Back in our game, Carson Kelly rolls a ground ball straight to the shortstop for an easy double play. It’s during this half-inning that we get breaking news that Aaron Judge has hit #62, passing Maris in his penultimate game. Walker walks on five pitches to lead it off, and Rojas gets ahead in the count 3-1 before flying out to left – he seemed particularly frustrated, slamming his bat down before jogging to first. It’s feeling like it’s going to be a long night. That’s 36 pitches to five hitters, over 7 pitches per at-bat. Yelich singles on the 8th pitch of the at-bat, Renfroe strikes out on 6 pitches, Wong walks on 6 pitches, Urías sees 11 pitches before lining out (and his foul balls were hit hard, too), and Hiura strikes out on 5 pitches. The Brewers patiently work a series of long at-bats against Gallen, fouling off 13 pitches in the first inning alone. Luplow grounds out and McCarthy hits a soft liner for an out for a 1-2-3 first for Lauer. In any case, he first needs to get on, but he swings through a heater down the middle to strike out. Probably a better choice than Carson Kelly given his speed. Stone Garrett now appears to be the regular leadoff batter against lefties. He’s having a good year, like seemingly every Milwaukee starter their offense is the primary culprit in missing the playoffs this year. We’d get one, but not exactly how the way we were hoping…Įric Lauer is pitching for the Brewers. The crowd, even thinner than last night’s remarkably sparse attendance, isn’t helping.Īt least we have Gallen on the mound, with the hope to see yet another great pitching performance. So both teams seem a bit deflated coming out of the gate. Unfortunately for us, it’s also the day after yet another bullpen meltdown. We have the fortune of facing the Brewers the day after they were officially eliminated from the postseason.
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