Overbay Traded to Toronto!
.500 Errors
Brewers lose 3-0 to Diamondbacks
Dennis Jenders
If the Brewers could have turned 8 hits into a even one run and played errors free they would have swept the Diamondbacks. But instead the Crew lost 3-0 as Arizona avoided a series sweep.
The offense that has looked so promising the last few days were unable to tag Claudio Vargas for one run. The Brewers had some chances to score, with two on in the third Rickie Weeks bounced into a double play to end the inning. And in the fourth Wes Helms and J.J. Hardy could not brind any of the runners home.
The Brewers again tried to rally in the fifth after a single by Brady Clark and Weeks was walked with two outs. But Lyle Overbay hit a line drive to left to end the inning. In the seventh the Crew had Chris Magruder leg out an infield hit and Clark singled again. But the Brewers fell short as Weeks struck out and Overbay bounced out to first.
While the offense couldn't get going for Milwaukee their defense contributed to all three runs for Arizona. Ohka had a wild pitch in the 3rd to score Quinton McCracken. In the seventh Overbay threw the ball away to score Chad Tracy and reliever Julio Santana had an errant pick-off attempt to score Troy Glaus in the eighth.
The Brewers continue to take two steps forward, and one back. But even with a loss to Arizona they have made progress this week towards a winning record. "Five hundred doesn't mean anything," Brewers manager Ned Yost said. "If we're .500 two days from now, we're not stopping the season, jumping up and down and everybody going home."
San Francisco comes to town on Thursday for a 4 game series with Milwaukee. Brad Hennessey will face Victor Santos as the Brewers look to tighten up their defense and rediscover the pop in their bats.