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July 23-25, 1971, at Portland
The Brewers take their 8-game winning streak to Portland to face the last place Wild Things.
And in game 1 the Brewers make it 9 straight wins with an easy 10-0 shellacking of the Wild Things. Chad Brown (.341/.367/.430), who has been one of the hottest hitters in the WPK since the All-Star break, paced the attack with a 4 for 5, 2 runs scored, 3 RBI game. Bobby Erbakan (.249/.306/.430) was 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored and hit his 3rd triple of the season. Oscar Vargas (.209/.287/.359) hit his 6th HR of the season. Daniel Torres worked 7 2/3rds scoreless innings, giving up just 4 hits, to earn the victory and improve to 10-2 with a 2.06 ERA.
The Brewers winning streak came to end in game 2 as they lost 3-2. Abel Pennington pitched well enough to earn a victory, as he allowed just 2 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits in 6 2/3rds innings, but the score was tied 2-2 when he left the game. Eric Singer was unable to preserve the tie in the bottom of the 9th when he gave up a pair of walks and a pair of singles and suffered the loss, dropping to 4-3 with a 1.11 ERA. Bobby Erbakan (.253/.308/.442) hit his 13th HR of the season (going 2 for 4) in the losing effort.
While the Brewers bats remained cold in the third game (the opener of a Sunday doubleheader), the pitching and defense were terrific and the Brewers prevailed 1-0. Young Justin Peacock, in his first big league start, scattered 6 hits over 7 1/3rd innings, striking out 4 and walking 2, and earned his first WPK win. Eric Singer picked up save #9 (1.08 ERA.) The Brewers got the lone run when Danny Roman (.266/.360/.412) singled with 2 outs in the 3rd inning, stole second (5 SB), and then after Ryan Rodgers walked, scored on a Jamison Bash single.
The Brewers could not get the series victory however as they dropped the night-cap 5-1. Steve Green suffered the loss, allowing 5 runs on 10 hits (including 3 HR's) in just 6 innings pitched. Green drops to 8-5 with a 3.00 ERA.
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