Brewers rally to win
Ryan Braun's grounder to shortstop scored Rickie Weeks on a close play at the plate, and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for two runs in the ninth inning against new Chicago Cubs closer Kevin Gregg for a 4-3 victory in their home opener Friday.
It was the first blown save this season for Gregg (0-1), who came in to get the final out of the eighth inning but struggled in the ninth.
Gregg walked Chris Duffy with one out and Weeks hit a line drive that sailed over the head of left fielder Alfonso Soriano for an RBI double that tied it at 3.
Weeks then went to third on a wild pitch by Gregg, and Corey Hart walked to bring up Braun. He hit a hard grounder to shortstop Ryan Theriot, who threw home but not in time to get the sliding Weeks.
Carlos Villanueva (1-0) worked a hitless inning for the win.
The Cubs appeared to be on their way to victory after backup catcher Koyie Hill hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth and starter Rich Harden struck out 10 in six innings.
The late rally helped Milwaukee shake off a rough start to the season. The Brewers didn't look much like last year's NL wild card winners as they dropped two of three games in their season-opening series at San Francisco.
Apr 10, 2009 at 10:18 p.m.
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They have the Cubs 2 aces still this weekend so we'll have to wait and see what happens......
Apr 10, 2009 at 8:23 p.m.
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Way to go, mojo man.
Good thing you aren't superstitious. lol
Good luck Brewers.
Apr 10, 2009 at 7:47 p.m.
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They were down 3-2 when I turned it on. Thanks to my mojo they pulled it out :) Rule #1 for Brewers 2009 season. I must listen to every game. Rule #2 -- always pick the Brat in the sausage race.
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