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Brewers, Braun try to break the brooms out in Minnesota
Jun 17, 2012 - 11:09 AMVideo
Braun went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo homers in a 6-2 win yesterday. He has a 21-game hitting streak in interleague action. During that stretch, he's batting .425 with six homers and 25 RBI. This is the longest hitting streak in Brewers history in interleague play and longest active such run in Major League Baseball.
The last time the Brewers swept a series of at least three games on the road against the Twins came May 17-20, 1996, a four-game set. Milwaukee was playing in the AL Central, along with the Twins.
Zack Greinke, who is 2-0 over his last three starts, will try to finally get a win at Target Field. The righty is 0-3 in four lifetime games at the stadium and is 4-8 in his career vs. the Twins.
Greinke has sparkled during his three-start span, allowing a total of two runs while piling up 27 strikeouts against just three walks over 20 innings.
Nick Blackburn is 3-0 over his last four appearances. The Twins righty actually hasn't pitched that well though, giving up 17 earned runs in as many innings during the stretch. He's 1-2 with a 7.48 ERA in five games vs. Milwaukee.
Aramis Ramirez and Cody Ransom also went deep for Milwaukee yesterday. Michael Fiers (2-2) limited Minnesota to one run on four hits in seven strong innings. He struck out five and walked two.
"Commanded the ball better and changed speeds really well," Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said about Fiers.
Josh Willingham and Ben Revere both knocked in a run for the Twins, who have dropped four straight.
Liam Hendriks (0-3) allowed five runs -- two earned -- on eight hits over five frames.
"Hendriks was behind the count quite a bit," said Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire. "It was one of those games where nothing really good happened."
Minnesota took two of three from the Brewers earlier in the season.
- MILWAUKEE: 4
MINNESOTA: 5
Final/15
Jun 17 7:46 PM - Denard Span single to right scored Brian Dozier with two out to win the game.
Brewers 4, Twins 5 Bot 15, 2 OutsJun 17 7:46 PM - Joe Mauer single to center scored Denard Span with two out. On the play, Ben Revere advances to third. Runners on first and third and Josh Willingham due up.
Brewers 4, Twins 4 Bot 7, 2 OutsJun 17 4:16 PM - Ben Revere single to left scored Jamey Carroll with two out. On the play, Denard Span advances to second. Runners on first and second and Joe Mauer due up.
Brewers 4, Twins 3 Bot 7, 2 OutsJun 17 4:13 PM - Jamey Carroll single to center scored Trevor Plouffe with two out. Runner on second and Denard Span due up.
Brewers 4, Twins 2 Bot 7, 2 OutsJun 17 4:11 PM - Corey Hart two-out, three-run Home Run (14) to right scored Norichika Aoki and Nyjer Morgan. Taylor Green due up.
Brewers 4, Twins 1 Top 5, 2 OutsJun 17 3:24 PM - Aramis Ramirez single to left scored Nyjer Morgan with two out. Runner on first and Corey Hart due up.
Brewers 1, Twins 0 Top 1, 2 OutsJun 17 2:17 PM - MILWAUKEE: 0
MINNESOTA: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Jun 17 2:12 PM
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