Monday, July 9, 2012

Games 78 & 79: Brewers Take Twinbill With Blowout and 1-Run Affair

Detroit (July 6) - The Milwaukee Brewers surrendered just four runs in two games and swept a doubleheader from the Tigers Sunday afternoon in Detroit, taking three of four games in the weekend series.

The Brewers routed the Tigers, 13-2 in Game 1, then held on to win 3-2 in the nightcap.

Milwaukee banged out 19 hits in the first game---at least one in every inning. Robin Yount had three doubles and four RBI. He scored three times. Tigers pitchers walked eight Milwaukee hitters.

Tigers starter Mickey Lolich (6-10) became the third Detroit pitcher to register double digits in losses this season (Joe Coleman 12; Lerrin LaGrow 11). Lolich lasted just 3.2 innings, surrendering 10 hits and seven earned runs.

In Game 2, Milwaukee fell behind 1-0 in the first inning, but scored twice in the fifth inning on a 2-run double by George Scott. They added an insurance run in the seventh and survived a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the ninth with the score 3-2. The game ended with Ron LeFlore's line drive being caught by shortstop Kurt Bevacqua, who threw to second baseman Bob Sheldon to double off Gates Brown.

Brewers starters Tom Hausman and Pete Broberg (Games 1 and 2, respectively) combined to throw 13 innings and allow just three runs between them.

The Major Said: "That first game was as ugly as it gets. We had a shot in the second game, but Ronnie hits into that double play. That's pretty much how our season has gone, right there."

Game 1
Milwaukee  210 401 500  13-19-1
Tigers  100 000 100  2-11-2

HR: Scott (MIL); Bevacqua (MIL)
WP: Hausman
LP: Lolich (6-10)

Game 2
Milwaukee  000 020 100  3-9-0
Tigers  100 000 010  2-8-0

WP: Broberg
SV: Murphy
LP: LaGrow (3-11)

Tigers record: 31-48 (actual 33-46)
Home: 14-28
Away: 17-20
Last 10: 3-7

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