Shaun Marcum had a rough Brewer debut tonight, allowing four runs (three earned) on four hits and lasting just 4.2 innings. What's more notable, though, is Marcum's walk total: After averaging just 1.4 walks per start over all of 2010, he walked five batters in his relatively brief outing tonight. Those five walks tied a career high:
| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| 4/2/2011 | Reds | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 6/20/2010 | Giants | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 8/30/2006 | Indians | 6.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
There is some good news, though: When Marcum walked five Giants last season, he came back to beat the Phillies in his next start.
Brewer starting pitchers didn't walk five batters in a game for the first time last season until May 2, when Randy Wolf walked six. The Brewers' starter also hadn't walked five in a game since Wolf did it on August 30. As a team, they did it ten times last season and Wolf was responsible for four of them.