Know Your Foe #23: Brewers look to repeat success of season-opening series vs. Rockies

by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jun 18, 2010 12:00 PM MDT in Know Your Foe

MILWAUKEE BREWERS (28-38, 8.5 GB, 4TH NL CENTRAL)

Last Series vs. Rockies: April 5-7, 2010 @ Miller Park (W 2-1)

Similarly to how things have gone for everybody else vs. Colorado this season, the Brewers were unable to beat Ubaldo Jimenez but did take the other two games of the series. In the loss to Jimenez and the Rockies on Opening Day, the Brewers managed to outhit the opposition 12-10 but still lost the game 5-3. The Brew Crew outscored the Rockies 15-14 in the series, highlighted by game two in which they scored seven runs. Casey McGehee was the star of the series offensively for Milwaukee, as he went 5-11 with a homer. Prince Fielder was 4-11 with a couple of walks, and Rickie Weeks and Carlos Gomez each hit key long balls for the Crew as well.

Yovani Gallardo was the Opening Day starter and suffered a bad luck loss, giving up three runs on seven hits and seven innings but not getting a ton of support. Randy Wolf continued his mesmerize the Rockies (as he did in 2009) in Game 2, striking out eight batters in 6.2 innings and staying out of deep trouble. Doug Davis was not good in the finale, allowing four runs on six hits in four innings. However, the pen was able to completely shut down Colorado's offense for the remainder of the game, tossing five innings of two-hit ball.

Recent Series Results: lost 1-2 vs. Texas, won 2-1 at Los Angeles (AL)

Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun, Corey Hart, and Casey McGehee each hit home runs in the series opener vs. the Rangers, but other than Fielder (who hit two more bombs in the finale), they - as well as the rest of the Milwaukee offense - were contained for the remainder of the series. Yovani Gallardo had a ten strikeout performance in that final game as well, but he allowed four runs to score (one of which came on a home run) in six innings to take the loss.

Against the Angels, the bats found their way back to the mix as the Brewers went on to outscore the Halos 19-3 in the first two contests before dropping the third. McGehee and Braun each went yard in the first game, while Prince Fielder crushed another one in Game 2. Randy Wolf and Dave Bush picked up victories in the series to get the Crew within single digits of .500 temporarily before Chris Narveson lost Game 3 despite a home run from Carlos Gomez.

Friday-Sunday: 3-game series @ Coors Field

Expected Pitching Matchups

Friday, 18 June 2010 @ 7:10pm MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Manny Parra	1-4	21	4	0	0	0	0	42.1	48	22	19	5	22	45	4.04	1.65

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Jason Hammel	4-3	10	10	0	0	0	0	59.2	63	31	30	5	17	48	4.53	1.34

Saturday, 19 June 2010 @ 6:10pm MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Yovani Gallardo	6-3	16	14	1	1	0	0	88.0	72	30	26	5	43	94	2.66	1.31

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Jeff Francis	2-2	6	6	0	0	0	0	38.1	37	15	14	2	8	19	3.29	1.17

Sunday, 20 June 2010 @ 1:10pm MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Randy Wolf	5-6	15	14	0	0	0	0	85.0	91	50	48	15	42	51	5.08	1.56

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Aaron Cook	2-4	13	13	1	0	0	0	73.1	84	46	42	4	33	31	5.15	1.60

More after the jump...

Expected Lineup

Player	Pos	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Rickie Weeks	2B	0.252	0.354	0.422	0.776	0.170	0.315	0.346
Corey Hart	RF	0.263	0.336	0.584	0.920	0.321	0.259	0.388
Prince Fielder	1B	0.259	0.396	0.453	0.849	0.193	0.296	0.378
Ryan Braun	LF	0.300	0.363	0.496	0.859	0.196	0.318	0.383
Casey McGehee	3B	0.269	0.330	0.466	0.796	0.197	0.284	0.345
Carlos Gomez	CF	0.242	0.284	0.386	0.670	0.144	0.275	0.304
Jonathan Lucroy	C	0.314	0.314	0.314	0.629	0.000	0.355	0.282
Alcides Escobar	SS	0.248	0.299	0.349	0.648	0.101	0.278	0.290

Bench

Player	Pos	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
George Kottaras	C	0.206	0.370	0.443	0.813	0.237	0.200	0.361
Craig Counsell	IF	0.277	0.330	0.366	0.697	0.089	0.318	0.316
Joe Inglett	IF	0.354	0.415	0.542	0.957	0.188	0.415	0.421
Jim Edmonds	OF	0.264	0.340	0.434	0.774	0.171	0.348	0.345

Closer

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - John Axford	3-1	13	0	0	0	4	0	15.0	13	5	5	0	7	17	3.00	1.33

Injuries

Milwaukee Brewers Injuries

15-Day

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Todd Coffey	thumb	05/30/2010
Doug Davis	other-excused	05/11/2010
Gregg Zaun	shoulder	05/21/2010
Jody Gerut	heel	05/23/2010
Marco Estrada	shoulder	06/01/2010

60 Day DL / Out for the season

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
LaTroy Hawkins	shoulder	05/07/2010

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Lots of power coming in

I hope we can do the same to them as we did to the Jays

There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
JFK

by jrockies on Jun 18, 2010 1:29 PM MDT reply actions

(sigh)

Another series that’s blacked out for me in Iowa. With 5 teams blacked out (apparently, the Royals are no longer blacked out), I’m seriously questioning if MLB Extra Innings is worth the $200.

Probably, because otherwise I’d only see the Rockies when they play the Cubs. But still very annoying. An entire 8 day span (6 games + 2 off days) with no televised games sucks.

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by kosmo99 on Jun 18, 2010 2:52 PM MDT reply actions