9.04.2008

Aug. 30th, 11-3 win at Pittsburgh, 79-56, 5½ GB
Suppan 5-0 in August
You have to beat the bad teams, even if you're on the road, and the Crew is doing that. Suppan's great month continues as he pitched 7 innings of 3 hit ball and the offense erupted in the 6th to put the game out of reach. Corey Hart hit his 20th tater to be the first Brewer to have 2 20-20 seasons and the 5-8 hittes, (Hart, Cameron, Hall and Kendall) had 10 hits and 9 RBI. Cameron was responsible for 5 of those runs himself, including his 24 tater. That's what the Crew needs if Fielder and Braun are going to go hitless. Mota did walk a couple guys to raise my eire, but he got out of it with a little help from Shouse. McClung polished it off and the Brewer's are now 19-7 on the month with a game left to play.

Aug. 29th, 3-1 win at Pittsburgh, 78-56, 6½ GB
Bush's Comeback Continues
Ryan Braun's 3R homer in the 1st off Tom Gorzelanny was all the Brewer's needed as Dave Bush pitched 6⅔ and made one mistake to Nate McLouth, who launched one in the 5th. In that same inning, Bill Hall snared a Freddy Sanchez liner with a man on second that saved the Pirates from every threatening and Bush moves to 9-9 on the season. Torres picked up his 26th save.

Aug. 27th, 5-3 loss at St. Louis, 77-56, 6 GB
Easy There Villy
This looked like the final nail in the Card's coffin. The Brewer's had a lead in the bottom of the seventh and looked as though they were going to fight tooth and nail to keep it. Villanueva had just worked out of a bases loaded jam when he pumped his fists and pointed towards the Cards dugout. Albert Pujols went up to him and exchanged words with him and while Villy claims he was pointing at Kendall, that lit a fire on the Cards who came out and scored 4 in the 8th to win it. The St. Louis media and the Cards did a lot of whining about the Crew untucking jersey's and disrespecting the game, but let's face it, the Cards are really pissed because the Brewer's ended the season series going 10-5, including 6-3 in St. Louis. Braun got nailed in the ribs by Adam Wainwright in the 5th. Think that was "accidental"? For the Cards, Ryan Ludwick was the big hero of the day, 3-4 with a tater and 2 RBI, one of which was a double that got the 8th inning rally going against Davide Riske. The Cards are still 3½ games back in the wild card with the 2 game series sweep.

Aug. 26th, 12-0 win at St. Louis, 77-55, 5 GB
That's the Sheets I Want to See
Sheet's success agains the Cards, especially in St. Louis, has been limited. He hadn't won there since 2004. He was also coming into the game 1-5 in his last 8 starts. In 6 innings though, he was able to keep the Brewer's main Wild Card rival at bay and give the offense, a chace to make this into a joke. Braunie broke it open with a 2 R tater in the 7th, and then the crew dumped on another !7! in the 9th to run their record to 22 games over .500. Braun is now hitting .491 with 7 taters agains St. Louis this season. Ouch!

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