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July 2011 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

18th July 2011


American League Player of the Week:
SS Jeffrey Baisley (.529, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 7 R - Oakland) - .323, 25 HR, 68 RBI

National League Player of the Week:
CF Matt Kemp (.444, 3 HR, 3 RBI, 4 R - Los Angeles) - .348, 26 HR, 71 RBI


Is a split four games series against the Cardinals, the first sign of the well known 2nd half slump? The next four games at Cincinnati - a team we are 4-4 against this season - will certainly show. Also 2010 CY Young winner Carlos Villanueva has to show something. I'm not sure if I accept his ERA to go above 5.00. We also activated the long injured Trevor Plouffe from the 60-day DL. He will see playing time at AAA - Nashville, but his chances to ever make it back to the big leagues are not much higher than 50 %.


Injury Report:

Milwaukee:
n/a

Cincinnati:
n/a


Game # 92 – Milwaukee [68-23] (D. Bush 12-1, 2.60 ERA) at Cincinnati [51-39] (J. Smith 2-2, 3.03 ERA)

Cincinnati:

C Billy Killian (.276, 0 HR, 25 RBI)
RF Daniel Dorn (.258, 8 HR, 35 RBI)
1B Lars Anderson (.325, 12 HR, 45 RBI, 2 SB)
3B Edwin Encarnacion (.259, 9 HR, 51 RBI, 6 SB)
SS Chris Valaika (.295, 14 HR, 56 RBI)
LF Josh Hamilton (.286, 18 HR, 40 RBI, 8 SB)
CF Drew Stubbs (.268, 5 HR, 32 RBI, 10 SB)
2B Mike Morse (.282, 8 HR, 32 RBI, 1 SB)


Milwaukee:

2B Rickie Weeks (.313, 16 HR, 58 RB, 10 SB)
3B Mat Gamel (.329, 11 HR, 47 RBI)
LF Ryan Braun (.312, 22 HR, 65 RBI, 7 SB)
1B Prince Fielder (.315, 23 HR, 82 RBI, 5 SB)
RF Brent Clevlen (.292, 10 HR, 42 RBI)
SS Mark Reynolds (.260, 9 HR, 49 RBI)
CF Daniel Perales (.250, 2 HR, 24 RBI, 1 SB)
C António Cuarenta (.200, 0 HR, 1 RBI)


Milwaukee at Cincinnati: 8-3

W: I. Snell (3-0); L: J. Smith (2-3)
HR: P. Fielder (24), M. Reynolds 2 (11) / J. Hamilton (19), D. Dorn (9), D. Stubbs (6)
PoG: M. Reynolds - 2/4, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 30400

David Bush (12-1, 2.70 ERA) had to leave the game after 4.1 IP and is expected to miss up to 2 weeks with strained back muscle. He will make a trip to the DL for the first time in his career. Our 2007 1st round draft pick and Nashville closer Ángel Tapia (3-7-17, 3.46 ERA) will get a chance to play in the big leagues, while Ian Snell (3-0, 3.86 ERA) moves to the starting rotation.


Elsewhere:

Red Sox CF Jacoby Ellsbury (.303, 8 HR, 41 RBI) collected 5 hits in 7-5 win over the Orioles.