GAME THREAD: NL: PHILADELPHIA (57-52) at MILWAUKEE (59-51)

NL: PHILADELPHIA (57-52) at MILWAUKEE (59-51)

<h3>Brewers host Phillies, look to maintain lead over Cubs</h3>



<div class="pre">Philadelphia (57-52) at Milwaukee (59-51) 7:05 pm EDT</div>

MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers are back where theywant to be.


The Brewers will attempt to solidify their hold on first placein the National League Central when they continue their weekendseries with the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.

Milwaukee, which had been in first since April 21, briefly fellinto second in the Central on Thursday behind the Chicago Cubsafter dropping a 12-4 decision to the New York Mets.

However, the Mets did them a favor and beat the red-hot Cubs(57-51), 6-2, on Friday. Combined with their 2-1 win overPhiladelphia, the Brewers moved one game ahead.


Yovani Gallardo outdueled fellow rookie Kyle Kendrick, yieldinga run and striking out seven in 6 2/3 innings.


Milwaukee will see if it can continue the momentum behind DavidBush (9-8, 4.87 ERA).


The righthander picked up a win in relief on Tuesday, throwing ascoreless inning in a 4-2 win over New York in 13 innings.Other than that, Bush has lost his past two starts, including a6-5 setback at the Cincinnati Reds on July 26 in which heallowed four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Cole Hamels (12-5, 3.50) takes the mound for the Phillies, whotrail New York (62-47) by five games in the NL East. Hamelsdominated the Cubs on Sunday, limiting them to one run and threehits eight innings.


Jimmy Rollins singled in the first inning of Friday's loss toextend his hitting streak to 14 games. He is 4-for-10 with ahomer vs. Bush.

 

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

PHILADELPHIA MILWAUKEE
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Chris Roberson RF .500 0 1 Corey Hart RF .280 18 48
Tadahito Iguchi 2B .360 1 3 J.J. Hardy SS .271 18 61
Jimmy Rollins SS .297 20 66 Ryan Braun 3B .345 18 51
Ryan Howard 1B .268 29 88 Prince Fielder 1B .287 31 80
Aaron Rowand CF .317 16 61 Bill Hall CF .262 9 42
Pat Burrell LF .269 16 56 Kevin Mench LF .276 6 28
Greg Dobbs 3B .284 7 38 Johnny Estrada C .292 8 38
Carlos Ruiz C .254 3 36 Tony Graffanino 2B .237 9 30
Adam Eaton RHP .229 0 4 Dave Bush RHP .147 0 2
(9-7, 5.87) (9-8, 4.87)</div>

 

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

PHILADELPHIA MILWAUKEE
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Chris Roberson RF .500 0 1 Corey Hart RF .280 18 48
Tadahito Iguchi 2B .360 1 3 J.J. Hardy SS .271 18 61
Jimmy Rollins SS .297 20 66 Ryan Braun 3B .345 18 51
Ryan Howard 1B .268 29 88 Prince Fielder 1B .287 31 80
Aaron Rowand CF .317 16 61 Bill Hall CF .262 9 42
Pat Burrell LF .269 16 56 Kevin Mench LF .276 6 28
Greg Dobbs 3B .284 7 38 Johnny Estrada C .292 8 38
Carlos Ruiz C .254 3 36 Tony Graffanino 2B .237 9 30
Cole Hamels LHP .154 0 1 Dave Bush RHP .147 0 2
(12-5, 3.50) (9-8, 4.87)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE
WARMUPS: PHI - COLE HAMELS (12-5, 3.50)
MIL - DAVE BUSH (9-8, 4.87)

UMPIRES: HP - ANDY FLETCHER
1B - MIKE REILLY
2B - JEFF KELLOGG
3B - ERIC COOPER

WEATHER: INDOORS</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE
STARTING BATS: PHI - COLE HAMELS AND CARLOS RUIZ
MIL - DAVE BUSH AND JOHNNY ESTRADA

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: C ROBERSON (.500, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
T IGUCHI (.360, 1 HR, 3 RBI)
J ROLLINS (.297, 20 HR, 66 RBI)</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
MIL - DAVE BUSH

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C HART (.280, 18 HR, 48 RBI)
J HARDY (.271, 18 HR, 61 RBI)
R BRAUN (.345, 18 HR, 51 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at MILWAUKEE

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

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Roberson rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455
T Iguchi 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
R Howard 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
A Rowand cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317
P Burrell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
G Dobbs 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
C Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
C Hamels p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
J Hardy ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
R Braun 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345
P Fielder 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
B Hall cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
K Mench lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
J Estrada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
T Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
D Bush 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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PHILADELPHIA - 0 -- 0
MILWAUKEE - -- 0
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.50

MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.83

Pitches-strikes: D Bush 9-8. Ground balls-fly balls: D Bush 0-3. Batters
faced: D Bush 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Eric
Cooper.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE
CONFIRMED STARTERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
MIL - DAVE BUSH</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN BRAUN (19) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 1ST OFF COLE HAMELS.
CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 0, MILWAUKEE 1

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: P FIELDER (.287, 31 HR, 80 RBI)</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
MIL - DAVE BUSH

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: R HOWARD (.268, 29 HR, 88 RBI)
A ROWAND (.317, 16 HR, 61 RBI)
P BURRELL (.269, 16 HR, 56 RBI)</div>

 

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

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Roberson rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455
T Iguchi 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
R Howard 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
A Rowand cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317
P Burrell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
G Dobbs 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
C Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
C Hamels p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
R Braun 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .348
P Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
B Hall cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
K Mench lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
J Estrada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
T Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
D Bush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147

Totals 4 1 1 1 0 1 0

BATTING: HR - R Braun (19, 1st inning off C Hamels 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Braun
(52). 2-out RBI - R Braun. Team LOB - 0.


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PHILADELPHIA - 0 -- 0
MILWAUKEE - 1 -- 1
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.53

MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.83

Pitches-strikes: C Hamels 13-10; D Bush 9-8. Ground balls-fly balls: C Hamels
1-1; D Bush 0-3. Batters faced: C Hamels 4; D Bush 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Eric
Cooper.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN HOWARD (30) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 2ND OFF DAVE BUSH.
CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 1, MILWAUKEE 1

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A ROWAND (.317, 16 HR, 61 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NL AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY PAT BURRELL (17) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 2ND OFF DAVE BUSH SCORED AARON ROWAND.
CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 3, MILWAUKEE 1

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: G DOBBS (.284, 7 HR, 38 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NL PHILADELPHIA AT MILWAUKEE
NOTE: PHILADELPHIA LEFT FIELDER PAT BURRELL EXTENDED HIS
HITTING STREAK TO 13 GAMES WITH A HOME RUN IN THE SECOND INNING.</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at MILWAUKEE

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
MIL - DAVE BUSH

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: B HALL (.262, 9 HR, 42 RBI)
K MENCH (.276, 6 HR, 28 RBI)
J ESTRADA (.292, 8 HR, 38 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (3) VS MILWAUKEE (1) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Roberson rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .417
T Iguchi 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
R Howard 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .270
A Rowand cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .317
P Burrell lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .271
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
C Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .254
C Hamels p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .151

Totals 8 3 2 3 2 1 2

BATTING: HR - R Howard (30, 2nd inning off D Bush 0 on, 0 Out), P Burrell (17,
2nd inning off D Bush 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Howard (89), P Burrell 2 (58).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Roberson 1. Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Ruiz (3, 2nd base off D Bush/J Estrada).


MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
R Braun 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .348
P Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
B Hall cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
K Mench lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
J Estrada c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
T Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
D Bush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147

Totals 4 1 1 1 0 1 0

BATTING: HR - R Braun (19, 1st inning off C Hamels 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Braun
(52). 2-out RBI - R Braun. Team LOB - 0.


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PHILADELPHIA - 03 -- 3
MILWAUKEE - 1 -- 1
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.53

MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 5.01

Pitches-strikes: C Hamels 13-10; D Bush 39-24. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Hamels 1-1; D Bush 2-3. Batters faced: C Hamels 4; D Bush 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Eric
Cooper.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
MIL - DAVE BUSH

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: T IGUCHI (.346, 0-FOR-1)
J ROLLINS (.296, 0-FOR-1)
R HOWARD (.270, 1-FOR-1, HR, RBI)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (3) VS MILWAUKEE (1) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Roberson rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .417
T Iguchi 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
R Howard 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .270
A Rowand cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .317
P Burrell lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .271
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
C Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .254
C Hamels p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .151

Totals 8 3 2 3 2 1 2

BATTING: HR - R Howard (30, 2nd inning off D Bush 0 on, 0 Out), P Burrell (17,
2nd inning off D Bush 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Howard (89), P Burrell 2 (58).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Roberson 1. Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Ruiz (3, 2nd base off D Bush/J Estrada).


MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
R Braun 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .348
P Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
K Mench lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
J Estrada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
T Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
D Bush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147

Totals 7 1 1 1 0 1 0

BATTING: HR - R Braun (19, 1st inning off C Hamels 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Braun
(52). 2-out RBI - R Braun. Team LOB - 0.


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PHILADELPHIA - 03 -- 3
MILWAUKEE - 10 -- 1
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.51

MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 5.01

Pitches-strikes: C Hamels 25-18; D Bush 39-24. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Hamels 3-2; D Bush 2-3. Batters faced: C Hamels 7; D Bush 10.

UMPIRES: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Eric
Cooper.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: PHI - COLE HAMELS
MIL - DAVE BUSH

DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: T GRAFFANINO (.237, 9 HR, 30 RBI)
D BUSH (.147, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
C HART (.279, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at MILWAUKEE

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

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Roberson rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .417
T Iguchi 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
J Rollins ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
R Howard 1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .269
A Rowand cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .317
P Burrell lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .271
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
C Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .254
C Hamels p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .151

Totals 11 3 2 3 2 2 2

BATTING: HR - R Howard (30, 2nd inning off D Bush 0 on, 0 Out), P Burrell (17,
2nd inning off D Bush 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Howard (89), P Burrell 2 (58).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Roberson 1. Team LOB - 1.

BASERUNNING: SB - C Ruiz (3, 2nd base off D Bush/J Estrada).


MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Hart rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279
J Hardy ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
R Braun 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .348
P Fielder 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
B Hall cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
K Mench lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
J Estrada c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
T Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
D Bush p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147

Totals 7 1 1 1 0 1 0

BATTING: HR - R Braun (19, 1st inning off C Hamels 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Braun
(52). 2-out RBI - R Braun. Team LOB - 0.


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PHILADELPHIA - 030 -- 3
MILWAUKEE - 10 -- 1
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hamels 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.51

MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 4.97

Pitches-strikes: C Hamels 25-18; D Bush 55-36. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Hamels 3-2; D Bush 3-4. Batters faced: C Hamels 7; D Bush 13.

UMPIRES: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Eric
Cooper.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>