May 31- MIL 5 CIN 2
Rec. 30-20 1 Game Up On STL
Reds Get Swept by Gallardo and Cameron
I had dropped the jar of pickles before Gallardo left the mound to change shirts but I'll atribute the mess on Lexi's kitchen floor to a premonition of horror that would soon be on me when Uecker said, "and judging from the way he's walking, he's not coming back." No real explanation as to WHY Gallardo had to change his shirt, though you could sense all of the air being sucked out of Miller Park and my pickle scented kitchen until Yo returned to the mound. Yo cruised early on, retiring 8 of his first 9 outs on Ks, but in the 6th, nearing 100 pitches and facing 1st and 3 with 1 out, Mitch Stetter came on to get Chris Dickerson and Jerry Hairston, Jr. and end a Red threat. Yo finished with 9 Ks in 5⅓ and allowed 2 runs: 1 earned on Brandon Phillips 9th homer, his 2nd of the series and 1 unearned on a Mike Cameron error.

Cameron made up for the error with a 2 run home run in the 3rd, his 11th, and was 2-4 with a run scored and 3 RBI. Cam is now batting .284 and really giving the lineup a nice look with him in the 5 spot. Hart, who managed another hit today, has kind of relinquished his role in the lineup to Matt Gamel, who hit 6th again today and went 2-3 with an RBI. It looks like Gamel will stick around, although he's Macha's first choice it seems for double switching when he wants Hall's leather at 3b.

Hoffman earned his 13th save, although he looked somewhat mortal today, with his 1st walk and wild pitch as a Brewer. I left to go to work around the 7th, confident the bullpen would take care of business and Stetter, DiFelice and Hoffman did. Now that SF takes care of St. Louis, the Brewer's are a game up in the division thanks to a go-ahead HR by RICH AURILIA and the Cardinals drop 2 of 3 in the Bay Area.