Know Your Foe #38: Brewers look to play spoiler vs. Rockies in Denver

by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 13, 2010 12:00 PM MDT in Know Your Foe

MILWAUKEE BREWERS (53-62, 3rd in NL Central)

2010 Record vs. Rockies: 3-3

Last Series vs. Rockies: June 18-20, 2010 @ Coors Field (L 1-2)

Recent series results: W 3-0 vs. Houston, L 1-3 vs. Arizona

The Crew had to win yesterday's game against the D-Backs to avoid a sweep, and they were able to do just that behind a strong offensive performance by Casey McGehee, who went 4-for-4 with a double and a home run. Randy Wolf got the win despite allowing four runs - all in one inning - on seven hits and four walks. He struck out eight, but it WAS against the D-Backs...

In the previous games, Arizona outscored the Brewers 17-7 - including an 8-2 victory which saw Milwaukee starter David Bush allow four consecutive homers to D-Backs hitters in the fourth inning. Amongst the guys that will see action against Colorado, Chris Narveson probably had the best start. He allowed three runs on six hits in six innings. Manny Parra also started a game in the series and did a nice job of limiting Arizona to one run, but he also walked six batters in 5.1 frames.

Offensively, Milwaukee's biggest threat looks like it's going to be McGehee, who is now 8-for-8 with a couple of homers in his last two ballgames.

Friday-Sunday: 3-game series @ Coors Field

Expected Pitching Matchups

Friday, 13 August 2010 @ 7:10pm MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Yovani Gallardo	11-5	24	22	2	2	0	0	132.1	118	52	42	6	52	149	2.86	1.28

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Jorge De La Rosa	4-3	10	10	0	0	0	0	55.2	52	36	31	7	30	58	5.01	1.47

Saturday, 14 August 2010 @ 6:10pm MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Chris Narveson	9-7	28	19	0	0	0	1	115.1	131	74	72	17	39	89	5.62	1.47

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Esmil Rogers	2-2	16	3	0	0	0	0	35.2	41	27	19	3	14	31	4.79	1.54

Sunday, 15 August 2010 @ 1:10pm MT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Manny Parra	3-9	31	14	0	0	0	0	97.1	114	64	59	14	50	99	5.46	1.68

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - Ubaldo Jimenez	17-3	23	23	3	2	0	0	155.1	108	46	44	7	64	143	2.55	1.11

More after the jump...

Expected Lineup

Player	Pos	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Rickie Weeks	2B	0.269	0.365	0.474	0.840	0.205	0.327	0.370
Corey Hart	RF	0.288	0.347	0.549	0.896	0.261	0.319	0.382
Ryan Braun	LF	0.289	0.343	0.463	0.806	0.174	0.318	0.355
Prince Fielder	1B	0.270	0.403	0.495	0.898	0.225	0.306	0.393
Casey McGehee	3B	0.279	0.341	0.460	0.801	0.181	0.298	0.345
Lorenzo Cain	CF	0.391	0.423	0.522	0.945	0.130	0.450	0.416
Alcides Escobar	SS	0.253	0.305	0.344	0.649	0.091	0.282	0.286
George Kottaras	C	0.200	0.320	0.438	0.757	0.238	0.195	0.332

Bench

Player	Pos	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wOBA
Jonathan LuCroy	C	0.258	0.293	0.340	0.633	0.082	0.302	0.281
Craig Counsell	IF	0.236	0.307	0.298	0.605	0.062	0.272	0.279
Chris Dickerson	OF	0.200	0.333	0.200	0.533	0.000	0.250	0.266
Joe Inglett	OF	0.262	0.344	0.421	0.765	0.159	0.329	0.339

Closer

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2010 - John Axford	6-1	34	0	0	0	17	2	38.2	31	13	13	1	17	46	3.03	1.24

Injuries

Milwaukee Brewers Injuries

15-Day

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
LaTroy Hawkins	shoulder	08/11/2010
Doug Davis	elbow	07/10/2010
Carlos Gomez	concussion	08/03/2010
Jody Gerut	heel	05/23/2010
Marco Estrada	shoulder	06/01/2010

60 Day DL / Out for the season

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Gregg Zaun	shoulder	05/21/2010

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I do believe we have the advantage in all three games

I want a gosh darned sweep.

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 13, 2010 12:06 PM MDT reply actions

Does DLR really have the advantage over Gallardo?

I’d call it a split t best.

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by Greg Stanwood on Aug 13, 2010 12:17 PM MDT up reply actions

I'd agree with this

We have a huge advantage in one start, a wash in another (tonight), and a slight to middling advantage on Saturday.

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by Mondogarage on Aug 13, 2010 12:21 PM MDT up reply actions

Depends on how much stock you put into their career lines at Coors

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 13, 2010 12:36 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm feeling oddly confident about tonight

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 13, 2010 12:38 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm not sure we have the advantage tonight

Gallardo has a 2.01 road ERA. We’re gonna need a really good start by JDLR to get this one tonight.

I do think each game gets easier though

If the 2007 Rockies can win 21 out of 22 to reach the World Series and the 2009 Rockies can come from 12 games under .500 in June to make the playoffs, why can't the 2010 Rockies make the postseason after being 51-50?

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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 13, 2010 12:45 PM MDT up reply actions

He has a 12.46 ERA at Coors though, admittedly in two starts

I just feel like our bats are going to come alive tonight, and de la Rosa has quietly been pitching very well of late

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 13, 2010 12:50 PM MDT up reply actions

I can see that

When we play at Coors I always feel like we have a decent shot no matter what even if I don’t like the pitcher we are facing

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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 13, 2010 12:54 PM MDT up reply actions

I agree with all of this, except for putting too much stock in Gallardo's two starts

Two starts is a meaningless sample size.

However, I feel like our bats would hit anyone facing us tonight.

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by Mondogarage on Aug 13, 2010 1:00 PM MDT up reply actions

I guess if you think that JDLR and Gallardo are about the same ability

I can see where you’d pencil Esmil Rogers in for a win.

by Salty on Aug 13, 2010 1:03 PM MDT up reply actions

Meant that as a reply down below.

by Salty on Aug 13, 2010 1:03 PM MDT up reply actions

I didnt say Gallardo and JDLR are the same abilityr

I said I think we might have as good or better performance tonight. That takes into account home park, career trends, lineups. In a vacuum, Gallardo is much better.

As for tomorrow, you have a long time minor league pitcher with average stuff and an ERA approaching 6 against a rookie who was the #4 Purp. At home. I don’t think that’s quite a ludicrous notion.

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 13, 2010 1:14 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

Esmil?

Maybe.

by Salty on Aug 13, 2010 12:50 PM MDT up reply actions

Narveson?

Yes.

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 13, 2010 12:53 PM MDT up reply actions

Maybe a 13-10 type game

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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 13, 2010 12:55 PM MDT up reply actions

ahem,

language, good sir.

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by frightened inmate #2 on Aug 13, 2010 1:01 PM MDT up reply actions

winning series' are always important

but eff that i want to see a sweep…we need it in the worst way

time to make another run to the postseason....get it going guys!!

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by TuLoRocks2008 on Aug 13, 2010 12:25 PM MDT reply actions

Hey Bryan

The recent series the Brewers have played were against the Astros and D’backs not the Cards and the Reds. They played both teams at home and went 3-0 against Houston and 1-3 agaisnt Arizona.

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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Aug 13, 2010 12:49 PM MDT reply actions

Yeah, I used the last one I did as a template and forgot to change it.

It was actually my intention to do quite a bit more editing before the story published, but I forgot I was going to be in a First Aid/CPR Training Class and not in my office, so I never got a chance to get to a computer.

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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Aug 13, 2010 5:01 PM MDT up reply actions

It's time to win the games you ought to win, guys. Do it. Please.

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by glaucophane on Aug 13, 2010 12:59 PM MDT reply actions

I will be attending two of the three games (Fri and Sun), so I get my first Ubaldo Day experience in person this year.

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by Jeff Aberle on Aug 13, 2010 3:07 PM MDT reply actions

where was your picture taken?

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by jrockies on Aug 13, 2010 3:10 PM MDT up reply actions