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June 1-3, 1971, at Baltimore
The Brewers continue their uneven play by dropping 2 of 3 to the 7th place Baltimore Lords in Baltimore.
Game 1 was a pitcher's duel as Cheol-han Lee and Ricky Diaz (2-6, 3.46) were unscored upon for the first six innings. Lee gave way to Miguel Solis in the 7th, who allowed a hit but no runs, and then Eric Singer came in to work the last 2 innings. Diaz went the full 9 and finally allowed a run in the top of the 9th. It would be the only run scored in the game as Denver won 1-0. With the win Singer improves to 4-2 (1.46 ERA).
The bats remained quiet in the first game of a rare Thursday double-header as the Brewers lost 2-1. Harry Lyerly deserved better, as he gave up just 1 run on 7 hits with 7 strikeouts and 1 walk in 7 2/3rds innings. The lone run allowed by Lyerly was a 7th inning solo HR that tied the game at 1-1. Baltimore's veteran captain, Jose Santos, allowed just 1 run on 5 hits in 7 innings. Miguel Solis was uncharacteristically wild, allowing 3 walks and 1 hit in the bottom of the 9th, including issuing a bases-loaded walk to give the Lords the walk-off (literally) victory.
While the Lords offense came alive in the night-cap, the Brewers bats remained silent, as the Lords won 6-0. Brewers captain Abel Pennington took the loss and is now 1-2 with a 4.11 ERA for the season. Only 1 of the 5 runs allowed by Pennington was earned as back-up shortstop Danny Roman committed 2 very costly errors in the game. Of the 4 hits collected in the game by the Brewers, 2 of them came off the bat of Andrew Kennedy (.316/.345/.456), who remains a bright spot.
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