The Brewers next headed out to San Francisco to take on the Velocity for 3 games in the best pitcher's park- Bank of the West Ballpark- in the WPK.
And in the first game of the series Harry Lyerly picked up where Lee and Sloan had left off, with another solid start, holding the Velocity scoreless over 8 innings pitched. Lyerly gave up just 4 hits, struck out 3 and walked 2 in picking up his first victory of the new season. Mike Foster went 3 for 4 to pace the offense, with Pat Rondeau driving in 2 runs in a 2 for 4 day and Kevin Curtis picking up 2 more RBI with his one single in the game.
Unfortunately, Steve Green could not continue the trend of solid starts from the Brewers rotation early in the season. He was not sharp from the start and ended up giving up 7 runs, 5 earned, in just 5 innings pitched. Although the Brewers offense did a good job getting back into the game, trailing just 7-6 going into the bottom of the 8th, Dave Duncan allowed 3 runs to the Velocity on just 1 hit- a 3-run HR by Danny Sanchez- in the 8th and the Brewers lost 10-6. Mike Foster once again went 2 for 4. Josh Schaeffer, getting his first start of the season, was hitless but walked twice and scored twice.
The pitching got back on track through in the rubber match of the series, with team Captain Matt Helm pitching a good 6 2/3rds innings, allowing just 1 run on 4 hits, and the bullpen- Sam Pruiett, Liann-wei Hua, and Jose de los Santos- was spectacular in holding 1-run lead as the Brewers won 2-1. Andrew Kennedy went 2 for 4 and Chad Brown continued his good start with a 2 for 5 day and picked up his 1st stolen base of the season.
