs. Now 5-1 still 2 on and no outs.

Now 5-3 still no outs with 2 on

Murphy needs to get Keuchel out of the game now. and he does, Junis now pitching

Junis gets them out of the inning 5-3 Crew

Need a ground ball here. Get the double play and give up a 2nd run.

Crew goes down like limp dicks in the 4th, 5th & 6th, still 5-3

Nats HR in 7th makes it 5-4, no outs

Peguero now pitching for the Crew and he gets them out of the inning with no further damage, Crew now up in the 7th

And on to the 8th we go Crew clinging to a 5-4 lead.

Megill now pitching with 2 on, 2 outs and gets them  out of the inning, Crew up next in the 8th

Top of the 9th, 3 outs to go to preserve this win, can they do it?

Nope, 2 run HR puts Nats up 6-5

Crew goes into bottom of 9th needing 1 to tie and 2 to win

Why in the hell is Bauers pinch hitting instead of Yelich?      

July swoon. Need the ASB to get here, quick.

Yes, please. Get the ASB going now. And here I thought they would reverse this trend with Counsell gone.

I know the date says June 14th but the line up matches what ESPN has.  Is Rea hurt, giving him extra rest or is Zastryny just an opener?

Hey Hey, the Brewers had an inning. Contreras homers with 1 out. After a Yelich out  3 straight singles by Adames, Frelick and Ortiz along with an error allow 2 more runs to score.  4 - 1 Crew!!!!   End of 3.

After a Chourio walk to lead off the 4th Mitchell homers!     6 - 2 Brewers still batting in the 4th.

Tack on one more. Contreras and Yelich walk, Adames who is 3 for 3 today with 2 RBI  singles driving in Contreras.  But Frelick lines into a double play to end the inning. 7 - 2 Brewers, 4 complete.

Crew blows a golden opportunity to pad the lead in the 7th. Bases loaded with 1 out and fail to score. Still 7-2

Milner pitching in the 8th. Nats score 1 to make it 7-3. Crew up now for the bottom of the 8th

ESPN Game cast has not updated the game in quite awhile?

Meanwhile scrubs beat the cards 8-3

Siri tells me Crew wins 9-3.

Brewers news: Dallas Keuchel DFA'd today:

"The Dallas Keuchel experiment in Milwaukee appears to be over.

The one-time Cy Young Award winner, acquired from Seattle in late June for cash, was designated for assignment by the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Keuchel gave up five consecutive hits to open the fourth inning as the Brewers let an early five-run lead slip away in a 6-5 loss to the Nationals on Saturday.

In four starts with the Brewers, Keuchel posted a 5.40 ERA, allowing 10 runs and 23 hits in 16⅔ innings, without a decision. The 36-year-old left-hander made it past the fourth inning just once, allowing two runs on four hits in 5⅓ innings in his second start against Colorado."

Adames hits a 2 run homer to make it 9 - 3.  Payamps comes on for 9th and strikes out the side, 3 up 3 down.   Adames with a 4 for 4 + a walk game, 4 RBI.  Brewers had base runners in all 8 innings they batted.   Colin Rea gets the win, now 9 - 3.  Could he win 20 this season?

Brewers need to get a real 1st baseman before the trade deadline. Hoskins and especially Bauers just don't cut it.   Do you trade Adames to get one or keep him and trade some minor leaguers?  I feel we may have enough pitchers coming back from injury that we don't need to make a trade there.  Maybe a Don Sutton type move late in the season if still in contention is a possibility.

Where things stand before the All star game break:

@DurangoDoug posted:

Brewers news: Dallas Keuchel DFA'd today:

"The Dallas Keuchel experiment in Milwaukee appears to be over.

The one-time Cy Young Award winner, acquired from Seattle in late June for cash, was designated for assignment by the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Keuchel gave up five consecutive hits to open the fourth inning as the Brewers let an early five-run lead slip away in a 6-5 loss to the Nationals on Saturday.

In four starts with the Brewers, Keuchel posted a 5.40 ERA, allowing 10 runs and 23 hits in 16⅔ innings, without a decision. The 36-year-old left-hander made it past the fourth inning just once, allowing two runs on four hits in 5⅓ innings in his second start against Colorado."

The odds of this working were very low, but they are so desparate for someone to eat us some innings, I guess it was worth a shot. He's given up almost 2 WHIP per inning pitching for 5 different major league teams the least 3 years.

The ironic thing is that the 2024 Brewers are good enough in almost every other aspect of their lineup to be a contender, but they lack a #1 starter. Basically, Corbin Burnes. As good as Ortiz may turn out to be in 2-3 years, if they could trade him and DL Hall for Burnes at the deadline, that's the exact type of deal they need to do to become a playoff threat.