May 1- Arizona 5 Milwaukee 2 Record: 12-11 4.5 GB St. Louis

An Argument for Instant Replay

Tom Haudricourt was pretty adament in the JS that the Crew got screwed by a blown call by 3B ump Brian Gorman on a pivotal 2 out double by Tony Clark in a 4 run 8th inning. That call could have made a difference but let's face it, the reason the Crew was in that position in the first place was that Villanueva couldn't get the 3rd out, instead walking Connor Jackson to give the Diamondbacks some life in the top half of the inning. I'm also going to put some blame on the bats for failing to give adequate run support to Manny in one of his best starts of the season: 6 innings, 1 earned, 3 hits and 8 Ks against 4 walks. Counsel, getting another start at SS as JJ Hardy tries to get his head together, was 3-4 and scored 1 of 2 runs in the 7th when the Crew finally chase Jon Garland from the game.

April 30- Milwaukee 4 Arizona 1 Record: 12-10
3 Quality Starts for Suppan
Suppan has been so effective of late, that Felipe Lopez' leadoff home run almost didn't concern me. Sure enough, Soup settled down to make that the only run he allowed in 6⅓ innings. Thankfully, the "S" Suppan was wearing under his jersey was for "super" and not "suck" tonight because Arizona starter Max Scherzer was throwing seeds. However, the much more patient Brewers were able to work his pitch count to 107 after 6 innings and the Crew got to feast on the AZ bullpen, starting with Tom Gordon who walked Hall to lead off the inning, then threw 2 wild pitches which got him moved over. Hall ended up getting caught off 3B on a fielders choice, but Rickie Weeks singled with two on tied the game up, then Fielder's bases loaded walk was the winner. Once again, it was Cameron came up big after that with a 2 run double, 1 of his 3 hits on the night. It was also a 3 hit night for Weeks, so you can say it was a great night for the usual "dogs" of the team, Suppan, Weeks and Cameron. Actually, Cameron really would be the offensive MVP of the month in my opinion. The centerfielder batted .333 for the month and has 6 dingers and 9 doubles with a sever drop in strikeouts from last season.

Hoffman had his request to have "Hells Bells" cranked louder in the PA and came in for his 2nd save as a Brewers.