The Old Milwaukees

Brewers’ pick allows one hit over seven innings

July 31, 2010

Brewers blanked for second straight night

July 31, 2010

Milwaukee's hitters were shut out for the second straight night, this time blanked by Astros left-hander Wandy Rodriguez in a 6-0 Houston win.

Capuano wears wrong jersey in Houston

July 31, 2010

Reliever Chris Capuano wore the wrong jersey for his two-inning outing against the Astros, the club's home alternate with "Brewers" stitched across the chest instead of the new road alternates that say "Milwaukee."

Astros 6, Brewers 0

July 31, 2010

W: Wandy Rodriguez (9-11)
L: Dave Bush (5-9)

HR: None

MVP: Tylenol
LVP: Dave Bush (-.315)

Graph of "I am pretty sure that this team is done" and Star of the Game Voting
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Random non-bulleted thoughts:

The Astros traded a bunch of their guys, and still managed to shut us out in two consecutive games.

The got owned by some guy named Wandy.

This team's performance is not worth the internet ink I am using to recap.

COPS is probably on some channel on the satellite.

I am pretty sure we will at least score one run tomorrow, although I am admittedly intrigued by the potential "shut-out sweep".

Brewers remain silent at Trade Deadline

July 31, 2010

Unmoved by the offers for their high-profile hitters and unwilling to make a non-impact deal just to appease the fan base, Brewers officials let the non-waiver Trade Deadline quietly come and go Saturday.

Game Thread #105: Brewers (48-56) at Astros (43-59)

July 31, 2010

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More Stuff after the jump.

Weeks - 2B
Hart - RF
Braun - LF
Fielder - 1B
McGehee - 3B
Lucroy - C
Gomez - CF
Escobar - SS
Parra - LHP

Brewers Decide 9.5 Games Out of First Place is Awesome

July 31, 2010

Brewers Decide 9.5 Games Out of First Place is Awesome

Brewers silenced by new Astro Happ

July 30, 2010

The Astros' J.A. Happ tossed six scoreless innings in a 5-0 win over the Brewers at Minute Maid Park in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.

Astros 5, Brewers 0

July 30, 2010

W: J.A. Happ (2-0, first win as an Astro)
L: Manny Parra (3-8)

HR: Jason Michaels (6), Chris Johnson (4), Jeff Keppinger (5)

MVP: Rickie Weeks (+.071)
LVP: Manny Parra (-.182)

Win Expectancy Graph and Star of the Game Voting
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If you skipped tonight's game, congratulations. You made the right decision. 

The Brewers were unable to get anything going against J.A. Happ and the Astros connected for two home runs off of Manny Parra to account for nearly all of the Astros' offense. Coming into tonight's game, the Astros were last in the NL in home runs. When you throw them pitches like this one (the 2-0 fastball that Chris Johnson turned into a three-run shot), though, most major league hitters can still hit it out. David Riske joined the fun by allowing a solo shot to Jeff Keppinger in the eighth.

All told, Parra allowed four earned runs on four hits and three walks in 5.1 innings of work, striking out six. His line actually would have looked significantly worse if not for great defensive plays by Ryan Braun and Rickie Weeks. One of the relievers to follow Parra to the mound was LaTroy Hawkins, who allowed a leadoff double but nothing else in the seventh inning.

At the plate, the Brewers were only able to get two hits off J.A. Happ over his six innings (and four overall), and one of them was a double to lead off the game by Rickie Weeks. Corey Hart went 0-for-3 with a walk in his first game back in the lineup, and Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun were also held hitless. Casey McGehee had the Brewers' lone 2-hit night.

Hart returns to action for Brewers

July 30, 2010

After a round of hitting on Friday afternoon, Corey Hart returned to the Brewers' lineup for the opener of a three-game series against the Astros at Minute Maid Park.