Now Let's Go for the Sweep!

Lisa and I went to the Brewers vs. Twins game last night. 44,000+ fans in attendance. I would say it was about 60% Brewers fans and 40% Twinkies fans. The next game in our 10-pack comes on July 03. Now that summer is here, the games will start coming quickly.

It was an exciting game, but it didn't start out that way. In the first inning, the Twinkies managed to score three runs. Stewart led off the inning with HR off the second pitch, and Hunter got a two run homer. The only bright spot was in the bottom of the inning when Weeks stepped up and got his first ML homer.

It looked pretty bleak for the Brew Crew until the fifth and sixth innings. In the fifth, the Twins were leading 5-2 when the Twinks starter (Santana) gave up double to Hardy, and struck out Durrington (PH) to bring up the top of the order. Clark and Weeks both walked. Hall flies out to center. With the bases loaded and 2 outs, Lee spanks a double to drive in two runs. The inning ends with the Brewers down 5-4, but at least they were back in the game.

In the sixth inning, Wise is pitching in relief of Ohka (who had a terrible outing in the first five innings). He sets the Twinkie batters down 1, 2, 3. In the bottom of the inning, Santana walks Helms and gives up a single to Magruder before being yanked from the game. He had a good start for the Twins, but really fell apart fast in the 5th and 6th. In comes Crain for the Twins as part of a double switch. Hardy bunts the base runners up 90 ft. Next up, Prince Fielder pinch hits for Wise and spanks it long and deep for his first ML homer. The Brewers are now up 5-7.

The Twinkies came back to score once more, and had a couple of other chances, but the Brewers managed to work there way out of that. The game ends with Turnbow striking out Mauer to give the Brewers the win, 6-7.

It was not a very well pitched game. However, the game was close (after the 5th), we got to see a win (which is always more sweet when there are a lot of opposing fans around), and we got to see two Brewers rookies get their first home runs. All in all, it was a very fun night!