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August 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche
18th August 2008
American League Player of the Week:
Grady Sizemore (.287, 16 HR, 77 RBI - Cleveland): .500, 4 HR, 7 RBI
National League Player of the Week:
Hanley Ramirez (.297, 13 HR, 56 RBI - Florida): .567, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 9 R
After an excursion to OOTP 8 and a taste of online play, the Brewers are back on the track to face the Marlins once more. We currently lead the division two games ahead of the Cubs with six weeks of regular season left.
Game #123 – Florida [65-57] (D. Willis 1-7, 6.40 ERA) at Milwaukee [68-54] (D. Bush 14-6, 2.95 ERA)
SS A. Escobar - CF J. Upton - 3B R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - RF G. Gross - LF S. Victorino - 2B O. Infante - C H. Blanco
Yahoo! Wow, great being back with the Brewers. Bush had a rather average game; giving up five runs in seven innings. At that point we were trailing the game by one. In the bottom of the inning we managed to lead the bases for Ryan Braun, but he struck just out. Thankfully Naughty Chow Fielder tied the game an inning later with a solo shot. Out biggest weakness (the bullpen) was on its worst in the top of ninth and suddenly the Fish led again by two. But they also have a big weakness who is called Juan Rincon and who eventually blew his eighth (!) save, allowing us to score three runs with just one out in the bottom of the ninth.
Florida at Milwaukee: 7-8
W: B. Shouse (3-1), L: J. Rincon (7-8)
H: T. Bowyer (7)
BS: K. Gregg (3), J. Rincon (8)
HR: H. Ramirez (14), A. Amezaga (1) / P. Fielder (17), J. Upton (8)
SB: J. Hermida (11) / -
CS: J. Hermida (4) / -
E: M. Cabrera (6) / J. Capellan (1), M. Reynolds (10)
MoM: E. Escobar - 3/4, 2 R, 3 RBI
Elsewhere:
The Twins' Francisco Liriano (18-4, 2.08 ERA) showed once again why he is currently baseball's best pitcher. He limited the Mariners to four hits in a 7-0 shutout, while lowering his WHIP to 1.01.
SP Aaron Cook (1-1, 3.52 ERA) signed a new one year contract worth $730,000. He will give us a solid back up, should one of the other starters continue to decline next year.
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