To start the week we sent down
RF Gabe Gross and promoted
MR Chris Demaria, who although struggling in AAA, has some pretty good ratings and will help out in the bullpen.
4/17: @ Houston (7-6), win 12-1 - WP: Ohka (1-1)
Wow. Well long story on this one, but I'm going to keep it short.
Ohka saved some bullpen arms and pitched a complete game three-hitter.
Carlos Lee was 3-5 with two runs, six RBIs, a double, and a home run.
Rickie Weeks also hit his third home run of the year, and was 2-5 with two runs and a walk.
J.J. Hardy had three runs and was 1-3 with three walks.
Billy Hall was 2-5 with two RBIs and a run.
Prince Fielder was 2-5 with a run. Well I guess you can look at this as a good win.
4/18: @ Houston, loss 1-10 - LP: de la Rosa (1-1)
JDLR didn't get an out in this one. Our bullpen is shot. This sucks. Leadoff man
Willy Taveras for the Astros was 4-4 with three runs and an RBI.
Jason Lane had five RBIs in a 3-5 effort.
Morgan Ensburg was 1-4 with four RBIs. Brewer pitchers had a team high seven walks.
4/19: @ Houston, loss 3-8 - LP: Davis (0-3)
Our bat's din't come to play again today. This was a 5-1 game for a while, but then when
Davis came out, they opened up on
Capellan for three more runs. For us, our team, I mean
Carlos Lee, went 2-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
J.J. Hardy was also 2-4 with a run, and
Corey Koskie went 1-3 with an RBI and a walk.
4/20: vs Cincinnati (9-6), loss 5-9 - LP: Capuano (1-2)
Cappy pitched really well for us today giving up one earned run and two runs total in seven.
Matt Wise gave up the other seven.
Corey Koskie was 2-3 with three RBIs and a home run.
Billy Hall and
Rickie Weeks also both had an RBI.
4/21: vs Cincinnati, loss 1-2 - LP: Bush (1-2)
Again we get very good pitching from our starter, and our hitting cannot pull through. I don't know what is up but we just can't hit the ball currently. I'm probably going to try shaking up the lineup for the next two games, and we'll see what happens.
4/22: vs Cincinnati, win 7-0 - WP: Ohka (2-1)
Ohka pitched very well in this game. I have no idea why the computer manager pulled him so early though. After five innings he had given up two hits and one walk and had thrown 60 pitches and they pull him. I have no idea what that was, and with a tired bullpen already, it killed to have to go with three bullpen pitchers. All in all, we won and it was nice to get some hitting.
Fielder finally hit a home run, his first of the season.
Chad Moeller went 3-4 with an RBI and a run.
Rickie Weeks and
J.J. Hardy were BOTH 2-4 with a run and two RBIs and a walk. Their line is exactly the same across the box score.
4/23: vs Cincinnati, loss 0-4 - LP: de la Rosa (1-2)
Again we have good pitching in which
JDLR goes five in giving up two runs, and
Helling came out of the bullpen to go four innings in giving up two. Again we only manage to get five hits. This is P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C.
Jay's Thoughts
We need to hit. Period. 2nd to last in batting average. Last in slugging. Last in OPS. Last in extra base hits. Third to last in home runs. Yeah. I don't know what to say, but I think we're lucky to have a 9-10 record at this point. I've learned that we like to leave guys on quite often also. It hurts when your lead off hitter gets on, the next guy moves him over with a bunt. The next guy grounds out to the right side to get him to third, and then we pop out to the short stop. Let me just say it sucks, and right now I am debating what I want to do to manufactor runs because I probably shouldn't bunt or sacrifice since seem to do that well enough on our own. The pitching has really come around though, that is a plus.
Hey, maybe there will be something down here (in the minors). Gwynn is still ripping the cover off the ball with a .386 average and six stolen bases. He also has 15 RBIs and 16 runs.
Team Stats
Record: 9-10 (2-5)
Streak: Lost 1
Average: .238
ERA: 5.23 (still second to last in the NL)
Hitting Leaders (or lack thereof)
OF Carlos Lee: .257 BA, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 14 R, .862 OPS, 12 Extra Bases (in 19 hits)
C Chad Moeller: .367 BA (8-30), .906 OPS
Pitching Leaders
MR Danny Kolb: 2-0, 1.00 ERA, 7 G, 3 H, 0.67 WHIP
SP Tomo Ohka: 2-1, 3.18 ERA, 22.2 IP, 17 H, 1.10 WHIP, .214 OAVE
SP David Bush: 1-2, 3.38 ERA, 26.2 IP, (except for one game, he's pitched very well for us)
Around the League
The
Cubs are the hottest team in baseball, having reeled off five straight wins and a 13-4 record. They also lead the division by two games over the 12-7 Reds. We'll be facing them this coming weekend. Other than that, the divisions are pretty much even.
Whats On Tap?
4/24:
vs Braves (9-10)
4/25:
vs Braves
4/26:
vs Braves*
4/27: OFF
4/28: @
Chicago (13-4)
4/29: @
Chicago
4/30: @
Chicago*