June 14-16, 1971, at San Francisco
The Brewers travel west to San Francisco to take on the 2nd place Velocity for 3 games. The Brewers enter the series on a 6-game winning streak and end the series with a 9-game winning streak.
Game 1 sees rookie hurler Steve Green pitch another fine game, allowing 3 runs on just 4 hits while striking out 8 and walking 2 over 8 innings pitched. Bobby Erbakan (.247/.299/.416) went 2 for 4 from the lead-off slot and hit his 6th double of the season as the Brewers won 5-3. Green improves to 6-2 with a 3.04 ERA and Miguel Solis works the 9th for his 10th save (1.49 ERA).
The Brewers cruise to a 7-0 victory in game 2 behind Daniel Torres, who continues to have a tremendous season at age 36. Torres works 7 scoreless innings, allowing just 4 hits with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks and improves to 8-1 with a 1.92 ERA. The suddenly hot Bobby Erbakan (.258/.308/.421) goes 3 for 5 with 2 RBI in the game and Jamison Bash (.301/.381/.607) pitches in with a 2 for 4, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI game.
Game 3 was tight until late but when the Brewers scored 3 runs in the final 2 innings they ended up with a rather easy looking 5-1 victory for the series sweep. Cheol-han Lee got the start and the win for the visiting Brewers. Lee worked 7 innings, gave up 1 run on 6 hits, and improves to 5-4 with a 2.91 ERA. Chad Brown (.308/.339/.384) paced the offense with a 2 for 4, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI game and hit his 3rd triple of the season. Catcher Kevin Curtis (.204/.316/.313), known more for his defense than his bat, had a nice game at the dish, going 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and hitting his 10th double of 1971.
With the series sweep the Brewers move ahead of San Francisco and into 2nd place, 3 1/2 games behind the first place Phoenix Speed Devils.
Last edited by BirdWatcher; 02-21-2019 at 10:37 PM.
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