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The Brewers start the month of July with 4 games at Brooklyn against the 7th place Aces.
The Brewers win the first game 7-2 behind captain Abel Pennington who improves to 3-2 with a 3.35 ERA. Jamison Bash hits two HR's to get to 21 on the season.
The Aces get a walk-off win in game 2. Felix Lopez, the leading hitter (.382) in the league, hit the game winning RBI single with 2 outs in the 9th, saddling Miguel Solis (3-6, 2.15) with the loss in the 4-3 game.
The Brewers bounce back with a big game 3, winning 14-0. Harry Lyerly pitched one of his best games of the season, allowing just 5 hits while striking out 10 and walking 6. He improves to 9-4 with a 2.86 ERA. The Brewers hit 4 HR's in the game, 2 of them coming off the bat of Tanner Yurek, who has struggled at the plate this season and saw his season HR total double in this game.
The Brewers took the series with a 5-2 win in the final game, Jamison Bash hitting 2 long balls (23) to drive the offense. Steve Green pitched 8 solid innings and improved to 8-3 with a 2.91 ERA.


Next up was 4 games at home versus the 9th place Baltimore Lords.
The Lords handed the Brewers a 3-0 loss in the first game. Daniel Torres pitched well but suffered the loss and drops to 8-2 with a 2.24 ERA.
The Brewers bounce back with a 7-1 win behind ace Cheol-han Lee in the second game. Lee improved to 8-4 with 2.52 ERA. Jamison Bash hit HR #24. Chad Brown, having a fine season and hitting .305 at this point, was 4 for 5 with 2 doubles (6) and a triple (5) in the game. Ruben Souffront (.288) was 3 for 5 with 3 runs scored and hit his 6th double.
The Brewers dropped the first game of a Thursday doubleheader, 4-3. Harry Lyerly gave up 3 HR's in the game and took the loss, in spite of striking out 9 while allowing just 5 hits and a walk in 7 innings pitched. He drops to 9-5 with a 2.98 ERA.
The Brewers then get another fine start from the captain, Abel Pennington, in the nightcap and win 3-0. Pennington improved to 4-2 with a 2.90 ERA. Pat Rondeau, who has been showing life at the plate after a very poor start to the season, went 2 for 3 and hit his 3rd HR of the season, lifting his batting average to .275.
The Brewers split the 4-game series with Baltimore.

The Brewers then traveled to Phoenix to take on the first place Speed Devils for the last 4 games prior to the All-Star Break.
Denver drops the first game 3-0. Steve Green isn't at his sharpest, giving up the 3 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks in 6 1/3rd innings pitched. He falls to 8-4 with a 2.98 ERA. The Brewers manage only 5 singles and a walk in the game.
The Brewers get a big extra inning win in game 2 when light-hitting defensive specialist Oscar Vargas came up with a 2-run single in the top of the 12th to break a 5-5 tie. While not much of a hitter, Vargas has been building a reputation of getting key hits at the most important moments. Vargas also hit his 3rd HR of the season in the 11th inning but the Brewers could not hold that lead, requiring him to provide heroics one more time in the 12th. Jamison Bash hit HR #25 and Antonio Puente #17.
It once again required extra frames, but the Brewers took game 1 of the Sunday doubleheader, 6-3, when they scored 3 runs in the top of the 15th inning. It was an Antonio Puente 3-run HR, his 18th HR of the season, which was the game winner. Jamison Bash also homered in the game, his league-leading 26th.
Phoenix then salvaged a series split by winning the night-cap, 4-1. Cheol-han Lee took the loss and drops to 8-5 with a 2.59 ERA. Andrew Kennedy, still one of the best hitters on the team (.315), went 2 for 4 in the loss.

And that takes us to the All-Star break!