Brewers: Milwaukee trumps Mets’ ace
June 30, 2009MILWAUKEE -- Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder and the Milwaukee Brewers are still in first place despite a rough month. The Mets haven't been so lucky.
Brewers: Hardy heats up
June 30, 2009MILWAUKEE -- It's no great secret J.J. Hardy is a streaky hitter.
Santana Can’t Stop Mets’ Woes In Loss To Brewers
June 30, 2009The New York Mets threw the baseball all around the diamond during Milwaukee's four-run fourth frame, and the Brewers beat Johan Santana in a 6-3 victory at Miller Park.
Braun’s big night gives Burns, Crew win
June 30, 2009Ryan Braun drove in four runs, and Mike Burns notched his first Major League win as the Brewers beat Johan Santana and the Mets, 6-3, on Tuesday.
National League Game Summary – New York At Milwaukee
June 30, 2009NY Mets 3 Milwaukee 6
Braun looks to make All-Star impression
June 30, 2009Hall of Famer Robin Yount is the only Brewers player to make consecutive All-Star starts. Ryan Braun would love to become the second.
Brewers 6, Mets 3
June 30, 2009
Brewers mull Minors return for Gamel
June 30, 2009With Casey McGehee swinging a hot bat, the Brewers are reconsidering whether third-base prospect Mat Gamel might be better served by a return to Triple-A.
Game Thread #77: Mets (37-38) at Brewers (41-35)
June 30, 2009Current Series
Brewers lead the series 1-0
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New York Mets Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Cloudy. Game time temperature around 65. |
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It's Mike Burns v. Johan Santana tonight at 7:05.
Burns (0-1, 3.72) will make his second career start. In his last outing, he held the Twins hitless through three innings but eventually took the loss, allowing four runs on six hits and three walks in 5.2 innings. It's his second career appearance against the Mets: He held them scoreless in two relief innings for the Reds in 2007. It was his final appearance as a Red.
Johan Santana (9-5, 3.08 ERA), meanwhile, has more Cy Young Awards (two) than Burns has major league starts (one). He shut the Brewers out for seven innings as part of a 1-0 Mets victory back in April, and kept his ERA under 2 through his first ten starts of the season. There's a pretty good chance Santana will factor in the decision in tonight's game: He's done so in 14 of his 15 starts this season and ten straight, dating back to April 29. It's possible the Brewers are catching Santana at a good time: He's 2-3 with a 5.93 ERA in June.
Bill Hall picked up two meaningless hits late in last night's contest and earned himself some opportunities to get struck out by Santana:
RF Corey Hart
SS J.J. Hardy
LF Ryan Braun
1B Prince Fielder
2B Casey McGehee
CF Mike Cameron
C Jason Kendall
3B Bill Hall
RHP Mike Burns
(h/t JS)
You know things are bad when you're batting behind Jason Kendall. In the bullpen:
Mitch Stetter threw 24 pitches (1.1 innings) last night.
Carlos Villanueva threw 21 pitches (.1 inning) last night.
Todd Coffey threw 11 pitches (.1 inning) last night.
Trevor Hoffman threw one pitch (.2 innings) last night.
Chris Smith last pitched on Sunday.
Mark DiFelice last pitched on Sunday.
Chris Narveson last pitched on Sunday.
Tuesday's Game Thread is now open.
Good Call Bob
June 30, 2009I know that some people complain about Bob Uecker these days regarding his play by play. And I'll admit that he seems to have more and more trouble with losing balls hit into the outfield as time goes by.
But the man still knows how to make a big call - his call of last night's McGehee "redeemer" grand slam was a classic, in my opinion.
Does anyone know how many career grand slams McGehee has?
