Game 1 against Giants

Welcome back!

The All-Star Break is behind us and a new half of baseball is here. And tons of excitement come with it, partly because the Brewers are in a heated division race to start the second half, and partly because CC makes his third start for the Brewers today. Well, technically yesterday, so here's how it went.

Awesome! Another complete game for Sabathia shows why the Brewers traded LaPorta(Yes, this is coming for a guy who said it might not be worth it, but you can point that out later ;)). 9 innings pitched, 10 strike outs, 0 walks, 4 hits, and the only mistake he made was giving up a homer to Aaron Rowand for the Giants' only score. Sabathia fireballed his way to his second complete game with the Brewers which helps him put up some pretty good numbers:

24/6 k/bb ratio
1.875 ERA
Average of 8 IP per start
He's scored twice including 1 homer!

I don't know about you, but for the mean time, I am extremely happy with the CC/LaPorta trade.

Player of the Game: Fielder. He hit a 3 run homer in the 7th the blow the game wide open.
Stats: 2/4 run, walk, 3 rbi

Runner-up: I had to hand one out in this case because the stats were so close. Cameron. He hit a three run jack in the 9th.
Stats: 2/3 run, 2 walks, 3 rbi

Pitcher of the game: This is getting a little one sided when CC pitches, isn't it? When there's only one pitcher in the game, it has to go to him. CC!

Play of the game: Fielder's three-run home run. This put the Giants in the closet and locked the door. They weren't even thinking comeback from 6 down.


Mike