BrewCap: Urias Gets Revenge on Brewers’ Bats
Milwaukee Brewers’ offense has run hot at home. They’ve scored five or more runs in seven of their first 10 games at home. This was the first home game all year where the bats could do absolutely nothing. Julio Urias is one of the premier pitching prospects in Major League Baseball, and he showed why on Thursday. Brewers mustered only one hit against him as they struggled out of the gates versus Los Angeles to kick off this four-game set. Brewers lose back-to-back home games for the first time all season.
Player of the Game: Julio Urias – This is easily his best outing of the year. Urias goes six innings, strikes out nine with only two walks and one hit allowed. You assumed after a tough outing versus the Crew last week that he would be out for revenge. He did just that dominating Milwaukee for six innings. He is a stud, and Los Angeles has an embarrassment of riches with their young starting pitchers.
Honorable Mention: Zach Davies – Even though he only pitched five innings, Zach did pretty good. He did not allow run and only gave up three hits. What happened after him, you would liked him to work a little cleaner as he did need 97 pitches to get through five innings, but still, this is a decent outing for him. He continues to have a strong start to the season, and at this point, he is Milwaukee’s most reliable pitcher.
Thing I Didn’t Like: Bad send by Eddie Sedar – In the eight inning, Milwaukee started a late rally. Hernan Perez hit a single and stole second base. With two outs, Lorenzo Cain hits a single and Sedar tries to send Perez who gets thrown out by a mile. Now, let’s consider that the fact that Christian fucking Yelich is up next in a major situation. You don’t think he comes through with a base hit? Give him a chance to make it 3-1 or hell, maybe he ties the game up? What an awful decision.
Thing I Didn’t Like: Matt Albers sucks again – I don’t know how much longer the Brewers can keep this up with Albers. He seems like he has one or two solid outings that absolutely shits the bed. There isn’t anything I see that makes him an asset to keep for the Brewers. He continues to struggle and makes fans’ nervous when he is in the game.
Next up: Milwaukee will try to bounce back and avoid losing three straight. As Urias got his revenge last night, Jhoulys Chacin will look to do the same thing versus Los Angeles. The road team sends Ross Stripling to the mound who was very tough on Milwaukee last Sunday afternoon. He has been a different pitcher away from Dodgers Stadium though.
Charlie.