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I don't think we'd have to kidnap them, I'm pretty sure both would come willingly. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif And honestly, who wouldn't rather have Ben Hendrickson on the mound and Corey Hart in right field tonight? We're arguing about Ben Grieve and Brady Clark and Jeff Liefer and Wes Obermueller. Grieve is a nice player who can be valuable offensively, but the rest are really very small pieces of a winning club. Even Grieve, for that matter. He'd be a great bat off the bench for an AL team, or a DH against right-handers. But we've got Corey Hart and Ben Hendrickson ready and waiting. It's time to give them a chance. ~Bill

BucksBeat: I looked at that play again, and like I said, I think Brady Clark makes that catch five times out of ten. Maybe a few more, but it's certainly not a routine play. It's not a "oh-my-god-grieve-you-suck-so-bad-barf" play. He had a couple of those during the West Coast road trip... this wasn't one of them. Danzig: *Compared with Brady Clark*, Grieve's offense far outweighs his defense. That was what I was attempting to say... he's about average offensively for an NL right-fielder. Obviously, his defensive problems put him somewhat below average. But Brady Clark is ok-to-good defensively and very bad offensively, and so it's not really even particularly close. But you're right... it's like comparing Obie to Kinney. I agree. Corey Hart wins, but that's another thread. Bruce: You assume that I questioned Ben's character. All I said was that he ACTS like he could care less. So there's a difference between saying "Ben Grieve doesn't care" and "Ben Grieve acts like he doesn't care"? If so, why even make that second observation? If there's no correlation between how much you think Ben cares and how much Ben actually cares, why even bother posting? Your indictment of his "perceived effort" implicitly indicted his actual effort. Yet, you have zero first-hand knowledge of Ben's work habits or preparation. Zero. If you'd read back a few years, you'd find that is one of the biggest knocks on Grieve. He's nonchalant. He doesn't show emotion. Never really has. And that's bad why? And it's relevant to his playing how? The comparison to Andruw Jones is *spot on*. Andruw, like Grieve, is *perceived* to be non-chalant, lazy, and unemotional. He's a great defensive outfielder and a great hitter. I'm not comparing the results, I'm comparing the perceptions of effort... both players are perceived to lack effort. If you have no problem with Andruw not being "emotional" or "showing that he cares," how can you take issue with Ben's disposition on the field? And the comment about his offense was equally absurd. He's hitting .265. Hardly lighting it up, though like I said, he's adequate with the stick. That means you should DH him when you can...and tonight certainly qualifies. His OPS is more than 100 points higher than Brady Clark's. There is no way that Brady makes up that much offensive difference by being good with the glove. None. If any of the Grieve critics want to make the argument that his defense outweighs that offensive improvement, I'd be glad to read. "He doesn't know how to play defense" isn't going to cut it, though. And I have no problem with DHing him whenever possible. Tonight, however, that would mean either Ginter or Hall wouldn't be playing against the left-hander and Liefer would be. Do you really want that to happen? I don't. I'd rather have any number of players as our starting right-fielder than Ben Grieve. Corey Hart, for one. But Brady Clark is *not* one of them. Neither is Jeff Liefer. And at this point, less playing time for Grieve means more playing time for Clark and/or Liefer. That's not going to help the team, and that's why I defend Grieve. ~Bill

Ginter makes an effort to get better as a fielder. Grieve has gotten worse since he first came up, and he acts like he could care less. How has he gotten worse? Do you have any data to suggest that, or is it just your intuition? And how do you know whether or not Ben "cares" or "makes an effort"? Do you speak with him every day? Do you watch him practice every day? Do you have insider info from the coaching staff? Andruw Jones looks like he's dogging it all the time. Is he a bad defender? I'm sorry, but your personal observations and hunches about Grieve as a person are entirely unwanted. You don't know him *at all*, and to make judgments about his effort without the aforementioned knowledge of his routine is unfair. ~Bill

Come on Bill. That didn't even hit the wall. It bounced off the turf onto the wall. Brady Clark can make a running catch coming in on a liner, yet Grieve can't catch a liner going back when he is already playing deep? That ball short hopped the wall... that's exactly what I said. It wasn't a flyball, it was a line drive. In order to make that play, Grieve has to get a good read and make a running/leaping catch going back and to his right. But that's "easy", right? Could someone else have caught that ball? Maybe. Clark probably could have gloved it five times out of ten, or maybe a bit less. It certainly wasn't a routine play. To describe it as such is disingenous. He came in on the ball, then realized it was going over his head. He can't play defense. Hate to tell you but Grieve has defensive problems no matter who is on the mound. Thanks for letting me know... I had no idea that Grieve wasn't a good defender. All along I thought he was a Gold Glover with a rocket arm. If Grieve can make most of the routine plays, his bat more than justifies his position in the lineup. I don't care how many derogatory remarks folks come up with about how he doesn't know "X" from his "X", Grieve's offensive contributions far outweigh his defensive shortcomings. ~Bill

Billy Hall's play was much easier than Grieve's, but I can't blame either one of them. When your pitcher is giving up *rockets* batter-after-batter, you can't expect your defense to be saving him from giving up hits. The problem with this inning is not Grieve, it's not Hall, and it's not (insert your favorite Brewer to hate on here). It's one guy: Wes Obermueller. Booooo Wes. ~Bill

Yep, that was Ben Grieve's fault. It's not like Wes Obermueller served up a hanging curveball that Cristian Guzman hammered for a line drive off the base of the right field wall, or anything. Ben Grieve should have gotten a great read on that and made a leaping catcher on the warning track. What a loser for not catching that. When your pitcher is doing his job and getting hard hit liners to the wall, you've got to do *your* job and rob them of a double. Please. ~Bill

DB Series Preview: www.brewerfan.net/ViewDai...portId=260 Johan is good. Clark leading off is not. That's all. ~Bill

If they didn't lack veteranness, they would already be in Milwaukee. Duh, MassBrew http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif ! ~Bill

That sucked. *** is Brady swinging 2-0? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/mad.gif EDIT: That was too positive. WTMFF just happened there?!? It's hard to get made at Lyle, 'cause he's the freaking man, but that was a *terrible* at-bat. And Brady? Nice job swinging 2-0 against a pitcher that couldn't find the strike zone with freaking Questec. I need therapy after this one. My therapist would tell me: 'Tis okay. Big Ben's gonna take care of bidness tomorrow. ARGHHHHH!!!!! ~Bill

Odd that the Brewers elected to play the infield in with runners on second and third and nobody out in the third. Miles just popped a little thumb job over second base... if Spivey is playing in "normal" position, that's an easy catch. Why are we trying to prevent one run from scoring in the third inning of a 0-0 ballgame? ~Bill

We miss you, Ben Grieve. COLORADO MILWAUKEE AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Aaron Miles 2B .322 2 17 Scott Podsednik CF .257 9 25 Royce Clayton SS .291 6 25 Junior Spivey 2B .278 5 24 Todd Helton 1B .342 13 45 Geoff Jenkins LF .262 10 42 Preston Wilson CF .267 0 7 Lyle Overbay 1B .345 7 50 Vinny Castilla 3B .282 16 57 Brady Clark RF .250 4 18 Jeromy Burnitz RF .286 16 48 Bill Hall SS .262 5 27 Matt Holliday LF .268 9 29 Keith Ginter 3B .245 8 26 Todd Greene C .266 2 16 Chad Moeller C .226 3 16 Shawn Estes LHP .125 0 1 Chris Capuano LHP .200 0 0 (7-3, 5.55) (2-2, 2.89) EDIT: Ben hasn't gotten enough face time lately, so here's the best we can do. http://rangers.siegler.net/schedule/2003results/0503/images/0528_7th_grieve1b.jpg Emancipate Ben Grieve! ~Bill

I did a crappy job of keeping this updated... oh well - next year. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif I agree, 11, about the strike zone. There have been some stunningly gigantic zones that literally extend from the inside chalk of the left-hand batters box to the inside chalk of the right-hand batters box. Some of the pitches that are being called strikes are nearly unhittable. It's crazy. Add in the wind blowing in most nights, and the home runs are down like 7,000,000 %. I watched some of Billy Buckner's start yesterday and he was impressive again. I wish the Brewers would have made him their second round choice, as I think he'll progress through the system pretty quickly. He might not have a ton of upside, but he's a solid pitcher and I think the Royals are lucky to have him. Georgia/Texas today has all the makings of a huge upset. The Horns are a sweet, sweet team but the Dawgs could give them all they can handle. Fun CWS this year. ~Bill

Another nice win, and Doug Davis continues to be the man. But 13,264? What is that? I guess I can't complain 'cause I was busy, too, but that seems awfully low, even against the Rockies. I'm kind of surprised that they didn't at least eclipse the 18k mark... And how 'bout them D-Rays? ~Bill

I have a little league game to get to, so I'll have to catch up with the DB later tonight. Sorry 'bout that. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif On an unrelated note, here's what RotoWorld has to say about Grieve: Even though the Brewers are facing a right-hander, Ben Grieve is out of the starting lineup for a fourth straight game tonight. Grieve is 8-for-33 and doesn't have an extra-base hit this month. Still, he has a 799 OPS, and though he has just 18 RBI, he's actually hitting better with runners on than he is with the bases empty. Unless manager Ned Yost is really displeased with Grieve's defense, there's no reason to keep him out of the lineup. Take this for what it's worth, but it's interesting that an "outsider" is even taking notice of Grieve's absence. Later folks... enjoy the game! ~Bill

Speaking of that terrible call, Daron just mentioned that two of the umpires in this series are minor league replacement umps. Two of the regulars are on vacation. Is that not weird? When you've got a four-man team, shouldn't they stagger the vacations so there's only one replacement ump and he doesn't have to work the plate in a three-game series? So far, Ted Barrett has been abysmal. EDIT: Junior Spivey or Ben Grieve... who's the better defensive player? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif ~Bill

Remember this? "When I watch him in the cage, he has the best pure hands on the team. I'm not kidding. When Royce is right, he uses his hands better than anybody on the team." - Nedley, regarding Royce Clayton's hands LOL. ~Bill

Ben Grieve? Is he still on the Brewers? Freaking amazing, Nedley. ~Bill

Larry Walker is coming back for the Brewers series, his first appearance of 2004. Hopefully he's rusty and the Rockies' pitchers pitch like... well... Rockies. The pitching matchups are all reasonably favorable, and with Sheets going in the day game Thursday we have a real good chance to put together a three game winning streak. But like MB said, and like a lot of us have been saying after all of these game three losses, 2 out of 3 is the stuff of playoff teams. Is anyone else totally stoked about the way the Brewers are playing at home? They seem to have finally overcome the "big crowd loss syndrome" that has been plaguing them, and they're really playing well at home. They're playing well on the road, too, obviously, but they're doing a great job of pleasing the home crowds. This team is awesome. For the first time in a long time, being a Brewers' fan is fun. ~Bill

Speaking of the 9th, I think the umps had an early flight because Ginter and Moeller both got jobbed. Especially Ginter. Yeah, I forgot to mention that... there were some *terrible* calls in that inning. The check swing for strike one on Ginter was laughable... he didn't even really swing, he twitched. And the strike zone, which had been tiny all day, suddenly got huge. It didn't really matter, though. With Santana on his game like that, the Twins deserved to win and it would have taken quite a miracle comeback to tie the game against Nathan. They almost did it, and that was awesome, but Santana was just unreal today. ~Bill

I, too, was at the game and like Robert said, Johan was the man today. He was consistently hitting 94 with his fastball and then coming back with an 80 mph slider that was just wicked. I wouldn't have wanted to hit off of him today, no doubt about that. Wow. That was the Johan Santana of old, not the crappy one that's been on-and-off this year. Tough loss again, but 2 out of 3 from the Twins feels mighty good. ~Bill

Great game story from Jim Souhan of the Star Tribune: When Brewers left fielder Geoff Jenkins came up in the bottom of the seventh, his team trailed the Twins, 5-0. The many Minnesotans in attendance were making Miller Park, its roof having closed in the sixth, feel like a Trading Spaces version of the Metrodome. "I was taking a verbal beating out there," Jenkins said. "You'd like to think that the people in Jenkins' Junction are all Brewers fans, but you never know." Jenkins singled to right off Brad Radke for the Brewers' third hit of the game. By the time he came up again, leading off the eighth, the score was 6-6. Jenkins hit the next pitch deep into the right field bleachers for a 7-6 victory. "You guys aren't used to seeing that too much," Jenkins said. "Well, neither am I. I haven't been on a team like this before." Jenkins is the best and highest-paid player on a team built on waiver-wire and trade acquisitions. Saturday, the rally he started and the comeback he ended gave the Brewers two victories in a row over the Twins. The Brewers are 35-30, the first time they've been five games over .500 since May 23, 2001. They won on Friday because of dominant pitching and an early lead. Saturday, it was the Twins who received dominant starting pitching and an early lead. Reason for doubt? "No," said manager Ned Yost. "I told [reliever Dave] Burba when he came in, 'Burbs, if you hold it right here, you've got a good chance of getting a 'W'.' And he would have, if not for Rivas' homer." Burba entered with the score 5-0. The Brewers took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the seventh, and Luis Rivas' homer off Brewers reliever Luis Vizcaino made it 6-6 going into the bottom of the eighth. Then Jenkins faced Twins lefty Terry Mulholland. "I hadn't seen him in a long time," Jenkins said. "I know he likes to throw that overhand curve. I saw it up, and let it fly." Jenkins pumped his arms as he rounded the bases, and traded violent high-fives with his teammates in the dugout. The crowd, seemingly pro-Twins earlier, erupted. "That was a huge win for us," Yost said. Managers rarely say that in June, but few managers work for a franchise that hasn't had a winning season since 1992. Even in 2001, when the Brewers looked competent for two months, they finished 68-94. On April 27, the Brewers beat the Reds, 10-9, after trailing, 9-0. They've won 14 games this season after trailing, are 20-14 at home, and have a no-name closer (Dan Kolb) who has 21 saves and an 0.98 ERA. "He's our version of Gagne," Jenkins said, comparing Kolb to Dodgers' closer Eric Gagne. Jenkins then anticipated today's game, saying, "It's tough to sweep these clubs." It has been a long time since the inability to finish off sweeps was the Brewers' concern. "You have to hand it to those guys," Radke said. "They didn't hang their heads when it was 5-0." Stunning comebacks . . . an improbable closer . . . the ambition to right a fallen franchise. The 2004 Brewers look like the 2002 Twins -- except it's not likely Bud Selig will try to contract them. ~Bill

Yeah, the winning sausage was JWalker. ~Bill

Final: Birmingham (White Sox) 6, Huntsville 1 This isn't any fun. The Stars committed more errors (2) than they scored runs (1) or managed extra-base hits (1). The lone highlight offensively was Ryan "Organization Soldier That Outhits The Prospects" Knox, who went yard in the second to give Huntsville an early lead. Huntsville Box Score: Matt Ford seems to be getting better and better. This time, he went five innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits, a walk, and three strikeouts. Ford allowed both runs in the fifth; a single, walk, error, fly-out, single, single, error, pop-out, and line-out did the trick for the Barons. GAME DATE: 6/19/04 HVL at BIR HUNTSVILLE 1 AT BIRMINGHAM 6 YTD YTD HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG BIRMINGHAM AB R H BI AVG R.Weeks 2B 4 0 1 0 .240 M.Spidale CF 5 0 0 0 .292 A.Gwynn CF 3 0 1 0 .246 R.Yan 2B 4 0 1 0 .257 P.Fielder 1B 4 0 0 0 .263 R.Sasser 3B 2 1 1 0 .235 B.Nelson RF 4 0 1 0 .283 B.Becker 1B 3 1 0 0 .333 R.Knox LF 4 1 1 1 .275 N.Murphy RF 4 2 2 1 .288 C.Barnwell 3B 3 0 0 0 .249 J.Aceves DH 2 2 1 1 .261 J.Raburn SS 3 0 0 0 .252 C.Maldonado CAT 4 0 0 0 .246 O.Chavez DH 3 0 1 0 .207 N.Martel LF 4 0 2 2 .313 J.Alvarado CAT 2 0 0 0 .140 G.Reyes SS 4 0 2 2 .313 M.Ford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Meaux PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Woolard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Fields PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Rivard PIT 0 0 0 0 .200 B.Murray PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 30 1 5 1 TOTALS 32 6 9 6 HUNTSVILLE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 1 5 2 BIRMINGHAM 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 X- 6 9 0 E--A.Gwynn, J.Alvarado. DP--HUNTSVILLE 1, BIRMINGHAM 0. LOB--HUNTSVILLE 6, BIRMINGHAM 7. HR--R.Knox (2). SB--R.Weeks (6), R.Sasser (3). CS-- J.Raburn. HBP--R.Sasser. SH--J.Alvarado. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HUNTSVILLE M.Ford (L,1-2) 5.0 4 2 1 1 3 0 3.60 G.Woolard 2.1 1 2 2 3 3 0 4.61 R.Rivard 0.2 4 2 2 0 0 0 6.55 BIRMINGHAM R.Meaux (W,3-5) 7.0 3 1 1 2 5 1 4.72 J.Fields 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.57 B.Murray (S,1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 HB--M.Ford. SO--P.Fielder, R.Knox, J.Raburn, O.Chavez, J.Alvarado, M.Spidale, R.Yan, B.Becker, N.Murphy 2, G.Reyes. BB--A.Gwynn, C.Barnwell, J.Raburn, R.Sasser, B.Becker, J.Aceves 2. T--2:42. A--5195Huntsville Game Log: Glenn Woolard's outing wasn't as bad as it looks. He tossed a scorless sixth, walking two, striking out two, and inducing a flyout. The seventh went 1-2-3 including a strikeout, but he got into some trouble in the eighth. After getting the leadoff man on a 4-3 groundout, he surrendered a single and a walk before giving way to Reggie Rivard..... That didn't work so well. The rest of the inning was ugly: single, single, fly-out, single, single, ground-out. Four runs, two each charged to Woolard and Rivard. www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=15653 ~Bill

Final: Quad City (Twins) 3, Beloit 2 Tough loss for the Snappers, who had a chance in the top of the eighth. Trofholz was hit by a pitch, Moss doubled, and Anderson was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Rottino drove in a run, but unfortunately it was with a 6-4-3 double-play. Heether then flied out to end the inning. Beloit Box Score: Good night for Moss, who went 2-for-4 with a double..... Drew Anderson with a single, two walks, and a hit-by-pitch in his four plate appearances - way to get on-base, Drew!..... Rottino added a single and Lewis a double..... Looks like an error by RF Robby Deevers cost the Snappers a run in the fourth. GAME DATE: 6/19/04 BLT at QC BELOIT 2 AT QUAD CITY 3 YTD YTD BELOIT AB R H BI AVG QUAD CITY AB R H BI AVG T.Trofholz DH 3 1 0 0 .305 J.Taylor SS 3 0 0 0 .291 S.Moss CF 4 0 2 0 .209 J.Arneson LF 4 0 1 0 .252 D.Anderson LF 1 0 1 0 .275 K.Phillips DH 4 0 0 0 .229 V.Rottino CAT 3 0 1 1 .298 O.Burgos 3B 4 0 0 0 .270 A.Heether 3B 4 0 0 0 .261 M.Zamojc 1B 4 1 2 0 .228 M.Ramirez 1B 4 0 0 0 .258 S.Whitrock RF 3 2 3 1 .255 R.Deevers RF 4 0 0 0 .224 K.Geiger CAT 1 0 0 2 .000 W.Lewis 2B 4 0 1 0 .409 R.Spataro CF 3 0 1 0 .230 G.Acosta SS 1 1 0 0 .167 P.Rutgers 2B 2 0 1 0 .231 S.Beresford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Harben PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Taubenheim PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Culpepper PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Dillard PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Brandon PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 28 2 5 1 TOTALS 28 3 8 3 BELOIT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0- 2 5 2 QUAD CITY 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X- 3 8 0 E--R.Deevers, S.Beresford. DP--BELOIT 1, QUAD CITY 0. LOB--BELOIT 8, QUAD CITY 5. 2B--S.Moss (4), W.Lewis (5), M.Zamojc (8), S.Whitrock (8). 3B--S.Whitrock 2 (7). SB--G.Acosta (1), S.Whitrock (11), P.Rutgers (4). CS--S.Moss, J.Arneson. HBP--T.Trofholz 2, D.Anderson 2. SF--V.Rottino, K.Geiger 2. SH--G.Acosta. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BELOIT S.Beresford (L,1-1) 3.2 6 2 2 2 7 0 4.32 T.Taubenheim 3.1 2 1 1 0 3 0 4.10 T.Dillard 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.99 QUAD CITY A.Harben (W,3-4) 7.0 5 2 2 3 7 0 3.36 K.Culpepper 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.77 E.Brandon (S,2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.90 HB--A.Harben 2, K.Culpepper 2. PB--V.Rottino. SO--T.Trofholz 2, A.Heether, M.Ramirez, R.Deevers 2, G.Acosta, J.Taylor 2, J.Arneson 2, K.Phillips, O.Burgos 3, M.Zamojc, K.Geiger, P.Rutgers. BB--D.Anderson 2, G.Acosta, J.Taylor, P.Rutgers. T--2:24. A--4221Beloit Game Log: Interesting pitching setup tonight, as Simon Beresford went three and two-thirds (two earned runs on six hits, two walks, and seven strikeouts), Ty Taubenheim went three and a third (one earned on two hits, no walks, and three strikeouts), and Tim Dillard finished things off with a scoreless frame. www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...MEID=15014 ~Bill

Final: Buffalo (Indians) 16, Indianapolis 6 This one was utterly forgettable. Jeff Farnsworth was tagged for *ten* runs, eight of them earned, on *eleven* hits and three walks. And that was in two and two-thirds innings. Yikes. The bullpen wasn't much better, and those three errors by the Indians didn't help matters much. Ugly game. This team had so much promise, but things just haven't been the same since J.J. and Krynzel went down. Indianapolis Box Score: There were some highlights on offense, thankfully..... Matt Erickson went 2-for-4..... Corey Hart went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a home run, a walk, and 4 RBI..... On the other hand, Trent Durrington went 0-for-4 and committed a pair of errors at third-base..... The Buffalo team has some very good players - Russell Branyan, Brandon Phillips, and Grady Sizemore are three of the bigger names. GAME DATE: 6/19/04 IND at BUF INDIANAPOLIS 6 AT BUFFALO 16 YTD YTD INDIANAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG BUFFALO AB R H BI AVG P.Bergeron CF 5 1 1 0 .224 B.Abernathy 2B 5 5 3 1 .280 M.Erickson 2B 4 1 2 0 .251 G.Sizemore CF 4 3 3 2 .283 C.Magruder LF 5 1 1 1 .262 J.Peralta 3B 6 2 3 2 .345 C.Hart RF 4 1 3 4 .291 R.Branyan 1B 4 1 2 3 .273 B.Gemoll 1B 4 0 0 0 .227 M.Little RF 6 0 3 4 .307 C.Coste DH 4 0 1 0 .284 B.Phillips SS 4 1 0 0 .286 M.Johnson CAT 3 1 1 0 .259 E.Crozier DH 4 3 2 3 .277 T.Durrington 3B 4 0 0 0 .077 C.Clapinski LF 5 0 2 0 .270 S.Scarbrough SS 2 1 0 1 .230 D.Wathan CAT 5 1 1 1 .280 J.Farnsworth PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Rayborn PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Erdos PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Robertson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Michalak PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Howry PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Giron PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Ford PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 6 9 6 TOTALS 43 16 19 16 INDIANAPOLIS 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0- 6 9 3 BUFFALO 2 5 3 0 2 0 3 1 X-16 19 2 E--C.Hart, T.Durrington 2, B.Abernathy, J.Peralta. DP--INDIANAPOLIS 1, BUFFALO 0. LOB--INDIANAPOLIS 9, BUFFALO 10. 2B--C.Hart 2 (17), M.Johnson (9), B.Abernathy 2 (15), G.Sizemore (14), J.Peralta (21), R.Branyan (10), C.Clapinski 2 (12). HR--C.Hart (11), E.Crozier (13). SB--M.Erickson (7). CS--R.Branyan. HBP--M.Erickson. SF--R.Branyan. SH--M.Johnson. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA INDIANAPOLIS J.Farnsworth (L,1-2) 2.2 11 10 8 3 2 0 8.69 T.Erdos 2.1 2 2 2 2 1 0 7.71 C.Michalak 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5.77 R.Giron 1.0 1 3 0 1 2 1 3.21 B.Ford 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 5.40 BUFFALO K.Rayborn (W,4-1) 6.0 4 1 1 3 2 1 2.73 J.Robertson 1.0 3 4 3 1 0 0 7.54 B.Howry 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 5.56 HB--K.Rayborn. WP--J.Farnsworth, C.Michalak, K.Rayborn. SO--P.Bergeron, C.Magruder, C.Coste, S.Scarbrough, G.Sizemore, J.Peralta, R.Branyan 2, M.Little 2, B.Phillips, E.Crozier. BB--C.Hart, B.Gemoll, C.Coste, S.Scarbrough 2, B.Abernathy, G.Sizemore 2, R.Branyan, B.Phillips, E.Crozier. T--3:16. A--8169Indianapolis Game Log: Ben Ford's "waste some time" rehabilitation assignment continued with an unimpressive eighth inning..... After getting the first batter to ground-out to third, Ford surrendered a double, single, and double before striking-out Branyan and inducing a line-out from Mark Little. www.sportsnetwork.com/mer...AMEID=9374 ~Bill