Most of Suppan's troubles in the 5th can be traced to bad luck. A blooper by Ausmus falls in, the bunt single by Wolf being a pair of examples. Needless to say, there were a couple balls hit hard, but when a team gets 5-6 outs, most are going to score quite a few runs.
Some folks choose to think a pitching change needs to be made when grounders sneak through the infield. I really can't say I do either. That said, that HR by Blum was a huge hit.
7/27/2008 02:52:00 PM
Whatever strikes me as
interesting, and serious Milwaukee Brewers thoughts. If you are a believer
in respecting OBP, throwing strikes, and keeping the ball in the park,
you may have found the place you've been searching for. I don't
believe in paying a no hit/good field SS $7 million per year (Jack Wilson, I'm talking about you). I don't think
it's a good idea to "play for a run" early in the game. Build up your
minor league system, and watch success follow.