In contrast to yesterday's game, the Brewers pitching staff could not find the strike zone.  They issued 11 walks against a patient Cubs lineup and ended up losing the game, 7-4.

Yovani Gallardo started the game and set the tone for the Crew.  He worked around one hit and two walks to pitch a scoreless frame.  The young right-hander was then lifted after the first inning due to pitch count constraints.

Not everything was negative for Gallardo, however.  After his outing, he said that he thought he threw the ball very well and voiced displeasure over the stike zone of home-plate ump, Mike Muchlinski.  Even with the walks, it was just nice to see Yovani get back on the mound pain-free.

Things only got worse for the Brewers pitching staff following Gallardo's departure.

Seth McClung had absolutely no feel for the strike zone whatsoever.  The big righty walked three batters and allowed three hits in his losing effort.  The big blow came against minor-leaguer Jake Fox, who hit a three run bomb off McClung.  He seemed to be letting his right shoulder fly open, as the radio announcers kept stressing that McClung was missing up in the zone.

Carlos Villanueva worked around two walks and a hit to pitch a scoreless frame.  Joe Bateman gave up a couple hits and a walk in his inning of work.  The minor-league reliever surrendered two runs in the fifth, and Milwaukee could never recover.

Only Mitch Stetter pitched a relatively clean inning, but even he gave up a hit.

Offensively, however, the Brewers looked pretty good, despite the fact that they only scored four runs on twelve hits.

J.J. Hardy continued his hot start to the Spring Training season.  He smoked two doubles in his three appearances, including an RBI two-bagger that scored Chris Duffy.  Duffy also had a very nice game.  He went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored.  The outfielder also has displayed some fine defense in his limited time in the field.

Both Mike Cameron and Mike Rivera hit solo shots in the contest.  It was the first home run of the spring for both players.  Cameron specifically got a hold of his homer, turning on a fastball from Chad Gaudin and depositing it well over the left field fence.

Ken Macha was not extremely pleased after the contest, saying:

"We're going to hit," Macha said. "What we can't do is walk 11 guys and make errors.

"If this was the regular season, you'd call this a 'giveaway' game."

The Brewers even played sloppy defense, committing two errors in the seventh inning, which caused Tim Dillard to give up an unearned run.  Mike Lamb charged a softly hit grounder and absolutely airmailed Scott Thorman at first base, and Alcides Escobar made an ill-advised throw to commit another error.  To be fair, however, the ball did hit Thorman's glove.  It just bounced off.

Record:  Brewers (0-1-1); Cubs (2-0-0)

On Tap

The Milwaukee Brewers will once again take on the Oakland Athletics tomorrow afternoon.  Manny Parra is scheduled to get the start.  The first pitch will be at about 2:00pm CT.