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BirdWatcher · 07-07-2019, 04:53 PM

The Brewers come back to Denver for a very brief 2-game home stand against the Phoenix Speed Devils.

In game 1 Cheol-han Lee isn't particularly sharp but the offense comes alive and the Brewers get an 8-5 victory. Lee gave up 5 runs on 11 hits in 6 innings pitched but still got the win to go to 12-5 with a 3.00 ERA for the season. Liann-wei Hua pitched the final 3 innings in one of his best appearances of the year, not allowing any base runners and striking out 3. He gets his 5th save and sees his ERA improve to 2.97. Oh, and Jonathan Koch. Surely he's got to come back to earth sometime, right? Well, if so, this wasn't the day for that. All the slick fielding second baseman did was bang out 2 HR's (9 now on the season) in a 3 for 4, 3 run, 4 RBI, 1 walk day. What about Pat Rondeau? Any signs of a lull in his game? Nah. Rondeau (.381/.401/.498) went 2 for 5, hit his 21st double, scored a run and drove in a pair.
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And then the Brewers hitters just kept hitting in the second game. Mike Foster (.277/.317/.386), the hero of the 1972 season, led the way with a 3 for 4, 2 run, 3 RBI game. Josh Schaeffer (.333/.419/.523), getting more playing time since Ryan Rodgers recently had to go on the 10-day IL with a herniated disc, went 2 for 3 with 3 runs scored and 1 walk. Jonathan Koch (.327/.347/.480)? Oh, just 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, and his 4th stolen base of the year. That's not even to mention 3-hit games from Andrew Kennedy and Bobby Erbakan but there were just too many great performances to detail them all here. I will say this though- Jordan Stephens, who was the 3rd and final reliever of the game after Erik Sloan pitched a serviceable 5 innings, first entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the 7th inning. And facing one of the toughest relievers in the game- Kee Han- Stephens once again hit the second pitch he saw into the left field seats in a hurry. His second homer of the season, like his first, was a no-doubter as soon as it left the bat. Neither were particularly mammoth, but both were screamers that got out in a hurry. And although he would also give up a home run in the top of the next inning, Stephens was again solid for 2 innings to close out the game. Sloan gets the win and improves to 9-5 with a 3.44 ERA.
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With the short series sweep the Brewers now have a 3 1/2 game lead over Brooklyn, are 5 up over Los Angeles, with Baltimore and Phoenix now tied at 6 games behind the leader.

07-07-2019, 04:53 PM	#348
BirdWatcher Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 4,263	July 17-18, 1973, versus Phoenix The Brewers come back to Denver for a very brief 2-game home stand against the Phoenix Speed Devils. In game 1 Cheol-han Lee isn't particularly sharp but the offense comes alive and the Brewers get an 8-5 victory. Lee gave up 5 runs on 11 hits in 6 innings pitched but still got the win to go to 12-5 with a 3.00 ERA for the season. Liann-wei Hua pitched the final 3 innings in one of his best appearances of the year, not allowing any base runners and striking out 3. He gets his 5th save and sees his ERA improve to 2.97. Oh, and Jonathan Koch. Surely he's got to come back to earth sometime, right? Well, if so, this wasn't the day for that. All the slick fielding second baseman did was bang out 2 HR's (9 now on the season) in a 3 for 4, 3 run, 4 RBI, 1 walk day. What about Pat Rondeau? Any signs of a lull in his game? Nah. Rondeau (.381/.401/.498) went 2 for 5, hit his 21st double, scored a run and drove in a pair. And then the Brewers hitters just kept hitting in the second game. Mike Foster (.277/.317/.386), the hero of the 1972 season, led the way with a 3 for 4, 2 run, 3 RBI game. Josh Schaeffer (.333/.419/.523), getting more playing time since Ryan Rodgers recently had to go on the 10-day IL with a herniated disc, went 2 for 3 with 3 runs scored and 1 walk. Jonathan Koch (.327/.347/.480)? Oh, just 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, and his 4th stolen base of the year. That's not even to mention 3-hit games from Andrew Kennedy and Bobby Erbakan but there were just too many great performances to detail them all here. I will say this though- Jordan Stephens, who was the 3rd and final reliever of the game after Erik Sloan pitched a serviceable 5 innings, first entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the 7th inning. And facing one of the toughest relievers in the game- Kee Han- Stephens once again hit the second pitch he saw into the left field seats in a hurry. His second homer of the season, like his first, was a no-doubter as soon as it left the bat. Neither were particularly mammoth, but both were screamers that got out in a hurry. And although he would also give up a home run in the top of the next inning, Stephens was again solid for 2 innings to close out the game. Sloan gets the win and improves to 9-5 with a 3.44 ERA. With the short series sweep the Brewers now have a 3 1/2 game lead over Brooklyn, are 5 up over Los Angeles, with Baltimore and Phoenix now tied at 6 games behind the leader.