GAME THREAD: NL: MILWAUKEE (74-70) at PITTSBURGH (64-81)

NL: MILWAUKEE (74-70) at PITTSBURGH (64-81)

<h3>Homer happy Brewers aim for series win over Pirates</h3>

<div class="pre">Milwaukee (74-70) at Pittsburgh (64-81) 12:35 pm EDT</div>

PITTSBURGH (Ticker) - The Milwaukee Brewers specialize inhitting home runs. It's a good thing since Dave Bush may need alot of run support.


Bush and the Milwaukee Brewers aim to take the rubber game of athree-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.

The Brewers, who are one game ahead of the Chicago Cubs (73-71)for first place in the National League Central, got home runsfrom Prince Fielder and Corey Hart while rookie Yovani Gallardothrew six scoreless innings in a 6-1 win on Tuesday.

Fielder, who leads the NL with 44 home runs, is one shy ofmatching the franchise record held by Gorman Thomas and RichieSexson. Thomas set the mark in 1979 and Sexson tied it in 2001and 2003.


Milwaukee, which leads the majors in home runs at 203, is aremarkable 66-49 in games when it hits at least one home run,compared to 8-29 when they are held without a homer.

Bush (11-10, 5.25 ERA) will try and bounce back from ahorrendous outing in which he allowed eight runs and nine hitsin one-plus inning of an 11-4 loss to Cincinnati on Friday. Therighthander is trying to match the career high in wins he setlast season.


Tom Gorzelanny (14-7, 3.48) has been the lone bright spot inanother dismal Pirates' season. The lefthander is 5-1 with a3.27 ERA in his last seven starts. On Friday, Gorzelanny heldthe Cubs to one run and six hits in seven innings of a 6-1 win.

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE AT PITTSBURGH -- LINEUPS

MILWAUKEE PITTSBURGH
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Rickie Weeks 2B .238 9 25 Nyjer Morgan CF .256 0 3
J.J. Hardy SS .275 24 75 Nate Mclouth LF .250 12 32
Ryan Braun 3B .326 30 82 Freddy Sanchez 2B .313 11 77
Prince Fielder 1B .290 44 105 Adam Laroche 1B .274 21 84
Corey Hart RF .297 21 69 Jose Bautista 3B .262 14 58
Kevin Mench LF .271 7 36 Steven Pearce RF .286 0 3
Bill Hall CF .258 13 58 Ronny Paulino C .261 10 48
Damian Miller C .237 3 19 Jack Wilson SS .290 9 52
Dave Bush RHP .109 0 2 Tom Gorzelanny LHP .073 0 3
(11-10, 5.25) (14-7, 3.48)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH
WARMUPS: MIL - DAVE BUSH (11-10, 5.25)
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY (14-7, 3.48)

UMPIRES: HP - TIM WELKE
1B - JIM REYNOLDS
2B - GARY CEDERSTROM
3B - LANCE BARKSDALE

WEATHER: 63 Degrees, partly cloudy
WIND: 7 mph, out to center</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH
STARTING BATS: MIL - DAVE BUSH AND DAMIAN MILLER
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY AND RONNY PAULINO

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R WEEKS (.238, 9 HR, 25 RBI)
J HARDY (.275, 24 HR, 75 RBI)
R BRAUN (.326, 30 HR, 82 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 0 1 0
PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - DAVE BUSH
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MORGAN (.256, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
N MCLOUTH (.250, 12 HR, 32 RBI)
F SANCHEZ (.313, 11 HR, 77 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (0) VS PITTSBURGH (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
R Braun 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328
P Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289
C Hart rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
K Mench lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
B Hall cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
D Miller c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
D Bush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .109

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 0 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Morgan cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
N McLouth lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
F Sanchez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
A LaRoche 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
J Bautista 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
S Pearce rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
R Paulino c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
T Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .073

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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MILWAUKEE - 0 -- 0
PITTSBURGH - -- 0
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.25

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Gorzelanny 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.46

Pitches-strikes: T Gorzelanny 9-8. Ground balls-fly balls: T Gorzelanny 1-2.
Batters faced: T Gorzelanny 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Tim Welke. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Gary Cederstrom. 3B--Lance
Barksdale.

Weather: 64 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH
CONFIRMED STARTERS: MIL - DAVE BUSH
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY STEVEN PEARCE SCORED NATE MCLOUTH.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S PEARCE ON FIRST, J BAUTISTA ON SECOND, A
LAROCHE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
PITTSBURGH 1 BOTTOM, 1ST

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R PAULINO (.261, 10 HR, 48 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 0 1 0
PITTSBURGH 1 1 1 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - DAVE BUSH
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C HART (.297, 21 HR, 69 RBI)
K MENCH (.271, 7 HR, 36 RBI)
B HALL (.258, 13 HR, 58 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (0) VS PITTSBURGH (1) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
R Braun 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328
P Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289
C Hart rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
K Mench lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
B Hall cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
D Miller c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
D Bush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .109

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 0 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Morgan cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
N McLouth lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .312
A LaRoche 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .274
J Bautista 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
S Pearce rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .306
R Paulino c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .260
J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
T Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .073

Totals 4 1 1 1 2 0 4

BATTING: RBI - S Pearce (4). 2-out RBI - S Pearce. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Paulino 2. Team LOB - 3.


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MILWAUKEE - 0 -- 0
PITTSBURGH - 1 -- 1
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 5.27

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Gorzelanny 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.46

HBP - J Bautista (by D Bush). Pitches-strikes: D Bush 24-13; T Gorzelanny
9-8. Ground balls-fly balls: D Bush 1-2; T Gorzelanny 1-2. Batters faced: D
Bush 7; T Gorzelanny 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Tim Welke. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Gary Cederstrom. 3B--Lance
Barksdale.

Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 0 0 1 0
PITTSBURGH 1 1 1 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - DAVE BUSH
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: J WILSON (.290, 9 HR, 52 RBI)
T GORZELANNY (.073, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
N MORGAN (.250, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (0) VS PITTSBURGH (1) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
R Braun 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328
P Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289
C Hart rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296
K Mench lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .271
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
D Miller c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
D Bush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .109

Totals 6 0 1 0 1 1 2

BATTING: GIDP - B Hall. Team LOB - 1.


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Morgan cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
N McLouth lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .312
A LaRoche 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .274
J Bautista 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
S Pearce rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .306
R Paulino c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .260
J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
T Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .073

Totals 4 1 1 1 2 0 4

BATTING: RBI - S Pearce (4). 2-out RBI - S Pearce. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Paulino 2. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Wilson-F Sanchez-A LaRoche).


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MILWAUKEE - 00 -- 0
PITTSBURGH - 1 -- 1
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 5.27

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Gorzelanny 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.44

HBP - J Bautista (by D Bush). Pitches-strikes: D Bush 24-13; T Gorzelanny
22-15. Ground balls-fly balls: D Bush 1-2; T Gorzelanny 3-2. Batters faced: D
Bush 7; T Gorzelanny 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Tim Welke. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Gary Cederstrom. 3B--Lance
Barksdale.

Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 0 0 1 0
PITTSBURGH 1 0 1 1 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - DAVE BUSH
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: D MILLER (.237, 3 HR, 19 RBI)
D BUSH (.109, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
R WEEKS (.238, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (0) VS PITTSBURGH (1) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
R Braun 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328
P Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289
C Hart rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296
K Mench lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .271
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
D Miller c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
D Bush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .109

Totals 6 0 1 0 1 1 2

BATTING: GIDP - B Hall. Team LOB - 1.


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Morgan cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
N McLouth lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .312
A LaRoche 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .274
J Bautista 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
S Pearce rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .306
R Paulino c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .260
J Wilson ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289
T Gorzelanny p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071

Totals 7 1 1 1 2 1 4

BATTING: RBI - S Pearce (4). 2-out RBI - S Pearce. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Paulino 2. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Wilson-F Sanchez-A LaRoche).


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MILWAUKEE - 00 -- 0
PITTSBURGH - 10 -- 1
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 5.24

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Gorzelanny 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.44

HBP - J Bautista (by D Bush). Pitches-strikes: D Bush 40-23; T Gorzelanny
22-15. Ground balls-fly balls: D Bush 2-3; T Gorzelanny 3-2. Batters faced: D
Bush 10; T Gorzelanny 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Tim Welke. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Gary Cederstrom. 3B--Lance
Barksdale.

Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 0 0 0 1 0
PITTSBURGH 1 0 1 1 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - DAVE BUSH
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: N MCLOUTH (.250, 0-FOR-0, BB)
F SANCHEZ (.312, 0-FOR-1)
A LAROCHE (.274, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (0) VS PITTSBURGH (1) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .238
J Hardy ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .274
R Braun 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328
P Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289
C Hart rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296
K Mench lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .271
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
D Miller c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
D Bush p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .106

Totals 9 0 1 0 2 2 3

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Hardy 1. GIDP - B Hall.
Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: SB - R Weeks (19, 2nd base off T Gorzelanny/R Paulino).


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Morgan cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
N McLouth lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250
F Sanchez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .312
A LaRoche 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .274
J Bautista 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
S Pearce rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .306
R Paulino c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .260
J Wilson ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289
T Gorzelanny p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071

Totals 7 1 1 1 2 1 4

BATTING: RBI - S Pearce (4). 2-out RBI - S Pearce. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Paulino 2. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Wilson-F Sanchez-A LaRoche).


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MILWAUKEE - 000 -- 0
PITTSBURGH - 10 -- 1
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 5.24

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
T Gorzelanny 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 3.42

HBP - J Bautista (by D Bush). Pitches-strikes: D Bush 40-23; T Gorzelanny
42-24. Ground balls-fly balls: D Bush 2-3; T Gorzelanny 4-3. Batters faced: D
Bush 10; T Gorzelanny 11.

UMPIRES: HP--Tim Welke. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Gary Cederstrom. 3B--Lance
Barksdale.

Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED NATE MCLOUTH.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F SANCHEZ ON FIRST, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
PITTSBURGH 2 BOTTOM, 3RD

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: A LAROCHE (.274, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JOSE BAUTISTA SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J BAUTISTA ON FIRST, A LAROCHE ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
PITTSBURGH 3 BOTTOM, 3RD

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: S PEARCE (.306, 1-FOR-1, RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY STEVEN PEARCE SCORED ADAM LAROCHE.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, S PEARCE ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
PITTSBURGH 4 BOTTOM, 3RD

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R PAULINO (.260, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 0 0 0 1 0
PITTSBURGH 1 0 3 4 5 0 (TOP 4)

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - DAVE BUSH
PIT - TOM GORZELANNY

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R BRAUN (.328, 1-FOR-1)
P FIELDER (.289, 0-FOR-1)
C HART (.296, 0-FOR-1)</div>