Aug 26, 2008 - 9:34 AM
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ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- A pair of aces atop the Milwaukee Brewers' rotation was supposed to serve as a boon to their playoff chances. While CC Sabathia has done his part since arriving, Ben Sheets has failed to come through.
Sheets attempts to end his losing ways on Tuesday when the Brewers begin a two-game road set against the St. Louis Cardinals.
When Sabathia was acquired from Cleveland in a five-player deal on July 7, Milwaukee envisioned pairing him with Sheets (11-7, 3.75 ERA) to give the Brewers an amazing 1-2 punch and greatly increase their chances of making the playoffs.
While Sabathia has gone 8-0 with a 1.59 ERA in 10 starts for the Brewers since coming over to the National League, Sheets has won once in eight outings since the trade.
The offense must take some of the blame for Sheets' 1-5 record over that time as they have failed to provide the righthander with two runs or less in six of those outings. That trend continued in last Tuesday's 5-2 setback vs. Houston when he surrendered five runs and five hits over six frames.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is Todd Wellemeyer (11-4, 3.79), who has won three straight starts and is unbeaten in his last eight. Following a stretch in which the righthander allowed four or more runs in four of six starts, he has rebounded to hold the opposition to three runs or less in each of his last six outings.
Wellemeyer won his third consecutive start in Wednesday's 11-2 thrashing of Pittsburgh after he permitted two runs and five hits over five innings.
From the Bleachers
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MILWAUKEE: 12
ST. LOUIS: 0
Final
Aug 26 11:29 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY BILL HALL (15) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 9TH OFF JAIME GARCIA SCORED JASON KENDALL.
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 12, ST LOUIS 0
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J HARDY (.284, 2-FOR-5)
Aug 26 11:10 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JASON KENDALL SCORED COREY HART, MIKE CAMERON AND
CRAIG COUNSELL.
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, J KENDALL ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 10
ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R WEEKS (.229, 0-FOR-1)
Aug 26 11:06 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MIKE CAMERON SCORED PRINCE FIELDER.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M CAMERON ON FIRST, C HART ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 7
ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C COUNSELL (.232, 3-FOR-4)
Aug 26 11:01 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY COREY HART SCORED RYAN BRAUN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C HART ON SECOND, P FIELDER ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 6
ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: M CAMERON (.254, 0-FOR-3, HBP)
Aug 26 10:57 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY RYAN BRAUN (33) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 7TH OFF TODD WELLEMEYER SCORED J.J. HARDY.
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 5, ST LOUIS 0
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: P FIELDER (.270, 1-FOR-3, 2 RBI)
Aug 26 10:12 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY ALBERT PUJOLS ALLOWED RAY DURHAM TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C HART ON FIRST, R BRAUN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 3
ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: M CAMERON (.256, 0-FOR-1, HBP)
Aug 26 9:42 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY PRINCE FIELDER SCORED J.J. HARDY.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 2
ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C HART (.284, 0-FOR-1)
Aug 26 8:55 PM -
NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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MILWAUKEE 1 1 3 0
ST LOUIS 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - BEN SHEETS
STL - TODD WELLEMEYER
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S
Aug 26 8:28 PM
