What an amazing victory last night. The Brewers once again possessed the holy trinity of pitching, hitting and fielding to beat the red-hot Mets 9-6. A surge of offense in the5th inning gave the Brew Crew a lead they never surrended, and they evened out their record to 18-18.
Dave Bush struggled through the first few innings, but still managed to get the win and a quality start. Geoff Jenkins was amazing with his not one, but two diving catches, and that clutch two-out, bases clearing double. Brady Clark displayed some very quick reflexes last night as he scrambled back to third base. I wonder if he got hurt trying to get back to the bag, because he had a big gash on his left arm today at the Milwaukee Art Museum event.
Let's not forget Prince Fielder, with another two-homer game last night. He crushed a tape measure home run to right center field, hitting the Road Runner sign. Turned out to be the second longest home run hit in Miller Park history, at 475 feet, second only to Russell Branyan's 480 foot blast. Then he went to left with a shot that landed in the Brewers' bullpen. That kid is going to do good things for this club, and I'm sorry I ever doubted him.
The offensive push in the 5th inning secured a win for the Brewers, and the first ever loss against the Brewers for Jose Lima. Daron Sutton had mentioned before the game that it was time to start snapping the winning streaks of opposing pitchers. Guess he was right.
Derrick Turnbow entered the game in the 9th last night after Dan Kolb faltered a bit, giving up 3 hits, a walk and a run. Suddenly with two outs, the game turned and became a save situation for Derrick. Of course, he came in, threw three pitches and game over, notching his 12th save in as many attempts. Derrick is now 51 for 55 in saves for the Brewers. It's hard to believe that he had never recorded a major league save before coming to Milwaukee. Just goes to show the talent and influence of a superb pitching coach like Mike Maddux.
It seems something almost magical happens to the Brewers when they play in Miller Park. They just came off a very disappointing road trip, but they get back here and everything turns around. Everyone chipped in last night. The pitching was on, the defense was solid, and the bats were certainly hot.
Hopefully that magic will continue tonight as Dana Eveland makes his season debut on the hill against Jeremi Gonzalez, who is making his debut with the Mets. Dana had a rough spring, to say the least, and pitched his way back into AAA before camp broke. According to skipper Ned Yost, Dana went down and worked out a lot of his issues. He left Nashville with an ERA of 0.75 through 36 innings. He surrendered only three earned runs over six starts, with one homerun, seven walks and 33 punchouts.
Dana will need calm nerves and a steady hand tonight, because he'll be making his start in front of a sell-out crowd. Approximately 45,000 fans will be on hand tonight to collect their Derrick Turnbow Bobblehead dolls, myself included. With any luck, Dana will collect his first win of the season, and the Crew will rise back above .500. Until next time, go Brewers!
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