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SportsTicker Game Preview: Cincinnati (60-7http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/glasses.gif at Milwaukee (61-77) 8:05 pm EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- Luis Martinez makes his major league debut for the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday as they cap a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds. Martinez (NR) went a combined 12-5 with a 2.13 ERA in 27 starts for Class AA Huntsville and Class AAA Indianapolis this year, going 4-0 with a 0.99 ERA in five starts for the latter squad. The lefthander last pitched on August 26, yielding five hits in seven scoreless innings in a 2-1 win over Louisville. The Brewers evened the series with a 4-3 triumph on Tuesday, their 13th in 15 games. Eddie Perez plated Wes Helms with a double to right field in the eighth inning against Danny Graves for the go-ahead run. Milwaukee's Keith Ginter and Cincinnati's Wily Mo Pena each hit two-run homers. The Brewers are one game ahead of the last-place Reds in the National League Central. John Bale (1-1, 2.76), who will make his sixth start and seventh appearance for Cincinnati, picked up his first win as a Red on Friday, beating St. Louis, 8-5. He allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings. The lefthander has never faced the Brewers before.

7:05 PM, CST TV: FSN Radio: WTMJ 620 http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/sports/brew/img/jun03/luis630.jpg In one of the most anticipated debuts in recent memory, Luis Martinez takes the hill for his first ever MLB start. Brewerfan.net / Statfox matchup info: www.brewerfan.net/matchup.jsp Luis Martinez Player Profile: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPlayerProfile.do?playerId=85 Yahoo Sports Preview: sports.yahoo.com/mlb/preview?gid=230903108 FoxSports.com Game Preview: www.foxsports.com/named/FS/MLB/preview?gameId=230903108

As much as I dislike Clayton's offense, the difference between his and Hall's defense is night and day. I really don't think Hall's ready to be an everyday MLB SS, but I suppose, what do we really have to lose? There was a reason he was moved to 2B. I've enjoyed watching Clayton field his position this year, but it's definately time to get some more offense out of that position. Hopefully in 2005 we'll be able to finally have an SS who can hit AND field. Billy Clayton = JJ Hardy

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SportsTicker Game Preview: Cincinnati (60-77) at Milwaukee (60-77) 8:05 pm EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers try to avoid consecutive losses for the first time in over two weeks as they continue a three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday. The Brewers have not had a losing streak since dropping three straight from August 13-15. They have won 12 of their last 14 home games. The Reds snapped Milwaukee's seven-game home winning streak with Monday's 5-4 victory. Rookie Tim Hummel homered and had an RBI single, while Ryan Freel and Wily Mo Pena added solo shots. Milwaukee's Richie Sexson had an RBI base hit, increasing his total to 102. Wes Obermueller (0-4, 4.71 ERA) makes his seventh start of the season for the Brewers and again seeks his first career victory. He did not get a decision in Thursday's victory at Cincinnati after allowing two runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. The Brewers have won Obermueller's last three starts and are 2-4 when he's on the mound. Paul Wilson (8-10, 4.62) makes his team-leading 28th start for the Reds. He is 2-0 in his last three starts, allowing six runs and 17 hits in 19 innings. Wilson opposed Obermueller on Thursday and allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings. The righthander is 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA in three lifetime starts vs. the Brewers.

7:05 PM, CST TV: WCGV-24 Radio: WTMJ 620 Your Milwaukee Brewers try to bounce back from yesterday's heartbreaker, as they try to take game 2 of 3 and even up the series with the Cincinnati Reds. Brewerfan.net / Statfox matchup info: www.brewerfan.net/matchup.jsp Wes Obermueller Player Profile: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPlayerProfile.do?playerId=590 Yahoo! Sports Preview: sports.yahoo.com/mlb/preview?gid=230902108 CNNSi.com Preview: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/previews/2003/09/02/4277_preview.html FoxSports.com Preview: www.foxsports.com/named/FS/MLB/preview?gameId=230902108 CBSSportsline.com Preview: www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/preview/MLB_20030902_CIN@MIL Milwaukeebrewers.com Preview: milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com...

Today's starting lineups: CINCINNATI MILWAUKEE AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Ryan Freel CF .274 2 5 Scott Podsednik CF .316 6 44 Juan Castro SS .257 9 31 Keith Ginter 2B .267 10 32 Sean Casey 1B .289 12 67 Brady Clark LF .304 3 33 Russell Branyan 3B .213 6 15 Richie Sexson 1B .266 36 101 Stephen Smitherman LF .250 1 4 John Vander Wal RF .260 14 44 Tim Hummel 2B .267 0 2 Wes Helms 3B .250 19 58 Jason Larue C .226 15 45 Keith Osik C .240 2 18 Wily Mo Pena RF .156 0 4 Royce Clayton SS .221 11 36 Seth Etherton RHP .333 0 0 Wayne Franklin LHP .148 0 2 (1-2, 6.06) (10-10, 5.16)

SportsTicker Game Preview: Cincinnati (59-77) at Milwaukee (60-76) 2:05 pm EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers seek their eighth straight home victory Monday afternoon as they host the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a three-game series. Milwaukee has not lost at Miller Park since August 9 and had dropped 10 of its previous 13 home games. The Brewers have won 12 of their last 13 games after Sunday's 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs. Lefthander Doug Davis allowed five hits in 8 1/3 outstanding innings. Rookie Scott Podsednik had three hits and also stole his 34th base. The Reds have lost seven of their last eight games and are in last place in the National League Central Division. They managed just four hits In Sunday's 5-0 loss to St. Louis. Wayne Franklin (10-10, 5.16 ERA) makes his sixth start of the season against the Reds. He is 3-2 with a 5.20 ERA vs. the Reds this season and has allowed 16 earned runs in 27 2/3 innings. Franklin won for the third time in four starts Wednesday at Cincinnati, where he allowed two runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. Seth Etherton (1-2, 6.06) will make his fourth appearance for the Reds and opposes Franklin for the second straight start. He took the loss Wednesday, allowing four runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. Since joining the Reds, Etherton has surrendered 11 earned runs and 17 hits in 16 1/3 innings.

1:05 PM, CST TV: FSN Radio: WTMJ 620 The Brewers try to win their third straight today and put some distance between themselves and last place as they take on the Cincinnati Reds. Wayne Franklin has had four decent starts in a row that have lowered his ERA from 5.49 to 5.16. He won his 10th game in his last outing vs. Cinci, and hopes to have a winning record after today's game. Seth Etherton got roughed up a bit in his last start vs. the Brewers, going 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER. He has a 6.06 ERA after three starts. Brewerfan.net / Statfox matchup info: www.brewerfan.net/matchup.jsp Wayne Franklin Player Profile: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPlayerProfile.do?playerId=600 Yahoo! Sports Preview: sports.yahoo.com/mlb/preview?gid=230901108 CNNSi.com Game Preview: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/previews/2003/09/01/4276_preview.html FoxSports.com Game Preview: www.foxsports.com/named/FS/MLB/preview?gameId=230901108 MLB.com Game Preview: milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mil/news/mil_news.jsp?ymd=20030831&content_id=506297&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil

With today's win, the Brewers move into sole posession of 5th place. Not quite time to start printing up playoff tickets, but 5th place is something no one expected the Brewers to see until next April. Thanks for not rolling over and dying, fellas. Also the Brewers: - will need to go 21-5 to earn a .500 mark this season. - are 3 games out of 4th place - are 12 games out of 1st place - are 13 games out of the wild card Nice to see mathematical elimination day inching closer towards the correct end of the calendar this season.

Indyindians.com Game Notes: THIS WEEKEND: The Indians head to Toledo to battle the Mud Hens for the final two games of the season. The Indians are one-half game ahead of Toledo in the IL West standings for third place. One win by the Tribe will give them a third-place finish for the third straight season. If the Tribe is swept and finishes in fourth place, it will be their first fourth-place finish since 1993. The Indians and Hens have split the 14 previous contests this season including the six played at Fifth Third Field. The teams split two games at Victory Field on Aug. 27 and 28. On Aug. 18, the Indians began a stretch of 16 straight games against IL West rivals to close out the year. The Tribe is 9-5 in this stretch, and 20-26 against division foes overall this season. THE "HOME" STRETCH: The final month of the season is truly the "home" stretch for the Indians. From July 29 through Aug. 30, the Tribe played 22 home games in 33 days. The Indians went 18-16 in that stretch, including a 13-9 mark at Victory Field. SATURDAY: The fourth-largest crowd in Victory Field history, 16,068, turned out to see the Indians beat Columbus 3-2 in 12 innings. Cody McKay drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 12th to force home Pete Zoccolillo with the winning run. Zoccolillo, who was 3-for-6, had doubled to start the inning. Doug Jennings hit a two-out double off the wall in right in the bottom of the 10th to tie the game at 2-2. ON THE MOUND: Lefthander Luis Martinez will make his eighth start for the Tribe Sunday. Martinez started his Triple-A career with 28.1 scoreless innings working into his fifth start before giving up a run. He is coming off a seven shutout inning performance against Louisville on Aug. 26 that lowered his ERA to 0.99. Martinez has struck out 46 batters in 45.2 innings while giving up 37 hits and 19 walks. He started the season at Double-A Huntsville where he was 8-5 with a 2.58 ERA in 20 starts. At the time of his promotion to Indy, he led the Southern League with 116 strikeouts and was fifth in wins and ERA. Martinez was the Brewers minor league pitcher of the month in April when he went 3-1 with a 0.31 ERA. Lefthander Nate Teut is slated to start the final game of the season on Monday. The Indians have won Teut's last four starts although Teut has gotten the decision in just one of those starts. Over those four starts, Teut has allowed 11 ER in 22.2 innings (4.37 ERA). Teut's last start came against the Mud Hens on Aug. 27 in a 4-3 win. Teut allowed three runs in six innings. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Pete Zoccolillo has been named the Indians Most Valuable Player. He leads the team with 131 games, 123 hits, 36 doubles, 72 RBI and 51 walks while hitting .280. PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Jason Childers has been named the Indians Player of the Month for August after going 3-0 with four saves and a 0.00 ERA. He had a win or save in seven of the Tribe's 15 victories this month, and has allowed just five hits in 11.2 innings. SHORTHANDED: The Indians have 14 pitchers on the roster and only 10 position players. Several of the position players are banged up. In fact, during Saturday night's game, starting pitcher Pasqual Coco pinch hit for the designated hitter in the sixth inning. Three Tribe pitchers batted in all going 1-for-3. ON THE LEADER BOARD: Jim Rushford ranks fifth in the IL with a .311 average. David Manning is fourth with 60 bases on balls. HOT AT THE PLATE: Steve Scarborough has an eight-game hitting streak. He has four multi-hit games on the streak (.429, 12-for-28) , and has raised his average to a season-high .241. FIELDING PROWESS: Steve Scarborough leads IL shortstops with a .965 fielding percentage. In 458 chances, Scarborough has committed just 16 errors. NANCE'S NUMBERS: In 29 appearances since May 23, LHP Shane Nance has allowed one run in 44.0 innings. In that period he has allowed just 23 hits and eight walks while striking out 45. Nance threw 34.2 scoreless innings, the longest streak in the minors this season, from May 16 through Aug. 18.

Dayton (Reds) 8, Beloit 2 Beloit Game Summary from the Dayton Site: Dayton, OH - The Dayton Dragons (26-42, 61-77) spotted the Beloit Snappers (42-26, 74-61) two early runs, before roaring back to score eight unanswered to beat the Midwest League second half Western Division champs 8-2, in front of an overflow sellout crowd of 8,898 at Fifth Third Field Sunday afternoon. Kyle Lucas (W, 3-9) ran into some third inning trouble allowing two earned runs to the Snappers as the Dragons fell behind 2-0. A Lucas walk to Keith Bohanan with one down and a single by Callix Crabbe put runners on first and third for Adam Heether. Heether?s slow roller up the third line scored Bohanan and moved Crabbe to second for Tony Gwynn Jr. Gwynn Jr. laced a single into right center that scored Crabbe and the Snappers led 2-0. That would be all Lucas would allow on the day as the right hander tossed a season high 7.2 innings of five-hit baseball, striking out seven and walking just one. Matt Mc Williams came in to get the final out in the eighth inning and blanked Beloit in the ninth to close the game out for Dayton. The Dragons bats came alive in the bottom of the third as Dayton took the lead for good, just one half-inning after Beloit grabbed the advantage. Back-to-back one-out walks by starting pitcher Cal Carpenter (L, 3-6) was the beginning of a Dayton rally. With two down and first and second, Ryan Hanigan got the Dragons on the board with a RBI single scoring Jarrod Schmidt. Bohanan made a costly error at shortstop, allowing Travis Wong to reach and load the bases for Matt Boone. Boone picked up two of his three RBI on the afternoon with a single to right that put the Dragons ahead for good at 3-2. The Dragons continued to knock around Carpenter, who had limited control at best, in the fifth. Dayton scored two runs with out the benefit of a base hit on two walks, a hit baseman, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Tiago Campos to take a 5-2 lead. In 4.0 innings of work, Carpenter allowed four hits, with one strike out, but walked five, hit a batter and tossed a wild pitch. Another pair of runs scored in the seventh inning, off Forrest Martin, on Boone?s RBI ground out and a double by Campos. Hanigan and Wong led off the inning with back-to-back singles and came home before the second out of the inning was made to put Dayton in front 7-2. Dayton picked up one more run off Martin in the eighth on Ryan Fry?s RBI single that scored Schmidt, who was drilled by a pitch to lead off the inning for the Dragons. Fry?s 42nd run batted in on the season closed out the scoring at 8-2. The Dragons will wrap up the four game series against the Snappers and the 2003 regular season Monday afternoon with the first pitch scheduled for 2:00 PM (1:00 PM Central). 1410 ESPN Radio WING AM will carry the game live with the pre game show beginning at 1:30 pm. Time Warner Television will also carry the game live on Channel 25 in Dayton and surrounding areas. RHP Gorky Batista will make the start for Dayton while Beloit will start LHP Eric Henderson. Beloit Box Score: BELOIT AB R H BI AVG DAYTON AB R H BI AVG C.Crabbe DH 4 1 2 0 .262 H.Tiburcio SS 4 0 0 0 .230 A.Heether 3B 4 0 0 1 .226 J.Schmidt DH 2 2 0 0 .279 T.Gwynn CF 3 0 1 1 .275 K.Howard 2B 4 1 2 0 .285 P.Fielder 1B 4 0 0 0 .309 R.Fry LF 4 1 1 1 .237 R.Weeks 2B 4 0 2 0 .344 R.Hanigan CAT 4 3 2 1 .276 T.Hinton LF 3 0 0 0 .230 T.Wong 1B 5 1 2 0 .186 M.Mendez RF 4 0 0 0 .244 M.Boone 3B 2 0 1 3 .193 P.Esparragz CAT 3 0 0 0 .244 T.Campos CF 3 0 1 2 .194 K.Bohanan SS 2 1 0 0 .181 M.Paula RF 4 0 0 0 .176 C.Carpenter PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Lucas PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.McWilliams PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Alliston PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Martin PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 2 5 2 TOTALS 32 8 9 7 BELOIT 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0- 2 5 1 DAYTON 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 X- 8 9 1 E--K.Bohanan, R.Fry. DP--BELOIT 0, DAYTON 1. LOB--BELOIT 5, DAYTON 10. 2B--C.Crabbe (25), T.Campos (9). SB--R.Fry (1), R.Hanigan (3). CS--T.Gwynn, H.Tiburcio. HBP--J.Schmidt, R.Fry. SF--T.Campos. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BELOIT C.Carpenter (L,3-6) 4.0 4 5 3 5 1 0 3.86 B.Hall 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.59 J.Alliston 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.33 F.Martin 2.0 4 3 3 0 0 0 6.48 DAYTON K.Lucas (W,4-9) 7.2 5 2 2 1 7 0 4.53 M.McWilliams 1.1 0 0 0 2 3 0 2.48 HB--C.Carpenter, F.Martin. WP--C.Carpenter, B.Hall. SO--A.Heether 2, T.Gwynn, P.Fielder, R.Weeks 2, M.Mendez, P.Esparragz 2, K.Bohanan, R.Fry, M.Paula. BB--T.Gwynn, T.Hinton, K.Bohanan, H.Tiburcio, J.Schmidt 2, K.Howard, R.Hanigan, M.Boone 2. T--2:33. A--8898

MILWAUKEE (2) VS CHICAGO CUBS (0) - FINAL MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg S Podsednik cf 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 .316 K Ginter 2b 3 1 1 1 0 1 4 .267 B Clark lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 .304 R Sexson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .266 J Vander Wal rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .260 a-M Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 J Conti rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 W Helms 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 E Perez c 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .266 R Clayton ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .221 D Davis p 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .083 D Kolb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 9 2 2 11 19 a-fouled out to shortstop for J Vander Wal in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - S Podsednik (22, J Cruz); B Clark (17, J Cruz); W Helms (20, J Cruz); R Sexson (23, J Cruz); E Perez (12, M Guthrie). S - B Clark. SF - K Ginter. RBI - K Ginter (32), R Sexson (101). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Perez 1, J Vander Wal 1, D Davis 1, B Clark 1, K Ginter 1. Team LOB - 9. BASERUNNING: SB - S Podsednik (34, 2nd base off J Cruz/D Miller). FIELDING: E - J Conti (1, bobble). DP: 4 (E Perez-R Sexson-K Ginter, W Helms-K Ginter-R Sexson 2, R Clayton-K Ginter-R Sexson). CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Glanville cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .182 R Martinez 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 .291 S Sosa rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .296 M Alou lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .282 A Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .272 E Karros 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .294 A Gonzalez ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .226 D Miller c 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .237 J Cruz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-T Womack ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 M Remlinger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-R Simon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .275 M Guthrie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 6 0 3 6 14 a-flied out to right for A Alfonseca in the 6th; b-struck out swinging for M Remlinger in the 8th. BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Karros 2. GIDP - A Ramirez, D Miller, M Alou. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: CS - R Martinez (1, 2nd base by D Davis/E Perez). FIELDING: Outfield assists - D Glanville (K Ginter at 1st base). DP: 1 (D Glanville-E Karros). ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE - 100 001 000 -- 2 CHICAGO CUBS - 000 000 000 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era D Davis (W, 2-0) 8 1/3 5 0 0 2 5 0 0.93 D Kolb (S, 14) 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.97 CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era J Cruz (L, 1-5) 5 1/3 6 2 2 1 6 0 5.40 A Alfonseca 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.37 M Remlinger 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 4.13 M Guthrie 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.06 WP - J Cruz, D Davis. HBP - K Ginter (by J Cruz). Pitches-strikes: D Davis 118-72; D Kolb 15-8; J Cruz 90-54; A Alfonseca 12-9; M Remlinger 29-20; M Guthrie 14-7. Ground balls-fly balls: D Davis 11-9; D Kolb 0-1; J Cruz 4-5; A Alfonseca 0-0; M Remlinger 0-3; M Guthrie 2-1. Batters faced: D Davis 29; D Kolb 4; J Cruz 23; A Alfonseca 2; M Remlinger 8; M Guthrie 5. UMPIRES: HP--Brian Onora. 1B--Phil Cuzzi. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Jerry Crawford. T--2:47. Att--38,946. Weather: 68 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 13 mph, right to left.

SportsTicker Game Preview: Milwaukee (59-76) at Chicago Cubs (69-65) 2:20 pm EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers look to continue their recent success at Wrigley Field Sunday afternoon as they conclude a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs. The Brewers won four of seven meetings at Wrigley last season and have won five of the eight games here this season. Milwaukee had a 10-game winning streak snapped with a 4-2 loss in Friday's series opener, but got back on track with a 9-5 victory on Saturday. Richie Sexson knocked in four runs and hit a two-run home run in the first inning off Shawn Estes. Rookie Scott Podsednik added a two-run single and also stole home as Milwaukee won for the 11th time in 12 games. The Cubs lost for the eighth time in 13 games as Estes lasted just two innings. Former Brewer Troy O'Leary hit a three-run home run and Kenny Lofton had four hits, but Chicago stranded 10 runners and fell 1 1/2 games behind Houston and St. Louis in the National League Central Division. Doug Davis (1-0, 1.31 ERA) makes his fourth start for the Brewers. Since joining Milwaukee, he has allowed five runs and 17 hits in 20 2/3 innings. Davis picked up his first win for the Brewers by pitching a four-hitter at Cincinnati on Tuesday. He gave up just an unearned run in the first inning and pitched his third career complete game. The lefthander, who also has pitched for Texas and Toronto this season, is facing the Cubs for the second time this season. With Toronto, he allowed four runs and six hits over six innings and took a 4-2 loss on June 14. Juan Cruz (1-4, 5.6http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/glasses.gif makes his third start and 21st appearance of the season for the Cubs. He is starting for the first time since August 1 vs. Arizona when he allowed just one run and five hits in six innings of a 4-3, 14-inning loss. Cruz is 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in five lifetime appearances against Milwaukee.

3:05 PM, CST TV: WISN-12 Radio: WTMJ 620 Your Milwaukee Brewers try to take the series from the Chicago Cubs in today's rubber match. As of yesterday, the Brewers are once again tied for 5th place in the NL Central, and 4 games out of 4th place. Brewerfan.net / Statfox matchup info: www.brewerfan.net/matchup.jsp Doug Davis Player Profile: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPlayerProfile.do?playerId=600 Yahoo! Sports Game Preview: sports.yahoo.com/mlb/preview?gid=230831116 Milwaukeebrewers.com Game Preview: milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mil/news/mil_news.jsp?ymd=20030830&content_id=504392&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil FoxSports.com Game Preview: www.foxsports.com/named/FS/MLB/preview?gameId=230831116 CNNSi.com Game Preview: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/previews/2003/08/31/3473_preview.html CBSSportsline.com Game Preview: www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/preview/MLB_20030831_MIL@CHC

Today's starting lineup: MILWAUKEE CHICAGO CUBS AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Scott Podsednik CF .313 6 42 Kenny Lofton CF .285 10 37 [b]Keith Ginter 2B[/b] .268 10 31 Ramon Martinez 2B .286 3 32 Brady Clark RF .301 3 32 Sammy Sosa RF .296 31 85 Richie Sexson 1B .263 35 96 Moises Alou LF .282 19 79 [b]Mark Smith LF[/b] .353 2 5 Randall Simon 1B .280 12 60 Wes Helms 3B .253 19 58 Aramis Ramirez 3B .275 20 85 Eddie Perez C .263 9 40 Alex Gonzalez SS .228 17 51 [b]Bill Hall SS[/b] .288 3 12 Paul Bako C .218 0 11 Matt Kinney RHP .042 0 0 Shawn Estes LHP .143 1 2 (9-9, 4.67) (7-10, 5.71)

SportsTicker Game Preview: Milwaukee (58-76) at Chicago Cubs (69-64) 4:05 pm EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Chicago Cubs hope to possibly regain first place in the National League Central Division on Saturday when they play the middle contest of a three-game set at Wrigley Field. The Cubs climbed within one-half game of the first-place Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals atop the NL Central after beating Milwaukee on Friday, 4-2. Matt Clement tossed a seven-hitter as the Cubs snapped the Brewers' 10-game winning streak. Cubs lefthander Shawn Estes (7-10, 5.71 ERA) needs three strikeouts to reach 1,000 for his career. He was rocked at Arizona last Saturday, surrendering seven runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. Estes is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in three starts vs. the Brewers this season and 4-3 with a 4.63 ERA in 10 career starts against them. Milwaukee righthander Matt Kinney (9-9, 4.67) beat Cincinnati on the road on Tuesday, 10-6, after allowing four runs in seven innings. Kinney has faced the Cubs once before in his career, giving up six runs in 7 2/3 innings in a 6-1 loss at Miller Park on May 14.

3:05 PM, CST TV: WCGV-24 Radio: WTMJ 620 Your Milwaukee Brewers try to go for #1 in a row today! Matt Kinney was the recipient of an offensive barrage last start that allowed him to get a win on a 7 IP, 4 ER performance. He has a 3.03 ERA this month, but got hit hard in his only other appearance against the Cubs. Shawn Estes comes off two back-to-back lousy starts, where he couldn't get out of the 5th inning. He's got a 5.71 ERA on the year, but had a decent stretch of starts before his recent troubles. Brewerfan.net / Statfox matchup info: www.brewerfan.net/matchup.jsp Matt Kinney Player Profile: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPlayerProfile.do?playerId=380 Yahoo! Sports Preview: sports.yahoo.com/mlb/preview?gid=230830116 CNNSi.com Game Preview: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/previews/2003/08/30/3472_preview.html

Chattanooga (Reds) 3, Huntsville 0 Stars have lost nine of ten! Huntsville Site Game Summary: www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=308 Huntsville Box Score: Decent effort by Ben Hendrickson absolutely spoiled by the flat Huntsville offense. Kremblas better be lighting a fire under them for the playoffs, or it's going to be a very short post-season. GAME DATE: 8/29/03 HUNTSVILLE 0 AT CHATTANOOGA 3 YTD YTD HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG CHATTANOOGA AB R H BI AVG C.Barnwell 2B 3 0 1 0 .251 W.Caceres LF 4 1 1 0 .273 B.Nelson LF 4 0 1 0 .215 E.Encrnacion 3B 4 1 1 0 .266 J.Hardy SS 4 0 0 0 .277 D.Cesar 2B 4 0 2 1 .424 C.Hart 3B 4 0 0 0 .300 J.Gutierrez CAT 3 0 1 1 .227 B.Gemoll 1B 4 0 1 0 .262 A.Diaz CF 3 0 1 0 .266 N.Varner CF 4 0 1 0 .270 J.Dellaero SS 3 1 1 1 .217 M.Kremblas CAT 3 0 0 0 .190 B.Anderson RF 3 0 1 0 .209 D.Clark RF 2 0 0 0 .230 E.Conley 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Hendrckson PIT 1 0 1 0 .267 D.Childress PIT 3 0 0 0 .000 M.Parker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Gray PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Machado PH 1 0 0 0 .228 B.Adams PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 0 5 0 TOTALS 29 3 8 3 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 5 2 CHATTANOOGA 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X- 3 8 1 E--C.Barnwell, C.Hart, A.Diaz. DP--HUNTSVILLE 2, CHATTANOOGA 0. LOB--HUNTSVILLE 6, CHATTANOOGA 3. 2B--B.Nelson (11), B.Gemoll (30), W.Caceres (11), A.Diaz (17), B.Anderson (8). HR--J.Dellaero (2). CS--C.Barnwell. SH--B.Hendrckson. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HUNTSVILLE B.Hendrckson (L,7-6) 6.0 7 2 1 0 1 0 3.45 M.Parker 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.10 B.Adams 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 CHATTANOOGA D.Childress (W,2-4) 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 6.75 B.Gray (S,1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.94 SO--C.Barnwell 2, J.Hardy 2, B.Gemoll, M.Kremblas 2, D.Clark, J.Dellaero, D.Childress. BB--C.Barnwell, D.Clark, E.Conley. T--2:15. A--3105

Chattanooga (Reds) 3, Huntsville 0 Stars have lost nine of ten! Huntsville Site Game Summary: www.huntsvillestars.com/s...newsId=308 Huntsville Box Score: Decent effort by Ben Hendrickson absolutely spoiled by the flat Huntsville offense. Kremblas better be lighting a fire under them for the playoffs, or it's going to be a very short post-season. GAME DATE: 8/29/03 HUNTSVILLE 0 AT CHATTANOOGA 3 YTD YTD HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG CHATTANOOGA AB R H BI AVG C.Barnwell 2B 3 0 1 0 .251 W.Caceres LF 4 1 1 0 .273 B.Nelson LF 4 0 1 0 .215 E.Encrnacion 3B 4 1 1 0 .266 J.Hardy SS 4 0 0 0 .277 D.Cesar 2B 4 0 2 1 .424 C.Hart 3B 4 0 0 0 .300 J.Gutierrez CAT 3 0 1 1 .227 B.Gemoll 1B 4 0 1 0 .262 A.Diaz CF 3 0 1 0 .266 N.Varner CF 4 0 1 0 .270 J.Dellaero SS 3 1 1 1 .217 M.Kremblas CAT 3 0 0 0 .190 B.Anderson RF 3 0 1 0 .209 D.Clark RF 2 0 0 0 .230 E.Conley 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Hendrckson PIT 1 0 1 0 .267 D.Childress PIT 3 0 0 0 .000 M.Parker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Gray PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Machado PH 1 0 0 0 .228 B.Adams PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 0 5 0 TOTALS 29 3 8 3 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 5 2 CHATTANOOGA 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X- 3 8 1 E--C.Barnwell, C.Hart, A.Diaz. DP--HUNTSVILLE 2, CHATTANOOGA 0. LOB--HUNTSVILLE 6, CHATTANOOGA 3. 2B--B.Nelson (11), B.Gemoll (30), W.Caceres (11), A.Diaz (17), B.Anderson (8). HR--J.Dellaero (2). CS--C.Barnwell. SH--B.Hendrckson. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HUNTSVILLE B.Hendrckson (L,7-6) 6.0 7 2 1 0 1 0 3.45 M.Parker 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.10 B.Adams 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 CHATTANOOGA D.Childress (W,2-4) 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 6.75 B.Gray (S,1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.94 SO--C.Barnwell 2, J.Hardy 2, B.Gemoll, M.Kremblas 2, D.Clark, J.Dellaero, D.Childress. BB--C.Barnwell, D.Clark, E.Conley. T--2:15. A--3105

[ How long will Yost stick Vizcaino and his 6+ ERA out there? Do we send him to Triple-A next season? ] He actually had a very nice ERA in August... and you can't send him to AAA, as he's out of options.

Thanks for the memories, Brew Crew. The streak was fun, and gave us a reason to be excited about the 2003 Brewers.

4-2 Cubs to the bottom of the 9th.... Will this be our Easter Sunday?

It was Conti for Sheets....

Anyone else think Pods shouldn't be sac bunting at this point??