Milwaukee Brewers at Seattle Mariners Preview: (8/9-8/11)

From now on, we are previewing the upcoming series with a variety of things. The pitching matchups with the TV times, five things to watch, notable musician from the opposing team's area, Twitter follows from the opposition and a prediction. 

Pitching Matchups/TV 
Pitching Matchups & TV Times
Friday:     Kyle Lohse (7-7 3.23) v. Joe Saunders (10-10 4.58) 9:10 pm FSNWI
Saturday: Tom Gorzelanny (2-4 2.78) v. Hisashi Iwakuma (10-5 2.75) 8:10 pm FSNWI
Sunday:   Wily Peralta (8-11 4.42) v. Felix Hernandez (11-5 2.39) 3:10 pm FSNWI

1.) Brewers against King Felix - This will be the game to watch for the series. Felix Hernandez is one of the best pitchers in baseball and will be facing the Brewers for the first time in his career. Sometimes, Milwaukee goes completely unpredictable and does well against the elite pitchers in baseball. Other times, they end up no hit. Let's hope for the first one. It still will be fun to watch Felix against the Crew, too bad we did not get a Braun vs. Hernandez matchup. :(  

2.) Handling of the Bullpen - With Tyler Thornburg making his way back, it will be interesting to see what Ron Roenicke does moving forward. I realize I am no expert, but I would try to avoid using Mike Gonzalez as much as possible. John Axford pitched well on Thursday, but he is still shaky at best. I would love it if they used more of Rob Wooten and Brandon Kintzler this weekend.

3.) Junior goes into Mariners Hall of Fame - I do not know one person who grew up in the 90's and did not love Ken Griffey Jr. One of the more likable guys to play the game and had the purest stroke in baseball during that time.  Additionally, I think every kid wore their hat backwards because of Junior.  For me personally, my favorite moments of Junior are him launching balls out of the Kingdome and his video game for Super Nintendo that I played for countless hours.

4.) We finally meet again - This is pretty cool from Andrew Gruman of FOX Sports Wisconsin. This is the Brewers lineup in 1998 when the Brewers and Mariners last played in Seattle.

#Brewers lineup last game in Seattle: Loretta 2B, Valentin SS, Nilsson DH, Cirillo 3B, Voigt 1B, Banks LF, Williams CF, Dunn RF, Matheny C
— Andrew Gruman (@AndrewGruman) August 9, 2013

Remember when Brian Banks was going to be the next Brewer?  Good times. Also I have no idea who Dunn is, I assume it's Adam older brother.  

5.) Seattle's outfield defense - I am not one to throw stones as the Brewers are pretty awful at defense, but Raul Ibanez definitely have some issues out there... Same goes for Michael Saunders whom lost a ball in the sun but I cannot find the GIF.

Music from Seattle 

Let's go with Nirvana because they helped launch the grunge music and style era from Seattle.

Mariners Twitter account to follow 
Jeff Sullivan formerly of Lookout Landing is your best bet for Mariner snark and entertainment this weekend.

Prediction
I never want to predict a Mariners sweep but this feels like a sweep if the Brewers do not win Friday.

Charlie.