It is great to have that first win but now it is time to start scoring some runs. Yovani Gallardo not only pitched a complete game shutout but it was a 2 hitter AND it was Yovani Gallardo (YoGa) who scored the only run.
Yo twice had similar games last season but this was his best yet. I think he is a true Cy Young Award candidate. Zack Greinke, a former American League Cy Young Award winner will be able to pitch for the Brewers at some point. Shaun Marcum and Randy Wolf will be solid starters I believe but will have bad games like they both did the first time out this season. Chris Narveson had a very good first outing and the plan is for him to be the fifth starter.
The Brewers need to bring someone up from the minors to pitch tonight (4-6-11)because of the Greinke injury but I think this starting staff is going to be a great one. The key is to need the relief pitchers as little as possible. Nice job by Ron Roenicke allowing YoGa to pitch all nine innings last night. The pitching staff is good enough to be a champion but the sub-par Defense could hold this team back. When ever a pitcher is struggling, like all members of the bull-pen right now, they need a solid Defense behind them to pick them up but the Brewers don't have that.
Good hitting can overcome a lot of things but right now it is the Brewers biggest weakness. The amount of runners left on base game after game for the past few seasons is alarming. If the Brewers can find a way to score more runs that what they leave on base this team will have a good season. The fact that it did not take a Home run to score the run last night is a good sign but we need to do that a few times in every game to win consistently. The inability to score those two runners thrown out at the plate in the 8Th inning last night would have cost Milwaukee the game if not for the masterpiece thrown on 4/5/11 by Yovani Gallardo!
