No Rally for Crew

You know, I said specifically yesterday that it was time to stop breaking opponents' streaks. Apparently, none of the Brewers paid attention, as they helped to snap the Twins' five game losing streak, falling 7-1 in a very ugly contest at Miller Park.

Davis, who was 2-0 against the Twins, was all over the place tonight. He threw 117 pitches, but only 69 for strikes. He walked only two, but gave up seven hits and four runs, with only three strikeouts. Francisco Liriano, on the other hand, in his first start, threw 41 of 68 for strikes. He surrendered only two hits and one run while fanning five.

Jose Capellan, who has been stellar in his last few outings, was off his game tonight, giving up a gram slam to Tony Batista. That just added insult to injury, because our guys couldn't get anything going.

There was no dramatic rally tonight. Our batters tonight couldn't have hit water if they fell out of a boat. Ok, maybe it wasn't that bad, but it wasn't pretty. We managed one run in the third, but that was it. Carlos Lee made it to third base on a Prince Fielder ground rule double in the 7th, but that was as close as the Crew would get to the plate. Ironically, if the ball had stayed in the park, Carlos could have scored.

This was not a good night to lose either, as all three teams above us in the standings won their games. St. Louis came back to beat Kansas City. Houston defeated Texas and Cincinnati came back to rout Detroit, snapping the Tigers' seven game winning streak. At least the Cubs lost.

I thought tonight would be a good night to try out my Jenkins jersey again, since he's been on such a hot streak. He went 0-3. The Brewers lost the last time I wore this shirt. I'm going to have to burn this jersey or have it exorcised or something, because it seems to have some bad juju attached to it. Maybe I'll just let it hang in the closet the rest of the season.

So moving on. Ben Hedrickson takes on Scott Baker tomorrow night. Ben looked sharp in his first outing back with the Crew, when he relieved Ben Sheets in the third inning versus Houston on May 2. Not so great since then. He gave up three runs in his first start and seven in his second. Luckily for us, Baker doesn't look much better, giving up at least four runs in each of his last three starts, as well as two homers in all three. He threw 203 of 285 pitches for strikes in those three starts, but somehow managed to walk only one. It looks like he's predominantly a fly ball pitcher, so with any luck our guys can stay out of the double plays.

Well that's all I have for tonight Brewer fans. I'm going to go drown my sorrows in some ice cream and try to forget tonight's game. Matt, feel free to send your comments, and have fun at the game tomorrow night! Until next time, go Brewers!