The Scouting Report:
Game 1:
A fine start by
Jim Atwell propels the Brewers to another win in the first game of this home series against Charlotte.
Atwell lasted 8 innings, giving up 1 run on 8 hits for his 9th win of the season.
Tim Shore pitched the 9th and recorded his 15th save.
Bobby Erbakan drove in a pair of runs for the Brewers with his 6th inning homer, his 7th of the season.
Game 2:
The Brewers stretch their winning streak to eight games with a blowout victory over the visiting Sting in the middle game of the series. Baseballs were flying out of Centennial Park in this one, including 4 off the bats of Brewers hitters in the 7-run 4th inning.
Jake DiCesare hit a solo homer in that inning and then another in the 7th inning to get to a team high 9 on the season. (He also leads the team in RBI with 43.)
Steve Green got the win, pitching 8 innings while giving up 4 runs on 8 hits.
Rich White went 3 for 4 and hit his 6th triple and 6th home run and was just a double short of hitting for the cycle. And
Val Guzman was 2 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBI and he hit his team-best 15th double.
Game 3:
And the Brewers winning streak finally comes to an end in the final game of the series as
Erik Sloan give up 6 runs 11 hits over his 6 innings pitched and his teammates manage to score just a pair of runs off veteran starter Nick McDermott.
Brett Taranto was 2 for 3 and drove in a run in the loss.
Val Guzman hit his 4th triple and walked twice in the leadoff slot (likely where he will be most often going forward) and
Rich White hit his 7th triple.
Notes from around the league:
Eric Schwartz was named the collegiate MVP in his conference and is now a member of the Milwaukee Cadets, having been chosen with the 13th pick of this year's amateur draft. (In the other conference, freshman first baseman Adam Bruce of Glendale College was awarded this honor.) Schwartz is considered a future team captain and a likely star at the big league level, though there is some question about what position, or positions, this will be at, since Schwartz has potential both as a starting pitcher and an outfielder.
Speaking of Schwartz' future team, the Milwaukee Cadets are currently hanging in there in the SJL pennant race, sitting in 5th place with a 36-33 record, 12 games behind San Antonio. The Keys, at 48-21, are 2 games in front of the 2nd place Columbus Whalers (45-22). Boston (42-26), having won 9 in a row, are in 3rd place, just 5 1/2 games back. Philadelphia (37-31) are in 4th, 10 1/2 games out.
In the MGL, the Brewers stay in first place, 7 games ahead of both L.A. and Detroit (each at 41-28), and 11 games ahead of Brooklyn (37-32).