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Opening Day at Centennial Stadium!
At their brand new home, the gorgeous Centennial Stadium, the Brewers took on the Baltimore Lords on Opening Day of the 1972 season.
And although they were outhit 12-6, they scraped together a run in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 3-3 tie and held on for the 4-3 win.
Reigning MGL MVP Jamison Bash provided the winning run by hitting his first homer of the season. Reigning MGL Pitcher of the Year Cheol-han Lee wasn't at his sharpest- allowing 3 runs on 12 hits while walking 3 and striking out 4- but he earned his first win of the season nevertheless. Recently acquired stopper Jose de los Santos pitched a perfect 9th inning for his first save as a Brewer.
The following day saw a marathon pitching duel which finally ended in the bottom of the 12th inning on a walk-off sacrifice fly by Jamison Bash to break a scoreless tie and give the Brewers the narrow 1-0 victory.
Steve Green was masterful for the 8 innings he pitched, allowing just 3 hits (all singles) while striking out 10 and walking 2. Liann-wei Hua was the pitcher of record and pitched a perfect top of the 12th. Hua was one of 3 relievers (de los Santos and Miguel Solis, the others) who provided the Brewers with the combined shutout. Rookie Paul Mackins picked up his first big league hit in the 4th inning on a solid line drive (exit velocity: 102.5 mph) into right center.
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