Around 27,000 tickets were sold for Tuesday night’s game as of last weekend. 42,533 were sold by Tuesday night. The reason: the fans wanted to welcome reigning A.L. Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia to Milwaukee…and what a welcome he received. Three standing ovations BEFORE he threw to Rockie’s leadoff hitter Willy Taveras, managed to electrify Miller Park and, according to the hefty southpaw, overexcited him just a bit. His game was solid, but not flawless. He walked and surrendered hits to as many Rockies as he fanned (five), but managed to wriggle out of trouble in the first, third, fourth, and sixth innings.

Unlike many of his starts in Cleveland, Sabathia was provided ample run support, beginning with Ryan Braun’s three-run tape-measure shot to left field, scoring Rickie Weeks and J.J. Hardy. In the top of the fourth, Rockies’ speedster Willy Taveras coaxed a double down the left field line with only one out, threatening the Crew’s three run lead. Sabathia promptly retired Tulowitzki’s replacement, Clint Barmes on a first pitch flyout to right field. With a pair of Rockies out, the left hander managed to get the deadly Matt Holliday to ground out to third on a jam-job slider to squash the rally. Milwaukee tacked on an insurance run in their half of the third on a Prince Fielder RBI fielder’s choice, giving the Crew a 4-0 lead.

Colorado made a strong bid to ruin the party in the next frame, as they loaded the bases with no outs. Sabathia immediately induced a double play groundout…Hardy to Weeks to Fielder, which scored a run but kept the lead well intact. Omar Quintanilla was then retired to finish the frame. After an uneventful fifth, the Rockies loaded the bags again, but this time, cashed in in a big way. Backstop Yorvit Torrealba smashed a two run double to the right field corner, which would have tied the game had outfielder Ryan Spilbourghs not strained his oblique while rounding the bases. So with zero outs and two runners in scoring position, Sabathia speared a looping line drive off the bat of Jayson Nix and flipped it to third to double off Scott Podsednik at third (Spilbourghs had since been removed from the game). After walking the next batter, he whiffed pinch hitter Brad Hawpe, sealing his eventual victory.

The Brewers’ offense put the game out of reach in the seventh. The bases were loaded and two were out when Corey Hart, continuing to make a strong case for the All Star game, walked in a run. Third baseman Bill Hall singled to left and although Rickie Weeks scored easily, Prince Fielder would have been meat at the plate had Hart not distracted the Colorado infield by getting himself caught up in a rundown between second and third. With the score 7-3 Relievers David Riske, Eric Gagne, and Brian Shouse made the final three frames largely uneventful, and sealed what I hope will be the first of many National League victories for Sabathia.

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The Milwaukee Brewers scored single runs in the final four innings as they rallied and came back to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks by the score of 4-3 on Wednesday night.  Mike Cameron delivered the game winning hit in the top of the ninth when he singled and Russell Branyan scored the go ahead and winning run.  The Brewers are now up two games to one in the four game series and the final game will be played on Tuesday afternoon.

Cameron led the Brewers with two rbi as he also hit a solo home run in the seventh inning.  J.J. Hardy had a rbi single to score Jason Kendall in the sixth inning and the other Pirates run came in the eighth inning when Rickie Weeks had a solo home run.  It was nice to see the offense wake up and actually put some runs on the board as they appeared dead in the first five innings of the game.

David Riske who pitched the eighth inning recorded the win and is now 1-1 on the season.  Riske did give up a run in the eighth inning as well.  Salomon Torres earned his 15th save in the ninth inning.  Brewers starting pitcher Seth McClung tossed 5 1/3 innings and gave up eight hits and two runs to get a no decision.

The Brewers will try to take three games from the D-backs as they face off again on Thursday afternoon.

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J.J. Hardy led the Milwaukee Brewers with three rbi as they defeated Randy Johnson and the Arizona Diamondbacks by the score of 8-6 on Tuesday night.  Hardy hit a solo home run off Johnson in the second inning and finished the game with three rbi to lead the team.  They were able to knock the Big Unit out of the game after only 3 2/3 innings.

Joe Dillon hit his first home run of the season in the second inning off of Johnson as well.  Dillion finished the game with two rbi as they both came on the home run.  Mike Rivera had a rbi double and a rbi single in the game to record two rbi in the game.  Corey Hart contributed with one rbi in the game as well.

Jeff Suppan pitched five innings while giving up nine hits and five runs to pick up the win.  Suppan didn’t have his best stuff out there on the mound but he was able to get through five innings and improve his record to 5-6.  He should really thank his bullpen and offense for picking up the win for him.

Mitch Stetter, David Riske, Guillermo Mota. and Salomon Torres all pitched one inning of relief for the Brew crew.  Mota was the only reliever to give up any runs as he gave up two hits and one run in the eighth inning.

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Dave Bush took a no hitter into the eighth inning only to have it broken up by a Lyle Overbay triple to start the inning and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Blue Jays 8-7 and swept them in the three game series.  It would have been a lot better game had the Brewers bullpen not allowed the Blue Jays to score six runs in the ninth inning and make it a very close game.

Bush pitched eight innings and gave up two hits and one run.  That was a wonderful performance out of Bush as he picked up his third win of the season.  Somedays you just have everything working for you and that appeared to be the way for Bush.

Tim Dillard tried to finish the game in the ninth inning but gave up three hits including a two run home run to Overbay.  Dillard did record two outs in the inning but turned things over to David Riske who then loaded the bases and gave up a grand slam to Joe Inglett.  With the Blue Jays only one run down, the Brewers brought in Salomon Torres to record the final out of the game and secure the Brewers victory.

Russell Branyan once again went deep for a three run home run to lead the Brewers with two rbi.  Big daddy Prince Fielder was right behind him with two rbi including a inside the park home run.  Yeah you read that right, Fielder had a inside the park home run!  J.J. Hardy and Jason Kendall both had one rbi in the game as well for the brew crew.

Great series sweep for the Breweres.  They will now play the Baltimore Orioles this weekend.

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The Milwaukee Brewers gave up a run in the sixth inning and then two more in the eigth innings as they went onto lose to the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1.

Jeff Suppan had pitched seven innings and only allowed five hits and one run before giving way to David Riske who gave up two runs in only .2 of an inning.  Just a terrible performance by Riske, who will hopefully throw the ball better next time he is called on.

The lone RBI for the Brewers came off the bat of Ryan Braun who singled in the third inning to score Rickie Weeks.  The Brewers left 17 guys on base and only recorded nine hits in the game.

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The Milwaukee Brewers couldn’t quite come back against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night as they lost 5-4.  The Brewers did score two runs int he top of the ninth inning but still lost by one run.  Sometime the Brewers will catch some breaks and win these one-run ballgames.

Carlos Villanueva took the loss for the Brewers after throwing 4.2 inning and allowing eight hits and five earned runs.  Other ten Villanuevea, the Brewers pitcher did a pretty good job.  Salomon Torres, Brian Shouse, and David Riske pitched 3.1 innings and did not allow a run and all did a good job.

Bill Hall, J.J. Hardy, and Craig Counsell all had one RBI for the Brewers.   I have to ask where was Prince Fielder though.  He is the player that should have stepped up and carried the Brewers to victory.

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Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Dave Bush is off to a 0-3 start after Tuesday’s night game against the St. Louis Cardinals.  The Cardinals defeated the Brewers 6-1 after the Brewers had a 2-0 lead.  The Cardinals scored insurance runs in the seventh and eigth innings that put the game out of reach for the Brewers.

Bush pitched six innings and gave up six hits and three earned runs.  He now has a 7.02 ERA on the season so far.  Bush better pick things up before he loses his spot in the rotation.

David Riske only got two batters out and gave up an earned run on two hits.  Brian Shouse pitched .2 innings as well but did not allow a run to cross the plate.  Derrick Turnbow gave up four hits and two earned runs in his .2 innings of action.  Turnbow has really struggled this year.

Corey Hart was the only Brewers play to record a RBI.  Other then that, the Brewers had zero offense against the Cardinals.

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