Ok, it always sucks to lose, but I can admit defeat when my team gets beaten. I'm not so sure that's what happened tonight. According to the scoreboard, we got beaten. But anyone watching the game tonight knows that the 1st base umpire decided the outcome of the game with his horrible call at first base.
Don't get me wrong. Matt Wise, who is usually wicked in his outings, had a horrible 7th tonight. It happens to the best of them. But the final score was Houston winning by one run, one run that would not have scored had Jeff Nelson gotten the call right at first base. This is a prime example of why baseball needs instant replay. And I know a lot of you don't agree with that, and when the error goes in favor of my team, I probably wouldn't either. But in the end, the call was wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. If the call had been made correctly, Tavares would have been out, and Lane would have gotten a two run homer in the 7th instead of three, and the game could have had an entirely different outcome.
Sure the Astros could have scored another way. But best case, if everything played out the same, this game could have gone into extra innings, and we could have taken it. All I ask is that the game be decided on the field, by the players, not by the umpires, which is exactly what happened tonight.
I also think Ned Yost is a great manager, but he should have pushed the issue a little more with Nelson, I think. It didn't seem like he tried too terribly hard to make his case. I don't know that an umpire has ever changed a call in a situation like that, but something more should have been done. Koskie did not deserve that error; he didn't make an error. No one deserved an error. Not to mention the fact that Bush pitched a beauty and was on track for the win tonight. I'm not saying we would have won, but it would have been nice to have had the opportunity to find out.
Jeff Nelson must be from the same school of umpiring as Mark Carlson. Ball in glove + foot on bag doesn't equal an out in their world. If you recall, Mark Carlson was on the team that umped our first series against Pittsburgh and made some questionable calls, all in favor of the Pirates.
So with this loss tonight, the Brew Crew falls to 7-6 overall, and 2-5 on this road trip. We need to win at least one of the remaining games against Houston to come back home with our winning record still intact. Two wins would be better, winning at least one road series, but at minimum I don't want to see the guys fall below .500 this early in the season.
On a more positive note, kudos to Gabe Gross for once again getting it done as a pinch hitter with his three run blast. And lest we forget Carlos Lee and his solo shot, and Geoff Jenkins, who has now hit three home runs in as many games. Keep it up guys! We're gonna need it tomorrow and Wednesday if we're gonna get past Houston. Until next time, go Brewers!
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