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Enhanced Box Score: Brewers 2, Cubs 5 – September 19, 2011

By Brett on September 20, 2011

Sure. Now the Cubs beat the Brewers.

Casey Coleman was great, and Geovany Soto provided all of the offense. Literally – Soto drove in all five Cubs’ runs on two homers and a run-scoring single.

But I can’t get over Coleman’s game.

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Brett Taylor is the lead writer at Bleacher Nation, and can also be found as Bleacher Nation on Twitter and on Facebook.

18 responses to “Enhanced Box Score: Brewers 2, Cubs 5 – September 19, 2011”

  1. MichiganGoat
    MichiganGoat
    September 20, 2011 at 6:47 am |

    Hey it’s Bizzaro Cubs even Campana was caught stealing

  2. philoe beddoe
    philoe beddoe
    September 20, 2011 at 7:44 am |

    gotta admit, haven’t been watching much….does Coleman have any “stuff”?

    1. Joe Cartwright
      Joe Cartwright
      September 20, 2011 at 7:46 am |

      Did Soto send you?

    2. CubFan Paul
      CubFan Paul
      September 20, 2011 at 8:24 am |

      Coleman’s stuff is better than average but his problem is & always been Consistency ..77mph slider, 93mph fastball, &other breaking/sinking stuff

      1. Brett
        Brett
        September 20, 2011 at 8:28 am |

        Coleman’s stuff is good enough to be a back-end starter, but ONLY if he’s really hitting his spots (as he was last night). As Paul says, his problem has been consistency – he doesn’t always hit his spots.

        1. CubFan Paul
          CubFan Paul
          September 20, 2011 at 8:36 am |

          the ‘best’ part of Coleman’s stuff to me is how he “squares up” to homeplate after his delivery, which puts him in a good defensive stance ..kinda like Maddux ..he’s no Maddux, but defense up the middle starting with the pitcher is important ..i hate seeing guys deliver a pitch & “fall off the mound” ..basically, i like his mechanics

          the 5th Starter spot will be stiff with competition in 2012 ..cheap competition too (coleman, cashner, wells, & samardzija -$3.25mil is kinda cheap ..the dark horse is Chris Carpenter, in my opinion)

          1. hardtop
            hardtop
            September 20, 2011 at 1:25 pm |

            Carpenter looks like a bullpen guy all the way to me. his velocity is awesome. id love to have a guy like that come-in in the 8th and smoke some suckas… Whats the experts take on CC? does he have the stuff to be a big league reliever?

            1. CubFan Paul
              CubFan Paul
              September 20, 2011 at 1:34 pm |

              i know Carpenter wanted to be one of the September call ups (his tweets) and instead he wasnt because Ramon Ortiz is sooo awesome.

              but hopefully he gets to stretch out this offseason, because going to the bullpen wasn’t his decision and hopefully a new front office will take a chance and give him a shot because like Cashner he has “front of the rotation” stuff too

  3. Joe Cartwright
    Joe Cartwright
    September 20, 2011 at 7:54 am |

    All I have to say is why the hell is Jeff Baker getting starts in right field? It’s like Quade absolutely refuses to play Colvin. It’s not like Baker did better than Colvin would’ve.

    1. CubFan Paul
      CubFan Paul
      September 20, 2011 at 8:21 am |

      Baker always starts against lefties ..Colvin never

  4. die hard
    die hard
    September 20, 2011 at 8:38 am |

    Coleman will become next Greg Maddux….dont give up on him

  5. TC
    TC
    September 20, 2011 at 8:52 am |

    An such an asinine statement is based on what, exactly? Sarcasm, right?

  6. die hard
    die hard
    September 20, 2011 at 9:41 am |

    dead serious…hes got a toughness to him that reminds me of Maddux…just needs some tweaking to his game…hopefuly Maddux or other former player with good techniques will work with him

    1. Brett
      Brett
      September 20, 2011 at 10:06 am |

      The only think about Coleman that reminds me of Maddux is the movement on his fastball. Very hard tail. But he doesn’t have the other stuff of Maddux, nor (more importantly) the insanely precise control.

    2. TC
      TC
      September 20, 2011 at 10:12 am |

      I don’t know, but toughness will only get a guy with marginal stuff so far. Remember, Maddux wasn’t just tough, but he was also one of the top 10 or so pitchers in the history of the game. This was because of his impeccable control, above average stuff, and some really generous umpires. Casey Coleman has none of those things, and that will keep him from ever becoming more than a replacement 5th starter

  7. Cubbie Blue
    Cubbie Blue
    September 20, 2011 at 10:40 am |

    Cubfan paul: If you say coleman, wells, jeff, or carpenter will be fighting for the Number 5 spot…… then i wanna know WHO THE HELL IS OUR 2,3,4 guys gonna be?

    1. CubFan Paul
      CubFan Paul
      September 20, 2011 at 11:11 am |

      ha! 1. Garza
      2. CJ Wilson -free agent acquistion to the tune of 5yrs/$90million with 2 club option years
      3. UNKNOWN – new GM will trade for a bonified starter from a small market team that can’t/won’t pay arbitration, like how Hendry acquired Garza but the new GM won’t give up 5 guys for him like Trader Jim (also see how Brewers acquired Marcum & Greinke)
      4. Dempster -hopefully re-signed to a new 2yr/$20million deal to match his declining performance
      5. Samardjiza, Wells, & Cashner are the favorites but will probably be unfairly given to Cashner again

    2. Joe Cartwright
      Joe Cartwright
      September 20, 2011 at 12:28 pm |

      Oh man! Were you thinking one of them was going to be our 2,3 or 4 starter? Ha ha, and we thought this rotation was bad.