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Ginter out of the game..... good grief.

Ginter out of the game..... good grief.

Helms popped out to make it 2 outs, and Eddie Perez grounded out to end the inning. 2-1 crew to the bottom of the 5th

Helms popped out to make it 2 outs, and Eddie Perez grounded out to end the inning. 2-1 crew to the bottom of the 5th

2-1 Brewers on a bases loaded single by Vandy!

2-1 Brewers on a bases loaded single by Vandy!

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http://www.gijoes.com/graphics/product_images/p445954reg.jpg When he's hot, he's HOT.

Today's starting lineups: Scott Podsednik CF .315 6 42 Ryan Freel CF .269 2 4 Keith Ginter 2B .273 10 31 Tim Hummel SS .250 0 0 Geoff Jenkins LF .293 27 94 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B .290 3 13 Richie Sexson 1B .260 35 96 Sean Casey 1B .289 12 66 John Vander Wal RF .260 14 43 Russell Branyan 3B .227 5 14 Wes Helms 3B .255 18 57 Stephen Smitherman LF .444 1 3 Eddie Perez C .261 9 40 Dernell Stenson RF .296 2 4 Royce Clayton SS .223 11 36 Jason Larue C .227 15 45 Wes Obermueller RHP .200 0 1 Paul Wilson RHP .125 0 1 (0-4, 5.34) (8-10, 4.74)

Today's starting lineups: Scott Podsednik CF .315 6 42 Ryan Freel CF .269 2 4 Keith Ginter 2B .273 10 31 Tim Hummel SS .250 0 0 Geoff Jenkins LF .293 27 94 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B .290 3 13 Richie Sexson 1B .260 35 96 Sean Casey 1B .289 12 66 John Vander Wal RF .260 14 43 Russell Branyan 3B .227 5 14 Wes Helms 3B .255 18 57 Stephen Smitherman LF .444 1 3 Eddie Perez C .261 9 40 Dernell Stenson RF .296 2 4 Royce Clayton SS .223 11 36 Jason Larue C .227 15 45 Wes Obermueller RHP .200 0 1 Paul Wilson RHP .125 0 1 (0-4, 5.34) (8-10, 4.74)

[ You think maybe we need to tailor the team a bit better to Miller Park? ] Exactly... And you'll see this occurring over the next few years. The plan is to grow the infield grass long and load up on sinkerball pitchers and other pitchers with good GB/FB ratios. Obviously you can only change so much in one year, so some of the changes should percolate up thru the minors as well as FA talent.

[ You think maybe we need to tailor the team a bit better to Miller Park? ] Exactly... And you'll see this occurring over the next few years. The plan is to grow the infield grass long and load up on sinkerball pitchers and other pitchers with good GB/FB ratios. Obviously you can only change so much in one year, so some of the changes should percolate up thru the minors as well as FA talent.

Tie for 5th place with a win today... 4th place within reach. Go! Go! Go! NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEAM WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK HOUSTON 70 62 .530 - 41-26 29-36 13-17 40-30 06-08 WON 3 ST LOUIS 69 63 .523 1 39-28 30-35 17-13 33-27 09-15 WON 1 CHICAGO CUBS 68 63 .519 1 1/2 32-32 36-31 11-13 31-28 17-13 LOST 1 PITTSBURGH 60 70 .462 9 30-36 30-34 08-08 31-38 16-17 WON 2 CINCINNATI 58 74 .439 12 30-37 28-37 11-16 26-34 14-19 LOST 4 MILWAUKEE 57 75 .432 13 27-39 30-36 14-22 28-32 10-14 WON 9

Tie for 5th place with a win today... 4th place within reach. Go! Go! Go! NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEAM WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK HOUSTON 70 62 .530 - 41-26 29-36 13-17 40-30 06-08 WON 3 ST LOUIS 69 63 .523 1 39-28 30-35 17-13 33-27 09-15 WON 1 CHICAGO CUBS 68 63 .519 1 1/2 32-32 36-31 11-13 31-28 17-13 LOST 1 PITTSBURGH 60 70 .462 9 30-36 30-34 08-08 31-38 16-17 WON 2 CINCINNATI 58 74 .439 12 30-37 28-37 11-16 26-34 14-19 LOST 4 MILWAUKEE 57 75 .432 13 27-39 30-36 14-22 28-32 10-14 WON 9

SportsTicker Game Preview: Milwaukee (57-75) at Cincinnati (58-74) 12:35 pm EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers try to win a 10th straight game for the first time in over 14 years as they conclude a four-game series with the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday. The Brewers have won nine in a row for July 25-August 1, 1997 and already have eclipsed their win total from last season. They have not won 10 straight since April 30-May 9, 1988. Geoff Jenkins had two hits, including a solo homer, and rookie Scott Podsednik had two hits for the Brewers on Wednesday. Podsednik is hitting .470 (23-for-49) during a career-high 12-game hitting streak. Wes Obermuller (0-4, 5.34 ERA) makes his sixth start of the season for the Brewers and seeks his first career victory. He has pitched twice during Milwaukee's winning streak and has allowed three runs and 14 hits in 10 1/3 innings. In his last start, the 26-year-old righthander allowed one run and eight hits in six innings of Saturday's 7-6 win over Pittsburgh. Paul Wilson (8-10, 4.74) makes his team-leading 27th start of the season for the Reds and will try to win three straight decisions for the second time this year. He is coming off back-to-back wins over the Houston Astros and allowed one run and five hits in seven innings of Saturday's 3-1 win. Wilson is 0-1 with a 6.55 ERA in two lifetime starts vs. the Brewers.

SportsTicker Game Preview: Milwaukee (57-75) at Cincinnati (58-74) 12:35 pm EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers try to win a 10th straight game for the first time in over 14 years as they conclude a four-game series with the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday. The Brewers have won nine in a row for July 25-August 1, 1997 and already have eclipsed their win total from last season. They have not won 10 straight since April 30-May 9, 1988. Geoff Jenkins had two hits, including a solo homer, and rookie Scott Podsednik had two hits for the Brewers on Wednesday. Podsednik is hitting .470 (23-for-49) during a career-high 12-game hitting streak. Wes Obermuller (0-4, 5.34 ERA) makes his sixth start of the season for the Brewers and seeks his first career victory. He has pitched twice during Milwaukee's winning streak and has allowed three runs and 14 hits in 10 1/3 innings. In his last start, the 26-year-old righthander allowed one run and eight hits in six innings of Saturday's 7-6 win over Pittsburgh. Paul Wilson (8-10, 4.74) makes his team-leading 27th start of the season for the Reds and will try to win three straight decisions for the second time this year. He is coming off back-to-back wins over the Houston Astros and allowed one run and five hits in seven innings of Saturday's 3-1 win. Wilson is 0-1 with a 6.55 ERA in two lifetime starts vs. the Brewers.

11:30 AM, CST TV: None Radio: WTMJ 620 http://www.capitale.org.nz/images/titles/wow.gif The Brewers try to go for 10 straight wins today!! Brewerfan.net / Statfox matchup info: www.brewerfan.net/matchup.jsp Wes Obermueller Player Profile: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPlayerProfile.do?playerId=590 ESPN Game Day Preview: baseball.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=230828117 Yahoo! Sports Preview: sports.yahoo.com/mlb/preview?gid=230828117 CNNSi.com Game Preview: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/previews/2003/08/28/3635_preview.html MLB.com Game Preview: mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mil/news/mil_news.jsp?ymd=20030828&content_id=501039&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil

11:30 AM, CST TV: None Radio: WTMJ 620 http://www.capitale.org.nz/images/titles/wow.gif The Brewers try to go for 10 straight wins today!! Brewerfan.net / Statfox matchup info: www.brewerfan.net/matchup.jsp Wes Obermueller Player Profile: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPlayerProfile.do?playerId=590 ESPN Game Day Preview: baseball.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=230828117 Yahoo! Sports Preview: sports.yahoo.com/mlb/preview?gid=230828117 CNNSi.com Game Preview: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/previews/2003/08/28/3635_preview.html MLB.com Game Preview: mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mil/news/mil_news.jsp?ymd=20030828&content_id=501039&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil

SportsTicker Game Preview: Milwaukee (56-75) at Cincinnati (58-73) 7:10 pm EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers try to extend their longest winning streak in six years when they continue a four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on Wednesday. The Brewers have won eight in a row, their longest streak since winning nine in a row from July 25-August 1, 1997, with a 7-1 triumph on Tuesday. Doug Davis tossed a four-hitter and Geoff Jenkins and Wes Helms each hit a two-run homer for Milwaukee. Jenkins and Helms both have homered in each of the first two games of the series. Brewers lefthander Wayne Franklin (9-10, 5.22 ERA) is 2-2 with a 5.64 ERA in four games against the Reds this season, going 1-1 with a 7.20 ERA in two contests here. In his career, he is 2-2 with a 5.32 ERA in seven games against them. Franklin beat Pittsburgh at home on Friday, 3-2, after taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning. He yielded two hits in seven innings. Reds righthander Seth Etherton (1-1, 5.73) earned his first major league victory since July 20, 2000 on Friday with a 4-3 triumph at Houston. He allowed two runs and five hits in five innings after surrendering five runs and six hits in five innings vs. the Astros on August 16. Etherton will make his first career appearance against Milwaukee. The only player on the Brewers he has faced is Royce Clayton, who went 1-for-4 with a walk.

6:10 PM, CST TV: FSN Radio: WTMJ 620 The Brewers white-hot offense tries to carry the Crew to a 9th straight win tonight. Wayne Franklin carried a no-hitter into the later innings of the game his last time out, and picked up a win over Pittsburgh his last time out. Franklin has had 3 quality starts in a row, and hopes to make it 4 tonight against a tattered and slumping Reds offense. Seth Etherton makes his 3rd start of the year, and is currently 1-1 with a 5.73 ERA. He had a decent start his last time out at Houston, giving up 2 ER in 6 IP. Etherton last saw regular duty as a member of the Angels rotation in 2000. He went 5-1 with a 5.52 ERA in 11 starts. Seth was 7-7 with a 4.31 ERA this year through 21 starts in AAA Louisville. Brewerfan.net / Statfox matchup info: www.brewerfan.net/matchup.jsp Wayne Franklin Player Profile: www.brewerfan.net/ViewPla...ayerId=368 ESPN Game Day Preview: baseball.espn.go.com/mlb/...=230827117 Yahoo! Game Preview: sports.yahoo.com/mlb/prev...=230827117 CNNSi.com Game Preview: sportsillustrated.cnn.com...eview.html MLB.com Game Preview: milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com...p&c_id=mil

[ Anyone know why was Doug Davis released by two teams this year? He couldn't have been that bad, especially for the Rangers. ] I'm not sure why he was released by Texas, but Toronto tried to DFA him to get him to AAA and make him into a reliever. Davis decided he didn't want to follow that path and chose to be a free agent.

MILWAUKEE (7) VS CINCINNATI (1) - FINAL MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg S Podsednik cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 .314 K Ginter 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .277 G Jenkins lf 5 2 4 3 0 0 0 .291 R Sexson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .262 B Clark rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .297 W Helms 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .253 E Perez c 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261 R Clayton ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 D Davis p 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .125 Totals 35 7 9 5 4 3 11 BATTING: 2B - G Jenkins (29, D Serafini). HR - G Jenkins (26, 3rd inning off D Serafini 1 on, 2 Out), W Helms (18, 4th inning off D Serafini 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - G Jenkins 3 (93), W Helms 2 (57). 2-out RBI - G Jenkins 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Clark 1. GIDP - R Sexson, B Clark. Team LOB - 5. BASERUNNING: SB - S Podsednik (30, 2nd base off P Norton/K Stinnett). FIELDING: E - W Helms (16, ground ball). DP: 1 (K Ginter-R Clayton-R Sexson). CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Freel 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .270 R Olmedo ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 D Jimenez 2b 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .292 S Casey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .289 R Mateo rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .248 K Stinnett c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .238 S Smitherman lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 W Pena cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .151 D Serafini p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S Randall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-T Hummel ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 P Norton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-J LaRue ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .231 C Reitsma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Totals 29 1 4 1 1 2 5 a-grounded to third for S Randall in the 6th; b-doubled to left for R Wagner in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - J LaRue (18, D Davis); S Casey (16, D Davis). S - R Olmedo. SF - D Jimenez. RBI - D Jimenez (13). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Mateo 1, R Freel 1. GIDP - S Casey. Team LOB - 4. FIELDING: E - R Olmedo (11, pop up). DP: 2 (R Freel-D Jimenez-S Casey 2). ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE - 002 200 300 -- 7 CINCINNATI - 100 000 000 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era D Davis (W, 1-0) 9 4 1 0 1 2 0 1.31 CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era D Serafini (L, 0-1) 5 7 4 4 2 0 2 7.20 S Randall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P Norton 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 13.50 R Wagner 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 1.89 C Reitsma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.82 P Norton pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP - R Wagner. Pitches-strikes: D Davis 126-86; D Serafini 87-56; S Randall 17-10; P Norton 9-4; R Wagner 32-19; C Reitsma 5-3. Ground balls-fly balls: D Davis 16-9; D Serafini 5-10; S Randall 2-1; P Norton 0-0; R Wagner 3-0; C Reitsma 3-0. Batters faced: D Davis 32; D Serafini 23; S Randall 4; P Norton 3; R Wagner 6; C Reitsma 3. UMPIRES: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--Matt Hollowell. 3B--John Hirschbeck. T--2:31. Att--18,787. Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, out to left.

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SportsTicker Game Preview: Milwaukee (55-75) at Cincinnati (58-72) 7:10 pm EDT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers seek their first eight-game winning streak in over six years Tuesday night as they continue a four-game series with the Cincinnati Reds. The Brewers have won seven in row for the first time time since winning nine in a row from July 25-August 1, 1997. Milwaukee is hitting .320 (71-of-22) with 15 home runs and 51 runs scored during its longest winning streak since joining the National League. After three straight one-run victories over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Brewers hit four homers and had 12 hits in Monday's 10-6 win. Wes Helms, Geoff Jenkins and Mark Smith hit two-run homers, while rookie Bill Hall added a solo shot. Stephen Smitherman and Dernell Stenson hit a two-run homers for the Reds, who were opening a seven-game homestand. Doug Davis (0-0, 2.31 ERA) makes his third start for the Brewers and first against the Reds. In two starts with Milwaukee, Davis has allowed four runs in 11 2/3 innings. Davis pitched well in his second start, allowing two runs in 5 2/3 innings of a 5-2 win over Philadelphia on Thursday. Dan Serafini (NR) makes his first start of the season for the Reds. He had been pitching for Monterrey in the Mexican League, where was 10-2 with a 1.59 ERA in 16 appearances. Serafini's last appearance in the major leagues was September 29, 2000 for Pittsburgh. He also has pitched for Minnesota, the Chicago Cubs and San Diego.

Tonight's Lineups: MILWAUKEE AT CINCINNATI -- LINEUPS MILWAUKEE CINCINNATI AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Scott Podsednik CF .315 6 39 Ryan Freel 3B .288 2 4 Keith Ginter 2B .277 10 30 Rainer Olmedo SS .273 0 12 Geoff Jenkins LF .286 25 90 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B .296 3 12 Richie Sexson 1B .263 35 96 Sean Casey 1B .289 12 66 Brady Clark RF .297 3 32 Ruben Mateo RF .248 3 12 Wes Helms 3B .253 17 55 Kelly Stinnett C .243 3 18 Eddie Perez C .264 9 40 Stephen Smitherman LF .500 1 2 Royce Clayton SS .224 11 36 Wily Mo Pena CF .157 0 4 Doug Davis LHP .000 0 0 Dan Serafini LHP .000 0 0 (0-0, 2.31) (NO RECORD)