Brewers at Giants, Game 2

After a disappointing loss on opening day, the Brewers took the field on Wednesday night as Yovani Gallardo took on 5-time Cy Young winner Randy Johnson. Johnson started strong striking out 2 Brewers in the first. Mike Cameron was able to get all of a Johnson pitch in the 2nd inning for a solo home run and give the Brewers a 1-0 lead. Gallardo found himself in some trouble in the first but escaped without surrendering a run. In the 5th inning Bill Hall hit a 2 out double and the Giants decided to intentionally walk Jason Kendall to get to Yovani Gallardo. Johnson was able to get 2 strikes on Gallardo pretty quickly. Johnson gave Giants catcher Benji Molina a head nod to indicate that he wanted to challenge the young Brewers pitcher up in the strike zone. I am not sure if Yovani saw the head nod, but he saw the next pitch and crushed it over the left field fence for a 3-run home run. Johnson would leave the game after the 5th inning giving up 4 runs on 4 hits and striking out 7. Gallardo would finish the night pitching 6 2/3 innings giving up just 2 earned runs. Todd Coffey came in the 7th inning with the bases loaded and got Benji Molina to ground out to end the threat. Coffey pitched a solid 8th inning and the Brewers headed to the bottom of the 9th with a 4-2 lead. Carlos Villanueva was given the chance to collect the save with Trevor Hoffman on the DL. The young right handed reliever made the best of his chance has he mowed down the Giants in order to collect his first career 1 inning save (2 previous saves had been 3 inning saves). Could this pitching combination be the future for the Brewers?

Let's hope that Manny Parra has a solid outing Thursday as he takes on Matt Cain.

Golden Brat goes to Yovani Gallardo for his great pitching and 3-run blast that was the difference in the game.