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The Brewers win the 2nd game of the 3-game set versus Baltimore, crushing the Lords 10-2 behind Cheol-han Lee, who improves to 8-3 (2.82) with the complete game victory. Lee allowed 2 runs on 7 hits, striking out 5 and walking just 1. Ruben Souffront (.241/.297/.343) helped pace the Denver attack with a 2 for 4, 2 runs, 3 RBI day, hitting his 3rd triple of the season.
The Lords returned the favor in game 3, battering Brewers starter Harry Lyerly, who after pitching one of his finest games as big leaguer in his previous start pitches probably his worst in this game- allowing 8 runs on 12 hits- 6 of them HR's, including 2 off the bat of the opposing pitcher- in just 4 innings pitched. Lyerly drops to 10-6 with a 3.15 ERA with the loss. The Brewers score 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th to make the 10-4 drubbing look a little closer than it actually felt. The long ball has always been considered Lyerly's kryptonite, but over the course of his first 35 big league starts it hasn't proven his undoing. The Brewers hope that this 36th start will prove to be an outlier and not the start of a trend that will render their second best starter ineffective in the future.
On the plus side, Ryan Rodgers continues to have his best season as a Brewer and is now hitting .375 for the season with an amazing .486 OBP. And with 3 doubles in the past 2 games he is up to 20 for the season.
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