Capuano is Quality

Well last night was another outstanding outing for leftie Chris Capuano. He is now 9 for 9 in quality starts. He didn't get the win, sadly, but it was still a great night for Brewers baseball as the Crew defeated the Phillies 3-2.

Cappy was staked to a win until the 7th inning, when he gave up a run to tie the game. He tossed seven complete innings, scattering only six hits and one walk while striking out seven. 67 of his 95 pitches were for strikes. Newcomer Brian Shouse threw the 8th inning. Three batters, seven pitches, three outs, inning over.

Derrick Turnbow, of course, made an appearance in the 9th, and went on to get the win. He gave up one walk and one hit, but that one hit was a triple that threatened to put the Phillies back in the lead. Derrick managed to work out of it and get the guys back in the dugout.

The one negative last night was that we lost JJ Hardy for two to six weeks. JJ slid into Phillies catcher Sal Fasano and sprained his ankle. Luckily, nothing was broken, and we have Bill Hall to cover short stop. Corey Hart has been recalled from Nashville to fill JJ's spot on the roster. Get better soon, JJ!

There were a few interesting pitching manuevers last night by Philadelphia. At one point, they pitched around Geoff Jenkins to get to Carlos Lee. I'm assuming this was in an effort to get a double play. Why else would you want to pitch to Carlos Lee? He's been crushing home runs this season, and putting a couple of men on base in front of Carlos is never a good idea.

Then later in the game, they pitched around Corey Koskie to get to Damian Miller, who has been on fire lately. This was the fatal error, as Damian laid down a bunt right to the pitcher, but a throwing error to third allowed Bill Hall to come home and score the winning run. Guess they'll think twice next time about intentionally walking our guys.

Besides the fact that it's always great to win against a hot team, last night was an especially sweet win. St. Louis lost. Houston lost. Cincinnatti lost. The Cubs and Pirates won, but they're below us in the standings. The important thing is that we won while everyone above us lost. Guess the Mets followed my directions about beating the crap out of St. Louis. I hope they do it again tonight!

All right Brewer fans. It's now game time and Dave Bush takes the hill against Gavin Floyd. I'll be back after the game. Go Brewers!