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In the first of three against Brooklyn at home, Harry Lyerly is sailing along for the first 5 innings having been staked to an early 4-0 lead. Things get a little dicey for him in the 6th and then even worse in the 7th when he allows a 2-out, 2-run HR off the bat of Luis Machado, which brought the Aces within one run of the Brewers. The Brewers got one in the bottom of the 7th to go up by 2.
But then closer Miguel Solis blew the save in the top of the 9th as once again Machado homered, this time to tie the game.
The bullpens both then settled down nicely and the game remained deadlock into the bottom of the 12th. After Ryan Rodgers led off with a walk, Antonio Puente moved him to second with a groundout to the secondbaseman, Oscar Vargas, who came into the game as a defensive substitute in the 8th inning, hit a little sinking liner single to left which moved Rodgers to third. Vargas then stole second to eliminate the traditional double play. Bobby Erbakan hit a sharp grounder to shortstop for the second out, with the runners frozen in place. The Aces walked Pat Rondeau to set up the force at any base and to face the weak hitting catcher, Matt Webb. What happened next was improbable, and for Brewers fans, exhilarating. On the very first pitch he saw, Webb blasted an opposite field Grand Slam into the rightfield seats. Game over!
Meanwhile, Phoenix was shut-out by Detroit, 3-0, so the Brewers are now 6 1/2 up in the standings.
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