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In the midst of a rough and challenging stretch of games, having dropped 4 straight and 6 out of the last 7, in the first game of a 3-game series against the 2nd place Phoenix Speed Devils, the Brewers go into the bottom of the 9th trailing 5-2. The 2 runs both came on solo HR's- one by predictable source Antonio Puente, the other by a most unpredictable source, back-up catcher Tony Silmon. Silmon is arguably the worst player on the Brewers roster, and pretty much unarguably the worst hitter among non-pitchers (and several pitchers on the team are better hitters than Silmon.)
So when the Brewers mounted a bit of a comeback in the 9th, and managed to get two runners on with two outs, in spite of his earlier longball there was little hope when Silmon came to the plate (starting catcher Sam Rogers having been given the day off with no exceptions). So, of course, Silmon stroked a 3-run shot into the rightfield seats to tie the game. And the Brewers would then get a solo blast off the bat of Tanner Yurek in the bottom of the 10th to walk it off.
Because on any given day in this crazy game of baseball, you just never know what might happen.
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