Perhaps Boston woke a sleeping giant back in the middle of May when Milwaukee was swept? Since then the Brewers have unleashed a reign of terror on National League foes.
This afternoon, Milwaukee's offense was in full swing with a convincing 10-1 win over 1st place Arizona. This homestand ends with a back-to-back sweep over division contending teams in the NL (AZ & Houston). Manny Parra (4-2) continued to pitch effectively by going 7 strong innings striking out eight batters and giving up one earned run. Parra also retired the last 14 batters. In the last two games, Manny has won both games and struck out a total of 14 batters. Not bad for a rookie winning 3 of his last 4 outings. This is great news since Milwaukee is in need of an effective southpaw.
As for the offense....
Corey Hart (7) smacked a three run in-the-park homer, which is the first one since last summer when Prince Fielder did the same (solo).
Russell Branyan (4) continued his hot streak with another dinger as well. Since his call-up May 24th, Russell the Love Muscle is batting .321!
Gabe Kapler came off the bench to start in center for the horridly slumping Mike Cameron. Perhaps Gabe convinced Ned Yost today that he deserves it full-time by going 4 for 5 with a double, three singles, and an RBI. This Happen'in Hebrew deserves a shot at starting!
Ryan Braun added to the mix by nailing a triple, which is his third of the season.
Jason Kendall continued his mini-slump by going o'fer, he is now batting .244 on the season. He was batting 7th today (Councell was 8th), making no sense to me or probably any one else but Ned Yost, for that matter.
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Another Brilliant game for Ned. Just as when the team couldn't bat, it was Ned's fault. Do you give him credit NOW??? It should work both ways.
ReplyDeleteI still think Ned should be fired. and will continue to say that through out the season. if we make the play offs...i will admit defeat.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't Kapler play yesterday? Cameron is definately struggling and proving to be a potential bust (offensively). Kapler should bat lead off and start in center or at least platoon in the position...ride this hot streak is on. Instead, he will put Cam bck in the line up because of the day off.....which is shit.