Brew Crew takes 3 of 4 from M's

Seattle enters this key series 1 game ahead of the Brew Crew and 1.5 games behind the Halos. This turned into an epic series.

 

Game 1 – Milwaukee 10 Seattle 7

 

Milwaukee scored 5 in the first and looked to be cruising to a victory in game 1. Seattle however would not quit. They came back to score 5 themselves in the 2nd. A quick hook by manger Burnette may have made the difference. Jerry Bell replaced Angel Miranda in the 2nd and he held the Mariners to 1 run over 6 innings. Prince Fielder led the heading brigade for Milwaukee with his 14th homer and RBIs number 43-46. Teams are now tied for 2nd.

 

Game 2 – Seattle 2 Milwaukee 1

 

The start of the pitchers duel. Matt Young outdueled Cal Eldred as Young earned his 6th win. Young went 8.1 giving up 1 run before turning it over to Ed Vande Berg for the his 8th save. Seattle scored the winning run in the 8th. Ichiro lead of with, guess what?, another base hit. Bret Boone in his pre-steroid days bunted him to 2nd. Then the Brewers forgot how to play catch. Reliever Ray Searage threw a wild pitch on ball four to Alvin Davis. Then with the infield in trying to cut down the go-ahead run, B. J. Surhoff thought he playing left field for a minute and failed to catch a fastball right down the middle. Ichiro scored and that was ball game. Seattle back ahead by 1 game.

 

Game 3 – Milwaukee 3 Seattle 2

 

Another great pitchers duel between Bill Parsons and Mark Langston. Seattle scored first in the 4th on a Rupert Jones homerun. Milwaukee tied it in the 6th on a Ryan (Yes I cheated but no you didn’t catch me) Braun RBI. It stayed that way until the 8th. Robin Young led off with a pinch hit single to left. Podsednik bunted him to 2nd. Pat Listach blooped a single to center allowing Yount to score the go ahead run. But again the Mariners would not quit. Rupert Jones lead off the home half of the 8th with a walk. That man Boone again sacrifices him to 2nd. Dan Plesac strikes out Dave Valle and the Brewers are thinking they will get out of this jam. Pitching coach Burnette comes out and suggest to Plesac to walk Edgar Martinez and take his chances with Darnell Coles. Not sure what happened, but before Burnette could find his seat, Martinez floated a single to left center and the game was tied. Manager Chisolm decided to keep his ace Langston in for the 9th. With 2 out, up steps Greg Vaughn. Vaughn hits a 334’ blast to left to give the Brewers a 3-2 lead heading to the 9th. Doug Henry came on to pitch the 9th and earn the save. Well played tough fought game. Teams are all tied up again.

 

Game 4 – Milwaukee 6 Seattle 5

 

The winner of this game would claim at least 2nd place and a place in the upcoming playoffs.

 

Seattle streaked out 5-0 lead after 4 innings. Capt. Hook Burnette struck again, removing an ineffective Teddy Higuera with Yovanni Gallardo. Gallardo answered the bell with 3.2 scoreless innings. Meanwhile, Bobby Madritsch was mowing down Brewers left and right. After 7 its still a 5 run lead. The Brewers scored 2 in the 8th to make it 5-2. With Ed Vande Berg and Tom Wilhelmsen warming up for the 9th victory still seemed a foregone conclusion. Vande Berg comes on to start the 9th.  Pinch hitter Jeff Cirillo leads of the top of the 9th with a walk. Seldom used Joey Meyer delivers a single and the Brewers have runners at 1st and 2nd and no outs. A murmur starts to run through the crowd. Ace closer Wilhelmsen is brought in to finish the job. Listach pops up and the crowds starts to relax again. Paul Molitor rips a triple down the left field line and all of sudden it 5-4 with the tying run down at 3rd. Braun steps to plate and promptly strikes out. Prince Fielder, who has carried this team all season, rips a double off the wall. Molitor sores and we are all tied at 5. Casey McGehee bloops a hit to right that allows the still slender (well at least in terms of where he is now) Fielder to score from 2nd and the Brewers now lead 6-5. Doug Henry comes on in the 9th giving up walk to Alvin Davis in earning his 2nd save in row. 

 

Brewers end up in 2nd, 1 game ahead of Seattle. They anxiously await word of the Angles upcoming series.

--submitted by Ron Burnette--