Capuano Shuts Out the Cubs

Chris Capuano threw his first complete game yesterday at Wrigley, shutting out the Cubs in a 9-0 victory for the Brewers. Chris was damn near perfect yesterday, tossing 91 pitches, 69 for strikes, giving up only five hits, striking out six and walking none. He's now tied with Curt Schilling for the most strikeouts in MLB with 40. Congratulations Chris! Keep up the good work!

Speaking of good work, our Brewers were on a tear this weekend in Chicago. Rickie Weeks finally got his first home run of the season, and managed to get through the whole weekend without an error. Dare I say it, but his defense looked relatively strong this weekend. Prince Fielder socked two home runs, and everyone of our starting players got a hit and a run scored on Saturday, even Doug Davis. I was very happy to see that Doug finally recorded his first win of the season, and he certainly looked like he was getting his command back on track. Good going, Doug! I hope those hot bats are a sign of things to come and not just a fluke. We're going to need them against Houston!

Our guys definitely played some great baseball this weekend, without a doubt, but I'd like to revisit Friday's game. Yes I know we lost, but what is being overlooked, I think, is that the Brewers were hitting Maddux. I'm sorry to say it because I think he's great, but the game Friday was lost by our starting pitcher, Dave Bush. Maybe he had an off night, but he gave up way too many hits. That's neither here nor there at this point. My point is that everyone is talking about how Maddux is such a phenomenal pitcher, and don't get me wrong, there are very few of his caliber. But he did give up eight hits in that game, three to Geoff Jenkins alone. Granted I'm trying to extract some positive out of that negative, but I think it's something worth commenting on. If our guys, even just a few of them, can get eight hits off of a pitcher like Maddux, then that's definitely a good sign, and hopefully it will be a sign of good things to come.

One final thought. Ned Yost went into spring training asking his team to give him two more wins per month. The Brewers have ended April with a record of 14-11. Last season, the team finished April 10-13. After 25 games last season, the record was 12-13. No matter how you look at it, Ned got his two wins this month. Great job guys, keep 'em coming!

That's it for now Brewer fans. Don't forget our Brew Crew takes on the Astros again tonight at 7:05. Maybe Tomo Ohka can post two good starts back to back and take this one away from Houston. Until next time, go Brewers!