2021 Season | Series #44 | Brewers @ Indians | Sep. 10-12

[Mcreek]

Right now the Tribe couldn’t hit a girls softball team pitcher

 

[CATS44]

Burnes wants his no no, but at 103 pitches and two innings to go, I'd dont see how Counsell can let him.

 

[DCTribefan]

Yep, hitting is not the problem and we should focus on run prevention as some on this board insist.

 

[Criznit]

Yep, hitting is not the problem and we should focus on run prevention as some on this board insist.

Use the sarcasm font next time

 

[CalBuckeyeRob]

After getting no hit for the 4th time they will want to change the team name out of embarrassment.

 

[DCTribefan]

Use the sarcasm font next time

Didn’t think it necessary.

 

[xmasbuck]

if you sent him out for the 8th, you gotta send him out for the 9th?

 

[TxBuckeye]

Perfect ending to the day after watching that shitshow in Columbus earlier

 

[Benway]

No-Hitness Champs

 

[Criznit]

Didn’t think it necessary.

Its been made apparent to me over the last couple of weeks, without defining the exact parameters/key phrasing you are wrong. But I got ya, and won't pretend I didn't know exactly what you were talking about.

 

[Real Deal]

Dolanz fault

 

[Mott the Hoople]

It's too bad we don't have the expanded rosters anymore. Tomorrow I'd definitely give the kids a chance.

 

[macbdog]

Even in a 'down' year, the Indians are still helping turn out Cy Young candidates.

 

[DCTribefan]

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Burnes is a great pitcher but the Tribe helped him a lot by chasing pitches out of the zone. Harold Ramirez swung at the first five pitches he saw - all curveballs in the dirt. He missed four and fouled off one. He kept seeing the same pitch and kept chasing it. Just an embarrassing display of lack of plate discipline and the ability to adjust.

I’m concerned that Plesac’s fastball sat in the 89-90 range while occasionally touching 91. I’m not sure he can get away with that - even Eli Morgan throws harder. But once Plesac found his groove he retired 14 of the last 15 batters. He was not prepared to start the game, however, as he walked the leadoff hitter on five pitches, all balls except one was called a strike.

Yelich lined a 90 mph fastball over Straw’s head, which isn’t easy to do. The discouraging thing was the pitch was on the outside corner in a good location, but Yelich was able to square it up. In the second inning Tellez got a 90 mph fastball at the very top of the zone and drilled a double into the gap. You aren’t supposed to be able to hit a fastball on the upper edge, but if it’s 90 mph I guess you can.

But in innings 3-6 Plesac did a great job of changes speeds, pitches, and locations, using his fastball sparingly and keeping it on the edges, and he managed very well. It just took him two innings to find his rhythm, and when you’re facing Burnes you can’t spot him two runs.

Owen Miller did the best job against Burnes, putting the ball in play all three times and nearly getting a hit on a drive to right center than Cain had to make a sliding catch on.

The Indians have one earned run in 18 innings off Milwaukee pitching. In their previous series, against the Twins, they scored six runs in four games and were shut out twice. They are in a world of hurt at the dish. Seven earned runs in the last six games, all at home.

Tomorrow they get a lefty from Elyria whose career record is 19-24, 4.34. But this year in 16 starts his ERA is 3.18 so it could be another shutout.