The Milwaukee Brewers had a nice season last year until things fell apart in September. This year, they've come out of the gates pretty slow. Their pitching (not a strong suit to begin with) is a complete mess right now. Starter Charlie Villanueva could only give them four innings while allowing six runs yesterday.
The Brewers (20-24) can score with the best of them but there will probably be a lot of games like yesterday at Fenway for the next few weeks. The Red Sox (27-19) won 11-7 in a slugfest. Both team had four homers.
David Ortiz (3 hits, 4 RBIs) homered twice while Dustin Pedroia (3 hits, 3 runs, 2 RBIs) hit a solo shot and Kevin Youkilis (3 hits, 2 RBIs, 2 runs) cranked a two-run bomb.
Josh Beckett had a vintage '06 start as he gave up four homers yet still won. Beckett (5-3) went seven innings, giving up six runs (all earned) on six hits with one walk and nine strikeouts.
Ryan Braun continued to impress as he had two homers and four RBIs off Beckett. JJ Hardy had a two-run homer and Prince Fielder hit a solo shot.
Milwaukee was up 2-1 after one but Boston came back to make it 3-2 in the third. The Brewers climbed back to make it 4-3 in the fourth before the Sox took a 6-3 lead which they never gave up. Boston later had leads of 8-4 and 11-6.
Say goodbye to the National League. The Red Sox go back to playing American League foes for the next three weeks. The Kansas City Royals come to town tonight for a four-game set. Justin Masterson is starting tomorrow and Bartolo Colon is making his Red Sox debut on Wednesday.
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