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Another really nice start by 25-year old Adam Getchell, but unfortunately the Brewers cannot give him enough run support as they lose 2-1 to Baltimore.
Getchell gave up a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 2nd inning and was otherwise pretty much flawless in his 7 innings of work (6 hits, 4 K, O BB).
23-year old backup OF/1B Andrew Kennedy came up with 2 on and 2 outs in the top of 9th and unfortunately was unable to get a groundball past the secondbaseman.
Still, I am past due mentioning the great season Kennedy has had thus far. In this game, in fact, he went 2 for 4 and hit his 1st big league HR. For the season Kennedy has a slash line of .353/.395/.471 and the team has not regretted choosing to keep him on the major league roster at the end of Spring Training instead of James Jackson, who is admittedly hitting the cover off the ball at AAA but who is not as good defensively at firstbase as Kennedy (and Kennedy is nearly as good a defender in the OF as Jackson) and who doesn't have nearly the contact hitting skills that the young Kennedy does. (Kennedy also is considered a leader in the clubhouse, adding intangible value to his profile.)
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