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October 2, 1970, versus San Francisco.
The Brewers lose the first of three versus San Francisco, 4-1.
The game was very close until the 8th inning when S.F. scored 2 on a 2-run HR by the Velocity thirdbaseman Jesse Cibula. (Cibula, a native of Cortez, Colorado, is one of the brightest young stars of the WPK. At age 23 he is already a 6 time All-Star and he has a slash line of .331/.386/.602 for the 1970 season, with 20 doubles, 9 triples, 40 HR's, 20 stolen bases and a WAR of 8.6. He's a fairly mediocre defensive third sacker, but other than that everything about this kid is money.)
The Brewers managed to load the bases in the bottom of the 9th but then with 2 outs Antonio Puente came in to pinch hit and hit a harmless fly ball to left to end the game.
Meanwhile, Phoenix beat Detroit 3-1. With 2 games left on the schedule the Brewers magic number remains 2. They still have their fate in their own hands but they need to win the last 2 games or hope for some help from Detroit.
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