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August 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche
10th August 2008
Roster move:
Izturis' (.352, 1 HR, 32 RBI, 24 SB) sprained ankle is more problematic as I thought. He will be day-to-day at least two weeks. That's why I decided to place him on the DL. Not an easy decision as he leads the NL in batting average, but I think SS Hernan Iribarren (.297, 2 HR, 27 RBI, 12 SB) could cover the postion for the next two weeks.
The Phillies have still a couple of former Brewers on their roster:
SP Claudio Vargas (7-7-1, 4.20 ERA)
MR Francisco Cordero (4-4-1, 5.82 ERA)
RF Kevin Mench (.241, 5 HR, 23 RBI, 0 SB)
Especially Mench is a big disappointment when you consider that he actually started 67 games.
The key against the Phillies is to keep the ball on the ground. That's the reason why Aaron Cook will start instead of Yovani Gallardo tonight.
Game #115 – Philadelphia [54-60] (C. Hamels 10-7, 3.58 ERA) at Milwaukee [63-51] (A. Cook 0-1, 7.71 ERA)
SS A. Escobar - CF S. Victorino - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder- 3B M. Gamel - 2B O. Infante - RF L. Cain - C H. Blanco
The "Cook Project" worked exactly the way I had in mind. The only long flyball he gave up was a two run homer by Rollins. But besides 70 of his 100 pitches were strikes and he collected 13 ground outs (compared to seven fly outs). All the offense we needed came through a two run shot by Omar Infante and a sac fly by Shane Victorino in the fourth. Mat Gamel drove in another run to give us some insurance.
Philadelphia at Milwaukee: 2-4
W: A. Cook (1-1), L: C. Hamels (10-8)
HR: J. Rollins (14) / O. Infante (4)
SB: - / -
CS: - / -
E: O. Quintanilla (7)
MoM: A. Cook - 9.0 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Elsewhere:
The famous New York Yankees (58-57) dropped to last place in the AL East. Even the Nationals and Orioles seem to be too strong this season. They finished 5th or worse 1991 for the last time. The guy "who always fails in the playoffs" is hitting .282 with 20 HR's and 66 RBI's
American League Player of the Week:
Robinzon Diaz (.359, 0 HR, 29 RBI - Toronto): .560, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R
National League Player of the Week:
Ryan Patterson (.278, 18 HR, 51 RBI - San Francisco): .550, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R
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