June 27- MIL 7 SF 6
40-34 Even w/ STL
Comeback saves Hoffman's 9th
The Crew spent most of the night battling back in this game that occurred while I was recovering from a 100 mile ride in Logan.  Down 2 in the 9th and facing Giants closer Brian Wilson, Craig Counsell singled with 1 down, Gamel walked and Hart scored Counsell on a single to center.  J.J. Hardy's RBI tied things up and Prince finished the game with a double to right. 
 
The game was tied in the 9th, but Trevor Hoffman gave up 3 consecutive singles and 2 sac flys to give SF the lead.  That tie was earned on back-to-back taters in the 6th by Fielder and Casey McGehee.  Those runs helped get Seth McClung off the hook, who did a decent job in his first start of the season: 3 runs in 4 innings. Chris Smith, Todd Coffey and Mitch Stetter combined for 4 innings of 1 run ball with 0 walks. 
 
Proving again why a center fielder makes a difference, Mike Cameron robbed Nate Schierholtz of a home run in the 7th, which proves glove work can be a tradeoff for a .243 hitter.  It's too bad though that his offense has dropped off, because early in the season, he really looked like he would put up some good offensive numbers this season. 
 

June 6- MIL 3 ATL 0
33-23 2 games up on STL
ATL Shutout Again
Especially considering it was Suppan starting, I think most Brewer fans are shocked as hell to see the team bounce back from the series in Miami with consecutive shutouts of the Bravos. Suppan put in 5.1 innings until he needed Coffey and Stetter to bail him out in the 6th. That combined performance of the gritty vet and the bullpen combined nicely with a 2 homer game for Fielder (his 3rd of the season) and some fine defensive plays by Hart and Fielder. Hard deked Yunel Escobar into thinking he was catching a bloop single on the fly. When Escobar froze between 1st and 2nd, Hart was able to throw him out for the force. Then in the 6th, Fielder went home on a hard grounder off the bat of Garret Anderson to get Brian McCann at the plate and erase a leadoff triple.

Mike Cameron got ejected in this game also for bumping the home plate ump on a strike call and even though it sounds like a very minor bump (hat brim to hat brim) a suspension will likely follow.