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The Brewers return home to Denver to take on the Los Angeles Spinners in a 3-game, mid-week series, hoping that their fortunes might turn in front of the hometown faithful.
That didn't happen.

Although it started out pretty well with a victory in game 1 behind the solid pitching of Harry Lyerly. Lyerly worked 7 innings, giving up 2 runs on just 5 hits while striking out 8 and walking 1. Andrew Kennedy (.310/.337/.470) and Chad Brown (.313/.336/.430) were the hitting stars for the Brewers. Kennedy went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI and hit his 8th double. Brown, in the lead-off slot, went 3 for 5, scored 2 runs, and picked up his 5th stolen base of the season. With the 4-2 win, Lyerly improves to 4-1 with a 2.95 ERA. Jose de los Santos, who has been inconsistent thus far, worked the final 2 innings to get his 4th save (2.84 ERA.)

Game 2 saw another disappointing start by Steve Green, as he was provided a 6-3 lead going into the 4th inning and could not hold it. Green allowed 6 runs on 11 hits in 6 innings pitched, giving up 2 HR's, though also striking out 6 with no walks allowed. In the end the Brewers lost by just one run, 8-7. Green did not figure in the decision and reliever Liann-wei Hua took the loss and drops to 1-1 with a 1.59. With the bad start, Green sees his ERA rise to 3.78. The offense saw quite a few good performances. Among them, Pat Rondeau (.308/.326/.385), who has been one of the most consistently good hitters thus far on the team, went 3 for 5 and hit his 3rd double. Jamison Bash (.254/.307/.439) was also 3 for 5 and hit his 5th HR.

In spite of another fine start by staff ace Cheol-han Lee, the Brewers lost the rubber match of the series 4-2. Lee gave up 2 runs on 5 hits over 8 innings, striking out 6 and walking just 1. At the end of 9 innings the score was tied 2-2. Both bullpens were solid through the 12th, but then in the top of the 13th Eric Singer, who is having a miserable season thus far, gave up 2 runs and the Brewers were unable to counter in the bottom of the frame. Singer falls to 0-2 with a 6.43 ERA. One nice note for the Brewers in the game is that youngster Jonathan Koch, recently brought up from AAA Chester as slumping Danny Roman was sent down to clear his head a bit, collected his first big league hit, an 8th inning double, and came around to score his first WPK run as well.