GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: MILWAUKEE (48-37) at WASHINGTON (34-51)

NL: MILWAUKEE at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - PITCHING CHANGE
MIL: FRANCISCO CORDERO (0-2, 2.91) IN THE 9TH
SITUATION: NO RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 2

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.298, 4-FOR-4, HR, RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: F Cordero relieved B Shouse.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 6
WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R Belliard (.298, 4-FOR-4, HR, RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 11 1
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 11 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIL - DAVE BUSH, CHRIS SPURLING (8TH), BRIAN SHOUSE (8TH), FRANCISCO
CORDERO (9TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA

WAS - MIKE BACSIK, CHRIS SCHRODER (6TH), BILLY TRABER
(8TH), SAUL RIVERA (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER

HOME RUNS: MIL - RYAN BRAUN (9) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
KEVIN MENCH (5) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 1ST, 2 ON
RYAN BRAUN (10) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 5TH, 0 ON

WAS - RONNIE BELLIARD (4) OFF DAVE BUSH IN THE 7TH, 0 ON</div>

 

Braun hits two homers to power Brewers

<h3>MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 2</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Rookie Ryan Braun hit two home runs andDave Bush allowed just one run in seven innings to lead theMilwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationalson Friday night.

Kevin Mench added a three-run homer to help the Brewers snap athree-game losing streak.

Braun, who was named the National League Rookie of the Month inJune, has hit 10 home runs in just 38 major league games sincehis recall from Class AAA Nashville on May 24.

Braun's two-out home run to center field - his ninth - began afour-run first inning rally and provided the only runs theNational League Central-leading Brewers (49-37) would need.

Cecil Fielder followed with a single, Johnny Estrada doubled andMench hit his fifth homer of the season to make it 4-0.

In the second, Corey Hart tripled to right with two outs. Hartextended his hitting streak to 23 games, tying him with CecilCooper for the third-longest in team history. Hart scored onJ.J. Hardy's single, giving Milwaukee a 5-0 lead.

Braun's 10th home run of the year came with two outs in thefifth off Washington starter Mike Bacsik (2-6), who lost for thesixth time in his last seven decisions.

Bush (7-7) won for the fourth time in his last five starts. Heallowed a two-out homer to Ronnie Belliard in the seventhinning. Bush gave up seven hits, struck out out seven andwalked two.

Chris Spurling allowed a run in one-third of an inning in theeighth before Brian Shouse completed the eighth inning andFrancisco Cordero finished up in the ninth.

Bacsik pitched five innings, allowing six runs and eight hits.Belliard had four hits for the Nationals (34-52), who have lostnine of their last 11 and 15 of 20.

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 11 1
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 11 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIL - DAVE BUSH, CHRIS SPURLING (8TH), BRIAN SHOUSE (8TH), FRANCISCO
CORDERO (9TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA

WAS - MIKE BACSIK, CHRIS SCHRODER (6TH), BILLY TRABER
(8TH), SAUL RIVERA (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER


WP - DAVE BUSH (7-7)
LP - MIKE BACSIK (2-6)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: MIL - RYAN BRAUN (9) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
KEVIN MENCH (5) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 1ST, 2 ON
RYAN BRAUN (10) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 5TH, 0 ON

WAS - RONNIE BELLIARD (4) OFF DAVE BUSH IN THE 7TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:47 ATT: 18,961

PROBABLES: MIL - JEFF SUPPAN (8-7, 4.90)
WAS - JASON SIMONTACCHI (5-6, 6.27)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (6) VS WASHINGTON (2) - FINAL

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .308
J Hardy ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 .285
R Braun 3b 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 .342
P Fielder 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .282
J Estrada c 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .295
K Mench rf 4 1 2 3 0 0 3 .278
G Jenkins lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .268
R Weeks 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .223
D Bush p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .138
a-T Graffanino ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247
C Spurling p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
F Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 38 6 11 6 0 4 7

a-struck out swinging for D Bush in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - J Estrada (19, M Bacsik). 3B - C Hart (2, M Bacsik). HR - R Braun
2 (10, 1st inning off M Bacsik 0 on, 2 Out, 5th inning off M Bacsik 0 on, 1
Out), K Mench (5, 1st inning off M Bacsik 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Braun 2 (31), K
Mench 3 (24), J Hardy (54). 2-out RBI - R Braun, K Mench 3, J Hardy. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - K Mench 1. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: E - K Mench (1, bobble). PB - J Estrada.


WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Langerhans cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .171
R Belliard 2b 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 .296
R Zimmerman 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .251
D Young 1b 5 0 2 0 0 2 4 .341
R Church lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .253
A Kearns rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .248
F Lopez ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 .237
B Schneider c 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .236
M Bacsik p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
a-N Logan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .224
C Schroder p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-D Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .050
B Traber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-T Batista ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 38 2 11 1 2 9 20

a-singled to left for M Bacsik in the 5th; b-grounded to first for C Schroder
in the 7th; c-grounded to pitcher for B Traber in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - R Belliard (13, D Bush); D Young (23, D Bush). HR - R Belliard
(4, 7th inning off D Bush 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Belliard (21). 2-out RBI - R
Belliard. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Batista 2, D Young 3, B
Schneider 2, R Zimmerman 1. Team LOB - 11.


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MILWAUKEE - 410 010 000 -- 6
WASHINGTON - 000 000 110 -- 2
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush (W, 7-7) 7 7 1 1 2 7 1 4.86
C Spurling 1/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.25
B Shouse (H, 10) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.05
F Cordero 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.86

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
M Bacsik (L, 2-6) 5 8 6 6 0 1 3 5.20
C Schroder 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1.74
B Traber 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.74
S Rivera 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.70

WP - C Spurling. HBP - P Fielder (by M Bacsik). Pitches-strikes: D Bush
115-77; C Spurling 18-11; B Shouse 11-7; F Cordero 17-10; M Bacsik 90-60; C
Schroder 30-20; B Traber 11-6; S Rivera 15-10. Ground balls-fly balls: D Bush
4-10; C Spurling 1-0; B Shouse 2-1; F Cordero 0-0; M Bacsik 4-10; C Schroder
1-4; B Traber 2-0; S Rivera 0-2. Batters faced: D Bush 30; C Spurling 4; B
Shouse 3; F Cordero 3; M Bacsik 24; C Schroder 9; B Traber 3; S Rivera 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Larry Young. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Fieldin
Culbreth.

T--2:47. Att--18,961.
Weather: 87 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, out to
center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
MILWAUKEE 6
WASHINGTON 2 FINAL</div>

 

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MILWAUKEE (6) AT WASHINGTON (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
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MILWAUKEE 1ST: C Hart grounded out to third. J Hardy flied out to left.
R Braun homered to left center. P Fielder singled to left. J Estrada hit a
ground rule double to deep center, P Fielder to third. K Mench homered to
left, P Fielder and J Estrada scored. G Jenkins struck out swinging. (4 Runs,
4 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 4, WASHINGTON 0.

MILWAUKEE 2ND: R Weeks grounded out to shortstop. D Bush fouled out to
first. C Hart tripled to deep right center. J Hardy singled to center, C Hart
scored. R Braun popped out to catcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 5,
WASHINGTON 0.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: J Hardy flied out to right. R Braun homered to right.
P Fielder hit by pitch. J Estrada flied out to center. K Mench grounded out to
shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 7TH: D Jimenez hit for C Schroder. D Jimenez grounded out to
first. R Langerhans grounded out to first. R Belliard homered to left.
R Zimmerman lined out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 8TH: C Spurling relieved D Bush. D Young singled to deep right
center. R Church grounded into fielder's choice to first, D Young out at
second. R Church to second on wild pitch by C Spurling. A Kearns singled to
right, R Church scored on error by right fielder K Mench. F Lopez singled to
right, A Kearns to second. B Shouse relieved C Spurling. B Schneider grounded
out to second, A Kearns to third, F Lopez to second. T Batista hit for
B Traber. T Batista grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 1 Error) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 2.</div>

 

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MILWAUKEE (6) AT WASHINGTON (2) - EVENT LOG
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Milwaukee Starting Lineups -- C Hart CF, J Hardy SS, R Braun 3B, P Fielder 1B,
J Estrada C, K Mench RF, G Jenkins LF, R Weeks 2B, D Bush RHP.

Washington Starting Lineups -- R Langerhans CF, R Belliard 2B, R Zimmerman 3B,
D Young 1B, R Church LF, A Kearns RF, F Lopez SS, B Schneider C, M Bacsik LHP.

Umpires -- Mark Carlson (HP), Larry Young (1B), Angel Hernandez (2B),
Fieldin Culbreth (3B).

Gametime Weather: 87 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to center at 6 mph.


MILWAUKEE 1ST: C Hart grounded out to third. J Hardy flied out to left.
R Braun homered to left center. P Fielder singled to left. J Estrada hit a
ground rule double to deep center, P Fielder to third. K Mench homered to
left, P Fielder and J Estrada scored. G Jenkins struck out swinging. (4 Runs,
4 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 4, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 1ST: R Langerhans struck out looking. R Belliard doubled to
left. R Zimmerman lined out to right. D Young grounded out to shortstop.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 4, WASHINGTON 0.

MILWAUKEE 2ND: R Weeks grounded out to shortstop. D Bush fouled out to
first. C Hart tripled to deep right center. J Hardy singled to center, C Hart
scored. R Braun popped out to catcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 5,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 2ND: R Church walked. R Church to second on passed ball by
J Estrada. A Kearns flied out to center, R Church to third. F Lopez struck out
swinging. B Schneider struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 5, WASHINGTON 0.

MILWAUKEE 3RD: P Fielder flied out to center. J Estrada flied out to
right. K Mench singled to right. G Jenkins flied out to center. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 5, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 3RD: M Bacsik grounded out to pitcher. R Langerhans walked.
R Belliard reached on bunt single to third, R Langerhans to second. R Zimmerman
flied out to right, R Langerhans to third. D Young struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 5, WASHINGTON 0.

MILWAUKEE 4TH: R Weeks grounded out to second. D Bush popped out to
second. C Hart flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 5,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 4TH: R Church popped out to shortstop. A Kearns flied out to
center. F Lopez struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 5,
WASHINGTON 0.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: J Hardy flied out to right. R Braun homered to right.
P Fielder hit by pitch. J Estrada flied out to center. K Mench grounded out to
shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 5TH: B Schneider flied out to center. N Logan hit for M Bacsik.
N Logan singled to left. R Langerhans popped out to shortstop. R Belliard
singled to center, N Logan to third. R Zimmerman flied out to left. (0 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 0.

MILWAUKEE 6TH: C Schroder relieved M Bacsik. G Jenkins popped out to third.
R Weeks struck out swinging. D Bush singled to center. C Hart flied out to
center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 6TH: D Young doubled to left. R Church reached on infield
single to shortstop. A Kearns flied out to center. F Lopez struck out
swinging. B Schneider struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 0.

MILWAUKEE 7TH: J Hardy lined out to left. R Braun popped out to second.
P Fielder singled to center. J Estrada singled to center, P Fielder to second.
K Mench grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Estrada out at second.
(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 7TH: D Jimenez hit for C Schroder. D Jimenez grounded out to
first. R Langerhans grounded out to first. R Belliard homered to left.
R Zimmerman lined out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 1.

MILWAUKEE 8TH: B Traber relieved C Schroder. G Jenkins grounded out to
second. R Weeks grounded out to shortstop. T Graffanino hit for D Bush.
T Graffanino struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6,
WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 8TH: C Spurling relieved D Bush. D Young singled to deep right
center. R Church grounded into fielder's choice to first, D Young out at
second. R Church to second on wild pitch by C Spurling. A Kearns singled to
right, R Church scored on error by right fielder K Mench. F Lopez singled to
right, A Kearns to second. B Shouse relieved C Spurling. B Schneider grounded
out to second, A Kearns to third, F Lopez to second. T Batista hit for
B Traber. T Batista grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 1 Error) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 2.

MILWAUKEE 9TH: S Rivera relieved B Traber. C Hart flied out to center.
J Hardy struck out swinging. R Braun flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 2.

WASHINGTON 9TH: R Langerhans popped out to shortstop. F Cordero relieved
B Shouse. R Belliard struck out swinging. R Zimmerman singled to center.
R Zimmerman to second on fielder's indifference. D Young struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 2.</div>

 

Braun hits two homers to power Brewers

<h3>MILWAUKEE 6, WASHINGTON 2</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Rookie Ryan Braun hit two home runs andDave Bush allowed just one run in seven innings to lead theMilwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationalson Friday night.

Kevin Mench added a three-run homer to help the Brewers snap athree-game losing streak.

Braun, who was named the National League Rookie of the Month inJune, has hit 10 home runs in just 38 major league games sincehis recall from Class AAA Nashville on May 24.

Braun's two-out home run to center field - his ninth - began afour-run first inning rally and provided the only runs theNational League Central-leading Brewers (49-37) would need.

"You didn't really catch anything really special tonight. He'sbeen pretty amazing since he's been here," Milwaukee manager NedYost said.

Prince Fielder followed with a single, Johnny Estrada doubledand Mench hit his fifth homer of the season to make it 4-0.

In the second, Corey Hart tripled to right with two outs. Hartextended his hitting streak to 23 games, tying him with CecilCooper for the third-longest in team history. Hart scored onJ.J. Hardy's single, giving Milwaukee a 5-0 lead.

Braun's 10th home run of the year came with two outs in thefifth off Washington starter Mike Bacsik (2-6), who lost for thesixth time in his last seven decisions.

"We needed to win. We need to come out and play well, and wewere able to do that tonight," Braun said.

It was Braun's first multi-home run game in the majors.

"We've had a few games lately where we've jumped out to a lead,but today we were able to tack on a few runs and keep themomentum on our nice, which was huge for us," Braun said.

Bush (7-7) won for the fourth time in his last five starts. Heallowed a two-out homer to Ronnie Belliard in the seventhinning. Bush gave up seven hits, struck out out seven andwalked two.

"It sure helps when you get four runs before you go out on themound," Bush said. "I can't minimize the importance of that.It allows me to go out and relax a little bit and not worry somuch about a couple of guys getting on base."

Chris Spurling allowed a run in one-third of an inning in theeighth before Brian Shouse completed the eighth inning andFrancisco Cordero finished up in the ninth.

Bacsik pitched five innings, allowing six runs and eight hits.Belliard had four hits for the Nationals (34-52), who have lostnine of their last 11 and 15 of 20.

"My fastball was up, my changeup was flat, and my curveball wasinconsistent," Bacsik said. "I had all three pitches I wasfighting with today. I battled. I got through five, but that'skind of a consolation prize. The first inning killed me."

The Nationals have scored three runs or fewer in five ofBacsik's losses.

"With the stuff that Mike has, he has to be near-perfect withhis location and command of his pitches," Washington managerManny Acta said. "Obviously, he wasn't."