He hit his first career grand slam to make it 9-0.
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The Brewers hope to keep swinging hot bats as they try to extend their longest winning streak in 15 months Saturday night at Great American Ball Park. Once a pitcher considered a bargain for a contender looking to add an arm, Leake tanked his stock against the Minnesota Twins, turning in a craptastic four inning, nine hit, seven run performance…and his team masked that by getting him the win.
Rookie Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis hit consecutive homers over the Green Monster for AL West-leading Houston, which lost its second in a row after a five-game winning streak. “It just seems like, this whole year, we were never able to put it together”. He didn’t allow a runner past first base until Marlon Byrd reached second on Fiers’ throwing error in the seventh.
BLUE JAYS 10, TIGERS 5 Justin Verlander (0-4) remained winless in four starts since his return from the disabled list, allowing seven runs as his ERA ballooned to 6.75 ERA during host Detroit’s loss to Toronto. “This is what we envisioned the whole season”.
Oh, and there was also that little matter of the Brewers (35-48) sending 12 men to the plate, scoring six runs en route to their seventh straight victory, a 7-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Leake, who was 3-0 in six June starts, allowed eight hits and three runs with three walks and four strikeouts in six innings. “They had a couple of good series coming in”. Playing against NL Central foes really brings the best out of the Milwaukee pitchers. You second-guess yourself sometimes.
“You throw some pitches with no conviction behind them. You learn from it”. Gerardo Parra and Adam Lind both homered in the win.
Ryan Braun singled Parra home to give the Brewers the lead, then stole second and third as Smith did nothing to hold runners on all night, allowing four steals.
“I think it would have a big effect on the overall experience for slot players, as it’s very common to have jackpots over $600, and now they’ll actually have to stop play and wait for the attendant to come over”, said Chad Beynon, who covers gaming stocks for Macquarie. “I’m trying to pitch in and the ball got away”. Jungmann (2-1. 2.79) is a legitimate candidate to break camp next spring with the Brewers in their starting rotation. The Brewers are 25-16 when they hit at least one homer.
PHILLIES 4, BRAVES 0 Ryan Howard hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, and visiting Philadelphia beat Atlanta to stop a six-game losing streak.
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Against the Milwaukee Brewers this weekend, that wasn’t enough. The Brewers recalled RHPs Tyler Cravy and David Goforth from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Friday and optioned INF/OF Jason Rogers and RHP Corey Knebel to the Sky Sox….
