{"id":189066,"date":"2010-05-05T05:19:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T05:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2010\/05\/05\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/"},"modified":"2010-05-05T05:19:49","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T05:19:49","slug":"game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 26 Thoughts: Some Much Needed Offense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/livewins.aspx?date=2010-05-04&amp;team=Dodgers&amp;dh=0&amp;season=2010\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fangraphs Win Probability\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/lgraphs\/20100504_Brewers_Dodgers_0_83_live.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>W:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/n\/narvech01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Chris  Narveson<\/a><\/strong> (2-0)<br \/><strong>L:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kershcl01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Clayton  Kershaw<\/a><\/strong> (1-2)<strong><\/p>\n<p>LAD HR:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/loneyja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">James  Loney<\/a><\/strong> (2)<br \/><strong>MIL HR:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/z\/zaungr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Gregg  Zaun<\/a><\/strong> (1), <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fieldpr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Prince  Fielder<\/a><\/strong> (3)<\/p>\n<p>Baseball is a funny game &#8212; you can go days without hitting a lick, and then bust out in a big way when it&#8217;s least expected.  So far, the 2010 Brewers have been the perfect example of this feast-or-famine type of offense.<\/p>\n<p>After a four-game famine which saw the Brewers score only 2 runs against the San Diego Padres, the Brewers scored a total of 9 runs in the second inning against the Dodgers Tuesday night, chasing starter <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kershcl01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Clayton  Kershaw<\/a><\/strong> after 1.1 innings.  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/z\/zaungr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Gregg  Zaun<\/a><\/strong> finished the night a triple short of the cycle (<em>and <\/em>was hit by a pitch twice), <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?search=Ryan+Braun&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Ryan  Braun<\/a><\/strong> was a homer short of the cycle, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fieldpr01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Prince  Fielder<\/a><\/strong> hit his third home run of the season.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the pitching went, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/n\/narvech01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Chris  Narveson<\/a><\/strong> started the game on fire and didn&#8217;t stumble until the 5th inning, when he gave up two runs on a pair of sacrifice flies.  He finished the night with 3 ER in 6 innings, which I&#8217;ll personally take every time from the 5th starter in the rotation.  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vargacl01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Claudio  Vargas<\/a><\/strong> pitched a perfect 7th inning before <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/parrama01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Manny  Parra<\/a><\/strong> gave the Dodgers a brief glimmer of hope in the 8th, surrendering a three-run bomb to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/loneyja01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">James  Loney<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After a severely disappointing series in San Diego, it was important to come out strong tonight, and the Brewers did what they had to do.  The big inning early let them play loose the rest of the night, and hopefully that means good things are in store for the rest of the road trip.  I just hope Tom Haudricourt doesn&#8217;t end up throwing this game out, too, the next time he wants to talk about how poorly the offense is playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>W: Chris Narveson (2-0)L: Clayton Kershaw (1-2) LAD HR: James Loney (2)MIL HR: Gregg Zaun (1), Prince Fielder (3) Baseball&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165512466],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Game 26 Thoughts: Some Much Needed Offense - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Game 26 Thoughts: Some Much Needed Offense\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-05-05T05:19:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/lgraphs\/20100504_Brewers_Dodgers_0_83_live.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Game 26 Thoughts: Some Much Needed Offense\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-05-05T05:19:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-05-05T05:19:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/\"},\"wordCount\":307,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/lgraphs\/20100504_Brewers_Dodgers_0_83_live.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Brewers\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2010\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-26-thoughts-some-much-needed-offense\/\",\"name\":\"Game 26 Thoughts: Some Much Needed Offense - 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