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The Brewers finally get a win again though it required extra innings and certainly heroics.
The first hero was Harry Lyerly, who pitched 10 innings, allowing just 1 run on 7 hits while striking out 12 and walking just 1. Lyerly improves to 8-3 with a 2.99 ERA. The one run he allowed was a solo HR in the top of the 9th which tied the game at 1-1. (I thought seriously about pulling him from the game but given how much the bullpen has been letting us down lately and that Lyerly has probably been our best pitcher for the past month or more, I stuck with him. It was possibly a mistake but other than that one pitch he was masterful and who knows how this would have turned out had I pulled him.)
The second hero was back-up infielder Juan Lujan, whose 2-out single drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th.
Mention should also be made of back-up catcher Kevin Curtis, who hit a double with one out and ended up scoring that winning run.
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