JR Radcliffe thought perhaps the drop in temperature in the 8th inning last night was Mother Nature’s homage to Corey Koskie, the native Canadian who blasted a 7th inning homer to propel the Brewers to victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves. This win put the Brew Crew back at .500, and notched another win for leftie Chris Capuano, a win that Rickie Weeks seemingly tried to throw away with both hands.
Capuano was hot, hot, hot last night (and yes I’m talking about his pitching!), and Rickie Weeks was not, not, not. Chris was, again, near flawless in this outing, throwing 105 pitches in seven innings, 76 of them for strikes, allowing one hit, one run, one walk and fanning six. In fact, his strike to ball ration was 3.6 to 1. Chris now owns the top spot for strikeouts, not just in the National League, but in all of MLB. Pretty impressive, Chris!
Unlike Rickie Weeks, who racked up two more errors last night, bringing his official total up to seven for the season. Ned Yost said this is to be expected from Rickie, and has no concerns. I’m hoping that’s just the sound bite that he gave to all the reporters for Rickie’s sake, and that behind closed doors something is being done about this situation. Rickie simply cannot continue at this pace.
Last night’s flubbed double play could have lost the game had Matt Wise not been able to pitch out of the bases-loaded situation Weeks’ error put him in. A spectacular play to first by Corey Koskie on an Andruw Jones ground ball ended the inning and preserved the lead. Matt Wise was just a bit off of his usual level of fierceness at the mound, but much better than his last outing in Houston when he gave up five runs, and Dave Bush’s win. It’s nice to see Matt pretty much back to form.
The save, of course, went to “Rock Star” Derrick Turnbow, who is now 6-6 for the season. It’s amazing to see what happens to the crowd at Miller Park when Derrick comes through that bullpen door. I think all 11,660 fans in attendance were on their feet as Turnbow jogged out to the mound. Of course, it might have been in an effort to keep warm as the wind picked up and temperature dropped, but I doubt it. Derrick Turnbow has become a hero in Milwaukee, and I’m thrilled he’s going to be around for a while.
Tomo Ohka hopes to improve his record to 2-1 as he takes the mound tonight against fellow right-hander Tim Hudson. Tomo currently has an ERA of 4.09, while Hudson is sitting on 6.08. Both have struggled through some early starts so tonight should be an interesting match up.
I have to send a thank you out to the fan sitting in front of me last night for the headline. I had been trying to figure out how to comment on Rickie’s errors in a way that incorporated his name, and the guy in front of me last night shouted out “Rickie Reeks!” So thanks! That’s all I have for today Brewer fans. Head out to the park or tune in to FSN tonight to cheer our guys on to another victory. Until next time, go Brewers!
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