The Denver Brewers aren't a very good team right now even as they maintain a slim lead at the top of the MGL West standings.
But at least they are back at home for a four-game series against the Detroit Falcons (before they go on the road to face the two teams trying to catch them- first Phoenix and then San Francisco.)
And though it took a walk-off single by
Jerry Lillie, following a
Javier Hernandez single and stolen base (his 21st SB of the season) and a
Justin Banks single and his 4th stolen base of the game and 37th of the season, the Brewers did get a win in the first of four in Denver versus the Falcons.
Eric Maisch pitched his sixth straight poor start, having not won a game since the 16th of August. But at least veteran reliever
Paul Johnson was once again strong in a multi-inning relief stint to pick up his 8th win of the season.
Unfortunately for the Brewers, the Speed Devils and Velocity were also winners on this day, with Phoenix rookie superstar Hyeong-uk Chun improving his single-season record home run mark to 60.
A few notes from the SJL on this day:
The Jacksonville Wolf Pack won 2-0 over Seattle with their 23-year old staff ace Casey Van Fossen improving to 17-5 with a 2.90 ERA and remains the most likely Harris/Lee winner for the SJL. Jacksonville now leads the SJL East by 4 1/2 games over Boston, with the Washington Night Train recently scuffling and now 5 games back in 3rd place.
And it should be noted that Columbus third baseman Chris Tobin, who turned 40 sixteen days ago, hit a pair of home runs to get to 21 on the season, his 8th WPK season with at least 20 homers in his Hall of Fame career. But what this reporter missed was that Tobin stole a base on Wednesday (two days ago) to get to the career total of 350, which combined with him having hit his 350th homer earlier this season now makes him the only player in WPK history with at least 350 home runs and 350 stolen bases. (He now has 353 home runs and he also stole another base yesterday to get to 351 stolen bases.)