| Posted 8-6-08
Fielder, Brewers
play nice in win over Reds
Final Score:
Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 1
Cincinnati, OH (Sports
Network) - Corey Hart finished 2-for-3 with three runs batted in, and
Dave Bush threw seven solid innings, as Milwaukee crushed Cincinnati,
8-1, in the second of three games with the Reds.
Bush (6-9) surrendered
just one run on three hits and two walks, and struck out seven for the
Brewers, who snapped a two-game slide. Bush rebounded from a rough start
on July 31, in which he gave up seven runs -- six earned -- in 7 1/3 frames
against the Cubs.
Prince Fielder hit
a two-run home run, while Jason Kendall went 2-for-4 with two RBI for
Milwaukee. Ryan Braun had three hits, including a double.
Edinson Volquez (13-5)
was touched for five runs on nine hits in just five innings of work to
absorb the loss for the Reds, who have lost four of five overall.
Edwin Encarnacion
snapped an 0-for-16 streak and finished with one hit and Cincinnati's
sole RBI.
The Brewers wasted
little time in taking a lead. After Braun doubled with two outs in the
first inning, and Fielder was intentionally walked, Hart tripled to center
field to clear the bases and give Milwaukee a 2-0 edge.
Cincinnati got one
run back in the home half. The club loaded the bases with two down for
Encarnacion, who reached on an infield single as Jeff Keppinger crossed
home.
But the Brewers started
to pull away in the middle innings. In the fourth frame, Hart led off
with a double and scored on Mike Cameron's base hit. After Cameron stole
second base, Kendall doubled to the gap in left-center field to plate
the run and boost the visitors' lead to 4-1.
Hart's sacrifice fly
in the fifth made it a four-run game.
Nick Masset relieved
Volquez in the sixth inning and kept the Brewers off the scoreboard in
that frame. But in the seventh, with Braun on base and two outs, Fielder
crushed a two-run shot to center field for a 7-1 lead.
Kendall's single off
Bill Bray in the eighth inning plated Cameron, who had doubled with one
out, to provide the final score.
Game Notes
Fielder and Reds outfielder
Jay Bruce each extended their hitting streaks to nine games...Milwaukee's
J.J. Hardy snapped an 0-for-28 slide and went 2- for-5...Milwaukee's Jeff
Suppan (6-7) and Cincinnati's Homer Bailey (0-5) are slated to start Wednesday's
series finale...On Tuesday, Fielder apologized for shoving pitcher Manny
Parra in the Brewers dugout during Monday's series opener, a 6-3 Reds
win.
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