Milwaukee 6, Miami 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, July 2, 2012
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
89°
Umpires:
Home -
Derryl Cousins, 1B -
Ron Kulpa, 2B -
Dan Bellino, 3B -
D.J. Reyburn
Attendance:
28674
By SportsDirect Inc.
Brewers 6, Marlins 5: Pinch hitter Norichika Aoki’s RBI safety squeeze bunt broke a tie in the eighth inning as Milwaukee rallied from a 5-2 deficit to preserve Zack Greinke’s perfect record at home.
Greinke, who is 15-0 in 22 starts at Miller Park, left after six innings with the game tied at 5-5. He allowed five runs in his previous six starts at home this season.
Carlos Gomez homered and pinch hitter Travis Ishikawa delivered a two-run single for the Brewers, who have won three straight.
Justin Ruggiano homered and had a career-high four RBIs for Miami, which had its four-game winning streak snapped.
The Marlins’ Carlos Zambrano allowed five runs (three earned), five hits and walked four in six innings to remain winless in his last five starts (0-3).
After Rickie Weeks doubled against Ryan Webb (3-2) to lead off the eighth, Martin Maldonado singled to right before Aoki’s perfectly placed bunt scored Weeks.
Francisco Rodriguez (1-4) earned the victory despite allowing a single and two walks in the eighth and John Axford pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 14th save in 18 chances.
Greinke allowed two runs in the first inning on a bad-hop single by Ruggiano and three in the third when Logan Morrison doubled home Hanley Ramirez and Ruggiano followed with a two-run shot to make it 5-2.
The Brewers scored single runs in three of the first five innings. Weeks walked with the bases loaded in the first, Greinke hit a sacrifice fly in the second and Gomez homered in the fifth.
Milwaukee retied the game in the sixth inning on Ishikawa's two-out hit.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Miami’s John Buck was ejected by home plate umpire Derryl Cousins in the sixth after striking out and arguing that he didn’t swing. … The Brewers are 21-1 in Greinke’s 22 starts at Miller Park. … Greinke was trying to join the Yankees’ Johnny Allen (1932-33) and the White Sox’ LaMarr Hoyt (1980-82) as the only three pitchers since 1900 to win their first 16 home decisions. … Greinke, who allowed six hits, hasn’t lost in his last seven starts (4-0).
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Miami |
|
Milwaukee |
|
Carlos Zambrano |
Player |
Zack Greinke
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
5 |
Hits |
6 |
|
4.50 |
ERA |
7.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Miami
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.206 |
15 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
| Milwaukee
|
8 |
1 |
14 |
.267 |
13 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
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