Notes Little Relief for the Relievers Macha Looks to Lighten Workload
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › July 20, 2009
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Cincinnati -- Milwaukee Brewers manager Ken Macha has valid concerns about his bullpen workload, beginning with short outings by starting pitchers but also including going to the same relievers too often.
Macha expressed his concerns after his bullpen had to cover 9 2/ 3 innings in the first three games against Cincinnati, a trend that began to wear down the relief corps before the all-star break. Braden Looper went 5 1/3 innings in the series opener before Jeff Suppan and Manny Parra followed with six-inning outings.See the full content of this document
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Notes Little Relief for the Relievers Macha Looks to Lighten Workload
"Let's face facts," Macha said. "We got a great game (Saturday) from Manny and still needed three innings out of the bullpen."
That trend continued Sunday in a 5-3 loss to the...See the full content of this document
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