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The Brewers are heading back in the right direction again as we enter July, having won 4 in a row, including a 3-game sweep of the Velocity in San Francisco.
In the final game of the series, young Harry Lyerly got his first big league victory and very nearly his first big league shutout. Predictably enough, given that the long ball is his Achilles' heel, he was one out away from the shutout when he gave up a solo HR to the Velocity firstbaseman Al McCullough. Still, with 8 strikeouts and 2 walks, combined with the fact that Lyerly, considered a good hitting pitcher, drove in 2 of the 4 Brewers runs himself (he went 2 for 3), not a bad outing at all for the young fire-baller.
With Phoenix having now lost 3 in a row, the Brewers extend their lead in the MGL to 3 1/2 over both the Speed Devils and Oklahoma City.
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