Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Ladies and Gentlemen - Gabe Gross

Since being sent down to the minors, Gabe Gross is hitting in the neighborhood of .400 with 3 home runs and 8 RBIs.

Including last night's game-changing grandslam in the 7th inning.

When he came to bat we were told the surprising stat that he is .455 (5 for 11) with the bases loaded with 1 HR and 14 RBI in his career.

Congratulations Gabe, especially since newly called up Scott McClung came in in the 9th and gave up 2 runs. The score was tied 2-2 heading into the 7th inning, but Gross' slam blew open the game, allowing Ned Yost to bring McClung in for his first chance when it didn't matter. McClung notched 2 outs, but couldn't finish out the inning. Francisco Cordero came in to finish out the game.

J.J. Hardy was 3-for-4 with a run-scoring single and Rickie Weeks added an RBI triple for the Brewers, who have won four of five on the road.

And actually, my favorite state of the night is noting that we were 5 for 9 with runners in scoring position. Also, that we're 5-1 against Arizona this year.

People, there still may be some hope.

The win is all the sweeter when you realize that both Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun were 0-4 for the evening. And people, this is not bad news. Our team has more than relied on these two and it was nice to see that we are capable of rallying in other ways to bring home a win.

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