Series 32 - Milwaukee Brewers @ San Francisco Giants July 18 - July 20 at AT & T Park in San Francisco, CAI meant to do a Homerun Derby and All-Star Game wrap-up, but it is now August 3rd and I am already about 3 weeks behind. I'm gonna try and keep it short and sweet. Ryan Braun fared pretty well in the Derby, but eventually ended up taking 3rd place with a total of 14 homeruns. Not too darn bad for his 2nd season in the big leagues. He didn't fare as well as the NL starting left fielder in the All-Star Game, as he went 0-3 with 2 strikeouts. Ben Sheets (the NL starting pitcher) fared much better, as he pitched 2 innings giving up 1 hit, 2 walks, and striking out 3. Corey Hart (elected as the 25th man on the roster by the fans) played a little more than he intended (8 innings) and got 3 at bats but he went 0-3. The game lasted 15 innings, but the AL came out on top for like the 10th consecutive year. So that means that the AL will once again have home field advantage in the World Series. Sucks for the Brewers if/when they make it that far. So that's it for the All-Star game and the surrounding festivities, so now on with the wrap-up. This was a pretty important series for the Brewers, and it is important to win a few right out of the gate to start out the 2nd half of the season.
Game 1 (Friday) - CC Sabathia (9-8, 3.51 ERA) vs Matt Cain (5-8, 4.08 ERA)
CC Sabathia played the final game of the first half, then started out the 2nd half with a bang in his start today. San Francisco's offense is laughable (with the exceptions of Bengie Molina and Aaron Rowand) but they are a young team that is rich in starting pitching. 3 of those young studs would be pitching during this series, and it started with Matt Cain. The Brewers didn't need much offense today because CC pitched another complete game, and he only allowed 1 run off of 4 hits. The offense decided to score some runs anyway, and they really stuck it to them in the 7th (4 runs scored) and 9th (3 runs scored) innings. Fielder and Cameron each hit homeruns, but they couldn't steal CC's thunder as the Matt LaPorta trade is looking like a genius move. Final score Brewers 9, Giants 1.
Brewers record : 53 - 43, 3rd place NL Central
Game 2 (Saturday) - Ben Sheets (10-3, 2.88 ERA) vs Johnathon Sanchez (8-5, 4.10 ERA)
What the hell happened to Ben Sheets? I thought that this was supposed to be a contract year? After being named the NL starter in the All-Star game, you would think that he would be motivated to not suck. I guess not. Sheets pitched only 5 innings and gave up 9 hits and 4 runs (only 2 earned in what turned out to be a sloppy game by both teams) and he looked a little bit more like Jeff Suppan than Ben Sheets. He ended up with a no decision in the game since the offense scored 7 runs in the final four innings to bail him out. I could go more into the game, but you don't want to read about that. The best part of the game is when Prince Fielder launched his 20th homerun of the year into McCovey cove beyond the right field wall. That homerun was also the 100th of his young career, and a Milwaukee Brewers fan out there in a kayak ended up scooping it up out of the water. Prince eventually got the ball back, which I'm sure is going to wind up on his mantle back home along with his other mementos. It was nice to see Prince dump one on the cove, since it was something that he could not do at the 2007 Homerun Derby at AT & T Park. Prince wasn't very impressive, which made Braun's performance that much better. It is without a doubt that we locked up the right guy (Braun) to a multi-year contract. Don't get me wrong, I love Prince, but you and I both know that he's bolting for the big dollars as soon as he becomes a free agent. But we still have some time until that happens, so let that be the last time that I mention that here. Final score Brewers 8, Giants 5.
Brewers record : 54 - 44, 3rd place NL Central
Game 3 (Sunday) - Manny Parra (9-2, 3.68 ERA) vs Tim Lincecum (11-3, 2.79 ERA)
Manny Parra did it all today, and he must have been taking some lessons from CC Sabathia. He pitched well into the 7th inning (finishing with a run line of 7.2 innings pitched, 2 runs off of 7 hits and 9 strikeouts) for the longest outing of his career. He even added a RBI single in the 2nd inning. The Brewers ran into a little trouble in the 8th and 9th innings, but they were able to hold on for the win. Shouse was brought on in the 9th to finish the game, but he was unable to get out of the inning. He gave up 2 runs, but his ERA still is a fantastic 2.41. I'll certainly trust him any time he steps out of that bullpen. The only bad part was that we once again had to use Torres on a day when he normally should have had a day of rest. Regardless of what happened, the end result was what we had wanted, and the Brewers put another W in the win column. Final score Brewers 7, Giants 4.
Brewers record : 55 - 44, 3rd place NL Central
Well how about that. Talk about a nice way to burst out of the gates after the All-Star break. I really don't remember the last time that the Brewers swept a road series, but I could look it up if I really wanted to. Since I don't want to look it up, I'm just going to lie and say that it has been 2 years since the Brewers swept an opponent on the road. If you chose to believe my incorrect data, then it's your fault. Don't say that I didn't warn you, because I tried to tell you that I didn't feel like being an investigative reporter. Screw that man, I'm just here to dribble some blood on this screen and call it art, but my guess is that you'd probably call it crap. What do I have to be so morose about? I've been given so many chances and opportunities in life, but all I do is scream out Death you are my bitch lover. I guess I'm just telling that mean ocean.
Next up - Milwaukee Brewers vs St Louis Cardinals July 21 (Friday) - July 24 (Thursday) at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO
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