July 22, 2008
Hall homers in ninth, Brewers beat Cardinals 4-3
ST. LOUIS (AP) -Bill Hall homered to snap a late-inning tie for the second straight game and the Milwaukee Brewers also caught up with Kyle Lohse, beating the St. Louis Cardinals and their surprise ace 4-3 for their sixth straight victory Tuesday night.
Ryan Ludwick hit the longest home run at 3-year-old Busch Stadium for the Cardinals, who have lost two straight after winning five in a row. But Lohse tired in the last two innings of an eight-inning outing, squandering a three-run lead and missing a chance to win his 10th straight decision.
The Brewers bunched all but one of their seven hits off the right-hander in the seventh and eighth. They tied the game with two runs in the eighth on an RBI single by Rickie Weeks and a run-scoring single by J.J. Hardy in consecutive at-bats.
Hall, whose 10th inning homer off Ryan Franklin ignited a three-run rally in a 6-3 victory on Monday, hit his 14th homer with one in the top of the ninth off Kyle McClellan (2-5). The Brewers have homered in 18 straight games, the second-longest streak in franchise history, totaling 28 in that span.
Brian Shouse (4-1) needed only eight pitches to retire the side in order in the eighth and Salomon Torres got three outs for his 18th save in 22 chances.
Troy Glaus was 0-for-3 with a walk for St. Louis, ending a 10-game hitting streak in which he batted .525 (21-for-40) with five homers.
No Brewer reached base until Prince Fielder singled up the middle to start the fifth and Lohse had a season-best seven strikeouts.
Jeff Suppan allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings after being activated from the 15-day disabled list with joint irritation in his elbow. He had been 4-0 with a 1.48 ERA against his old team since leaving for a free agent deal with the Brewers in 2007.
2008 NL Central Standings
(through July 22)
TEAM W L PCT GB HOME ROAD DIV STREAK
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Chicago Cubs 58 42 .580 --- 37-12 21-30 23-19 Lost 2
Milwaukee 57 43 .570 1 31-17 26-26 25-16 Won 6
St. Louis 57 45 .559 2 30-23 27-22 25-22 Lost 2
Cincinnati 49 53 .480 10 29-22 20-31 14-21 Won 1
Pittsburgh 46 54 .460 12 29-22 17-32 22-25 Won 2
Houston 46 54 .460 12 24-24 22-30 17-23 Lost 3
2008 Brewers' Stats (through July 22)
BATTERS BA SLG OBA G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
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Rivera .319 .447 .360 15 47 8 15 21 3 0 1 10 2 9 1 0 3
Kapler .305 .500 .341 67 154 25 47 77 11 2 5 27 8 25 3 0 1
Hardy .294 .482 .361 88 330 46 97 159 23 0 13 44 35 50 2 1 7
Durham .292 .413 .384 88 264 43 77 109 23 0 3 32 38 49 6 2 3
Braun .288 .558 .326 97 400 55 115 223 26 5 24 71 21 82 9 3 0
Hart .287 .508 .326 97 376 52 108 191 29 3 16 59 18 70 14 3 4
Fielder .277 .499 .362 98 365 54 101 182 17 2 20 58 47 77 2 0 9
Kendall .260 .340 .338 91 312 30 81 106 18 2 1 26 28 27 6 2 4
Branyan .248 .598 .331 39 117 21 29 70 8 0 11 19 15 39 1 0 3
Counsell .246 .336 .346 63 134 17 33 45 7 1 1 9 19 21 2 1 2
Hall .238 .447 .296 85 282 34 67 126 17 0 14 41 21 80 4 5 17
Dillon .227 .318 .354 46 66 12 15 21 3 0 1 6 12 17 1 0 1
Cameron .226 .477 .319 64 235 34 53 112 14 0 15 39 32 75 8 4 1
Weeks .219 .376 .328 82 319 64 70 120 17 3 9 31 41 73 14 3 8
Gwynn .200 .229 .293 20 35 5 7 8 1 0 0 1 4 6 2 1 0
Iribarren .143 .214 .200 12 14 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0
PITCHERS W- L ERA BA G GS CG GF SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
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Gallardo 0- 0 1.80 .264 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.0 19 4 4 2 6 13
Shouse 4- 1 2.34 .217 46 0 0 12 0 2 34.2 28 11 9 4 8 22
Torres 5- 2 2.68 .241 47 0 0 30 0 18 53.2 47 19 16 3 20 34
Stetter 2- 1 2.78 .160 23 0 0 6 0 0 22.2 12 7 7 2 16 29
Sheets 10- 3 2.88 .242 19 19 3 0 1 0 128.0 118 44 41 13 29 111
Sabathia 9- 8 3.51 .245 21 21 5 0 2 0 146.1 134 60 57 14 40 147
Parra 9- 2 3.68 .260 20 19 0 0 0 0 107.2 106 48 44 9 52 87
DiFelice 0- 0 3.95 .236 10 0 0 4 0 0 13.2 13 7 6 4 0 16
McClung 5- 5 4.13 .240 22 11 0 4 0 0 80.2 71 37 37 10 38 69
Riske 1- 1 4.35 .239 29 0 0 4 0 1 31.0 28 15 15 4 16 22
Bush 5- 8 4.39 .238 18 17 0 0 0 0 106.2 97 57 52 15 26 66
Suppan 5- 6 4.65 .296 19 19 0 0 0 0 108.1 126 67 56 13 46 58
Villanueva 4- 5 4.87 .281 27 9 0 3 0 1 77.2 87 45 42 15 21 60
Dillard 0- 0 5.40 .286 8 0 0 2 0 0 8.1 10 10 5 1 5 3
Mota 2- 5 5.60 .277 35 0 0 10 0 1 35.1 38 24 22 6 18 31
Gagne 2- 2 7.03 .296 25 0 0 12 0 10 24.1 29 19 19 7 16 23
Turnbow 0- 1 15.63 .414 8 0 0 5 0 1 6.1 12 11 11 1 13 5
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