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October 11, 2011, Tuesday
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THE Milwaukee Brewers flexed their power-hitting muscles to claim a 9-6 comeback victory over the visiting St Louis Cardinals on Sunday in the opener of the National League championship series.
The Brewers rallied from a 2-5 deficit with a six-run, fifth-inning outburst against their Central Division rivals keyed by their celebrated sluggers.
Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder provided the knockout blows with Braun belting a two-run double and Fielder following with a two-run home run off St Louis starter and loser Jaime Garcia that clanged off the wall beyond the bullpen in right-center.
Shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt added another two-run homer off reliever Octavio Dotel as Milwaukee moved from a three-run deficit into a three-run lead. "That was a nice inning there," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "To score like we did there, that's outstanding."
After Fielder crossed the plate, he and Braun did their elaborate version of some fancy shadow boxing. "That's the one-two punch," explained Braun.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series will be played today in Milwaukee with Shaun Marcum starting for the Brewers against St Louis starter Edwin Jackson.
Zack Greinke, a spotless 11-0 during the regular season at Miller Park, gave up six runs in six-plus innings of work but registered the win.
Milwaukee, which had the best home-park record in Major League Baseball at 57-34, won at home for the fourth time without a loss so far this postseason.
While the Brewers lapped up the cheers of the raucous crowd, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was left to ponder what went wrong for 25-year-old left-hander Garcia. "It was a weird inning, because he was really good, and then just three pitches, bam, bam, bam, it was gone. I don't know. I think he's just young. He has to learn."
Aware that there was no love lost between the Central champions Brewers and wildcard Cardinals, who have feuded this past season, the umpire warned both benches in the first inning after Fielder was hit in the arm by a pitch following a massive home run by Braun.
Braun's two-run shot pushed the Brewers into the lead after St Louis scored in its first at-bat when Matt Holliday singled home Jon Jay. A three-run home run in the fourth by David Freese lifted the Cardinals to a 4-2 lead and they added another run in the top of the fifth on an RBI-single by Lance Berkman.
In Arlington, Texas, Sunday's Game 2 of the American League championship series between the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers was postponed because of rain and rescheduled for today. The Rangers won the opener 3-2.
The Brewers rallied from a 2-5 deficit with a six-run, fifth-inning outburst against their Central Division rivals keyed by their celebrated sluggers.
Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder provided the knockout blows with Braun belting a two-run double and Fielder following with a two-run home run off St Louis starter and loser Jaime Garcia that clanged off the wall beyond the bullpen in right-center.
Shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt added another two-run homer off reliever Octavio Dotel as Milwaukee moved from a three-run deficit into a three-run lead. "That was a nice inning there," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "To score like we did there, that's outstanding."
After Fielder crossed the plate, he and Braun did their elaborate version of some fancy shadow boxing. "That's the one-two punch," explained Braun.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series will be played today in Milwaukee with Shaun Marcum starting for the Brewers against St Louis starter Edwin Jackson.
Zack Greinke, a spotless 11-0 during the regular season at Miller Park, gave up six runs in six-plus innings of work but registered the win.
Milwaukee, which had the best home-park record in Major League Baseball at 57-34, won at home for the fourth time without a loss so far this postseason.
While the Brewers lapped up the cheers of the raucous crowd, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was left to ponder what went wrong for 25-year-old left-hander Garcia. "It was a weird inning, because he was really good, and then just three pitches, bam, bam, bam, it was gone. I don't know. I think he's just young. He has to learn."
Aware that there was no love lost between the Central champions Brewers and wildcard Cardinals, who have feuded this past season, the umpire warned both benches in the first inning after Fielder was hit in the arm by a pitch following a massive home run by Braun.
Braun's two-run shot pushed the Brewers into the lead after St Louis scored in its first at-bat when Matt Holliday singled home Jon Jay. A three-run home run in the fourth by David Freese lifted the Cardinals to a 4-2 lead and they added another run in the top of the fifth on an RBI-single by Lance Berkman.
In Arlington, Texas, Sunday's Game 2 of the American League championship series between the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers was postponed because of rain and rescheduled for today. The Rangers won the opener 3-2.
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