The Milwaukee Brewers bid for a National League Division Series victory will take at least one more day. Josh Collmenter held the Brewers to a run on 2-hits over 7-innings, pitching the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 8-1 win in Phoenix.
Rookie Paul Goldschmidt clubbed a grand slam home run off of Shaun Marcum to give the Diamondbacks their first win in the series. With 2-outs in the 5th inning and runners on second and third, Brewers skipper Ron Roenicke decided to walk Miguel Montero to pitch to Goldschmidt.
AUDIO: Ron Roenicke on walking Montero to face Goldschmidt :18
Goldschmidt said it’s not the first time this season that a team has walked a hitter in front of him.
AUDIO: Goldschmidt said he’s been in this position before :11
Another rookie, pitcher Josh Collmenter did a number on the Brewers for the 3rd time this season. After pitching 14 scoreless innings against the Crew, Collmenter held Milwaukee to a run on 2-hits over 7-innings.
AUDIO: Collmenter said previous success vs. Milwaukee gave him confidence :17
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said he and the Brewers coaching staff is kind of baffled by Collmenter’s success against the Brewers.
AUDIO: Ron Roenicke on Josh Collmenter’s success vs. Milwaukee :20
Shaun Marcum’s late season struggles continued. He gave up 7-runs in 4+ innings to take the loss.
The Brewers only run came on Corey Hart’s 3rd inning solo home run. The Brewers still lead the series 2 games to 1. They’ll send Randy Wolf (13-10, 3.69 ERA) to the mound tonight in game 4. Arizona counters with Joe Saunders )12-13 3.69 ERA). Wolf is 0-2 against the Diamondbacks this season.