Cubs vs Brewers Game 3, July 30th

I am beginning to feel like a broken record, Wednesday's game started out as a pitchers duel between Manny Parra and Ryan Dempster. Then the top of the 6th came around and once again the wheels fell off. The Brewers gave up 3 runs in the 6th and 2 more in the 9th. The Cubs continued to produce at the plate, as they had 14 hits. Oddly enough every Cubs starter had a hit in the game except Derek Lee and Aramis Ramirez. The Brewers lack of clutch hitting was once again noticeable. Manny Parra lead off the bottom of the 3rd inning with a double. The following 3 hitters, which happens to be the top of the order, failed to bring him home. The Brewers were only able to muster 6 hits and 2 runs. Ray Durham scored on a wild pitch in the 1st inning, and Prince Fielder added a solo home run in the 9th. The Brewers are really showing the Cubs and the rest of the nation that they have a lot to prove. Hopefully the Crew can bounce back and return to form in game 4 against newly acquired Cubs pitcher Rich Harden.

Tonight's Most Valuable Brewer: Manny Parra, struggled a in the 6th inning, but kept the team going with his bat going 2-2 with a double and a triple.

Cubs vs Brewers Game 2, July 29th

Tonight's entry will be shorter than normal due to some repressed rage that I have built up inside. My softball team decided to play it's worse game of the year tonight, and the Brewers followed in our footsteps. Ben Sheets took on Carlos Zambrano. It was a pitchers duel through 5 innings, with the Cubs leading 1-0 after scoring a run on a sacrifice fly by Mark DeRosa. Then the wheels fell off in the top of the 6th. To make a long story short, Ben Sheets gave up 5 runs and the Brewers were never able to recover. The Brewers' only run came in the bottom of the 9th when Mike Cameron doubled in Russell Branyan, and the Brewers fell to the Cubs 7-1. I hate to admit it, but it seems that the Cubs are a better team than the Brewers at this point. That does not mean that I think the Cubs will finish ahead of the Brewers, but at this time, the Cubs seem like the stronger team. My hope is that the Brewers take this as a wake up call and find a way to come together as a team to get the job done.

Tonight's Most Valuable Brewer: Mike Cameron, he went 2-3 with the only Brewers RBI, and he also made a couple of nice plays in the field.

Cubs vs Brewers Game 1, July 28th

Monday, the Milwaukee Brewers hosted their 8th consecutive sellout crowd as they hosted the Central Division leading Chicago Cubs. Newly acquired Brewers Co-Ace CC Sabathia took the hill for the 5th time in a Brewers uniform. Having pitched 3 consecutive complete games, expectations for Sabathia were high. Alfonso Soriano started the game of with a bang as he hit a long doule off of the top of the wall in left-center. Derek Lee singled in Soriano to give the Cubs an early 1-0 lead. Soriano then hit a solo homerun off Sabathia in the top of the third to stretch the Cubs lead to 2-0. Cubs starting pitcher Ted Lilly, had been giving the Brewer hitters fits until the bottom of the 6th when JJ Hardy took Lilly deep for his 15th homerun of the season. Ryan Braun then sent a Ted Lilly pitch deep into the left field bleachers to tie the game at 2. Prince Fielder then singled, and Corey Hart hit a double scoring the big fella all the way from first and giving the Brewers a 3-2 lead. CC Sabathia struggled a little in the 6th, but looked to get out of the inning unscaved when Derek Lee hit a ground ball to JJ Hardy with the bases loaded and 1 out. JJ got the out at 2nd after flipping the ball to Rickie Weeks, but Weeks made a terrible throw to first and 2 runs scored. The Cubs took the lead 4-3 and Sabathia exited the game throwing 124 pitches. Russell Branyan pinch hit in the bottom of the 7th and hit a solo homerun to tie the game at 4. In the top of the 9th, Salomon Torres walked 2 batters with 1 out, then Derek Lee doubled in 1 run followed by a Mark DaRosa RBI-infield single. The Cubs took a 6-4 lead into the bottom of the 9th. Cubs closer Carlos Marmol came in and quickly struck out both Bill Hall and Mike Cameron, and walked Jason Kendall. Gabe Kapler sent a sharply hit fly ball to the warning track, where Alfonso Soriano caught it and ended the game. The Brewers fall to the Cubs with a final score of 6-4.

Tonight’s Most Valuable Brewer: Ryan Braun 1-3 with his 29th homerun and 81st RBI of the season.

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