Close Encounters
The Brewers last night notched their 18th 1-run victory of the season, which ties the Cardinals for the most in the majors.....at 18-7 (.720), the Brewers have the highest winning percentage in the Major Leagues in 1-run games.

Better Than it Looks
Despite a 21-25 record, the Brewers own the fifth-best road winning percentage in the National League this season.
Team Road Record
St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-19 (.558)
Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-21 (.533)
San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-22 (.500)
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-20 (.474)
Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-25 (.457)

D-bags vs. Parra
Chris Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..667 (2-3)
Orlando Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..500 (1-2, 1bb)
Augie Ojeda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..000 (0-3, 2k)
Mark Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..333 (1-3, 1k)
Chris Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..000 (0-3, 1k)
Chad Tracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..000 (0-1)
Justin Upton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..000 (0-2, 1bb, 1k)
Chris Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..000 (0-3, 1k)

Brewers vs. Webb
Branyan . . . . . . . . . . . . .263 (5-19, 1hr, 4bb, 11k)
Braun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000 (0-3, 2k)
Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . .235 (8-34, 1hr, 1bb, 10k)
Counsell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 (4-8, 1bb)
Fielder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 (6-10, 1hr)
Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 (1-7, 1bb, 3k)
Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308 (4-13, 2k)
Kendall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 (2-10, 1bb)
Weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .091 (1-11, 6k)

                RUNS BY INNING
                1   2   3  4   5   6   7   8  9  10 11 12+ Tot.
Opp.        45 30 37 36 55 36 54 38 36   7  -    7  381
Brewers   49 36 46 49 50 46 38 35 20   8  1    1 379

Manny Parra is making his 17th start of the season
and his second start vs. Arizona.....Parra last started on Saturday at Minnesota and
earned a 5-1 win (7ip, 2h, 0r, 0er, 4bb, 6k, 1wp).....he is 7-0 with a 2.83 ERA over
his last 9 starts (54ip, 17er).....the Brewers are 11-5 in his starts this season.....he
has 5 quality starts.....was named Brewers Pitcher of the Month for June as he
went 5-0 with a 2.59 ERA in 5 starts (31.1ip, 9er)
2008 ON THE ROAD: Parra is 3-2 with a 5.77 ERA in 7 starts (34.1ip, 22er).

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Braun sits again; Weeks back

By Tom Haudricourt

Thursday, Jul 3 2008, 12:21 PM

My Prediction 

Brewers win 5-3.

 Prince gets a HR

Parra gets the win

Hardy continue the streak

Loved the old dude in a poncho walking the Burro shot!

BTW, did Anderson just call this "gravy day" for the Brewers in the open? 

Stephen Drew is leading off for the D-Backs.

He gets one square in the back on the first pitch of the game.

I'm going to be very upset if they don't nail him. 

Einsteinhood:

Stephen Drew is leading off for the D-Backs.

He gets one square in the back on the first pitch of the game.

I'm going to be very upset if they don't nail him. 

I agree....get it over with right away!

 The one concern I would have about it is that the ump might just toss Parra right out of the gate, and this team doesn't have the LR right now to pick that slack up.

Maybe they should have Mota in there to start?

;-)
 

This could be an 81 pitch game

Keep on streaking!

Man, is anyone hotter than JJ Hardy right now?  The man is on fire. 

Fielder is not the best hitter on this team.  He is supposed to drive in runs and he doesnt do it.  Its pretty much appaling.  What is his avg with RISP?

fmrmarinesgt97:

Man, is anyone hotter than JJ Hardy right now?  The man is on fire. 

now if only Prince can take a page from JJ's book

How many groundouts will Webb have today?  I'm thinking Fielder, Kendall, and Kapler will have 3 each.  There will be 4 GIDP's.  They need to get to Webb in the next two innings because if not, he'll get comfortable and his ball will sink a lot more.