A Milwaukee Brewers starter finally went 7-innings in a game. Randy Wolf pitched 7-scoreless innings to lead the Brewers to a 6-1 win over the Houston Astros at Miller Park. The win ended a 8-game home field losing streak for the Brewers.
Milwaukee had gone 20 straight games without a starting pitcher going 7-innings. The last Brewers starter to pitch 7-innings was Yovani Gallardo on May 1 in a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres. Manager Ken Macha said that’s the first of a few things that ended up going quite well.
AUDIO: Ken Macha says a number of things went well :14
The Astros came to town with the league’s worst batting average of .227.
The Brewers got home runs from Ryan Braun and Rickie Weeks.
Chris Narveson pitches game 2 of the series tonight. He’s 4-1. Roy Oswalt goes for the Astros. Oswalt is 2-6 with a 2.66 ERA for the Astros.