Para pitched well today. And we blew it. Plain and simple. Well, the bullpen blew it. And our bats blew it. (Braun is currently eating his words a little bit). But you all get the point.
Sam had a post that I really liked today. Read it HERE. He raises a pertinent question and a critical point. What is most striking though, is his tone. It echoes the sentiments of Brewer's fans for the last 20+ years. Part of it is Disappointment. Part of it is gut wrenching sickness. Mostly though, it is the fear of the beloved's hope. It is bread from the love of the Crew, and it is perpetuated by our history.
Tom Haudricourt feels our pain:
Brewers left no runners on base today. You don't see that very often. Four hitters reached, one was knocked in, 3 DPs nixed the others.
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Joel Piniero pitches 3-hitter, recording 18 groundball outs. Only batter to reach base in last 4 IPs was Parra on strikeout/wild pitch.
Brewers BP has thrown for the cycle in 8th: single, triple, walk, double, homer. No outs. Turned 1-0 lead into 5-1 deficit. What a debacle.
It takes Carlos Villanueva two batters to undo what Parra accomplished. Single by Schumaker, RBI triple by Ryan. 1-1 and Villanueva is out.
Parra's pitching line in first start since being recalled from AAA: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K. That'll work. I'd say he's refocused.
Heck of a pitchers' duel between Brewers' Parra and Cards' Piniero. Brewers lead, 1-0, through 6 innings. Each team has three hits.
Infielder Bill Hall is not on the Brewers' bench today. He left because of a death in the family.
Gorgeous day at Miller Park. Roof open Sunny skies. Shadows for the hitters to deal with. Oh, that's right, they don't like that.
We are sliding and skidding toward a downward spiral. Like Sam said, we must do something.
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