Brewers 3, Marlins 2, 13 innings In one of the wettest games I've ever seen, the Brewers hung in in South Florida for that amazing 24 hour win against the Marlins. After 1 hour and 42 minutes of rain delays, the umpire for the game decided to suspend the game after 10 innings until Wednesday at 6:05 CDT. With another great outing from our bullpen, a combined 3 innings from Greg Aquino, Elmer Dessens, and Fransisco "Coco" Cordero, ultimately getting the save, made sure the Marlins would not win that game. Oh, and it didn't hurt that Rickie Weeks scored the run in the 9th to tie, and the winner in the 13th. Also, For the first time since Derrek Lee did it on June 13th, 2004, Prince Fielder had 7 plate appearances, not AB, and reached safely every time, on 4 hits and 3 walks. This is also the first time in nearly 21 months that the Brewers defeated the Marlins. Season Series-Tied, 1-1
Brewers 5, Marlins 2, 9 innings. In the second half of our "doubleheader", We won yet again, behind a great outing of Dave Bush. going 6 innings, and allowing 1 run, he recieved his first win (1-1). However, he would have never recieved without Rickie Weeks, who scored twice on hits by teammates, and even had a 2-run homerun of his own, which adds to the total of 4 RDI, or Runs Directly Influenced (My Stat), and his 2 RDI last night. Not bad at all. Oh and Coco got the save again (3), dominating his opponents yet again. Also, the Brewers have hit a homerun in every game without extra innings (1-0 in extra innings). Season Series-Leading 2-1.
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Thanks, Bill. Here in the NL, we have a logjam in the Central. With the Reds, Cardinals, and Brewers all tied at 5-4, we look to the weekend to sort this out, with the Cardinals hosting the Brewers, and the Reds going to the Windy City to take on the owner-hungry Cubs. Over in the East, we have both the Best and Worst team in the Major Leagues, with Atlanta up at 7-1, and the Alfonso-less Nationals at 1-8. Talk about the full spectrum! And over in the West, we have another dogfight, but with only 1 division leader in the D-Backs, but the Dodgers and Padres are only a half game back.
Thank you Rickie. Now, I turn it over to our Senior AL Correspondent, J.J. Weeks!
Thanks, Bill. Here is the granddaddy of them all, the AL East. Who would have thought that the Blue Jays would be the Divison Leader right now? Not me. Now, we move a little West into the AL Central, where arguably the toughest divison in baseball has the Twins, Indians, White Sox, and Tigers all within a game of each other. Then, we have the Royals. (Psst, Bill, where are the Royals from?) Finally, we have the AL West, where the talent is somewhat average, and another team from LA is doing great. I suggest that we have a tourney involving the two NY teams, the two CHI teams, and the two LA teams in a round robin tourney. Wouldn't that be cool? (Too bad it won't happen.)
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And, we're back to BrewersCenter. Before we wrap it up, let's go to Prince Hall with "The Down-Lo on the DL!"
Thank's Bill. Today's patient, is 6'6'', 230 lb. SP for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chris Carpenter! Now, Carpenter was recently added to the DL, with mild arthritis and elbow impingement. While he is only supposed to be on the DL for 15 days, I expect it to be a possible 30-60 day DL trip, with rehab starts, and even possibly surgery. Now, many experts have said that if Chris will be out for an extended period of time, than the Cardinals will not have a shot at making the playoffs. Let's find out!
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