National League Roundup
Ryan Braun hit a two-run home run to ruin a memorable night for Randy Johnson, powering the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks last night.
BREWERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 1
MILWAUKEE - Ryan Braun hit a two-run home run to ruin a memorable night for Randy Johnson, powering the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks last night.
Johnson (4-2) broke a tie with Roger Clemens to take sole possession of second place on baseball's career strikeout list in the first inning when he fanned Mike Cameron. That gave the Big Unit 4,673 strikeouts, still far behind Nolan Ryan's 5,714.
Johnson had given up only three hits through five when he walked Cameron to lead off the sixth - the first walk of the game by either starting pitcher. Braun then clobbered an 0-1 pitch deep to left field, putting the Brewers ahead 2-1 with his 16th homer of the season.
Johnson had been nearly untouchable up to that point, striking out eight through five innings.
But Milwaukee added to its lead in the seventh when Joe Dillon's double drove in J.J. Hardy from first.
Johnson was taken out of the game, tipping his hat to applause.
Rickie Weeks then hit a sacrifice fly off reliever Juan Cruz to score Dillon, putting Milwaukee ahead 4-1.
The Brewers' offensive struggles included two strikeouts by Bill Hall, who caused a stir this week when his agent suggested that the team would be better off trading him than keeping him in a platoon with Russell Branyan at third base.
Arizona 000 100 000–1 6 2
Milwaukee 000 002 23x–7 9 0
Arizona AB R H BI Avg. Milwaukee AB R H BI Avg.
SDrew ss 4 0 1 0 .268 Weeks 2b 3 0 1 1 .209
Young cf 4 0 1 0 .239 MCameron cf 3 1 0 0 .220
OHudson 2b 4 1 1 0 .302 Braun lf 4 1 1 2 .296
Tracy 1b 4 0 0 0 .214 Fielder 1b 4 1 1 1 .280
Reynolds 3b 3 0 2 1 .249 Hart rf 4 0 0 0 .286
Montero c 3 0 0 0 .283 BHall 3b 4 1 1 0 .228
Upton rf 3 0 0 0 .270 Hardy ss 4 2 2 2 .250
Salazar lf 3 0 1 0 .258 Kendall c 4 0 0 0 .249
RaJohnson p 2 0 0 0 .143 McClung p 2 0 2 0 .400
JCruz p 0 0 0 0 --- Dillard p 0 0 0 0 1000
b-CBurke ph 1 0 0 0 .171 a-Dillon ph 1 1 1 1 .294
Scherzer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Shouse p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 33 7 9 7
a-doubled for Dillard in the 7th. b-lined out for Cruz in the 8th. E: SDrew (5), OHudson (7). LOB: Arizona 4, Milwaukee 4. 2B: Reynolds (7), Salazar (3), Dillon (2). HR: Hardy (3), off Scherzer; Fielder (10), off Scherzer; Braun (16), off RaJohnson. RBIs: Reynolds (34), Weeks (20), Braun 2 (44), Fielder (31), Hardy 2 (17), Dillon (3). SB: Hart (10). SF: Weeks. GIDP: Young. RLSP: Arizona 1 (Upton); Milwaukee 2 (Braun, Hardy). RA: Montero. DP: Milwaukee 1 (BHall, Weeks and Fielder).
Arizona walks (1): Reynolds.
Milwaukee walks (1): MCameron.
Arizona strikeouts (6): Young, OHudson, Tracy, Montero, Salazar, RaJohnson.
Milwaukee strikeouts (10): Weeks, MCameron 3, Braun 2, Fielder, BHall 2, Hardy.
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
RaJohnson(L) 61/3 6 4 3 1 8 100 3.88
JCruz 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 14 3.38
Scherzer 1 3 3 3 0 1 18 3.04
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
McClung(W) 6 6 1 1 0 4 79 4.25
Dillard(H) 1 0 0 0 1 1 19 0.00
Shouse(S) 2 0 0 0 0 1 28 2.14
W: McClung, 3-2. L: RaJohnson, 4-2. S: Shouse, 2. H: Dillard, 1.
IR-S: JCruz 1-1. Umpires: Home, Scott Barry; First, Bruce Dreckman; Second, Brian Gorman; Third, Gerry Davis.
T: 2:27. A: 29,478 (41,900).
PITTSBURGH - Lance Berkman and Miguel Tejada doubled in runs, Wandy Rodriguez pitched six shutout innings in his second start after coming off the disabled list, and Houston ended a five-game losing streak by beating Pittsburgh.
The Astros have totaled only eight runs in six games, but they didn't need many in this game. Rodriguez limited the Pirates to five hits.
Houston 100 001 000–2 10 0
Pittsburgh 000 000 000–0 5 0
Houston AB R H BI Avg. Pittsburgh AB R H BI Avg.
Bourn cf 5 0 1 0 .213 McLouth cf 4 0 1 0 .311
KMatsui 2b 4 2 4 0 .278 JaWilson ss 4 0 2 0 .306
Tejada ss 5 0 1 1 .310 FSanchez 2b 4 0 1 0 .238
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 1 .382 Bay lf 4 0 0 0 .290
CaLee lf 3 0 1 0 .265 Nady rf 3 0 0 0 .318
Erstad lf 0 0 0 0 .315 AdLaRoche 1b 4 0 0 0 .211
Pence rf 3 0 1 0 .295 JBautista 3b 3 0 0 0 .256
Wigginton 3b 2 0 0 0 .275 RChavez c 3 0 1 0 .231
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0 .171 Dumatrait p 2 0 0 0 .000
WRodriguez p 2 0 0 0 .000 Grabow p 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Cruz Jr. ph 1 0 1 0 .133 b-ChGomez ph 1 0 0 0 .318
Sampson p 0 0 0 0 .105 Yates p 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Blum ph 1 0 0 0 .232 Totals 32 0 5 0
Brocail p 0 0 0 0 ---
Valverde p 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 2 10 2
a-singled for Rodriguez in the 7th. b-grounded out for Grabow in the 7th. c-flied out for Sampson in the 8th. LOB: Houston 11, Pittsburgh 6. 2B: Tejada (17), Berkman (22), JaWilson (3). RBIs: Tejada (38), Berkman (48). CS: KMatsui (3), Pence (5). S: KMatsui. RLSP: Houston 6 (Bourn, CaLee 3, Ausmus 2); Pittsburgh 3 (Bay, AdLaRoche 2). RA: Tejada, Berkman, Ausmus. DP: Pittsburgh 1 (FSanchez and AdLaRoche).
Houston walks (6): Berkman, CaLee, Pence, Wigginton 2, Ausmus.
Pittsburgh walks (1): Nady.
Houston strikeouts (6): Bourn, Tejada, Berkman, Wigginton, Ausmus, WRodriguez.
Pittsburgh strikeouts (5): McLouth, Bay, RChavez, Dumatrait 2.
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
WRodriguez(W) 6 5 0 0 1 3 91 2.38
Sampson(H) 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.63
Brocail(H) 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.61
Valverde(S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.72
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Dumatrait(L) 6 7 2 2 3 4 105 3.47
Grabow 1 2 0 0 1 0 15 1.53
Yates 2 1 0 0 2 2 36 4.05
W: WRodriguez, 2-1. L: Dumatrait, 2-3. S: Valverde, 16. H: Sampson, 1. H: Brocail, 11.
Umpires: Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Mike Reilly; Second, Bob Davidson; Third, Alfonso Marquez.
T: 2:44. A: 13,183 (38,362).
BRAVES 5, MARLINS 4
ATLANTA - Chipper Jones hit a three-run homer and Greg Norton came through with a double in the eighth inning that gave Atlanta another come-from-behind victory over Florida.
Atlanta 300 000 02x–5 6 1
Florida AB R H BI Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI Avg.
HRamirez ss 3 1 1 0 .292 YEscobar ss 4 1 1 0 .300
Hermida rf 4 0 1 0 .267 KJohnson 2b 3 1 0 0 .294
Cantu 3b 3 0 1 1 .267 CJones 3b 4 2 2 3 .409
Jacobs 1b 4 1 1 0 .252 Teixeira 1b 3 1 1 0 .276
Uggla 2b 3 2 2 3 .302 Norton lf 3 0 1 2 .182
LGonzalez lf 4 0 0 0 .294 RSoriano p 0 0 0 0 ---
Nelson p 0 0 0 0 --- Francoeur rf 4 0 0 0 .251
CRoss cf 4 0 0 0 .202 CMiller c 3 0 0 0 .069
Treanor c 4 0 1 0 .274 c-Infante ph-lf 0 0 0 0 .250
Badenhop p 2 0 1 0 .091 GBlanco cf 3 0 1 0 .274
Waechter p 1 0 0 0 .000 Campillo p 1 0 0 0 .100
Pinto p 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Gotay ph 0 0 0 0 .229
Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 --- JBennett p 0 0 0 0 .167
Tankersley p 0 0 0 0 --- b-JAndersn ph 1 0 0 0 .167
JJones lf 1 0 0 0 .087 Ohman p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 33 4 8 4 d-McCann ph-c 0 0 0 0 .313
Totals 29 5 6 5
a-walked for Campillo in the 4th. b-popped out for Bennett in the 7th. c-walked for Miller in the 8th. d-walked for Ohman in the 8th. E: CJones (8). LOB: Florida 5, Atlanta 8. 2B: HRamirez (9), Cantu (12), Teixeira (15), Norton (2). HR: Uggla 2 (18), off Campillo 2; CJones (13), off Badenhop. RBIs: Cantu (29), Uggla 3 (41), CJones 3 (38), Norton 2 (7). CS: YEscobar (3). SF: Cantu. GIDP: Cantu 2. RLSP: Florida 2 (HRamirez, LGonzalez); Atlanta 5 (YEscobar 4, KJohnson). RA: Hermida, YEscobar. DP: Atlanta 2 (2 by CJones, KJohnson and Teixeira).
Florida walks (2): HRamirez, Uggla.
Atlanta walks (8): YEscobar, KJohnson, Teixeira, Norton, Infante, GBlanco, Gotay, McCann.
Florida strikeouts (8): Hermida, Jacobs 2, CRoss, Treanor 2, Badenhop, Waechter.
Atlanta strikeouts (7): YEscobar, CJones, Francoeur 2, CMiller, GBlanco 2.
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Badenhop 5 3 3 3 5 3 89 6.59
Waechter(H) 12/3 0 0 0 1 1 26 2.12
Pinto(H) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.51
Lindstrom(L) 1/3 3 2 2 1 1 16 3.86
Tankersley 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 10 7.16
Nelson 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 1.93
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Campillo 4 6 4 4 1 3 80 1.79
JBennett 3 1 0 0 0 4 39 3.23
Ohman(W) 1 1 0 0 1 0 20 2.59
RSoriano S, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2.25
W: Ohman, 3-0. L: Lindstrom, 1-1. S: RSoriano, 2. H: Pinto, 10. H: Waechter, 6. BS: Lindstrom, 1.
IR-S: Nelson 3-0, Pinto 1-0, Tankersley 2-0. IBB: off Ohman (Uggla) 1. WP: Pinto. Umpires: Home, Brian Runge; First, Charlie Reliford; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Greg Gibson.
T: 2:59. A: 25,476 (49,743).