Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while taking a day off. We're 17 days away from Opening Day and the Brewers got back on track yesterday, beating the Rangers 5-3 behind three hits from Norichika Aoki and four...
| Final - 3.19.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Brewers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Texas Rangers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
Stories
Norichika Aoki's Three Hit Game Leads Brewers To 5-3 Win Over Rangers
W: Randy Wolf (3-0)L: Joe Nathan (0-2)S: Mike Mcclendon (2) HR: Kentrail Davis (1) The media in attendance may have come to Surprise(!) to see Yu Darvish pitch but they were treated to a standout...
Game Thread #-18: Brewers (6-9-1) @ Rangers (4-11)
Despite the fact that these two teams were rained out yesterday, the Rangers lost the other half of a split-squad doubleheader to drop even further below .500 in Cactus League play. These two teams...
Monday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while whining and/or crying. We're 18 days away from Opening Day, and since we last spoke the Brewers have removed ten players from major league camp. Here's a quick look at the...
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Texas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickie Weeks, 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .300 |
| Caleb Gindl, 9,7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Nyjer Morgan, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 |
| Taylor Green, 4,5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Ryan Braun, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .059 |
| Logan Schafer, 7,8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .407 |
| Travis Ishikawa, 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .310 |
| Sean Halton, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alex Gonzalez, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .379 |
| Edwin Maysonet, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| George Kottaras, DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Paul Phillips, ph,dh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Jonathan Lucroy, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .520 |
| Martin Maldonado, ph,2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| Norichika Aoki, CF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Kentrail Davis, RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Cesar Izturis, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .179 |
| Brooks Conrad, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
Batting
Home runs - Davis
Triples - Aoki
Grounded into DP - Lucroy
Hit by pitch - Lucroy
Sacrifices - Izturis
Stolen Bases - Aoki
Caught Stealing - Gindl
Team LOB - 7
Home runs - Davis
Triples - Aoki
Grounded into DP - Lucroy
Hit by pitch - Lucroy
Sacrifices - Izturis
Stolen Bases - Aoki
Caught Stealing - Gindl
Team LOB - 7
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Wolf (W, 3-0) | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3.29 | 0 | |
| Jose Veras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | |
| John Axford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.50 | 0 | |
| Tim Dillard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 0 | |
| Mike McClendon (S, 0-0; S,2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 0 |
| Texas Rangers | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Kinsler, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 |
| Greg Miclat, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| Elvis Andrus, SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 |
| Alberto Gonzalez, SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| Josh Hamilton, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Craig Gentry, CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 |
| Adrian Beltre, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Mike Olt, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 |
| Michael Young, DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 |
| Julio Borbon, ph,dh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .348 |
| Nelson Cruz, RF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Kyle Hudson, RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Mike Napoli, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .357 |
| Luis Martinez, C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .450 |
| David Murphy, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .387 |
| Engel Beltre, pr,7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Mitch Moreland, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 |
| Brandon Snyder, 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Totals | 37 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Batting
Doubles - Kinsler
Grounded into DP - Cruz
Sacrifice flies - Hamilton
Caught Stealing - Andrus
Team LOB - 10
Doubles - Kinsler
Grounded into DP - Cruz
Sacrifice flies - Hamilton
Caught Stealing - Andrus
Team LOB - 10
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yu Darvish | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3.00 | 1 | |
| Tanner Scheppers | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.18 | 0 | |
| Ben Snyder | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Joe Nathan (L, 0-2) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 | 0 | |
| Joe Beimel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 | |
| Mark Lowe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 |
GAME NOTES
Pitching notes: R. Wolf pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - John Tumpane, First Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor, Second Base Umpire - Mike Muchlinski, Third Base Umpire - Stephen Barga
Duration: 2:50
Pitching notes: R. Wolf pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - John Tumpane, First Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor, Second Base Umpire - Mike Muchlinski, Third Base Umpire - Stephen Barga
Duration: 2:50
