| Off to the best start in 24 years and their second best start in franchise history, the Milwaukee Brewers come to town and put another notch in the win collumn. Shaun Marcum sailed through the first three innings until walking Ryan Howard to lead off the 4th for the first Phillie runner. That was followed two batters later by a Raul Ibanez single for the first hit, and next batter Carlos Ruiz smokes one over the wall for a 3-run homer which at the time tied the game. But, the Brewers get two in the 6th and add three more insurance runs in the 9th for and easy win to go to 12-4. The only Milwaukee team off to a better start than this one was the 1987 team, probably the most schizophrenic in history. They won their first 13 games, best in baseball history, and off to an unbelievable 16-1 and 20-3 start. After that, the bottom fell out. The Brewers lost 12 straight games to totally erase that 13-0 start, won a couple then lost six more and go from 20-3 at the beginning of May to 22-21 by the end of the month. They wound up recovering somehat and won 91 games, but it wasn't enough for a division title. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2011 Milwaukee Brewers At 2011 Philadelphia Phillies 4/18/2011
Brewers AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG
R.Weeks 2B 5 2 2 1 .300 S.Victorino CF 4 0 0 0 .232
C.Gomez CF 4 1 2 0 .228 P.Polanco 3B 4 0 0 0 .262
R.Braun LF 3 2 2 2 .286 J.Rollins SS 4 0 0 0 .190
P.Fielder 1B 4 0 0 1 .262 R.Howard 1B 1 2 0 0 .288
C.McGehee 3B 5 1 2 3 .259 B.Francisco RF 3 0 0 0 .220
Y.Betancourt SS 4 1 2 0 .339 D-J.Mayberry Jr PH 1 0 0 0 .167
C-C.Counsell SS 1 0 0 0 .400 R.Ibanez LF 4 1 1 0 .145
M.Kotsay RF 3 0 1 0 .235 C.Ruiz C 4 1 1 3 .356
J.Lucroy C 4 0 0 0 .333 W.Valdez 2B 3 0 1 0 .304
S.Marcum P 1 1 0 0 .000 J.Blanton P 1 0 0 0 .000
B-N.Morgan PH 0 0 0 1 .273 A-M.Martinez PH 1 0 0 0 .000
K.Loe P 0 0 0 0 ---- K.Kendrick P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Axford P 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Baez P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Romero P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 35 8 11 8 Totals 30 4 3 3
A-Pinch Hit For Blanton In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Marcum In 6th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Betancourt In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Francisco In 9th Inning
Brewers......... 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 - 8 11 1
Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 4 3 1
Brewers (12-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Marcum WIN(3-0) 5 2 3 3 1 3 1 73 3.12
K.Loe HOLD(3rd) 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 30 4.50
J.Axford SAVE(6th) 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 31 0.00
Totals 9 3 4 3 3 8 1
Phillies (9-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Blanton 5 5 3 3 3 4 1 85 5.06
K.Kendrick LOSS(0-1) 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 47 3.52
D.Baez 1 1/3 2 3 3 1 1 1 19 4.05
J.Romero 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00
Totals 9 11 8 8 5 7 3
ATTENDANCE- 40,117 DATE- Monday, April 18th 2011 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Dan Bellino, Brian Gorman, Larry Vanover
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Brewers: 7 Phillies: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Brewers: 0 Phillies: 1
ERRORS- M.Kotsay, J.Rollins
DOUBLES- C.Gomez(4th), C.McGehee(6th), Y.Betancourt(3rd)
HOME RUNS- R.Weeks(5th), R.Braun(2nd), C.McGehee(3rd), C.Ruiz(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- R.Braun(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Gomez
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Gomez, D.Baez
SACRIFICE FLIES- N.Morgan
WALKS- R.Braun-2, P.Fielder, M.Kotsay, S.Marcum, R.Howard-3
STRIKE OUTS- R.Weeks, C.Gomez-2, P.Fielder, J.Lucroy, S.Marcum, J.Axford,
S.Victorino, P.Polanco-2, R.Howard, B.Francisco, R.Ibanez-2,
W.Valdez
GIDP- C.McGehee
WILD PITCHES- J.Axford
2-out RBI- R.Braun-2, C.McGehee-2
The Milwaukee Brewers readily handled Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 8 to
4 at Citizens Bank Park.
Shaun Marcum(3-0) earned his pay with a solid performance for Milwaukee. He
went 5 innings allowing 2 hits and 1 walk. Milwaukee had 11 hits for the
night while Philadelphia had 3.
John Axford was credited with his 6th save. Kyle Kendrick(0-1) absorbed the
loss in relief. He surrendered 2 runs and 3 hits in 2 innings.
