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Scott McGregor

Doc Medich Blows Game 3

October 2 1 Comment

Orioles 11, Brewers 3
Brewers now 94-67 (Tied for 1st)
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Doc Medich extended the Brewers' agony to one final game.

BALTIMORE — There once was a simpler time. Long ago, it seemed, when the Brewers needed to win only one of four games to make the playoffs. These days are no longer simple.

Doc Medich and the Brewers lost the third consecutive game against the Orioles on Saturday by a score of 11-3. Each game fell, one by one, as if at the hands of a firing squad. The Orioles have come at the Brewers with an all out assault. A massacre. In the first three games of the series, Baltimore has outscored the Brewers 26-7.

The game began with a familiar tone. The Orioles struck first in the opening inning, scoring on a double by Eddie Murray, a single by John Lowenstein and on a Medich balk that brought home Murray. In fact, this was the second consecutive game in which the Orioles scored three runs in the first.

The Brewers may be “Harvey’s Wallbangers,” but they won’t win many games when they start out in a 3-0 hole. The Crew battled back initially with two runs on a Gantner single in the second, and tied the game on an Oglivie homer in the fourth. But once Medich gave up four runs in the bottom of the fourth, the Brewers’ fight was gone.

Medich should stick to medicine, because he did not look like a Major League pitcher on this day. He allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks in three innings of work. Not the type of performance the Brewers needed from their starting pitching.

But let’s not ignore the feeble attempt by the Brewers offense. Milwaukee has yet to put more than three runs on the board in any of the first three games of this series. The Orioles, by contrast, scored three or more runs in five different innings during the past two games. Once starter Scott McGregor was removed from the game in the fourth, the Brewers managed only two hits in the final 5 2/3 innings off of reliever Sammy Stewart.

While relief pitching was inconsequential for the Brewers on this day, it can’t be ignored that Dwight Bernard gave up four runs on six hits in one inning of “work” (used loosely). Bernard has allowed at least a run in each of his last four appearances, none being longer than an inning. Once with an ERA of 2.94 through August, the struggling reliever has allowed more than 10 runs per nine innings since.

The Brewers aren’t clicking at the plate; they aren’t getting starting pitching; and relief has been awful.

That said, anything can happen in one game. And after losing three straight, don’t the odds need to be finally shifting in the Brewers’ favor?

Some may say the Brewers are like deer in the headlights. Others may say they are simply a talented yet complacent team, performing better when the pressure is on. Still others may call the Orioles a team of destiny.

I’d like to think that this season is no fluke. The Brewers are great. And their prized late season acquisition will come through. The offense will score runs. It has to happen.

Game 4 will be epic. The winner takes all in the AL East. The loser goes home. Don Sutton (16-9 overall) takes on Jim Palmer (15-4) in Earl Weaver’s final game as manager.

It can’t get bigger. And a loss couldn’t be more painful.

Filed Under: Game Recap Tagged With: Doc Medich, Don Sutton, Dwight Bernard, Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, Orioles, Sammy Stewart, Scott McGregor

No Time to Panic

October 2 2 Comments

BALTIMORE — Deep breaths, Brewers fans. That was quite the shellacking the Crew took yesterday and it would be easy to become anxious. But the Crew still has two games to win one. The O’s have beaten the Crew two out of three times this season. Baltimore got its two and the law of averages says the Crew will take Saturday’s game.

It’s true that Doc Medich (12-14) doesn’t inspire much faith, but one would have to think Harvey’s Wallbangers would wake up some time in the series. Then again, they do face lefty Scott McGregor (14-12), who already has two of his 14 wins against the Brewers this season.

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So the season rests on the shoulders of... Doc Medich??

So, the law of averages vs. the trending numbers. It’s no time to panic. Right? Crew?

Right?

Game time is 1:24 p.m. CT. Here are the lineups…

# Brewers POS # Orioles POS
1 Molitor 3B 1 Bumbry CF
2 Yount SS 2 Gulliver 3B
3 Cooper 1B 3 Singleton DH
4 Simmons C 4 Murray 1B
5 Thomas CF 5 Lowenstein LF
6 Oglivie LF 6 Ripken SS
7 Money DH 7 Dwyer RF
8 Moore RF 8 Dempsey C
9 Gantner 2B 9 Dauer 2B
Medich SP McGregor SP

 

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Doc Medich, Orioles, Scott McGregor

Brewers Bats Silent

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Orioles 4, Brewers 2
Brewers now 27-26 (3rd)
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Paul Molitor
Paul Molitor accounted for four of the Brewers' six hits in this game and six of the team's 11 hits in the first two games of this series.

MILWAUKEE — You don’t want to overreact about a loss. And you don’t want to overreact about two losses…

But at what point do we think we may have overreacted about Harvey Kuenn‘s glorious start? At what point do we realize it’s ultimately the players who win or lose a game and the manager has little impact on the results?

For the second straight game, an Orioles starting pitcher went the distance against the Brewers in Milwaukee. Yesterday it was the over-the-hill Jim Palmer and today it was Scott McGregor, who retired 15 of the last 16 batters he faced.

For the second straight game, “Harvey’s Wallbangers” were held to only two runs. For the second straight game, Paul Molitor was trying to carry the offense. In those two games, Molitor collected six of the team’s 11 hits. He went 4-for-4 today.

And really, the Brewers didn’t even earn their runs today. No, they technically didn’t, as both runs were off of a Benny Ayala error in the first. The offense was nonexistent.

The one bright spot was Randy Lerch. He was terrific, doing much more than any Brewer fan could ever expect. Lerch went seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits. He deserved the win.

Two games ago, Brewers fans were walking on air. A new atmosphere. A new team. A new direction.

Two games later, has anything changed? Back to seven games back, now tied for third with these Orioles. Offense still inconsistent, pitching not dependable.

Tomorrow’s game will help answer some questions. The real Milwaukee Brewers need to step forward.

Game Notes: Scott McGregor entered the game with a career record of 1-5 against the Brewers.

Filed Under: Game Recap Tagged With: Benny Ayala, Harvey Kuenn, Jim Palmer, Orioles, Paul Molitor, Randy Lerch, Scott McGregor

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