Recap: Milwaukee vs. Pittsburgh
Sports Network | August 24, 2008
Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - J.J. Hardy hit a game-winning single in the 12th inning after Guillermo Mota got out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the top of the inning, giving the Brewers a 4-3 victory and completing a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
CC Sabathia threw only six innings -- tying for his shortest outing as a Brewer, allowing one run and eight hits while striking out five. It gave him ten straight quality starts, amassing every start he has had since the trade. Mota (4-5) got the win after getting out of the jam in the top of the 12th.
Mike Cameron finished the game 5-for-5 with a homer and two RBI and Bill Hall had three hits and a run scored for the Brewers, winners of four straight. Hardy added three hits in the victory.
Paul Maholm went six innings and allowed two runs on a career-high 12 hits with five strikeouts and two walks. Jason Davis (1-4) received the loss after giving up the game-winning hit in the 12th.
Nyjer Morgan went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored and Ryan Doumit added two hits and an RBI for the Pirates, who have lost four straight.
Cameron's solo shot with two outs in the eighth off Denny Bautista gave the Brewers a 3-2 lead, but Salomon Torres couldn't close out his former teammates in the ninth.
Luis Rivas led off with a single, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on Nate McLouth's RBI single. McLouth was sacrificed over to second, but the next two batters were retired to preserve the tie.
Milwaukee got out of a huge jam in the 12th. Doumit led off with a single off Carlos Villanueva, and Doug Mientkiewicz and Jason Michaels each worked a walk to load the bases. Mota was brought in, and he got Brandon Moss to fly out, Chris Gomez to strike out and Rivas to ground out to emerge unscathed.
The Brewers ended the game in the home half of the inning off Davis. Rickie Weeks worked a one-out walk, stole second and scored when Hardy lined a single to center.
Maholm worked out of a jam in the third to keep the game scoreless. Sabathia singled, and Weeks singled him to second. Hardy walked to load the bases with no outs, and after Ryan Braun struck out, Prince Fielder grounded into a 1-2-3 double play to end the inning.
Sabathia answered by stopping Pittsburgh's rally in the fourth. Adam LaRoche and Michaels began the inning with back-to-back singles. Moss struck out, and Gomez lined into a double play to end the threat.
Milwaukee loaded the bases with one out in the home half of the fourth, but Sabathia and Weeks struck out, keeping the game deadlocked.
The Pirates strung together a two-out rally to take the lead in the fifth. Morgan, Jack Wilson and Doumit had three consecutive singles to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.
The Brewers took the lead in the sixth. Corey Hart led off with a double and scored on Cameron's RBI single. Three batters later, pinch-hitter Gabe Kapler hit an RBI single to score Hall, who had singled.
Pittsburgh tied the game in the seventh after a defensive miscue. Freddy Sanchez tripled with one-out in the frame and Morgan followed with an RBI single to center.
The Brewers lead the season series 8-1...Pirates manager John Russell and LaRoche were ejected in the sixth inning for arguing balls and strikes. LaRoche was replaced by Mientkiewicz in the lineup...The Brewers improved to 10-5 in extra innings while the Pirates fell to 11-4.
