Brewers (6) vs. Astros (11) 7/27 -- Tastes Great, Less Filling

Tastes Great:

Ryan Braun--Another 3 for 5 with another home run.  Superlatives exhausted.

Rickie Weeks--On base 2 of his 5 plate appearances and scored 2 runs.  We'll take that every day.

Less Filling:

Jeff Suppan--Cruising right along then hit the wall in the 5th.  Is he pitching himself out of the rotation for a while? 

Ned Yost--How the hell do you allow your starter to give up 7 runs in the 5th inning?  And then trot him out for the next inning too?  It was like Ned decided once the Brewers got behind that he was going to give up on this game and save his bullpen for the Cubs series.  What an asinine idea.....and manager.

Seth McClung--He's been much better this year as a starter than a reliever, and showed that again last night.  Failed to keep the Astros in check to allow for a potential comeback.

I really hope Sunday's game about the 4th inning wasn't the high water mark for this season.  At that time the Brewers were tied with the Cubs in the standings and up 4-1 on the Astros in the game.  The Cubs meanwhile were down 5-0 to the Marlins and in danger of being swept at home.  Within a half an hour the Cubs were winning, the Brewers losing, and first place just out of reach.