Tl;dr: Pittsburgh jumped on Matt Garza for five runs and their bullpen shut down the Brewers in a 6-3 victory. Top Play (WPA): Matt Garza ran into trouble immediately. He allowed the first three Pirates batters to reach base. Adam Frazier led off with a single, Josh Bell walked, and Andrew McCutchen hit a double […]
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Game 28 Recap: Reds 9 Brewers 5
BRUCE STRIKES AGAIN: REDS 9, BREWERS 5 The Brewers began a four-game series with their division rivals in Ohio Thursday evening. The Reds entered the game with a struggling pitching staff that ranked 29th in the league in team ERA. Unfortunately, the only team worse than them is Milwaukee, and so the results of the […]
Which Brewer Had the Worst Pitch in 2015?
On Tuesday, I wrote about the best pitches that we saw from the Brewers in 2015. Jimmy Nelson’s curveball, Ariel Pena’s four-seam fastball, Francisco Rodriguez’s changeup, and Will Smith’s slider all separated themselves from the pack in a good way. Now, we come to the natural compliment to that exercise — which Milwaukee offerings proved […]
Which Brewer Had the Best Pitch in 2015?
Most fans of baseball seem to observe the game from a hitting-centric viewpoint. As Warren Spahn once quipped, “hitting is timing, pitching is upsetting timing.” This approach has never appealed to me — I think pitchers have a greater hand in the game than we credit them for. Aside from the fact that they succeed far […]
Game One-Hundred Eleven Recap: Cardinals 6, Brewers 0
TOP PLAY (WPA) Tyler Cravy successfully navigated the first four innings of Friday night’s game, holding the Cardinals’ offense scoreless. Things unraveled in the fifth. After Brandon Moss’s leadoff double, Stephen Piscotty hit an awkward soft liner to left field, which Khris Davis misjudged. The ball squirted past the Brewers’ outfielder. Moss scored and Piscotty […]