Brewers record: 4-2 (week), 35-16, 1st place, MGL (season)
May 28-30, versus Portland:
17-3,
7-6,
5-1.
June 1-3, at San Francisco:
4-0,
4-5,
1-3.
In the first of three games against the Wild Things in Denver the Brewers scored early and scored often. Meanwhile, starter
John Weaver (3-1, 4.98) pitched pretty well, giving up 3 runs on 6 hits while striking out 7 and walking over his 5 innings pitched. Among the many hitting heroes was
Brett Taranto, who was 3 for 4 with 2 runs and 2 RBI.
RodRod went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 4 driven in, hitting his 5th double of the season.
Joe McPhillips chipped in with a 2 for 5, 3 RBI game, hitting his 9th double.
Denver had to come from behind in game 2 as
Sadahige Kawasaki was touched for 5 runs (though only 2 earned) on 8 hits over his 6 innings pitched in a no-decision for him.
Jason Gottula (3-1, 2.02) got the win in relief and
Tim Shore picked up save number 8.
Brett Taranto was once again the hitting hero, going 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBI, and hit his 7th home run of the season. Prior to
Taranto's 3 run homer which capped the 5-run 5th inning, normally light-hitting
Nick Ward hit his 1st bomb of the year in the same inning, a 2-run shot.
The Brewers get the series sweep behind another strong start from
Sekien Hamasaki (9-0, 1.82).
Hamasaki works 8 innings, giving up 1 run on 5 hits.
Brett Taranto, big surprise, provided the bulk of the offense, going 3 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 RBI, hitting his 8th double and picking up his 6th stolen base.
After a day off, the Brewers got June started by traveling to the Bay Area to take on the San Francisco Velocity. And in game 1 veteran starting pitcher
Steve Green (2-5, 5.13) had the best start of his often disappointing season.
Green went the distance for the shutout, allowing 6 hits while striking out 5 and not walking a single batter.
Val Guzman went 2 for 3 with a run scored and 1 driven in and hit his 11th double.
Nick Ward homered for the second time in 3 games.
The Velocity struck back in game 2, in spite of
Jim Atwell carrying a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning.
Atwell then got into a bit of trouble and the bullpen came on and threw gasoline on the small fire, turning into a conflagration that resulted in a walk-off win by the home club. At least partly due to the bullpens failure,
Atwell gave up 4 runs on 6 hits over 8 2/3rds innings pitched.
Jason Gottula (3-2, 2.70) blew the save and took the loss and
Evan Perez came on to allow the game-winning hit.
Ben Flynn got a rare start at first base and went 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI, hitting his 2nd home run of 1978.
Rich White his his 3rd homer of the season.
And in the rubber match the Velocity held the Brewers offense to just 1 run and took the series.
Sadahige Kawasaki (5-3, 2.71) takes a tough loss, giving up just 2 runs on 7 hits over his 6 innings pitched.
Brett Taranto went 2 for 4 in the loss but also committed his 3rd error of the season.