MILWAUKEE, WI - AUGUST 16: Aramis Ramirez #16 of the Milwaukee Brewers celebrates a home run against the Philadelphia Phillies during their game at Miller Park onAugust 16, 2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Mark Hirsch/Getty Images)
W: Livan Hernandez (4-1)
L: Josh Lindblom (2-3)
S: Jim Henderson (3)
HR: Ryan Braun 2 (31), Aramis Ramirez (16), Corey Hart (23)
MVP: Corey Hart (.537)
LVP: Marco Estrada (-.243)
Win Expectancy Graph and Star of the Game Voting
Things more exciting than this game until a certain point: the Wave, according to multiple accounts on Twitter. As for me personally, my laundry, dishes, and hunt for a Bundt cake recipe I can make with ingredients I have on hand. It was exciting when Ryan Braun and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning, and Braun's second home run of the game was also exciting, but the excitement of the Brewers' 3-1 lead was punctured by a horrible 5th inning for Marco Estrada. With two outs, he gave up a single to Ryan Howard and then walked Domonic Brown. After Laynce Nix singled, he gave up a double to Kevin Frandsen that cleared the bases. That was all the Phillies needed to take the lead behind an incredible performance by Cliff Lee. Lee allowed only two non-home run hits, both singles, in 7.2 innings. He struck out 11 Brewers.
However, the last thing Lee (and Frandsen's error) did led to a rally. Rickie Weeks reached 2nd on the error. Josh Lindblom entered the game and intentionally walked Braun. As tends to happen, he unintentionally walked the next batter. Corey Hart hit a grand slam right over Brown's glove and into the visitors' bullpen.


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