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BirdWatcher · 04-06-2019, 05:54 PM

Brooklyn's Heritage Field was the site of the Brewers next series, a 3-game affair against the 3rd place Aces. Heritage Field is a park that slightly favors pitchers, though it is a bit friendlier to right-handed hitters than left-handers.
It seats up to 42,000 fans.

The 19,697 fans who filed in for game 1 were presumably quite happy with what they witnessed, as the Aces defeated the Brewers 4-0. Harry Lyerly was on the mound for the visitors, and while he wasn't at his best, he probably deserved a better outcome. He hurled 7 innings, giving up 4 runs (3 earned) while striking out 7 and not issuing a single base on balls, but he did give up 12 hits. With the loss he drops to 4-2 with a 3.40 ERA. The Brewers bats were largely silent, although Chad Brown (.294/.313/.388) went 3 for 5. Joe McPhillips (.244/.306/.511) hit his 5th triple of the season, which gives him a share of the league lead in that category.

The Brewers bounced back in the second game as Steve Green had perhaps his best start of 1972 thus far and went the distance, giving up just 1 run on 5 hits, striking out 5 and walking 2 and the Brewers won 5-1. Green improves to 2-4 with a 3.74 ERA. Jamison Bash (.238/.293/.401) went 2 for 5 with his 6th HR of the season. Back-up catcher Spencer Wilson (.328/.366/.358) continued his fine start to his rookie season, going 3 for 4.

Behind staff ace Cheol-han Lee the Brewers take game 3, 2-1, earning their first series win since they got a 2-game sweep of Phoenix at the very beginning of the month. Lee pitched 7 innings, giving up 1 run on just 4 hits, striking out 5 and walking none. He improves to 6-1 with a 2.01 ERA. The Brewers maximized their 3 hits as a Jamison Bash (.238/.292/.417) solo HR in the 2nd gave them their first run and they combined a 1-out walk (Kevin Curtis), a sacrifice bunt (Lee) and a Chad Brown (.295/.321/.386) single to plate their second, and ultimately winning, run.

With the series victory the Brewers climb to within a game of .500 and are in 5th place in the MGL, 7 1/2 games behind first place Charlotte.

04-06-2019, 05:54 PM	#78
BirdWatcher Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 4,263	May 26-28, 1972, at Brooklyn Brooklyn's Heritage Field was the site of the Brewers next series, a 3-game affair against the 3rd place Aces. Heritage Field is a park that slightly favors pitchers, though it is a bit friendlier to right-handed hitters than left-handers. It seats up to 42,000 fans. The 19,697 fans who filed in for game 1 were presumably quite happy with what they witnessed, as the Aces defeated the Brewers 4-0. Harry Lyerly was on the mound for the visitors, and while he wasn't at his best, he probably deserved a better outcome. He hurled 7 innings, giving up 4 runs (3 earned) while striking out 7 and not issuing a single base on balls, but he did give up 12 hits. With the loss he drops to 4-2 with a 3.40 ERA. The Brewers bats were largely silent, although Chad Brown (.294/.313/.388) went 3 for 5. Joe McPhillips (.244/.306/.511) hit his 5th triple of the season, which gives him a share of the league lead in that category. The Brewers bounced back in the second game as Steve Green had perhaps his best start of 1972 thus far and went the distance, giving up just 1 run on 5 hits, striking out 5 and walking 2 and the Brewers won 5-1. Green improves to 2-4 with a 3.74 ERA. Jamison Bash (.238/.293/.401) went 2 for 5 with his 6th HR of the season. Back-up catcher Spencer Wilson (.328/.366/.358) continued his fine start to his rookie season, going 3 for 4. Behind staff ace Cheol-han Lee the Brewers take game 3, 2-1, earning their first series win since they got a 2-game sweep of Phoenix at the very beginning of the month. Lee pitched 7 innings, giving up 1 run on just 4 hits, striking out 5 and walking none. He improves to 6-1 with a 2.01 ERA. The Brewers maximized their 3 hits as a Jamison Bash (.238/.292/.417) solo HR in the 2nd gave them their first run and they combined a 1-out walk (Kevin Curtis), a sacrifice bunt (Lee) and a Chad Brown (.295/.321/.386) single to plate their second, and ultimately winning, run. With the series victory the Brewers climb to within a game of .500 and are in 5th place in the MGL, 7 1/2 games behind first place Charlotte. Attached Images