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Brewers 7, Cubs 4

Jody Gerut hits a grand slam during the fourth inning Thursday.

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Jody Gerut hits a grand slam during the fourth inning Thursday.

W: Dave Bush (5-7)
L: Randy Wells (10-9)
S: Trevor Hoffman (33)

HR: Jody Gerut (7)

MVP: Jody Gerut (+.412)
LVP: Mat Gamel (-.133)

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And, after a couple of rough days, the Brewers escaped Wrigley with a split.

They did it, surprisingly enough, behind the power of Jody Gerut, whose grand slam in the fourth inning was the game's only home run, and turned a 2-1 Cubs lead into a 5-2 Brewer advantage. Gerut went 1-for-2 with a walk in the game, and was pinch hit for by Corey Hart in the seventh inning.

Dave Bush was only ok today, allowing four runs on eight hits and a walk in 5.2 innings, but for the second straight day the bullpen had the answer, as Todd Coffey, Carlos Villanueva, Claudio Vargas and Trevor Hoffman combined to pitch 3.1 innings of scoreless relief to close out the game.

Mat Gamel, Mike Rivera and Alcides Escobar started in the 6-8 spots today and went a combined 1-for-10 with a walk, but that single drove in two runs for Mike Rivera, and gave the Brewers some late breathing room.

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Hooray

Rushed home from work and made it through the door just in time for the untucking! None of this having-to-watch-the-whole-game malarkey for me…

"I hope your name is Rick"

by MrLeam on Sep 17, 2009 4:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Decent road trip

by drezdn on Sep 17, 2009 4:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Certainly better than the homestand that came before it.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by KLSnow on Sep 17, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

theres an espn article on the crew, anyone have an inside pass?

"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck

by dux2bux on Sep 17, 2009 5:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Are you talking about the Keith Law one?

Because if you are, it’s the fourth FanPost on your right.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by KLSnow on Sep 17, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no, this one is by buster only (however you spell his last name)

"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck

by dux2bux on Sep 17, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

in his chat

(which is free) he was talking about trading Prince for Cain and he said that he was going to post about it.

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/28295/mlb-with-buster-olney

2009 Brewers: Pass the liquor.

by molitorfan on Sep 17, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

here's the link

"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck

by dux2bux on Sep 17, 2009 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oops

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/news/story?id=4480291&action=login&appRedirect=http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/news/story%3fid%3d4480291

"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck

by dux2bux on Sep 17, 2009 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So, two pop ups and a K:

that’ll pretty much do it for Mat Gamel this year, right, skipper? Since he clearly needs another month in the cage to work this out, and all.

by Rubie Q on Sep 17, 2009 5:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I try not to harbor any irrational hatred in my baseball fandom

But something about Ron Santo just crosses that line for me. Pretty much the only time I swear is when I’m listening to him.

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 17, 2009 7:43 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

if either team (houston or mke) gets swept this next series

they’ll be mathematically eliminated (from the division race).

In fact, it could happen to both teams

by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 17, 2009 11:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

from the other BCB

Al says “Amusing: watching Prince Fielder pound around the bases for a triple after his ball got beyond Bradley to the wall in the fifth. It was, believe it or not, his third triple of the season. He may seem overweight and out of shape, but Fielder is an excellent athlete who runs the bases well”

by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 17, 2009 11:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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