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May 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche
11th May 2008
Next up a series against National League's second best team: The New York Mets. The Mets have a very strong one-two-three punch: Reyes (already 20 stolen bases), Milledge (.400) and Wright (9 HR, 26 RBI). We try to counter them with our best possible infield defense: Fielder, Weeks, Escobar and Izturis. Fatigue is again a factor and therefore we have to rest some regulars this series.
Game #34 – Milwaukee [16-17] (D. Bush 3-3, 3.89 ERA) at New York [21-12] (T. Glavine 0-4, 11.66 ERA)
SS A. Escobar - 3B C. Izturis - 2B R. Weeks - 1B P. Fielder - CF B. Hall - RF F. Gutierrez - LF S. Victorino - C H Blanco
Good old Tom did his best not to lose another one, but today he found his master in David Bush who pitched our first shutout of the season. Bush ran only into trouble in the bottom of the ninth allowing runners on 1st and 2nd. But before we wanted to bring on our closer, Franklin Gutierrez made the game ending catch. Yet our homerun drought continues. Albert Pujol's 16 homers equal the total of the whole Milwaukee squad. Next to last are the Vancouver Marmots with 19.
Milwaukee at New York: 4-0
W: D. Bush (4-3), L: T. Glavine (0-5)
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MoM: D. Bush - 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Elsewhere:
Marmots reliever Noah Lowry (0-0-1, 2.70 ERA) will miss the next 4 weeks with a strained bicep muscle. Lowry is the most reliable Vancouver (15-19) so far this season.
Minor league free agent SS Marcos Yepez (.284, 3 HR, 14 RBI) collected five hits for our farm team Brevard County Manatees in a 17-7 victory over the Tampa Yankees.
1B/3B Chris Errecart (.374, 5 HR, 26 RBI)of our AAA team Nashville Sounds was named Pacific Coast League Player of the Week. He hit .429 with 2 homers, 4 runs and 9 RBIs.
Also AA Huntsville LF Ron Davenport (.236, 4 HR, 16 RBI) had a great week. After hitting .529 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs he was named Southern League Player of the Week.
American League Player of the Week:
Coco Crisp (Boston): .471, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 9 R
National League Player of the Week:
Pat Burrell (Philadelphia): .429, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 5 R
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