Diamondbacks 2 - 3 Brewers
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Young hitters look to power Brewers past Diamondbacks

Jul 17, 2007 - 4:10 PM Arizona (49-45) at Milwaukee (52-40) 8:05 pm EDT

MILWAUKEE (Ticker) - Rookie Ryan Braun will look to help the Milwaukee Brewers win their fourth straight when they host the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second of a four-game series Tuesday.

The 23-year-old Braun has seven home runs in his last nine contests, and 14 blasts on the season.

As Braun is putting together an argument for the National League Rookie of the Year honors, Prince Fielder has emerged as one of the top candidates for the league's Most Valuable Player award, posting a .282 batting average with 30 homers and 72 RBI.

Claudio Vargas (6-2, 4.52 ERA) takes the mound for the Brewers, who hold a 3 1/2 game lead over the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.

The 29-year-old Vargas suffered his first loss since May 26 in his last start. The Dominican righthander hurled six innings, yielding five runs and six hits with two walks and four strikeouts in a 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 4.

He will be opposed by Yusmeiro Petit (1-1, 3.12), who is making just his fifth career start after spending most of his 2006 campaign coming out of the bullpen. The 22-year-old righthander surrendered three runs and five hits with four walks and a career-high eight strikeouts in a 4-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on July 8.

The Diamondbacks are hoping to avoid their third straight loss and 11th in their last 14 contests.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
    MILWAUKEE 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 3 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: ARI - YUSMEIRO PETIT, JUAN CRUZ (6TH), DOUG SLATEN (6TH), TONY PENA
    (7TH), BRANDON LYON (8TH) AND MIGUEL MONTERO
    MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS, BRIAN SHOUSE (6TH), CARLOS
    V

    Jul 17 11:13 PM
  • 40
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Diamondbacks vs. BrewersJul 17 11:04 PM


  • NL
    AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY COREY HART SCORED TONY GWYNN JR.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C VARGAS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2
    MILWAUKEE 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J HARDY (.276, 1-FOR-2)

    Diamondbacks vs. BrewersJul 17 9:34 PM


  • NL
    AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY TONY GRAFFANINO (7) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 4TH OFF YUSMEIRO PETIT.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2, MILWAUKEE 2
    DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: G JENKINS (.254, 0-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks vs. BrewersJul 17 9:26 PM


  • NL
    AT MILWAUKEE - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOHNNY ESTRADA SCORED PRINCE FIELDER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J ESTRADA ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2
    MILWAUKEE 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: T GRAFFANINO (.244, 6 HR, 20 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. BrewersJul 17 8:43 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 2 2 2 0
    MILWAUKEE 0 0 1 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: ARI - YUSMEIRO PETIT
    MIL - CLAUDIO VARGAS

    DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C HART (.299, 13 HR, 37 RBI)
    J HARDY (.275, 18 HR, 54 RBI)
    R BRAUN (.347, 14 HR, 38 RBI)

    Diamondbacks vs. BrewersJul 17 8:23 PM

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