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September 2008 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche
6th September 2008
After our victory in California we moved back into a tie with the Cubs. With them we also shared the lead in NL Wild Card Race. So far I'm mostly happy with the way the 1st september call ups perform. Especially as defensive replacements late in the games and also giving us many options in the bullpen. Today we faced our lost son Dennis Sarfate whom we lost in Rule V Draft last year. He's doing very well for the Padres this season. He will face Yovani Gallardo who is fighting for his future, especially after we signed Volstad. The Padres have only one natural SS on their roster; last years 2nd round pick Kiyonaga Fujita, who was rushed to big leagues after going .288, 1 HR, 31 RBI, 55 SB at A-level. Kiyonaga is rumoured to be related to our closer Soichi Fujita.
Game #140 –Milwaukee [76-63] (Y. Gallardo 8-9, 4.30 ERA) at San Diego [72-67] (D. Sarfate 8-7, 3.94 ERA)
SS C. Izturis - CF S. Victorino - LF R. Braun - 1B P. Fielder - C J. Estrada - RF G. Gross - 2B O. Infante - 3B M. Gamel
This game was pretty much dominated by the Padres, but were nevertheless able to score four runs the fourth thanks to homers by Braun and Infante. San Diego came withing one run to tie the game in the seventh, but thanks to some brilliant pinch running in the ninth we scored three more to put the game out of reach.
Milwaukee at San Diego: 7-3
W: Y. Gallardo (9-9); L: D. Sarfate (8-8)
H: W. LeBlanc (2), J. Capellan (6)
HR: R. Braun (34), O. Infante (5) / C. Hunter (5)
SB: A. Escobar (24), J. Parraz (1) / C. Hunter (29)
CS: - / -
E: C. Izturis (10), O. Infante (4), G. Gross (7) / K. Kouzmanoff (16), L. Cruz (4)
MoM: C. Hunter - 3/5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Elsewhere:
The Blizzards RF Travis Snider (.289, 17 HR, 48 RBI) went 5 from 5 in 8-3 victory over the Cubs at Pilot Field. Buffalo's victory means we are back at the top of NL Central.
Tyler Clippard (1-0, 0.00 ERA) of the Yankees pitched a four hit shutout in his season debut against the Royals.
Trade:
The Phillies traded RF Jayson Werth (.266, 20 HR, 58 RBI) and minor league starter Don Archer (3-0, 2.48 ERA - A) to the Blue Jays for 3B Anthony Hatch (.288, 2 HR, 11 RBI) and minor league LF Freddie Retallack (.278, 2 HR, 48 RBI, 32 SB).
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