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The Brewers return home to take on the struggling Wild Things for 4 games.
The Wild Things continue to struggle as Denver sweeps them.

Game 1 featured a nice start by rookie Steve Green. Green improved to 5-2 with a 3.18 ERA by pitching 7 1/3rd innings, giving up 2 runs on only 3 hits, striking out 7 and walking 2. Andrew Kennedy (.326/.354/.468) paced the offense with a 3 for 5, 3 RBI, 1 double (5) day hitting in the 3 hole.

Game 2 saw veteran lefty Daniel Torres continue his fine season. Torres, in spite of allowing 9 hits and 3 walks in 5 1/3rd innings pitched, gave up just 2 runs as the Brewers won 4-2. Torres improves to a team best 6-1 with a 2.05 ERA with the victory. Bobby Erbakan (.244/.302/.395) led off the bottom of the 1st with his 4th HR of the season. Ruben Souffront (.289/.314/.433), getting a bit more playing time especially due to Pat Rondeau's continued offensive struggles, went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and hit his 4th double of the season. Souffront also picked up his 5th stolen base of 1971 (to go with 2 times caught stealing.) Andrew Kennedy continues to be the team's most consistently good hitter as he went 2 for 3 in the game as well.

The first game of the Sunday double-header went into the 10th inning tied at 3-3. It ended in the bottom of the 11th when Antonio Puente (.262/.351/.554) banged an opposite field homer (12) for the walk-off victory. Will Smart gave the Brewers a solid 5 1/3rd in the start, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits. Liann-wei Hua got the victory in relief and improves to 1-1 with a 1.38 ERA. Jamison Bash (.295/.372/.630) also homered in the game, his 16th (2nd best in the MGL) as he was 2 for 3 with 2 RBI.

The night-cap was another close one as the Brewers prevailed 3-2 to get the series sweep. Cheol-han Lee worked 8 innings, giving up 2 runs on 6 hits (4 K, 0 BB) and improves to 3-4 with a 3.36 ERA. Miguel Solis worked a perfect 9th for his 6th save with a 1.69 ERA. Andrew Kennedy (.338/.365/.470), surprise surprise, went 3 for 3 with 1 walk in the game. Ryan Rodgers (.302/.368/.396), the reigning MGL batting champ, who has been slumping of late, went 4 for 4 with 1 walk.

With the series sweep the Brewers move to within 5 games of league leader Phoenix while remaining in 3rd place, 2 1/2 games behind the second place San Francisco Velocity.