Eric Maisch has the talent to dominate, as he often did during his Harris/Lee award winning 1982 season, but since then dominant performances have been few and far between.
The Brewers can only hope that yesterday's dismantling of the Montreal Royals was a sign that he is getting things together and is heading into a period of dominance once again.
Maisch was pitching a 1-hitter going into the 8th and while he got into a mini-jam in the 9th he worked out of it to preserve the 4-hit shutout, striking out 13 batters, including 5 straight at one point, while not walking a single batter. All of the 4 hits against him were singles.
Justin Banks (.386/.435/.579), quietly having a tremendous start to the season, was one of the hitting heroes, going 2 for 5 with a run scored, 2 driven in, and hitting his team-leading 3rd homer.
For the Brewers it was their 8th straight win.
Bad news for the San Antonio Keys, who are off to a slow 7-11 start. Their superstar (GOAT) shortstop Bud Lindsay is headed to the IL with a partially torn labrum. Lindsay (who is wrecked) was off to a good start, on pace for a 6.9 WAR season.
