GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: MILWAUKEE (28-19) at SAN DIEGO (26-21)

NL: MILWAUKEE at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN DIEGO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: S Linebrink relieved H Bell.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 6
SAN DIEGO 8 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R Weeks (.255, 2-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 11 0
SAN DIEGO 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 x 8 10 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIL - DAVE BUSH, CHRIS SPURLING (6TH), MATT WISE (8TH) AND DAMIAN
MILLER

SDG - GREG MADDUX, DOUG BROCAIL (6TH), HEATH BELL
(7TH), SCOTT LINEBRINK (9TH) AND JOSH BARD

HOME RUNS: MIL - PRINCE FIELDER (15) OFF GREG MADDUX IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
J.J. HARDY (15) OFF DOUG BROCAIL IN THE 7TH, 1 ON

SDG - KEVIN KOUZMANOFF (4) OFF DAVE BUSH IN THE 5TH, 3 ON
MARCUS GILES (3) OFF CHRIS SPURLING IN THE 6TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 11 0
SAN DIEGO 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 x 8 10 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIL - DAVE BUSH, CHRIS SPURLING (6TH), MATT WISE (8TH) AND DAMIAN
MILLER

SDG - GREG MADDUX, DOUG BROCAIL (6TH), HEATH BELL
(7TH), SCOTT LINEBRINK (9TH) AND JOSH BARD


WP - GREG MADDUX (4-3)
LP - DAVE BUSH (3-5)
SAVE - SCOTT LINEBRINK (1)

HOME RUNS: MIL - PRINCE FIELDER (15) OFF GREG MADDUX IN THE 6TH, 0 ON
J.J. HARDY (15) OFF DOUG BROCAIL IN THE 7TH, 1 ON

SDG - KEVIN KOUZMANOFF (4) OFF DAVE BUSH IN THE 5TH, 3 ON
MARCUS GILES (3) OFF CHRIS SPURLING IN THE 6TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:37 ATT: 32,130

PROBABLES: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS (3-0, 3.68)
SDG - JUSTIN GERMANO (2-0, 0.47)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (6) VS SAN DIEGO (8) - FINAL

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 .253
R Braun 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .250
J Hardy ss 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 .314
P Fielder 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 .288
G Jenkins lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .289
K Mench lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
B Hall cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .268
D Miller c 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .224
G Gross rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 .245
C Spurling p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-C Hart ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Bush p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .158
T Gwynn Jr rf 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .350

Totals 35 6 11 6 3 6 12

a-struck out swinging for C Spurling in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - G Jenkins (7, G Maddux); R Braun (1, D Brocail). 3B - G Gross (1,
G Maddux); R Weeks (4, G Maddux). HR - P Fielder (15, 6th inning off G Maddux 0
on, 2 Out), J Hardy (15, 7th inning off D Brocail 1 on, 1 Out). SF - R Braun.
RBI - R Braun 2 (2), P Fielder (37), D Miller (4), J Hardy 2 (43). 2-out RBI -
P Fielder, D Miller. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Gross 1, D
Bush 1, R Braun 1. GIDP - P Fielder. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - R Weeks (8, 2nd base off G Maddux/J Bard), G Gross (1, 2nd
base off G Maddux/J Bard).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Hardy-R Weeks-P Fielder).


SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Giles 2b 5 2 2 1 0 2 1 .285
J Cruz Jr rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .275
M Cameron cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .226
A Gonzalez 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .290
K Greene ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .217
J Bard c 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 .231
K Kouzmanoff 3b 4 1 2 4 0 0 0 .217
T Sledge lf 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .200
G Maddux p 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063
D Brocail p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
H Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-O Robles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 33 8 10 8 4 7 10

a-popped out to pitcher for H Bell in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - K Kouzmanoff (8, D Bush). HR - K Kouzmanoff (4, 5th inning off D
Bush 3 on, 2 Out), M Giles (3, 6th inning off C Spurling 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - A
Gonzalez (35), T Sledge (8), M Cameron (17), K Kouzmanoff 4 (22), M Giles (18).
2-out RBI - A Gonzalez, K Kouzmanoff 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out
- M Giles 1. GIDP - M Cameron. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Cruz Jr (3, 2nd base off D Bush/D Miller), M Giles (6,
2nd base off D Bush/D Miller).

FIELDING: DP: 2 (A Gonzalez-K Greene-G Maddux, M Giles-A Gonzalez).


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MILWAUKEE - 000 003 300 -- 6
SAN DIEGO - 110 051 00x -- 8
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush (L, 3-5) 5 9 7 7 3 4 1 6.13
C Spurling 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2.30
M Wise 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.10

SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
G Maddux (W, 4-3) 5 2/3 9 3 3 1 2 1 4.20
D Brocail (H, 2) 2/3 2 3 3 2 0 1 2.11
H Bell (H, 6) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.24
S Linebrink (S, 1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.38

Pitches-strikes: D Bush 95-60; C Spurling 22-16; M Wise 9-7; G Maddux 67-46;
D Brocail 25-12; H Bell 18-14; S Linebrink 12-8. Ground balls-fly balls: D Bush
8-3; C Spurling 4-1; M Wise 0-1; G Maddux 10-4; D Brocail 1-1; H Bell 2-0; S
Linebrink 1-1. Batters faced: D Bush 27; C Spurling 7; M Wise 3; G Maddux 25; D
Brocail 6; H Bell 5; S Linebrink 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Jerry Layne. 1B--Ed Montague. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Marvin
Hudson.
EJECTIONS: MILWAUKEE's Yost by Layne (7th), MILWAUKEE's Jenkins by Layne (7th).
T--2:37. Att--32,130.
Weather: 66 degrees, overcast. Wind: 7 mph, left to
right.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
MILWAUKEE 6
SAN DIEGO 8 FINAL</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at SAN DIEGO

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MILWAUKEE (6) AT SAN DIEGO (8) - HOW THEY SCORED
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SAN DIEGO 1ST: M Giles struck out swinging. J Cruz Jr singled to right.
J Cruz Jr stole second. M Cameron grounded out to pitcher, J Cruz Jr to third.
A Gonzalez singled to right center, J Cruz Jr scored. K Greene struck out
swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 2ND: J Bard walked. K Kouzmanoff doubled to center, J Bard to
third. T Sledge grounded out to first, J Bard scored, K Kouzmanoff to third.
G Maddux grounded out to shortstop. M Giles lined out to shortstop. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 2.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: M Giles singled to left. M Giles stole second. J Cruz Jr
struck out swinging. M Cameron singled to left, M Giles scored. A Gonzalez
singled to right center, M Cameron to third. K Greene struck out swinging.
J Bard walked, A Gonzalez to second. K Kouzmanoff homered to center, M Cameron,
A Gonzalez and J Bard scored. T Sledge singled to right. G Maddux grounded
out to second. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

MILWAUKEE 6TH: R Weeks tripled to left. R Braun hit sacrifice fly to
center, R Weeks scored. J Hardy grounded out to shortstop. P Fielder homered
to center. G Jenkins doubled to deep center. B Hall reached on infield single
to third, G Jenkins to third. D Miller singled to right, G Jenkins scored,
B Hall to second. D Brocail relieved G Maddux. G Gross grounded into fielder's
choice to third, D Miller out at second. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
SAN DIEGO 7.

SAN DIEGO 6TH: C Spurling relieved D Bush. T Gwynn Jr in right field.
M Giles homered to left center. J Cruz Jr walked. M Cameron grounded into
double play, shortstop to second to first, J Cruz Jr out at second. A Gonzalez
flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, SAN DIEGO 8.

MILWAUKEE 7TH: T Gwynn Jr walked. R Weeks flied out to center. R Braun
doubled to deep left center, T Gwynn Jr scored. J Hardy homered to left,
R Braun scored. P Fielder walked. H Bell relieved D Brocail. G Jenkins struck
out looking. Milwaukee's Manager N Yost ejected by J Layne. Milwaukee's
G Jenkins ejected by J Layne. B Hall struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, SAN DIEGO 8.</div>

 

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MILWAUKEE (6) AT SAN DIEGO (8) - EVENT LOG
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Milwaukee Starting Lineups -- R Weeks 2B, R Braun 3B, J Hardy SS, P Fielder 1B,
G Jenkins LF, B Hall CF, D Miller C, G Gross RF, D Bush RHP.

San Diego Starting Lineups -- M Giles 2B, J Cruz Jr RF, M Cameron CF,
A Gonzalez 1B, K Greene SS, J Bard C, K Kouzmanoff 3B, T Sledge LF, G Maddux RHP.

Umpires -- Jerry Layne (HP), Ed Montague (1B), Bill Miller (2B), Marvin Hudson (3B).

Gametime Weather: 66 degrees, Overcast, wind left to right at 7 mph.


MILWAUKEE 1ST: R Weeks singled to left. R Braun flied out to center.
R Weeks stole second. J Hardy walked. P Fielder grounded into double play, first
to shortstop to pitcher, J Hardy out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 0.

SAN DIEGO 1ST: M Giles struck out swinging. J Cruz Jr singled to right.
J Cruz Jr stole second. M Cameron grounded out to pitcher, J Cruz Jr to third.
A Gonzalez singled to right center, J Cruz Jr scored. K Greene struck out
swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

MILWAUKEE 2ND: G Jenkins grounded out to third. B Hall lined out to right.
D Miller grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0,
SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 2ND: J Bard walked. K Kouzmanoff doubled to center, J Bard to
third. T Sledge grounded out to first, J Bard scored, K Kouzmanoff to third.
G Maddux grounded out to shortstop. M Giles lined out to shortstop. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 2.

MILWAUKEE 3RD: G Gross singled to center. G Gross stole second. D Bush
grounded out to pitcher, G Gross to third. R Weeks struck out looking.
R Braun grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 2.

SAN DIEGO 3RD: J Cruz Jr flied out to right. M Cameron flied out to
center. A Gonzalez reached on bunt single to third. K Greene grounded into
fielder's choice to third, A Gonzalez out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 2.

MILWAUKEE 4TH: J Hardy singled to center. P Fielder lined into double
play, second to first, J Hardy doubled off first. G Jenkins grounded out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 2.

SAN DIEGO 4TH: J Bard grounded out to first. K Kouzmanoff grounded out to
first. T Sledge walked. G Maddux grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 2.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: B Hall grounded out to shortstop. D Miller struck out
looking. G Gross tripled to right. D Bush grounded out to first. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 2.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: M Giles singled to left. M Giles stole second. J Cruz Jr
struck out swinging. M Cameron singled to left, M Giles scored. A Gonzalez
singled to right center, M Cameron to third. K Greene struck out swinging.
J Bard walked, A Gonzalez to second. K Kouzmanoff homered to center, M Cameron,
A Gonzalez and J Bard scored. T Sledge singled to right. G Maddux grounded
out to second. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

MILWAUKEE 6TH: R Weeks tripled to left. R Braun hit sacrifice fly to
center, R Weeks scored. J Hardy grounded out to shortstop. P Fielder homered
to center. G Jenkins doubled to deep center. B Hall reached on infield single
to third, G Jenkins to third. D Miller singled to right, G Jenkins scored,
B Hall to second. D Brocail relieved G Maddux. G Gross grounded into fielder's
choice to third, D Miller out at second. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
SAN DIEGO 7.

SAN DIEGO 6TH: C Spurling relieved D Bush. T Gwynn Jr in right field.
M Giles homered to left center. J Cruz Jr walked. M Cameron grounded into
double play, shortstop to second to first, J Cruz Jr out at second. A Gonzalez
flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, SAN DIEGO 8.

MILWAUKEE 7TH: T Gwynn Jr walked. R Weeks flied out to center. R Braun
doubled to deep left center, T Gwynn Jr scored. J Hardy homered to left,
R Braun scored. P Fielder walked. H Bell relieved D Brocail. G Jenkins struck
out looking. Milwaukee's Manager N Yost ejected by J Layne. Milwaukee's
G Jenkins ejected by J Layne. B Hall struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, SAN DIEGO 8.

SAN DIEGO 7TH: K Mench in left field. K Greene grounded out to shortstop.
J Bard struck out looking. K Kouzmanoff grounded out to third. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, SAN DIEGO 8.

MILWAUKEE 8TH: D Miller grounded out to first. C Hart hit for C Spurling.
C Hart struck out swinging. T Gwynn Jr struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, SAN DIEGO 8.

SAN DIEGO 8TH: M Wise relieved C Spurling. T Sledge struck out swinging.
O Robles hit for H Bell. O Robles popped out to pitcher. M Giles struck out
looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, SAN DIEGO 8.

MILWAUKEE 9TH: S Linebrink relieved H Bell. R Weeks flied out to right.
R Braun grounded out to shortstop. J Hardy struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 6, SAN DIEGO 8.</div>

 

Kouzmanoff's hits grand slam as San Diego holds on for win

<h3>SAN DIEGO 8, MILWAUKEE 6</h3>SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff's struggles mustseem like a distant memory.

Kouzmanoff, who hit under .200 for the first seven weeks of theseason, hit his first career grand slam as part of a five-runfifth inning to help the San Diego Padres post a 8-6 victoryover the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.

Adrian Gonzalez added three hits for the Padres, who have wonthree of four and eight of their last 11 games.

Kouzmanoff blasted the first pitch he saw in the fifth fromMilwaukee starter Dave Bush over the left-center field wall forhis first career grand slam, capping a five-run frame for a a7-0 lead.

It was the third homer in four games for Kouzmanoff, who washitting .108 on May 17 before going 17-for-37 to raise hisaverage to .217.

The offense benefited Greg Maddux, who carried a shutout intothe sixth and picked up career win No. 337.

Milwaukee rallied with three runs in the sixth, knocking outMaddux, and three more in the seventh off Doug Brocail to closeits deficit to 8-6. J.J. Hardy and Prince Fielder each beltedtheir National League-leading 15th home run during the comeback.

However, Heath Bell retired all five batters he faced beforeScott Linebrink worked the ninth for his first save.

Coming off his worst outing of the season, Maddux won his fourthstraight game at Petco Park. He allowed three runs and ninehits in 5 2/3 innings.

Bush (3-5) was rocked for seven runs and nine hits in fiveinnings in his second straight loss.

Rickie Weeks had a pair of hits for the Brewers, who have lostnine of 12.

 

Kouzmanoff's hits grand slam as San Diego holds on for win

<h3>SAN DIEGO 8, MILWAUKEE 6</h3>SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff's struggles mustseem like a distant memory. His latest blast helped Greg Madduxnotch career win No. 337.

Kouzmanoff, who hit under .200 for the first seven weeks of theseason, hit his first career grand slam as part of a five-runfifth inning to help the San Diego Padres post an 8-6 victoryover the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.

Adrian Gonzalez added three hits for the Padres, who have wonthree of four and eight of their last 11 games.

Kouzmanoff blasted the first pitch he saw in the fifth fromMilwaukee starter Dave Bush over the left-center field wall for<div class="pre">his second career grand slam, capping a five-run frame for a</div>7-0 lead.

"Basically, with runners in scoring position, I'm just lookingfor a good pitch to hit," Kouzmanoff said. "I just tried to hitit hard and put the ball in play to get those runs in any way wecan."

"I figured he'd be aggressive there," Bush said. "It was alittle cutter, and I wanted to throw something that he'd swingat a little off the plate, or at least down, and try to get aground ball. I don't know what he was looking for, but I didn'tmake a good pitch"

It was the third homer in four games for Kouzmanoff, who washitting .108 on May 17 before going 17-for-37 to raise hisaverage to .217.

"It feels good," Kouzmanoff said. "Obviously, you know, withguys in scoring position to drive those runs in. It feels goodespecially after a win."

"Kouz is swinging well," Padres manager Bud Black said. "It'sgood to see four runs cross the plate on one swing of the bat.He jumped on that first pitch slider and hammered it. He's had amuch better look in his eye, his confidence is growing, and hefeels good in the (batter's) box."

The offense benefited Greg Maddux, who carried a shutout intothe sixth.

"The offense was outstanding," Maddux said. "Sometimes it's whenyou pitch not how you pitch. Tonight, (Kouzmanoff) reallypicked everyone up. I felt like I survived. I felt veryfortunate the first five innings, and felt like I got away witha lot."

Milwaukee rallied with three runs in the sixth, knocking outMaddux, and three more in the seventh off Doug Brocail to closeits deficit to 8-6. J.J. Hardy and Prince Fielder each beltedtheir National League-leading 15th home run during the comeback.

"I thought we swang the bats good, we kept battling," Brewersmanager Ned Yost said. "We were down seven and we stayed afterit. Normally, six runs is going to be enough to win you aballgame."

However, Milwaukee could not complete the comeback as Heath Bellretired all five batters he faced before Scott Linebrink workedthe ninth for his first save.

Coming off his worst outing of the season, Maddux won his fourthstraight game at Petco Park. He allowed three runs and ninehits in 5 2/3 innings. In his last start Maddux allowed sevenruns and 12 hits in 3 2/3 innings of a 7-4 loss to Seattle onSaturday.

Bush (3-5) was rocked for seven runs and nine hits in fiveinnings in his second straight loss.

"I wish I had a better answer," Bush said of his struggles. "I'mmostly unable to keep the ball down. It's something, but I'mnot sure where or what exactly is going wrong. My biggestproblem is especially the fastball just drifting up over theplate. Most of the time, that's not going to get it done."

Rickie Weeks had a pair of hits for the Brewers, who have lostnine of 12.