For those of you that went to bed before the Brewers/Cubs game went final on Monday night, you missed a dandy.
This is just the type of game that you love to see as a Brewers fan. The Crew got down early, clawed back with some timely hitting and a very good bullpen effort, and won the game in the 12th on a solo homer from Prince Fielder.
Just as they did this last weekend on their homestand, the Crew once again looked like a very solid baseball team. This hasn't exactly been the case in recent years. We scored 5 runs, with no more than 1 coming in a single inning. Ned Yost made some gutsy managerial calls, especially leaving Counsell in against a lefty reliever late in the game to knock in the tying run. The Cubs threatened to score a number of times. They had runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs one inning we were able to get out of it. They had a quick Felix Pie on 2nd late in the game that Jenkins made a great play on a rifle shot to left that saved the game. And then all of these little efforts as the game went on were able to bear fruit when Prince went deep in the 12th.
Since Cordero has been worked a lot lately (cause we've been winning) Derrick Turnbow came in to get the save, another example of exactly what I'm talking about, the little things. If we can keep making the hustle plays and doing the little things right, we might have some baseball to worry about in Milwaukee in October. Peace out.
the brat
(they call me the brat cause I've got the biggest cock)
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One thing I would like to add to demonstrate that last night's win was an example of a good team winning and not just a bad team losing. The relief pitching line last night, 8IP, 0R, 5H, 8K, 5BB. Zero runs in eight relief innings. That's huge. If the middle and late relief can come up with performances like this throughout the year, the brewers will be one tough team to beat.
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