The Brewers were up 3-2 last night going into the ninth inning. You would think with a future Hall of Fame closer that this would be an easy win against the awful Pittsburgh Pirates right? Wrong. Hoffman gave up a grand slam to the struggling Ryan Doumit and all hell broke loose. Hoffman gave up five runs and the first grand slam of his career. You wouldn't think that the Brewers would ever take away the closing job from Hoffman, but with a 13.50 ERA they may have to.
Has Hoffman really lost it? It's a fair question and one would think that if Hoffman blows the next save that they may have no choice, but to give the gig to Carlos Villanueva. Villanueva has been the only reliever that has yet to give up a run. He has the best stuff in the bullpen, including Hoffman. Will Villanueva finish the year as the closer? We shall see.
The only positive notes from last night were that Prince Fielder hit his second homer of the year and Randy Wolf pitched a gem. If the Brewers lose this series to the Pirates at home they may need to find a kid off the street to pitch for this team.
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