Game 8 Recap - Prince is King for a Day
The Gist: Chris Narveson pitched a gem, Matt Garza did not. Not much else to say. I believe the first two times through the Brewers lineup, the top 4 hitters had all reached base safely, somethingl ike 6/6 with a BB and a sac bunt and the bottom 5 were 0/10. Space that out and the Cubs are probaly not down 4-0, but such is the game. The big hits came from Prince Fielder of course who knocked in 4 of the 5 runs off Garza all on a bunch of lousy pitches and lousy location.
First At-Bat Soto Set Up and Delivery.
On an 0-2 count Garza seems to hit his spot with a changeup, although I think it stayed a little more up then he wanted. It's spanked down the right field line. Demerits all around.
Second At-Bat Soto Set Up and Delivery.
Another 0-2 count, Soto sets up low and outside, Garza's throws a fastball that ends up over the middle of the plate and Fielder lines it the opposite way.
Third At-Bat Soto Set Up and Delivery.
Yet another 0-2 count, Soto sets up low and inside it appears. Garza throws the 12-6 curve that Fielder has whiffed at a few times when it's at his shoetops. This time the pitch is up and over the plate though and Fielder lines into the left field gap.
Not often a hitter goes 1.000 on 0-2 counts for a game. Garza still strikes out 8 over 5.2 IP with 3 BB's (one intentional) and has yet to give up a home run. And while I admire him attacking hitters, he's going to have execute a lot better with 2 strikes to succeed (stating the obvious).
Not much else to say, the offense did nothing, Castro got hit in the face trying to catch a throw from Soto and had no one but himself to blame. Why the Brewers were running up 5-0 is the more interesting story. Gallarado vs. Coleman pitch tomorrow in the rubber match.
Hitter Results for April 09 | |||||||||||||
Name | Level | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SO | BB | SB | CS |
Michael Burgess | A+ | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Welington Castillo | A+ | DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Matthew Cerda | A+ | 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Flaherty | AA | SS-2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reginald Golden | |||||||||||||
Brett Jackson | AA | CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DJ LeMahieu | AA | 2B-3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marquez Smith | AAA | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matthew Szczur | A | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Josh Vitters |
None of the pitchers I'm tracking threw so I'm skipping them.
Scores from Saturday...
- Round Rock 13, Iowa 9
- Chattanooga 12, Tennessee 4 (box score shows a SB for B. Jackson)
- Daytona 7, Brevard County 3
- Cedar Rapids 12, Peoria 9
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