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September 2011 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

29th September 2011


And once again it's the final series of the regular season far north at Buffalo. Both teams have not much to play for; Prince Fielder should be able to hold on his RBI lead and Brandon Webb could theoretically pass Shimizu as league win leader. But maybe I skip his start to rest him for the playoffs. I guess Webb, Bush and Snell (who would have thought that earlier in the season) are save bets for the playoff rotation. Parra, Villanueva and Hill battle for the final spot.
Fans are looking forward to some great division battles: Baltimore and Washington are tied (Boston needs a miracle to intervene); the same goes for Los Angeles and Seattle. The loser of the 2nd race will very likely collect the wild card. The Marlins lead the Mets by 3.5 games, but both teams are playoffbound, while the Dodgers and Diamondbacks are seperated by 0.5 games. The Tigers still can lose 100, while we might break our 2009 franchise record with 105 wins.


Injury Report:

Milwaukee:
n/a


Buffalo:
n/a


Game # 159 – Milwaukee [103-55] (M. Parra 16-7, 4.61 ERA) at Buffalo [65-93] (M. Belisle 5-7, 4.66 ERA)

Buffalo:

RF Josh Goodman (.261, 14 HR, 63 RBI, 28 SB) - 1st overall pick in 2010 by the Blizzards
SS Ian Desmond (.244, 3 HR, 32 RBI, 8 SB)
2B Eric Campbell (.297, 26 HR, 100 RBI, 7 SB)
1B Cory Dunlap (.285, 15 HR, 67 RBI)
LF Erik Lis (.306, 12 HR, 54 RBI)
C Maximiliano Ramirez (.249, 13 HR, 65 RBI)
3B Vinny Rottino (.207, 0 HR, 10 RBI, 1 SB) - part of the Brewers organization until 2008
CF Jason Place (.227, 14 HR, 60 RBI, 3 SB)


Milwaukee:

2B Rickie Weeks (.287, 22 HR, 84 RBI, 12 SB)
3B Mat Gamel (.315, 16 HR, 64 RBI, 1 SB)
LF Ryan Braun (.319, 33 HR, 114 RBI, 13 SB)
1B Prince Fielder (.316, 42 HR, 144 RBI, 9 SB)
RF Brent Clevlen (.285, 18 HR, 67 RBI)
C António Cuarenta (.290, 3 HR, 24 RBI)
CF Justin Upton (.273, 14 HR, 54 RBI, 11 SB)
SS Orlando Hudson (.245, 4 HR, 35 RBI, 15 SB)


Milwaukee at Buffalo: 1-5

W: M. Belisle (6-7); L: M. Parra (16-8)
HR: R. Braun (34) / I. Desmond (4), J. Goodman (15)
PoG: M. Belisle - 8.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
Time: 2:43
Attendance: 7379


Our AAA level team the Nashville Sounds won the Pacific League title for the fourth time in five years. After sweeping Las Vegas in the first round, they needed seven games to beat Colorado Springs.