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The Brewers get a double-header split with Portland in the first 2 of a 4 game series in Denver.
Game 1 saw Pat Rondeau go 5 for 6 in the lead-off slot in a pitcher's duel. The game was tied 1-1 at the end of the regulation 9 and after the team's traded runs in the 10th, again tied at 2-2. But then in the 12th a Frank Hernandez 2-run HR put the visiting Wild Things up 4-2 for good.
It nearly took extras again in game 2 as the Brewers relinquished leads of 3-1 and 4-3 and needed heroics in the bottom of the 9th in order to win. Those heroics came, appropriately enough, off the bat of one of the most valuable Brewers this year, thirdbaseman Jared Stephenson. With 2 outs already recorded, Stephenson stepped to the plate, and after working the count full, smashed a Nick Veloz pitch into the leftfield stands to give the Brewers the win.
And with the Phoenix Speed Devils being shut-out by Brooklyn lefty Chris Pollack, the Brewers stretch their MGL lead to 6 games. (At this point, with roughly 20 games left in the schedule, Oklahoma City is now 12 1/2 games back and L.A. 13 1/2. So it is essentially a 2 team race.)
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