Brewers-Cubs, Friday
Yesterday was the first of three Brewers-Cubs games at Miller Park this weekend. In the three-game series over Easter weekend, the Brewers won the opening game, and the Cubs took the other two.
The first game of this series was another thriller. I forgot my actual digital camera, so I used my cell phone camera instead. It takes pretty good pictures:
We got to the game pretty early, and fans were lined up in certain aisles for "Autograph Friday". The line for Corey Hart (RF) was quite long, and so was the one for Manny Parra (starting pitcher). Mitch Stetter (relief pitcher) had a much shorter line. An attentive father was waiting in line with his son for Manny Parra's autograph. His son held a souvenir bat. While his son stayed in line, the father borrowed the bat, got in line for Mitch Stetter's autograph, made it to the front in a minute or two, got the autograph, and was back with his son before reaching the front of Manny Parra's line. Good work.
The big highlight of pre-game activities, though, was American Idol top three contestant Danny Gokey, who is from Milwaukee. He threw out a ceremonial first pitch and sang the national anthem.
The Cubs scored first in the 5th inning on a solo home run by Milton Bradley. They added another run in the 6th on a sacrifice fly by Alfonso Soriano (following a pinch-hit triple by Bobby Scales). The Cubs fans were in pretty good spirits, even after a solo home run by Brewer shortstop J.J. Hardy in the bottom of the 6th.
That all changed in the bottom of the 8th. After a walk and a wild pitch, Corey Hart was on second base. Ryan Braun stepped up to the plate. I said to Jenelle, "he should bunt. No would expect that." Instead, he belted one over the right field wall. "Yeah, I guess a home run is better." There's a reason I'm not a manager. Here's the look on Jenelle's face after the Brewers took a 3-2 lead:
Trevor Hoffman pitched a perfect ninth inning to get the save. The Brewers-Cubs season series is now tied at two games each. Hopefully today and tomorrow's games will be just as exciting.
The first game of this series was another thriller. I forgot my actual digital camera, so I used my cell phone camera instead. It takes pretty good pictures:
We got to the game pretty early, and fans were lined up in certain aisles for "Autograph Friday". The line for Corey Hart (RF) was quite long, and so was the one for Manny Parra (starting pitcher). Mitch Stetter (relief pitcher) had a much shorter line. An attentive father was waiting in line with his son for Manny Parra's autograph. His son held a souvenir bat. While his son stayed in line, the father borrowed the bat, got in line for Mitch Stetter's autograph, made it to the front in a minute or two, got the autograph, and was back with his son before reaching the front of Manny Parra's line. Good work.
The big highlight of pre-game activities, though, was American Idol top three contestant Danny Gokey, who is from Milwaukee. He threw out a ceremonial first pitch and sang the national anthem.
The Cubs scored first in the 5th inning on a solo home run by Milton Bradley. They added another run in the 6th on a sacrifice fly by Alfonso Soriano (following a pinch-hit triple by Bobby Scales). The Cubs fans were in pretty good spirits, even after a solo home run by Brewer shortstop J.J. Hardy in the bottom of the 6th.
That all changed in the bottom of the 8th. After a walk and a wild pitch, Corey Hart was on second base. Ryan Braun stepped up to the plate. I said to Jenelle, "he should bunt. No would expect that." Instead, he belted one over the right field wall. "Yeah, I guess a home run is better." There's a reason I'm not a manager. Here's the look on Jenelle's face after the Brewers took a 3-2 lead:
Trevor Hoffman pitched a perfect ninth inning to get the save. The Brewers-Cubs season series is now tied at two games each. Hopefully today and tomorrow's games will be just as exciting.
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