GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: MILWAUKEE (60-52) at COLORADO (56-54)

NL: MILWAUKEE (60-52) at COLORADO (56-54)

<h3>Brewers, Rockies open three-game series</h3>

Milwaukee (60-52) at Colorado (56-54) 9:05 pm EDT


DENVER (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers will look to hold onto their lead in the National League Central Division when theyvisit the Colorado Rockies on Monday.


Milwaukee, which begins a six-game road trip, owns a one-gamecushion over the Chicago Cubs (58-52) for first place in thedivision. But the Brewers are 31-32 away from home this season.

"On the road, we're going to have to really try to slow thegames down," Milwaukee manager Ned Yost said. "Veteran playersreally kind of do that naturally, because they've been throughit. Younger guys evolve into that."


Claudio Vargas (9-3, 4.78 ERA) takes the hill for Milwaukee inthe series opener. Vargas saw his personal three-game winningstreak end after giving up seven runs in just 2 2/3 innings ofWednesday's 8-5 loss to the New York Mets.


The Dominican righthander has been solid through eight careeroutings against the Rockies, going 4-0 with a 4.76 ERA. Vargasgave up two runs through six frames to down Colorado on July 21,2006 while with Arizona.


Colorado counters with Josh Fogg (5-7, 4.87), who will make hisfirst appearance at Coors Field in three starts. In his laststart, the righthander allowed four runs over five frames of a4-3 loss to Florida.


The Brewers have lost eight of their last 12 contests, includingSunday's 8-6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.


The Rockies have won five of their last eight games and trailthe San Diego Padres (60-50) by four games in the NL wild cardrace.

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

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

MILWAUKEE COLORADO
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Corey Hart LF .281 18 48 Willy Taveras CF .317 2 22
J.J. Hardy SS .271 18 63 Kaz Matsui 2B .290 3 25
Ryan Braun 3B .347 20 53 Matt Holliday LF .336 20 88
Prince Fielder 1B .287 32 83 Todd Helton 1B .295 9 60
Kevin Mench RF .276 6 29 Garrett Atkins 3B .270 17 75
Geoff Jenkins CF .269 14 45 Brad Hawpe RF .287 18 69
Johnny Estrada C .289 8 38 Troy Tulowitzki SS .272 12 49
Tony Graffanino 2B .237 9 30 Yorvit Torrealba C .276 6 31
Claudio Vargas RHP .129 0 0 Josh Fogg RHP .147 0 0
(9-3, 4.78) (5-7, 4.87)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE AT COLORADO -- REVISED LINEUPS

MILWAUKEE COLORADO
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Corey Hart CF .281 18 48 Willy Taveras CF .317 2 22
J.J. Hardy SS .271 18 63 Kaz Matsui 2B .290 3 25
Ryan Braun 3B .347 20 53 Matt Holliday LF .336 20 88
Prince Fielder 1B .287 32 83 Todd Helton 1B .295 9 60
Kevin Mench RF .276 6 29 Garrett Atkins 3B .270 17 75
Geoff Jenkins LF .269 14 45 Brad Hawpe RF .287 18 69
Johnny Estrada C .289 8 38 Troy Tulowitzki SS .272 12 49
Tony Graffanino 2B .237 9 30 Yorvit Torrealba C .276 6 31
Claudio Vargas RHP .129 0 0 Josh Fogg RHP .147 0 0
(9-3, 4.78) (5-7, 4.87)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO
WARMUPS: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS (9-3, 4.78)
COL - JOSH FOGG (5-7, 4.87)

UMPIRES: HP - BOB DAVIDSON
1B - BRIAN KNIGHT
2B - SAM HOLBROOK
3B - RANDY MARSH

WEATHER: 69 Degrees, cloudy
WIND: 6 mph, right to left</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO
STARTING BATS: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS AND JOHNNY ESTRADA
COL - JOSH FOGG AND YORVIT TORREALBA

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C HART (.281, 18 HR, 48 RBI)
J HARDY (.271, 18 HR, 63 RBI)
R BRAUN (.347, 20 HR, 53 RBI)</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: W TAVERAS (.317, 2 HR, 22 RBI)
K MATSUI (.290, 3 HR, 25 RBI)
M HOLLIDAY (.336, 20 HR, 88 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

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

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
R Braun 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
P Fielder 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
K Mench rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
G Jenkins lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
J Estrada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289
T Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
C Vargas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .129

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317
K Matsui 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .336
T Helton 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
G Atkins 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
B Hawpe rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
T Tulowitzki ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
J Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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MILWAUKEE - 0 -- 0
COLORADO - -- 0
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.78

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.82

Pitches-strikes: J Fogg 11-8. Ground balls-fly balls: J Fogg 2-1. Batters
faced: J Fogg 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Brian Knight. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Randy
Marsh.

Weather: 66 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO
CONFIRMED STARTERS: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS
COL - JOSH FOGG</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY TODD HELTON SCORED KAZ MATSUI.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T HELTON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
COLORADO 1 BOTTOM, 1ST

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G ATKINS (.270, 17 HR, 75 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY BRAD HAWPE (19) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH
2 OUT IN THE 1ST OFF CLAUDIO VARGAS SCORED TODD HELTON AND GARRETT
ATKINS.
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0, COLORADO 4

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T TULOWITZKI (.272, 12 HR, 49 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: P FIELDER (.287, 32 HR, 83 RBI)
K MENCH (.276, 6 HR, 29 RBI)
G JENKINS (.269, 14 HR, 45 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (0) VS COLORADO (4) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
R Braun 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
P Fielder 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
K Mench rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
G Jenkins lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
J Estrada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289
T Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
C Vargas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .129

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316
K Matsui 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .293
M Holliday lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .336
T Helton 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .297
G Atkins 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271
B Hawpe rf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .289
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
Y Torrealba c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .275
J Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147

Totals 8 4 5 4 0 0 2

BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (14, C Vargas). HR - B Hawpe (19, 1st inning off C
Vargas 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - T Helton (61), B Hawpe 3 (72). 2-out RBI - T Helton,
B Hawpe 3. Team LOB - 1.


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MILWAUKEE - 0 -- 0
COLORADO - 4 -- 4
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas 1 5 4 4 0 0 1 5.08

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.82

Pitches-strikes: C Vargas 27-17; J Fogg 11-8. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Vargas 1-2; J Fogg 2-1. Batters faced: C Vargas 8; J Fogg 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Brian Knight. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Randy
Marsh.

Weather: 66 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY PRINCE FIELDER (33) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 2ND OFF JOSH FOGG.
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 1, COLORADO 4

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: K MENCH (.276, 6 HR, 29 RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: J FOGG (.147, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
W TAVERAS (.316, 0-FOR-1)
K MATSUI (.293, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (1) VS COLORADO (4) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
R Braun 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
P Fielder 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .289
K Mench rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
G Jenkins lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272
J Estrada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .288
T Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
C Vargas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .129

Totals 7 1 2 1 0 0 1

BATTING: HR - P Fielder (33, 2nd inning off J Fogg 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - P
Fielder (84). GIDP - J Estrada. Team LOB - 0.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316
K Matsui 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .293
M Holliday lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .336
T Helton 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .297
G Atkins 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271
B Hawpe rf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .289
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
Y Torrealba c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .275
J Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147

Totals 8 4 5 4 0 0 2

BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (14, C Vargas). HR - B Hawpe (19, 1st inning off C
Vargas 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - T Helton (61), B Hawpe 3 (72). 2-out RBI - T Helton,
B Hawpe 3. Team LOB - 1.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Fogg-T Tulowitzki-T Helton).


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MILWAUKEE - 01 -- 1
COLORADO - 4 -- 4
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas 1 5 4 4 0 0 1 5.08

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 4.86

Pitches-strikes: C Vargas 27-17; J Fogg 20-15. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Vargas 1-2; J Fogg 5-1. Batters faced: C Vargas 8; J Fogg 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Brian Knight. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Randy
Marsh.

Weather: 66 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MATT HOLLIDAY (21) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 2ND OFF CLAUDIO VARGAS SCORED KAZ MATSUI.
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 1, COLORADO 6

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T HELTON (.297, 1-FOR-1, RBI)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: T GRAFFANINO (.237, 9 HR, 30 RBI)
C VARGAS (.129, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
C HART (.280, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (1) VS COLORADO (6) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
R Braun 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
P Fielder 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .289
K Mench rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
G Jenkins lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272
J Estrada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .288
T Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
C Vargas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .129

Totals 7 1 2 1 0 0 1

BATTING: HR - P Fielder (33, 2nd inning off J Fogg 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - P
Fielder (84). GIDP - J Estrada. Team LOB - 0.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315
K Matsui 2b 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .296
M Holliday lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .337
T Helton 1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .296
G Atkins 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271
B Hawpe rf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .289
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
Y Torrealba c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .275
J Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

Totals 13 6 7 6 0 0 2

BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (14, C Vargas). HR - B Hawpe (19, 1st inning off C
Vargas 2 on, 2 Out), M Holliday (21, 2nd inning off C Vargas 1 on, 2 Out). RBI
- T Helton (61), B Hawpe 3 (72), M Holliday 2 (90). 2-out RBI - T Helton, B
Hawpe 3, M Holliday 2. Team LOB - 1.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Fogg-T Tulowitzki-T Helton).


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MILWAUKEE - 01 -- 1
COLORADO - 42 -- 6
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas 2 7 6 6 0 0 2 5.20

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 4.86

Pitches-strikes: C Vargas 42-27; J Fogg 20-15. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Vargas 3-3; J Fogg 5-1. Batters faced: C Vargas 13; J Fogg 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Brian Knight. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Randy
Marsh.

Weather: 66 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS
COL - JOSH FOGG

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G ATKINS (.271, 1-FOR-1)
B HAWPE (.289, 1-FOR-1, HR, 3 RBI)
T TULOWITZKI (.274, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at COLORADO

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (1) VS COLORADO (6) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
R Braun 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
P Fielder 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .289
K Mench rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
G Jenkins lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272
J Estrada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .288
T Graffanino 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
C Vargas p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125

Totals 10 1 2 1 0 1 1

BATTING: HR - P Fielder (33, 2nd inning off J Fogg 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - P
Fielder (84). GIDP - J Estrada. Team LOB - 0.


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315
K Matsui 2b 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .296
M Holliday lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .337
T Helton 1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .296
G Atkins 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .271
B Hawpe rf 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .289
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
Y Torrealba c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .275
J Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

Totals 13 6 7 6 0 0 2

BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (14, C Vargas). HR - B Hawpe (19, 1st inning off C
Vargas 2 on, 2 Out), M Holliday (21, 2nd inning off C Vargas 1 on, 2 Out). RBI
- T Helton (61), B Hawpe 3 (72), M Holliday 2 (90). 2-out RBI - T Helton, B
Hawpe 3, M Holliday 2. Team LOB - 1.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Fogg-T Tulowitzki-T Helton).


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MILWAUKEE - 010 -- 1
COLORADO - 42 -- 6
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas 2 7 6 6 0 0 2 5.20

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 4.82

Pitches-strikes: C Vargas 42-27; J Fogg 30-21. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Vargas 3-3; J Fogg 6-2. Batters faced: C Vargas 13; J Fogg 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Bob Davidson. 1B--Brian Knight. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Randy
Marsh.

Weather: 66 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to center.</div>