GAME THREAD: NL: MILWAUKEE (47-34) at PITTSBURGH (35-46)

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">NL AT PITTSBURGH - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Davis hit for J Wasdin.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 10
PITTSBURGH 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R Davis (.182, 0 HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 1 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 10 12 0
PITTSBURGH 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIL - JEFF SUPPAN, CARLOS VILLANUEVA (6TH) AND DAMIAN MILLER

PIT - JOHN VAN BENSCHOTEN, MASUMI KUWATA (7TH), JOHN
WASDIN (7TH) AND RYAN DOUMIT, RONNY PAULINO (7TH)

HOME RUNS: MIL - DAMIAN MILLER (2) OFF JOHN VAN BENSCHOTEN IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
DAMIAN MILLER (3) OFF MASUMI KUWATA IN THE 7TH, 3 ON

PIT - NONE</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MILWAUKEE 0 1 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 10 12 0
PITTSBURGH 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIL - JEFF SUPPAN, CARLOS VILLANUEVA (6TH) AND DAMIAN MILLER

PIT - JOHN VAN BENSCHOTEN, MASUMI KUWATA (7TH), JOHN
WASDIN (7TH) AND RYAN DOUMIT, RONNY PAULINO (7TH)


WP - CARLOS VILLANUEVA (6-0)
LP - MASUMI KUWATA (0-1)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: MIL - DAMIAN MILLER (2) OFF JOHN VAN BENSCHOTEN IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
DAMIAN MILLER (3) OFF MASUMI KUWATA IN THE 7TH, 3 ON

PIT - NONE


TIME: 2:59 ATT: 14,455

PROBABLES: MIL - CHRIS CAPUANO (5-5, 4.35)
PIT - SHANE YOUMAN (NR)</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE (10) VS PITTSBURGH (3) - FINAL

MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 .314
J Hardy ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .283
R Braun 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .341
P Fielder 1b 3 2 0 0 2 2 2 .278
C Counsell 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
B Hall cf 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 .276
G Jenkins lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .273
D Miller c 5 2 4 7 0 0 0 .287
T Graffanino 2b-1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .258
J Suppan p 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .088
C Villanueva p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Totals 37 10 12 10 4 7 11

BATTING: 2B - C Hart (13, M Kuwata); B Hall (24, M Kuwata). HR - D Miller 2 (3,
4th inning off J Van Benschoten 1 on, 2 Out, 7th inning off M Kuwata 3 on, 2
Out). S - C Villanueva. RBI - D Miller 7 (17), C Hart (33), J Hardy (52), B
Hall (38). 2-out RBI - D Miller 6, B Hall. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - J Suppan 2, P Fielder 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - R Braun (7, 2nd base off J Van Benschoten/R Doumit).


PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 5 2 3 1 0 1 2 .247
J Bautista 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .265
F Sanchez 2b 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 .298
M Kata 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .230
J Phelps 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429
X Nady rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .273
J Bay lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
R Doumit c 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301
M Kuwata p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Wasdin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Davis ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .206
J Wilson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .256
J Van Benschoten p 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
R Paulino c 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .234

Totals 33 3 7 3 2 8 11

a-singled to left for J Wasdin in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - N McLouth 2 (7, J Suppan 2). SF - F Sanchez. RBI - F Sanchez 2
(30), N McLouth (8). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A LaRoche 1, X
Nady 1, N McLouth 1. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: Outfield assists - J Bay (B Hall at 2nd base). PB - R Paulino.


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MILWAUKEE - 010 200 700 -- 10
PITTSBURGH - 101 010 000 -- 3
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MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
J Suppan 5 5 3 3 2 3 0 4.90
C Villanueva (W, 6-0) 4 2 0 0 0 5 0 2.64

PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
J Van Benschoten 6 3 3 3 2 5 1 4.35
M Kuwata (L, 0-1) 2/3 5 7 7 2 1 1 7.94
J Wasdin 2 1/3 4 0 0 0 1 0 5.71

IBB - P Fielder (by M Kuwata), G Jenkins (by M Kuwata). HBP - T Graffanino
(by J Van Benschoten); R Doumit (by J Suppan); J Hardy (by J Van Benschoten).
Pitches-strikes: J Suppan 106-64; C Villanueva 48-33; J Van Benschoten 100-58;
M Kuwata 29-15; J Wasdin 36-25. Ground balls-fly balls: J Suppan 6-6; C
Villanueva 2-5; J Van Benschoten 5-8; M Kuwata 1-0; J Wasdin 0-5. Batters
faced: J Suppan 23; C Villanueva 14; J Van Benschoten 25; M Kuwata 9; J Wasdin
10.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Joyce. 1B--Mike Everitt. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Rob Drake.

T--2:59. Att--14,455.
Weather: 76 degrees, clear. Wind: 4 mph, in from
left.</div>

 

NL: MILWAUKEE at PITTSBURGH

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
MILWAUKEE 10
PITTSBURGH 3 FINAL</div>

 

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MILWAUKEE (10) AT PITTSBURGH (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
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PITTSBURGH 1ST: N McLouth doubled to deep left. J Bautista grounded out to
second, N McLouth to third. F Sanchez grounded out to shortstop, N McLouth
scored. A LaRoche grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0,
PITTSBURGH 1.

MILWAUKEE 2ND: P Fielder walked. B Hall walked, P Fielder to second.
G Jenkins flied out to right, P Fielder to third. D Miller singled to left,
P Fielder scored, B Hall to second. T Graffanino grounded out to third, B Hall
to third, D Miller to second. J Suppan struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 1, PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 3RD: J Wilson lined out to center. J Van Benschoten walked.
N McLouth doubled to deep center, J Van Benschoten scored. J Bautista walked.
F Sanchez struck out swinging. A LaRoche lined out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 1, PITTSBURGH 2.

MILWAUKEE 4TH: P Fielder struck out swinging. B Hall singled to left.
G Jenkins fouled out to third. D Miller homered to left, B Hall scored.
T Graffanino hit by pitch. J Suppan grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 2.

PITTSBURGH 5TH: J Van Benschoten grounded out to shortstop. N McLouth
singled to right. J Bautista singled to left, N McLouth to third. F Sanchez
hit sacrifice fly to center, N McLouth scored. A LaRoche singled to right
center, J Bautista to third. X Nady grounded out to third. (1 Run, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 3.

MILWAUKEE 7TH: M Kuwata relieved J Van Benschoten. R Paulino catching.
T Graffanino singled to center. C Villanueva sacrificed to pitcher, T Graffanino
to second. C Hart doubled to left, T Graffanino scored. J Hardy singled to
left, C Hart scored. J Hardy to second on passed ball by R Paulino. R Braun
struck out swinging. P Fielder intentionally walked. B Hall doubled to right,
J Hardy scored, P Fielder to third. G Jenkins intentionally walked. D Miller
homered to left, P Fielder, B Hall and G Jenkins scored. J Wasdin relieved
M Kuwata. T Graffanino singled to left. C Villanueva flied out to right.
(7 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 10, PITTSBURGH 3.</div>

 

Miller drives in seven to lead Brewers

<h3>MILWAUKEE 10, PITTSBURGH 3</h3>PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Damian Miller is experiencing a powersurge.

Miller homered twice, including a grand slam, had acareer-high-tying four hits and drove in a career-best sevenruns as Milwaukee topped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-3, Mondaynight.

The seven RBI also tied a team record for the Brewers, lastaccomplished by Richie Sexson on April 18, 2002.

After going his first 25 games of the season without a homer,Miller now has three in his past two games. His first homer ofthe campaign came Wednesday against Houston, an 11th-inningwalk-off blast.

Monday's game was a seesaw battle, tied, 3-3, after six innings,but the Brewers blew it open with seven runs in the seventh offPirates reliever Masumi Kuwata (0-1).

Corey Hart broke the tie when his RBI double drove home TonyGraffanino. The hit extended Hart's hitting streak to 18 games.

National League All-Star J.J. Hardy then singled home Hart,making it 5-3. After a Ryan Braun strikeout, Prince Fielder wasissued an intentional walk, Bill Hall doubled home Hardy andGeoff Jenkins was issued an intentional walk, setting the stagefor Miller.

Miller drove Kuwata's 1-1 pitch into the left-field bleachersmaking it 10-3. It was Miller's sixth career grand slam and thefifth multi-homer homer game of his career.

In all, the Brewers sent 11 men to the plate in the seventh,registered six hits and two walks. Milwaukee's Carlos Villanueva(6-0) tossed four scoreless innings to pick up the win inrelief of starter Jeff Suppan, who yielded three runs and fivehits in five frames.

The game didn't start out so bad for the Pirates as starter JohnVan Benschoten cruised through a 1-2-3 top of the first andNate McLouth led off the Pirates' half of the first with adouble and later came around to score on National LeagueAll-Star Freddy Sanchez's groundout to shortstop to make it 1-0.

Van Benschoten ran into trouble in the second. He issuedback-to-back walks to start the inning to Fielder and Hall.After a Jenkins flyout, Miller singled home Fielder to tie thescore at 1-1. Van Benschoten escaped further damage when heretired the next two batters to end the inning. He threw 31pitches in the frame.

The Pirates added another run in the third and again a McLouthdouble was key. This time Van Benschoten drew a one-out walkand scored when McLouth doubled to left-center field, the ballglancing off the outstretched glove of Brewers center fielderHall.

Miller and the Brewers struck again in the fourth when Hallsingled with one out and then scored one batter later whenMiller hit his first homer of the game and second of the seasonto give the Brewers a 3-2 lead.

McLouth again spearheaded a Pirates' rally in the fifth when hesingled with one out, advanced to third on a single by JoseBautista and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Sanchez to makeit 3-3.

McLouth, a bench player who has just 11 starts this season forPittsburgh, went 3-for-5 with two runs and one RBI to lead thePirates' attack.

Van Benschoten lasted six innings, allowing three runs on threehits with five strikeouts.

Hall reached base four times and scored twice for the Brewers,who are 6-1 against the Pirates this season.

 

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MILWAUKEE (10) AT PITTSBURGH (3) - EVENT LOG
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Milwaukee Starting Lineups -- C Hart RF, J Hardy SS, R Braun 3B, P Fielder 1B,
B Hall CF, G Jenkins LF, D Miller C, T Graffanino 2B, J Suppan RHP.

Pittsburgh Starting Lineups -- N McLouth CF, J Bautista 3B, F Sanchez 2B,
A LaRoche 1B, X Nady RF, J Bay LF, R Doumit C, J Wilson SS, J Van Benschoten RHP.

Umpires -- Jim Joyce (HP), Mike Everitt (1B), Jim Wolf (2B), Rob Drake (3B).


Gametime Weather: 76 degrees, Clear, wind in from left at 4 mph.


MILWAUKEE 1ST: C Hart lined out to shortstop. J Hardy flied out to right.
R Braun flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0, PITTSBURGH 0.

PITTSBURGH 1ST: N McLouth doubled to deep left. J Bautista grounded out to
second, N McLouth to third. F Sanchez grounded out to shortstop, N McLouth
scored. A LaRoche grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 0,
PITTSBURGH 1.

MILWAUKEE 2ND: P Fielder walked. B Hall walked, P Fielder to second.
G Jenkins flied out to right, P Fielder to third. D Miller singled to left,
P Fielder scored, B Hall to second. T Graffanino grounded out to third, B Hall
to third, D Miller to second. J Suppan struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 1, PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 2ND: X Nady flied out to left. J Bay flied out to center.
R Doumit grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 1,
PITTSBURGH 1.

MILWAUKEE 3RD: C Hart flied out to left. J Hardy grounded out to pitcher.
R Braun struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 1, PITTSBURGH 1.

PITTSBURGH 3RD: J Wilson lined out to center. J Van Benschoten walked.
N McLouth doubled to deep center, J Van Benschoten scored. J Bautista walked.
F Sanchez struck out swinging. A LaRoche lined out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 1, PITTSBURGH 2.

MILWAUKEE 4TH: P Fielder struck out swinging. B Hall singled to left.
G Jenkins fouled out to third. D Miller homered to left, B Hall scored.
T Graffanino hit by pitch. J Suppan grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 2.

PITTSBURGH 4TH: X Nady struck out swinging. J Bay flied out to center.
R Doumit hit by pitch. J Wilson struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 2.

MILWAUKEE 5TH: C Hart lined out to center. J Hardy hit by pitch. R Braun
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Hardy out at second. R Braun
stole second. P Fielder struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 2.

PITTSBURGH 5TH: J Van Benschoten grounded out to shortstop. N McLouth
singled to right. J Bautista singled to left, N McLouth to third. F Sanchez
hit sacrifice fly to center, N McLouth scored. A LaRoche singled to right
center, J Bautista to third. X Nady grounded out to third. (1 Run, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 3.

MILWAUKEE 6TH: B Hall popped out to second. G Jenkins struck out swinging.
D Miller grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3,
PITTSBURGH 3.

PITTSBURGH 6TH: C Villanueva relieved J Suppan. J Bay grounded out to
shortstop. R Doumit struck out swinging. J Wilson flied out to left. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 3, PITTSBURGH 3.

MILWAUKEE 7TH: M Kuwata relieved J Van Benschoten. R Paulino catching.
T Graffanino singled to center. C Villanueva sacrificed to pitcher, T Graffanino
to second. C Hart doubled to left, T Graffanino scored. J Hardy singled to
left, C Hart scored. J Hardy to second on passed ball by R Paulino. R Braun
struck out swinging. P Fielder intentionally walked. B Hall doubled to right,
J Hardy scored, P Fielder to third. G Jenkins intentionally walked. D Miller
homered to left, P Fielder, B Hall and G Jenkins scored. J Wasdin relieved
M Kuwata. T Graffanino singled to left. C Villanueva flied out to right.
(7 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 10, PITTSBURGH 3.

PITTSBURGH 7TH: R Paulino struck out swinging. N McLouth fouled out to
first. J Bautista struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 10,
PITTSBURGH 3.

MILWAUKEE 8TH: C Hart struck out swinging. J Hardy flied out to center.
R Braun singled to center. P Fielder flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 10, PITTSBURGH 3.

PITTSBURGH 8TH: C Counsell at second base. T Graffanino at first base.
F Sanchez grounded out to shortstop. A LaRoche struck out looking. X Nady lined
out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 10, PITTSBURGH 3.

MILWAUKEE 9TH: M Kata at second base. J Phelps at first base. B Hall
singled to left, B Hall out stretching at second. G Jenkins flied out to
right. D Miller singled to right. T Graffanino flied out to right. (0 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 10, PITTSBURGH 3.

PITTSBURGH 9TH: J Bay flied out to center. R Davis hit for J Wasdin.
R Davis singled to left. J Wilson flied out to center. R Paulino singled to
left, R Davis to second. N McLouth struck out looking. (0 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) MILWAUKEE 10, PITTSBURGH 3.</div>

 

Miller drives in seven to lead Brewers

<h3>MILWAUKEE 10, PITTSBURGH 3</h3>PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Damian Miller is experiencing a powersurge.

Miller homered twice, including a grand slam, had acareer-high-tying four hits and drove in a career-best sevenruns as Milwaukee topped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-3, Mondaynight.

The seven RBI also tied a team record for the Brewers,accomplished four times in their history, most recently byRichie Sexson on April 18, 2002.

"It's really one of those nights where you have no explanation,"Miller said. "Things just fell into place. I got good pitchesto hit, I put good swings on them and that's what it is."

After going his first 25 games of the season without a homer,Miller now has three in his past two games. His first homer ofthe campaign came Wednesday against Houston, an 11th-inningwalk-off blast.

"It's obviously nice for me, not being an everyday playeranymore, to contribute, offensively the last few games," hesaid. "The rate I'm going now, I'm having success playing onceor twice a week. Why change? But I'll be ready if he (needs) mein there."

Monday's game was a seesaw battle, tied, 3-3, after six innings,but the Brewers blew it open with seven runs in the seventh offPirates reliever Masumi Kuwata (0-1).

"Tonight I couldn't control my curveball," Kuwata said. "Withthe score tied in the seventh inning, I have to keep the balldown."

Corey Hart broke the tie when his RBI double drove home TonyGraffanino. The hit extended Hart's hitting streak to 18 games.National League All-Star J.J. Hardy then singled home Hart,making it 5-3.

After a Ryan Braun strikeout, Prince Fielder was issued anintentional walk, Bill Hall doubled home Hardy and Geoff Jenkinswas issued an intentional walk, setting the stage for Miller.

Miller drove Kuwata's 1-1 pitch into the left-field bleachersmaking it 10-3. It was Miller's sixth career grand slam and thefifth multi-homer homer game of his career.

"I don't think I ever really had a power swing; when I hit ahomer it's an accident," Miller said. "I really can't explainit, I'm just getting pitches and putting good swings on them,it's as simple as that."

In all, the Brewers sent 11 men to the plate in the seventh,registered six hits and two walks.

"The way things were going, we just kind of had the feeling thatone inning we would come in and get some runs," Milwaukeemanager Ned Yost said. "I didn't expect to drop seven out therebut it was nice when we did because it opened up a lot ofoptions out there in terms of our pitching."

Milwaukee's Carlos Villanueva (6-0) was one of those options forYost as he tossed four scoreless innings to pick up the win inrelief of starter Jeff Suppan, who yielded three runs and fivehits in five frames.

"I felt if I could save the other guys in the 'pen from havingto come in in a game like that, I would do my best," Villanuevasaid.

The game didn't start out so bad for the Pirates as starter JohnVan Benschoten cruised through a 1-2-3 top of the first andNate McLouth led off the Pirates' half of the first with adouble and later came around to score on National LeagueAll-Star Freddy Sanchez's groundout to shortstop to make it 1-0.

Van Benschoten ran into trouble in the second. He issuedback-to-back walks to start the inning to Fielder and Hall.After a Jenkins flyout, Miller singled home Fielder to tie thescore at 1-1.

Van Benschoten escaped further damage when he retired the nexttwo batters to end the inning. He threw 31 pitches in theframe.

The Pirates added another run in the third and again a McLouthdouble was key. This time Van Benschoten drew a one-out walkand scored when McLouth doubled to left-center field, the ballglancing off the outstretched glove of Brewers center fielderHall.

Miller and the Brewers struck again in the fourth when Hallsingled with one out and then scored one batter later whenMiller hit his first homer of the game and second of the seasonto give the Brewers a 3-2 lead.

McLouth again spearheaded a Pirates' rally in the fifth when hesingled with one out, advanced to third on a single by JoseBautista and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Sanchez to makeit 3-3.

McLouth, a bench player who has just 11 starts this season forPittsburgh, went 3-for-5 with two runs and one RBI to lead thePirates' attack.

"I had a good night, too bad it just didn't mean more," McLouthsaid.

Van Benschoten lasted six innings, allowing three runs on threehits with five strikeouts. Hall reached base four times andscored twice for the Brewers, who are 6-1 against the Piratesthis season.

"Whether it's coming from the battery or the defense or theoffense, it always takes everybody to win and that's how weplay," Suppan said.