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Brewers look to continue hot start
May 3, 2007 - 3:10 PM Pittsburgh (12-14) at Milwaukee (18-9) 8:05 pm EDTMILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- The Milwaukee Brewers have the best record in the majors heading into the opener of a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Milwaukee is off to its best 27-game start since the 1987 edition began the campaign with a 20-7 mark. The Brewers recorded a 4-0 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday, earning their first home sweep of St. Louis since taking four games in April 2002.
Milwaukee has benefited from a productive offense, scoring 26 runs during its four-game winning streak. Part of that surge is being provided by J.J. Hardy, who extended his career-best hitting streak to 13 games Wednesday with a fourth-inning single and is batting .382 (21-for-55) with five homers and 15 RBI during the run.
Dave Bush (2-2, 6.23 ERA), who is the only Milwaukee starter to lose a start since April 15, will try to reverse his early-season struggles. The righthander looks to rebound from his worst outing of his season - a 10-1 loss to Houston - in which he surrendered eight runs and 10 hits over 5 1/3 innings.
In three of his five starts this season, the righthander has allowed four or more runs. Bush is 0-1 with a 3.75 ERA in two career starts against Pittsburgh.
After pitching very well in his first four starts, Pittsburgh's Tom Gorzelanny (3-1, 3.06) looks to rebound from his worst outing of the season. He allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings Saturday in an 8-1 loss to Cincinnati.
The lefthander had yielded just six earned runs in his first four starts, spanning 26 1/3 innings. In his only career start against Milwaukee, Gorzelanny worked seven strong innings on August 15, allowing just one earned run, but was not involved in the decision.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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PITTSBURGH 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 0
MILWAUKEE 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: PIT - TOM GORZELANNY, MATT CAPPS (8TH), SALOMON TORRES (9TH) AND
RONNY PAULINO
MIL - DAVE BUSH, CHRIS SPURLING (8TH), BRIAN SHOUSE
(9TH) AND JOHNNY ESTRADA
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May 3 10:44 PM - NL
AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY RONNY PAULINO (3) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 2
OUT IN THE 7TH OFF DAVE BUSH.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 4, MILWAUKEE 2
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: T GORZELANNY (.000, 0-FOR-2)
Pirates vs. BrewersMay 3 9:58 PM - NL
AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JOSE BAUTISTA (2) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 7TH OFF DAVE BUSH SCORED JASON BAY.
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 3, MILWAUKEE 2
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R PAULINO (.217, 0-FOR-2)
Pirates vs. BrewersMay 3 9:57 PM - NL
AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JASON BAY SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BAY ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 1
MILWAUKEE 2 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR PITTSBURGH: R DOUMIT (.400, 1-FOR-2)
Pirates vs. BrewersMay 3 9:49 PM - NL
AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
WILD PITCH BY TOM GORZELANNY ALLOWED J.J. HARDY TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0
MILWAUKEE 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: B HALL (.258, 1-FOR-2)
Pirates vs. BrewersMay 3 9:35 PM - NL
AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY PRINCE FIELDER SCORED DAVE BUSH.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, P FIELDER ON FIRST, J HARDY ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PITTSBURGH 0
MILWAUKEE 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: B HALL (.250, 0-FOR-1)
Pirates vs. BrewersMay 3 8:55 PM
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