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Milwaukee Brewers lefty Randy Wolf avenged a poor start in game 4 of the
Randy Wolf (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
NLDS by pitching 7 solid innings in last night’s 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. It’s the first post season victory for the 35-year-old Wolf. It ties the series at 2-2 and it guarantees that the series now must return to Milwaukee for a game 6, regardless of the outcome of tonight’s game 5.
AUDIO: Randy Wolf is glad to even series at 2-2 :18 [Read more...]
Milwaukee Brewers lefty Randy Wolf pitched just three innings and took the loss in game 4 of the National League Divisional Series at Arizona last week. Tonight, Wolf pitches game 4 of the National League Championship series at St. Louis tonight, facing close to a must win scenario.
If the Brewers lose tonight, they’ll trail the Cardinals 3-1 and would need to win all three remaining games to advance to the World Series.
Last time out, Wolf struggled to get ahead and didn’t throw many strikes against Arizona. That will need to change tonight.
AUDIO: Randy Wolf needs to throw more strikes :21
Wolf gave up 7-earned runs on 8-hits in taking the loss against the Diamondbacks.
Kyle Lohse will be well rested. It’s been 12-days since he last pitched.
AUDIO: Kyle Lohse on pitching with a lot of time off between starts :19
The outstanding pitching matchup we all anticipated, never materialized on
Mark Kotsay (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
Wednesday night. The St. Louis Cardinals jumped on Milwaukee Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo with 4-runs as they batted around in the 1st inning. The 4-runs turned out to be enough to pull out a 4-3 victory over the Brewers.
Milwaukee trails in the series 2 games to 1. It’s the first time they’ve trailed in a series since the playoffs began.
AUDIO: Yovani Gallardo struggled with control :12 [Read more...]
Without the Milwaukee Brewers starting pitching staff, they most likely wouldn’t have been in the post-season playoffs to begin with. Now that they’re there, the strength is becoming a weakness.
The playoff pitching slide continued on Monday night when Shaun Marcum was knocked around the park by the Cardinals until he departed after four innings. Albert Pujols had 4-hits, including a 2-run homer. Pujols drove in 5-runs in the Cardinals 12-3 victory in game 2 of their series at Miller Park. [Read more...]
The Arizona Diamondbacks clubbed four home runs and knocked off the Milwaukee Brewers 10-6, sending the series back to Milwaukee Friday afternoon for the 5th and deciding game.
Ryan Roberts clubbed a 2-out, 1st inning grand slam off of Randy Wolf as Arizona jumped out to a 5-1 lead after the first inning and never looked back. Chris Young also homered twice in the win. [Read more...]
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