Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, June 2, 2012
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
74°
Umpires:
Home -
Gerry Davis, 1B -
Phil Cuzzi, 2B -
Manny Gonzalez, 3B -
Greg Gibson
Attendance:
39603
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Brewers 5, Pirates 1: Brooks Conrad homered and drove in three and Shaun Marcum pitched seven strong innings as host Milwaukee evened the series with Pittsburgh.
Cody Ransom added a two-run single and Aramis Ramirez scored twice for the Brewers, who have won five of six.
Conrad entered the game without a hit in 16 at-bats this season but got Milwaukee on the board with a sacrifice fly in the second and finally found his first hit in the fourth, sending a two-run homer out to right off Erik Bedard.
Marcum (4-3) struck out eight and did not walk a batter while allowing a run on five hits. The veteran right-hander has punched out 17 batters in 14 innings over his last two turns, winning both.
The Brewers grabbed the lead and chased Bedard (3-6) with a four-run fourth inning. Ramirez led off with a single and Rickie Weeks followed with a double in front of Ransom, who singled home a pair.
Conrad followed and drove a 3-1 fastball out to make it 5-1.
Bedard was lifted later that inning and charged with all five runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked three.
Garrett Jones accounted for the lone run for the Pirates with a solo home run — his sixth — in the fourth inning.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Ramirez left the game in the top of the seventh inning with a left quadriceps strain. ... Weeks went 2-for-2 and reached base four times for the Brewers. It was his first multi-hit game since Apr. 17 and raised his average to .168. … Milwaukee LF Ryan Braun sat out the game and may miss Sunday’s rubber match due to a tight right Achilles and a right hip strain. … Pirates 3B Pedro Alvarez went 0-for-4 and is hitless in his last 18 at-bats.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh |
|
Milwaukee |
|
Erik Bedard |
Player |
Shaun Marcum |
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
3.2 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
8 |
|
5 |
Hits |
5 |
|
12.27 |
ERA |
1.29 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
5 |
1 |
8 |
.156 |
13 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Milwaukee
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.233 |
17 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
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