Milwaukee 4, Atlanta 2
When: 1:40 PM ET, Thursday, April 7, 2011
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Phil Cuzzi, 1B -
James Hoye, 2B -
Alan Porter, 3B -
Bill Miller
Attendance:
24645
By SportsDirect Inc.
Ryan Braun hit his third homer of the season and starter Shaun Marcum threw six strong innings Thursday as Milwaukee beat Atlanta 4-2 at Miller Park.
Braun hit a two-run homer off Atlanta starter Tommy Hanson in the first inning to pace the Brewers, who won the last three games of the four-game series with the Braves. Braun later added another hit and raised his batting average to .391.
Marcum (1-1) allowed five hits, two runs and two walks in his second start of the season. He struck out four and was hurt only by a two-out single by Atlanta’s Martin Prado that tied the game in the second.
John Axford pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save.
The Brewers went ahead to stay in the bottom of the second when Nyjer Morgan doubled, stole third and scored on a fielder’s choice. Milwaukee added an insurance run in the seventh inning on Prince Fielder’s infield out.
Hanson (0-2) pitched better than he did in his first start, but still allowed three runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Atlanta
|
8 |
0 |
8 |
.242 |
13 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Milwaukee
|
10 |
1 |
15 |
.294 |
18 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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