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Nationals 8, Brewers 3

Alcides Escobar points skyward after hitting his first career home run Sunday.

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Alcides Escobar points skyward after hitting his first career home run Sunday.

W: Craig Stammen (4-6)
L: Manny Parra (8-10)

HR: Alcides Escobar (1), Cristian Guzman (6), Adam Dunn (33), Ryan Zimmerman (26)

MVP: Hernan Iribarren (+.013)
LVP: Manny Parra (-.370 pitching, +.022 hitting for -.348 overall)

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Yes, you're reading that right - Hernan Iribarren, who went 1-for-1 with a pinch hit double, was today's most valuable Brewer with slightly more than a hundredth of WPA.

The Brewer defense buried Manny Parra in a hole early in this game, allowing three unearned runs in the first on two errors. After that, though, Parra allowed earned runs in the second, third and fourth innings, allowing eight total (five earned) on eight hits and a walk in just 3.1 innings. Carlos Villanueva came in and saved the bullpen from a very long day, pitching 2.2 scoreless innings in mop up duty, but the damage had been done.

Alcides Escobar hit his first career home run in the fifth inning, and shortly afterwards Ryan Braun picked up his first career ejection, getting the quick hook after slamming his helmet to the ground in frustration after being called out on a close play at first.

The Brewers managed just six hits in the game, one each from Escobar, Iribarren, Parra, Braun, Jody Gerut and Felipe Lopez, and just two walks.

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Wow

Smoltz just struck out 7 in a row

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Aug 23, 2009 4:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

there was a brewers game today?

i thought they stopped playing baseball months ago

by sicklebeat on Aug 23, 2009 5:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That depends

on your definition of playing…and your definition of baseball.

But Touche good sir, Touche.

by Yar Nivek on Aug 23, 2009 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had a dream last night

Suppan was pitching. Right before he threw a pitch, he looked back to just left-of-center field where I was sitting in the stands. Counsell was playing center.

The next pitch ended up, not as a homer, but as a medium fly that hit off the top of Counsell’s outstretched glove.

I guess in my dream Suppan is like Babe Ruth. And Counsell is completely inept in the outfield.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 24, 2009 6:22 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that's no moon...

it’s a space station

"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin

by sowingwildoats on Aug 24, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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