Brewers 5 - 2 Reds
Final
  for this game

Fielder looks to follow up strong performance

Apr 18, 2008 - 1:48 PM Milwaukee (9-6) at Cincinnati (7-9) 7:10 pm EDT

CINCINNATI (Ticker) - Prince Fielder can relax and just play ball now.

After hitting his first home run of the season, Fielder looks to help the Milwaukee Brewers secure a second straight win on Friday in the opener of a three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds.

Fielder, who became the youngest player to hit 50 home runs in season in 2007, snapped a 15-game homer-less drought with a two-run shot in Thursday's 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

"I was jumping up and down like a little kid," Fielder said. "It was strange. Somehow, I felt like I had never hit a homer in my life. Maybe that was because I wasn't thinking about it anymore."

Fielder also had a game-tying RBI double in a three-run eighth inning.

Ben Sheets (2-0, 1.17 ERA) gets the ball for Milwaukee. The righthander outpitched New York Mets' ace Johan Santana on Saturday, allowing just three runs and five hits in 7 2/3 innings of a 5-3 victory.

Sheets has allowed just three earned runs in 23 innings.

The Reds will counter with Bronson Arroyo, who has had far less success thus far. Arroyo (0-1, 5.17) has allowed seven earned runs in his last 10 2/3 innings.

Rookie Joey Votto drove in five runs and Ken Griffey Jr. hit career home run No. 596 as the Reds snapped a five-game skid with a 9-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.








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

    BATTERIES: MIL - BEN SHEETS, SALOMON TORRES (6TH), MITCH STETTER (8TH), DAVID
    RISKE (8TH), ERIC GAGNE (9TH) AND JASON KENDALL
    CIN - BRONSON ARROYO, TODD COFFEY (6TH), KENT MER

    Apr 18 10:08 PM


  • NL
    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY EDWIN ENCARNACION SCORED BRANDON PHILLIPS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, E ENCARNACION ON FIRST, A DUNN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 5
    CINCINNATI 2 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: K MERCKER (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Brewers 5, Reds 2  Bot 9, 0 OutsApr 18 9:58 PM


  • NL
    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADAM DUNN SCORED KEN GRIFFEY JR.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A DUNN ON FIRST, B PHILLIPS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 5
    CINCINNATI 1 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: E ENCARNACION (.226, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Brewers 5, Reds 1  Bot 9, 0 OutsApr 18 9:54 PM


  • NL
    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JASON KENDALL SCORED GABE GROSS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J KENDALL ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 5
    CINCINNATI 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C COUNSELL (.368, 1-FOR-3)

    Brewers 5, Reds 0  Top 6, 0 OutsApr 18 8:43 PM


  • NL
    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY BILL HALL (6) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    3RD OFF BRONSON ARROYO SCORED PRINCE FIELDER.
    CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 4, CINCINNATI 0
    DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: G GROSS (.107, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Brewers 4, Reds 0  Top 3, 0 OutsApr 18 7:59 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - BEN SHEETS
    CIN - BRONSON ARROYO

    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: N HOPPER (.273, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    J KEPPINGER (.328, 2 HR, 10 RBI)
    K GRIFFEY JR (.286, 3 HR,

    Brewers 2, Reds 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 18 7:25 PM
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    Brewers vs. RedsApr 17 8:42 PM

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