Overbay Traded to Toronto!
Brewers Outscore Reds
Milwaukee Finds Power Source
Dennis Jenders
A day after the Great American Ballpark lost power the Milwaukee Brewers found their own source in the form of Lyle Overbay and Carlos Lee. Overbay had a career night going 3 for 5 with 6 RBIs. Lyle had a two run shot in the top of the first inning and a grand slam in the fourth. Lee also went 3 for 5 with a solo shot in the third and 2 RBIs with a double in the eighth.
Victor Santos gave up 5 runs but collect just his third win of the season, his first since May 23 against Colorado, as the Brewers found enough power to outscore the Reds 11-7. Lasting just five innings Santos had a rough time getting out of the fifth when he gave up 4 runs as the Reds tried to come back taking the score to 9-5. Although the big red machine tried to catch up the Crew never relinquished the lead.
Geoff Jenkins had struck out twice before singling in the fifth to extend his hitting streak to 16 games. Jenkins has flattned out his swing slightly and the change has proven effective as even the All Star Break couldn't throw him off track. Just as Jenkins got hot his left field replacement started to cool off. If Lee and Jenkins can combine their efforts along with Lyle Overbay the Brewers offense would not be lacking.
The up and down performance of the Brewers this week has produced results. The club found a way to bring home the runners in scoring position, going 3 for 5 while their average on the year was just about .250. The five run inning in the fourth looked to be all the Brewers needed, but with the band box of the stadium in Cincinnati the offense made sure to add a few runs to keep the game out of reach.
Tomorrow the Brewers will send Doug Davis to the mound looking to take the series and head home one game under .500. The magic number for the BRewers is now 34 games. With 64 games left in the season they will need to find a way to win slightly more than half of them to give the team, and the city, their first winning season since 1992.