Brewers 12, Cubs 7
by Kyle Lobner on Mar 31, 2010 6:00 PM CDT
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PrintW: Zach Braddock
L: Alex Maestri
The Brewers couldn't hold a 4-0 lead today, but came from behind with an eight-run eighth to finish off a spring sweep of the Cubs.
Yovani Gallardo pitched well today in an abbreviated outing, pitching four shutout innings with three hits and no walks, striking out two. The Brewer bullpen, however, couldn't hold the lead. Todd Coffey allowed three runs in the fifth inning, and Carlos Villanueva allowed three more in the seventh to give the Cubs the advantage. Zach Braddock allowed one unearned run while pitching the eighth and ninth to secure the victory.
At the plate, The first four Brewer runs were scored in the third inning on a Prince Fielder grand slam, his second home run of the spring. Rickie Weeks, Adam Stern, George Kottaras and Alcides Escobar all had multi-hit days, but the Brewers couldn't string together another rally until the eighth, when they loaded the bases with none out and came away with eight runs on six hits and four walks, including an RBI double by Ray Olmedo and an RBI single in the first Cactus League PA for Austin Stockfisch.
With the win, the Brewers cannot have a losing Cactus League campaign: They're 14-13-2 with one game to play.
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Adam Stern had a big day
He may have just slid ahead of Corey Hart on the RF depth chart.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
Doubtful
I think Hart least will be platoon with Edmonds to start the season. No way an unproven minor leaguer starts the season ahead of their regular RF. Now, if Hart continues to struggle as the season progresses, they might start giving Stern more playing time, but at this point, I don’t see them keeping Stern on the roster along with Edmonds, Gerut and Inglett.
Over/under
Number of pictures of Zach Braddock that will be added to the AP/SBNation photo list by the end of the season: 1.
Failure is just success rounded down.
I'll take the over
But not by much.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
The two biggest must wins in history
1. World War II
2. This game against the Cubs
Not necessarily in that order.
When there is a scuffle in Ireland, there’s no need to specifically mention in the news story that alcohol was involved
by Getting Yosted on Apr 1, 2010 8:27 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Hey, has Prince ever hit a Grand Slam in the regular season?
Just wondering if anyone asked the question….
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