Next game: Friday, August 22 vs. Pittsburgh
Brewers Gameday with the Jockey Pregame Show at 6:30 p.m., followed by Brewers Extra Innings on Newsradio 620 WTMJ
Game Blog | Game Story
Sports Glance with Lance: What, Me Worry?
Sportsbubbler:
• In-Game Message Board
• Between the Green Pillars - Four Things to Watch
Top 9th
3:54 p.m. 3 Out
Torres vs. Wiggington: liner right at Hardy...and "this one is over!!!"
3:52 p.m. 2 Out
Torres vs. Erstad: another easy grounder for two down. The crowd stands.
3:50 p.m. 1 Out
Salomon Torres (for lucky-man Gagne) vs. Ausmus: bouncer to the mound, and Torres gets one down.
Bottom 8th
3:47 p.m. 3 Out
Brocail vs. Hall: struck out on high cheese. His 4th K.
3:46 p.m. 2 Out
Brocail vs. Hart: bouncer to short for an easy out.
3:46 p.m. 1 Out
Brocail vs. Fielder: jammed pitch forces a fly to right for an out.
Top 8th
3:43 p.m. 3 Out
Gagne vs. Newhan: dribbler to Fielder who takes it himself. Phew!!!!
3:42 p.m. 2 Out, runners on 2nd and 3rd
Gagne vs. Pence: bouncer to Gagne - throws home for one - relay to first - the perfect DP!!!!!
3:41 p.m. Bases loaded
Gagne vs. Blum: Fielder grabbed and bobbled a short-hop grounder and couldn't even throw to Gagne at first.
3:37 p.m. Runner on 1st and 2nd
Gagne vs. Berkman: after going 0-2, Gagne allows another runner with a HBP. Gagne argues with ump Dale Scott and Yost joins the animated discussion. After a conference between the blueshirts, they all agree it hit Berkman. Video shows otherwise.
3:35 p.m. Runner on 1st
Eric Gagne (oh boy) vs. Tejada: a 90-foot bunt single, and Hall waited for it to roll foul. It never did.
Bottom 7th
3:33 p.m. 3 Out
Brocail vs. Kapler: swingandamiss K.
3:32 p.m. 2 Out
Milwaukee 5, Houston 2
Brocail vs. Hardy: left - deep enough? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy birthday, belated, Mr. Hardy! Cheap Webb burgers for everybody!
3:30 p.m.
Double switch: David Newhan for Loretta at 2nd, Doug Brocail for Wright on the mound.
3:28 p.m. 2 Out, runner on 1st
Wright vs. Weeks: an outside ball four and Weeks has his third walk today.
3:26 p.m. 2 Out
Wright vs. Laynce Nix (for Villanueva): strike three looking. WESLEY!!!!!
3:25 p.m. 1 Out
Wesley Wright (for Sampson) vs. Rivera: swingandamiss strike three. Cue Mr. Belvidere: WESLEY!!!
Top 7th
3:20 p.m. 3 Out
Villanueva vs. Loretta: high pop-up and Rivera drops it, but Loretta stopped running and Rivera threw him out before he could get 90 feet.
3:18 p.m. 2 Out
Villanueva vs. Wiggington: shallow center fly, and Cameron runs into the shade just past Weeks to get the out.
3:16 p.m. 1 Out
Villanueva vs. Erstad: K's swinging. Three K's in four batters.
Bottom 6th
3:12 p.m. 3 Out
Sampson vs. Cameron: bouncer to 3rd and at the left field grass/line, Blum throws a strike for the out.
3:07 p.m. 2 Out, runner on 1st
Sampson vs. Hall: another swinging K - his third time today.
3:06 p.m.
Double switch: Chris Sampson for Wandy Rodriguez, Darin Erstad for Reggie Abercrombie.
3:05 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 1st
Rodriguez vs. Hart: slammed to right field for a base hit.
3:01 p.m. 1 Out
Rodriguez vs. Fielder: after 2,729,173 foul balls, Fielder K's with a hurricane-like wind headed toward Cudahy.
Top 6th
2:57 p.m. 3 Out
Villanueva vs. Ausmus: a chase of an outside pitch for a swinging K.
2:54 p.m. 2 Out
Villanueva vs. Abercrombie: a swinging K.
2:49 p.m. 1 Out
Carlos Villanueva vs. Pence: sharp bouncer to Hardy who barely gets the Speedy Gonzalez-like Pence at 1st.
Bottom 5th
2:47 p.m. 3 Out
Rodriguez vs. Kapler: an outside corner strike looking.
2:46 p.m. 2 Out, runner on 3rd
Rodriguez vs. Hardy: bouncer to Loretta at 2nd, essentially another sacrifice groundout.
2:44 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 2nd
Rodriguez vs. Weeks: bouncer toward the mound, Ausmus gets it for the out at 1st.
2:41 p.m. Runner on 1st
Rodriguez vs. Ray Durham (PH for Parra): a walk drawn. A good pattern here. Leadoff walks.
Top 5th
2:37 p.m. 3 Out
Parra vs. Blum: liner past Hardy and Loretta attempts to go home...and a perfect strike by Kapler ends the inning at the plate.
2:35 p.m. 2 Out, runners on 1st and 2nd
Parra vs. Berkman: a 3-1 outside pitch for a walk.
2:34 p.m. 2 Out, runner on 2nd
Parra vs. Tejada: Hardy takes a two-hopper and throws out Tejada.
2:32 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 2nd
Parra vs. Tejada: a pitch gets past Rivera and the tying run moves to second.
4:29 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 1st
Parra vs. Loretta: an outside and high pitch that walks Loretta.
2:27 p.m. 1 Out
Parra vs. Wiggington: K'd swinging and missing. That's a welcome first-batter change.
Bottom 4th
2:24 p.m. 3 Out
Rodriguez vs. Rivera: grounder that's routine for Blum.
2:23 p.m. 2 Out
Rodriguez vs. Cameron: long fly to right center but Abercrombie snags it two feet short of the wall.
2:21 p.m. 1 Out
Rodriguez vs. Hall: a whiffing K that produced a wind you could feel on the opposite shore of Lake Michigan.
Top 4th
2:17 p.m. 3 Out
Parra vs. Rodriguez: please don't walk the pitcher or let him get an RBI...HUGE STRIKE THREE CALLED!
2:13 p.m. 2 Out, bases loaded
Parra vs. Ausmus: Ball four outside on two straight just-missed pitches.
2:11 p.m. 2 Out, runners on 1st and 2nd
Milwaukee 3, Houston 2
Parra vs. Abercrombie: liner for four straight hits, this one to Hart.
2:10 p.m. 2 Out, runners on 1st and 3rd
Parra vs. Pence: one-hopper to 3rd, Hall to Weeks for one, but Berkman has to retreat to 3rd and doesn't even score. He just cost the Astros a run.
2:09 p.m. 1 Out, runners on 1st and 3rd
Milwaukee 3, Houston 1
Parra vs. Blum: a liner through 2nd base, and just one scores.
2:08 p.m. 1 Out, runners on 2nd and 3rd
Parra vs. Berkman: liner down the right field line, and Tejada holds at 3rd after a double. Mr. Double's 38th of the year.
2:06 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 1st
Parra vs. Tejada: weak chopper, Parra can't get to Tejada with the throw at first; perhaps Hall might have had a better chance. Parra and Hall almost collided.
2:05 p.m. 1 Out
Parra vs. Loretta: grounder to 3rd, Hall handles a tough hop and gets the out.
Bottom 3rd
2:02 p.m. 3 Out
Rodriguez vs. Hart: a pop-up to Loretta who slides past the 2nd base to get the out.
2:00 p.m. 2 Out, runner on 2nd
Milwaukee 3, Houston 0
Rodriguez vs. Fielder: bombed to deep center, but too high of a trajectory for a homer. Weeks will score while Kapler heads to 2nd.
1:59 p.m. 1 Out, runners on 1st and 3rd
Rodriguez vs. Kapler: Wandy's fourth walk of the game.
1:57 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 3rd
Rodriguez vs. Kapler: a ball in the dirt moves Weeks to third when Ausmus couldn't grab the passed ball.
1:56 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 2nd
Rodriguez vs. Kapler: with Weeks running, Rodriguez threw high and Weeks had no problem getting to 2nd.
1:55 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 1st
Rodriguez vs. Hardy: high pop-up that goes about two feet to the right and 100 feet up, but Hardy is retired.
1:51 p.m. Runner on 1st
Rodriguez vs. Weeks: a high and outside pitch produces a leadoff walk, the third straight.
Top 3rd
1:49 p.m. 3 Out
Parra vs. Wiggington: another easy grounder, this one to Hall.
1:47 p.m. 2 Out
Parra vs. Rodriguez: two-bounce chopper to Weeks for the 2nd out.
1:46 p.m. 1 Out
Parra vs. Brad Ausmus, with Cameron returning to center field: grounder to Fielder unassisted after a bobble.
Bottom 2nd
1:43 p.m. 3 Out
Rodriguez vs. Parra: swingandamiss K. They're checking out Cameron.
1:40 p.m. 2 Out
Rodriguez vs. Rivera: easy bouncer to Tejada...picture perfect double play, except for Milwaukee. Cameron gets up slow and limps to the dugout.
1:38 p.m. Runner on 1st
Rodriguez vs. Cameron: Hammerin' Cameron took a pitch high for a walk.
Top 2nd
1:35 p.m. 3 Out
Parra vs. Reggie Abercrombie: the man who ought to be a teenage fashion plate with his last name hits a weak grounder to Weeks.
1:33 p.m. 2 Out, runner on 1st
Parra vs. Hunter Pence: bouncer to Hall for one to Rickie, but not in time to get Pence. Hall took too long at third.
1:32 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 1st
Rodriguez vs. Geoff Blum: a fly out to right where Corey Hart has to take just two steps.
1:29 p.m. Runner on 1st
Parra vs. Lance Berkman: walks the leadoff batter for the 2nd straight inning with the first man on base.
Bottom 1st
1:25 p.m. 3 Out
Rodriguez vs. Hall: swingandamiss K - his second straight.
1:23 p.m. 2 Out, runner on 2nd
Rodriguez vs. Hardy: Wandy went upstairs and in to get the K.
1:21 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 2nd
Milwaukee 2, Houston 0
Rodriguez vs. Fielder: a sac fly to left scored Hardy.
1:19 p.m. Runners on 2nd and 3rd
Milwaukee 1, Houston 0
Rodriguez vs. Kapler: stroke down the left field line, but Hardy can't get past 3rd.
1:17 p.m. Runners on 1st and 2nd
Rodriguez vs. Hardy: bouncer to Tejada and he throws higher than Wilt Chamberlain could have reached, but Hardy would have reached 1st anyway. Base hit.
1:14 p.m. Runner on 1st
Rodriguez vs. Weeks: a low-and-outside pitch produces a leadoff walk.
Top 1st
1:11 p.m. 3 Out
Parra vs. Miguel Tejada (or Miguel Te-(long phlegm-filled vocal cackle)-da, as Ueck calls him): a baltimore chop bouncer that Hardy, Weeks and Fielder beautifully deliver into a double play.
1:09 p.m. 1 Out, runner on 1st
Parra vs. Mark Loretta: The 973-year-old still-producing veteran doesn't produce, as the looper he hit into center goes to a charging Cameron.
1:05 p.m. Runner on 1st
Parra vs. Ty Wiggington: lined into right center for a base hit.
Pregame
12:44 p.m.
Brewers lineup for today:
1) 2B: Rickie Weeks
2) SS J.J. Hardy
3) LF Gabe Kapler
4) 1B Prince FIelder
5) RF Corey Hart
6) 3B Bill Hall
7) CF Mike Cameron
8) C Mike Rivera
9) P Manny Parra
12:35 p.m.
Manny Parra takes the mound in the game to decide the three-game set after the Brewers failed in game two of the series.
