2007 Milwaukee Brewers season

2007 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1998)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Miller Park (since 2001)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Mark Attanasio
General manager(s)	Doug Melvin
Manager(s)	Ned Yost
Local television	WMLW-CA FSN Wisconsin (Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder)
Local radio	620 WTMJ (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2007 Milwaukee Brewers season marked the 25th anniversary of the Milwaukee Brewers winning the American League Championship and the 50th anniversary of the Milwaukee Braves winning the World Series.^[1] During the offseason, the Brewers re-signed free agents Bill Hall and Chris Capuano. The Brewers were also able to sign starting pitcher Jeff Suppan, second-baseman Craig Counsell, and third baseman Tony Graffanino from free agency.^[2]

The Brewers finished in second place in the National League Central with a record of 83-79.^[3]

Offseason

The Brewers headed into the season celebrating their 25th anniversary of their American League Championship. They prepared for the season by hosting reunions and premiering a video of the 1982 team at the Pabst Theater. The Brewers announced they would celebrate the 1982 team on "Retro Fridays" by having fan give-aways relating to the pennant-winning team.^[4] Milwaukee also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves victory in the World Series.^[1][5]

During the offseason, the Milwaukee Brewers increased their payroll from $54.5 million to $68 million, a significant amount for a small-market team. The Brewers re-signed arbitration-eligible pitcher Chris Capuano, whose salary increased from $450,000 to $3.25 million, and arbitration-eligible Bill Hall, who signed a four-year, $24 million contract, largest on the team. Both were members of the Brewers team in 2006. The Brewers were able to acquire free agent starting pitcher Jeff Suppan from the St. Louis Cardinals by signing him to a four-year, $42 million deal. They also signed second-baseman Craig Counsell^[6] of the Arizona Diamondbacks and third-baseman Tony Graffanino of the Kansas City Royals off of free agency.^[2]

Notable offseason transactions

• March 26, 2007: Brady Clark and cash were traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Elmer Dessens.^[7]

Regular season

Season summary

Strong start of the season

Bill Hall hits a home run on opening day against the Dodgers

The Brewers 2007 season began with a 7-1 victory on opening day over the Los Angeles Dodgers behind a complete game two-hitter by starting-pitcher Ben Sheets, becoming the first Brewer pitcher since 1979 to throw a complete game on opening day.^[8] The Brewers would win their next game before dropping three in a row, including one to the Dodgers and the first two games of a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs. With a record of .500 after the first homestand of the season, the Brewers went on the road to win two games of a three-game set with the Florida Marlins. Continuing their road trip, the Brewers split games against the Cardinals after the first game of the series was postponed due to rain. After splitting games with the Cincinnati Reds, the Brewers moved into first place in the NL Central. The Brewers returned to Miller Park to win four of their next five games, sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates and winning twice against the Houston Astros.

The Brewers played on the road for their next six games, winning two of three games against both the Cubs and Astros. The Brewers finished the month of April with a win against the Cardinals, in which Brewers starting pitcher Jeff Suppan pitched a complete game. During this game all players wore a special black "32" patch on their left arms to commemorate recently deceased Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock. Suppan's win gave him four on the season, tying him with Chris Capuano for the team lead after April. Brewers closer Francisco Cordero recorded a franchise record and league-leading ten saves in the month of April. Cordero finished April without allowing an earned run in twelve appearances. The Brewers ended the month with a 3½ game lead in the NL Central.

The Brewers started May by completing a three-game sweep of the Cardinals and improved to an MLB-leading 18-9 record. The Brewers went on to win six of their next seven games; they won three of four against the Pirates and swept a three-game series with the Washington Nationals.

Early-season slump

The Brewers hit a slump when they went on an east coast trip to face the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies, posting a 2-5 record. The Brewers returned home to face their interleague rivals, the Minnesota Twins. The Brewers won the last of a three-game series, a game which saw Geoff Jenkins hit his 200th home run.^[9] The Brewers then traveled to California for a six-game road-trip. They lost two of three from the Dodgers and were swept by the San Diego Padres. On May 24 during the San Diego Padres series, the Brewers called up Ryan Braun from the minor league Nashville Sounds. Braun became the Brewers starting third-baseman was placed in the third batting spot, ahead of Prince Fielder.^[10]

The Brewers returned home to start a ten-game home-stand, winning two of four games against the Atlanta Braves. At the end of May, first baseman Prince Fielder was voted the National League's Player of the Month. Fielder lead the league in home runs with 19 and recorded a .755 on-base percentage and a .321 batting average.^[11] The Brewers played the Florida Marlins to continue their home-stand. They won two of a three games to give the Brewers their first series victory since May 9. The win gave the Brewers a 6½ lead in the NL Central.^[12] The Brewers finished their home-stand losing two of three games to the Chicago Cubs.

The Brewers started a nine-game interleague road trip with a series against the Texas Rangers. The Brewers lost the first two games against the struggling Rangers. In the second game of the series, former Ranger Francisco Cordero recorded his first blown save of the year. Before the game, Cordero held a 0.36 earned run average and an MLB-leading 22 saves.^[13] The following day, Cordero gave up his second blown save after the Rangers tied the game in the ninth inning. The Brewers would eventually win the game, snapping their seven-game losing streak after a Geoff Jenkins home run in the twelfth inning.^[14] On June 12, Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers pitched a no hitter against the Brewers. The no hitter was the first for the Tigers since 1984.^[15] The loss was the Brewers 20th in their past 30 games.^[16]

June turn-around

Following the no hitter, the Brewers recorded eleven hits and defeated the Tigers in a come-back win. The following day, the Brewers defeated the Tigers to win the series. The Brewers traveled to Minnesota to face the rival Twins. In the first game, the Brewers recorded fifteen hits with an 11-3 win.^[17] In the three games following the no hitter, the Brewers recorded 39 hits and 20 runs.^[16] The Brewers were victorious in two of three games against the Twins.

After their road-stint, the Brewers came home for their next nine games. After starting-pitcher Chris Capuano was placed on the disabled-list, the Brewers called up Yovani Gallardo from the minor leagues. Gallardo pitched 6⅓ innings, allowing three runs, and hit an RBI double in front of a sell-out crowd to give the Brewers their fifth win in six games against the San Francisco Giants.^[18] The following day the Brewers clinched their third straight series victory, with Ben Sheets pitching his second complete game of the year.^[19] The Brewers would go on to sweep the Giants and win two of three games from the Kansas City Royals. The Brewers would follow with another series sweep against the Houston Astros, winning the third game of the series in part because of an 11th inning walk-off home run by back-up catcher Damian Miller. The Brewers were 8-1 on the home-stand.

Pre-break road trip

After their successful home stand, the Brewers went on the road for three series before the All-Star break. The Brewers defeated the second place Cubs in one of three games. During the series it was announced that Prince Fielder, Ben Sheets, J. J. Hardy and Francisco Cordero would be attending the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. This would be the first time four Brewer representatives have attended since 1983, when the Brewers were in the American League and the all-star team was managed by Milwaukee skipper Harvey Kuenn.^[20]

At the end of June Ben Sheets was named pitcher of the month and Ryan Braun the rookie of the month. Sheets was 5-0 with a 2.16 ERA in six starts, and Braun recorded a .382 average with six home runs, 21 RBI, a .716 slugging percentage.^[21]

Following their series in Chicago, the Brewers traveled to Pittsburgh to face the fourth-place Pirates. The Brewers won the first game of a four-game series. In the game Damian Miller hit a franchise tying seven RBIs and a grand slam in his first start after his walk-off home run at Miller Park.^[22] The Brewers then won one of three games against the Nationals and ended up 3-7 on the road trip.

Dog days of summer

The Brewers went into the All-Star break 10 games above .500, and a 4½ game lead on the Cubs. The Brewers then had 18 games scheduled in a 17-day period. The Brewers started the stretch with a 6-4 homestand, but then went on to lose 6 of 8 on the road. With their first off day in 2½ weeks, the Brewers record stood at 57-48, but the Cubs had moved to within a game and a half of the division lead. Then, on the final day of July, the Brewers were able to defeat the Mets in a 13 inning game, due to a Geoff Jenkins walk-off home run. After the game, Rickie Weeks was sent down to AAA Nashville. For the first time in over a hundred days, the division lead did not belong to the Brewers.

The Brewers frustrations continued in August, resulting in a dugout altercation during a loss to the Mets between Johnny Estrada and manager Ned Yost on August 2, 2007. Later, on August 8, infielder Tony Graffanino tore his ACL in a 19-4 loss to the Colorado Rockies, resulting in his loss for the season. The Brewers then called up Weeks to take his place on the roster.

In August Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder was suspended 3 games for arguing with the home plate umpire Wally Bell.

On August 29, the Brewers slipped into 3rd place behind the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals and are one game below .500 for the first time since April 6.

The race to October

Despite tumbling in August the Brewers started September on a high note to be tied with the Chicago Cubs for first place in the division. For the first time in over 15 years in Brewers history a coin toss was held to decide homefield advantage should the Cardinals, Cubs and Brewers tie for the division. One coin toss decided that the Brewers would host St. Louis, while the other decided that the Brewers would travel to Chicago for any one game playoff that may be needed.

On September 9, the Brewers became the first road team in history to open a game by hitting 3 consecutive home runs. The win, solidified by a Cubs loss gives the Brewers a 1-game lead in the division. But the Brewers did not win the division or make the playoffs

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	85	77	0.525	—	44–37	41–40
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	2	51–30	32–49
St. Louis Cardinals	78	84	0.481	7	43–38	35–46
Houston Astros	73	89	0.451	12	42–39	31–50
Cincinnati Reds	72	90	0.444	13	39–42	33–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	94	0.420	17	37–44	31–50

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	4–2	4–2	2–4	8–10	6–1	5–2	8–10	2–5	3–4	5–1	5–4	10–8	10–8	4–3	6–1	8–7
Atlanta	2–4	—	5–4	1–6	4–2	10–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	9–9	9–9	5–1	5–2	4–3	3–4	11–7	4–11
Chicago	2–4	4–5	—	9–9	5–2	0–6	8–7	2–5	9–6	2–5	3–4	8–7	3–5	5–2	11–5	6–1	8–4
Cincinnati	4–2	6–1	9–9	—	2–4	4–3	4–11	2–4	8–7	2–5	2–4	9–7	2–4	4–3	6–9	1–6	7-11
Colorado	10–8	2–4	2–5	4–2	—	3–3	3–4	12–6	4–2	4–2	4–3	4–3	11–8	10–8	3–4	4–3	10–8
Florida	1–6	8–10	6–0	3–4	3–3	—	2–3	4–3	2–5	7–11	9–9	3–4	3–4	1–6	2–4	8–10	9–9
Houston	2–5	3–3	7–8	11–4	4–3	3-2	—	4–3	5–13	2–5	3–3	5–10	4–3	2–4	7–9	2–5	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	3–4	5–2	4–2	6–12	3–4	3–4	—	3–3	5–5	4–2	5–2	8–10	10–8	3–3	5–1	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	2–5	6–9	7–8	2–4	5–2	13–5	3–3	—	2–4	3–4	10–6	2–5	4–5	7–8	4–2	8–7
New York	4–3	9–9	5–2	5–2	2–4	11–7	5–2	5–5	4–2	—	6–12	4–2	2–4	4–2	5–2	9–9	8–7
Philadelphia	1-5	9–9	4–3	4–2	3–4	9–9	3–3	2–4	4–3	12–6	—	4–2	4–3	4–4	6–3	12–6	8–7
Pittsburgh	4–5	1–5	7–8	7–9	3–4	4–3	10–5	2–5	6–10	2–4	2–4	—	1–6	4–2	6–12	4–2	5–10
San Diego	8–10	2–5	5–3	4–2	8–11	4–3	3–4	10–8	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	—	14–4	3–4	4–2	6–9
San Francisco	8–10	3–4	2–5	3–4	8–10	6–1	4–2	8–10	5–4	2–4	4–4	2–4	4–14	—	4–1	3–4	5–10
St. Louis	3–4	4–3	5–11	9–6	4–3	4-2	9–7	3–3	8–7	2–5	3–6	12–6	4–3	1–4	—	1–5	6–9
Washington	1–6	7–11	1–6	6–1	3–4	10-8	5–2	1–5	2–4	9–9	6–12	2–4	2–4	4–3	5–1	—	9–9

Notable transactions

• August 9, 2007: Elmer Dessens was released by the Brewers.^[7]

Roster

2007 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 41 Greg Aquino 36 Grant Balfour 31 Dave Bush 52 José Capellán 39 Chris Capuano 48 Francisco Cordero 45 Elmer Dessens 49 Yovani Gallardo 45 Ray King 40 Scott Linebrink 73 Seth McClung 43 Manny Parra 15 Ben Sheets 51 Brian Shouse 50 Chris Spurling 57 Mitch Stetter 37 Jeff Suppan 59 Derrick Turnbow 46 Claudio Vargas 12 Carlos Villanueva 38 Matt Wise		Catchers 33 Johnny Estrada 26 Damian Miller 11 Mike Rivera Infielders  8 Ryan Braun 30 Craig Counsell 28 Prince Fielder 9 Tony Graffanino 7 J. J. Hardy  8 Vinny Rottino 23 Rickie Weeks		Outfielders 27 Joe Dillon 18 Gabe Gross 22 Tony Gwynn, Jr. 2 Bill Hall 1 Corey Hart 5 Geoff Jenkins 24 Kevin Mench 20 Laynce Nix 52 Mel Stocker		Manager  3 Ned Yost Coaches 35 Bill Castro (Bullpen) 16 Nick Leyva (third base) 36 Mike Maddux (pitching)  6 Ed Sedar (first base) 32 Jim Skaalen (hitting) 29 Dale Sveum (bench)

Game log

2007 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 Dodgers 7 – 1 Sheets (1-0) Lowe (0-1) 45,341 1-0 2 April 3 Dodgers 4 – 3 Shouse (1-0) Wolf (0-1) Cordero (1) 22,603 2-0 3 April 4 Dodgers 5 – 4 Schmidt (1-0) Suppan (0-1) Saito (1) 23,649 2-1 4 April 6 Cubs 9 – 3 Hill (1-0) Bush (0-1) 41,758 2-2 5 April 7 Cubs 6 – 3 Zambrano (1-1) Sheets (1-1) Dempster (2) 41,282 2-3 6 April 8 Cubs 9 – 4 Capuano (1-0) Miller (0-1) 28,019 3-3 7 April 9 @ Marlins 5 – 3 Sánchez (1-0) Suppan (0-2) Owens (1) 11,157 3-4 8 April 10 @ Marlins 3 – 2* (13) Dessens (1-0) Pinto (0-1) Cordero (2) 10,883 4-4 9 April 11 @ Marlins 5 – 2 Bush (1-1) Mitre (0-2) Cordero (3) 11,379 5-4 -- April 13 @ Cardinals Postponed (rain) Resceduled July 28 5-4 10 April 14 @ Cardinals 3 – 2 Suppan (1-1) Wells (1-2) Cordero (4) 42,805 6-4 11 April 15 @ Cardinals 10 – 2 Looper (2-1) Sheets (1-2) 44,153 6-5 12 April 16 @ Reds 10 – 6 Capuano (2-0) Milton (0-2) 12,521 7-5 13 April 17 @ Reds 11 – 5 Stanton (1-0) Shouse (1-1) 14,492 7-6 14 April 18 Pirates 7 – 3 Vargas (1-0) Maholm (0-2) 22,331 8-6 15 April 19 Pirates 7 – 5 Suppan (2-2) Duke (1-2) Cordero (5) 17,386 9-6 16 April 20 Astros 6 – 5 White (1-0) Wise (0-1) Qualls (1) 41,522 9-7 17 April 21 Astros 6 – 4 Capuano (3-0) Rodríguez (0-2) Cordero (6) 41,209 10-7 18 April 22 Astros 4 – 3 Bush (2-1) Oswalt (3-1) Cordero (7) 31,985 11-7 19 April 23 @ Cubs 5 – 4 (12) Villanueva (1-0) Cherry (0-1) Turnbow (1) 33,920 12-7 20 April 24 @ Cubs 4 – 1 Suppan (2-2) Hill (3-1) Cordero (8) 34,382 13-7 21 April 25 @ Cubs 9 – 3 Lilly (2-2) Dessens (1-1) 38,581 13-8 22 April 27 @ Astros 4 – 1 Capuano (4-0) Oswalt (3-2) Cordero (9) 40,530 14-8 23 April 28 @ Astros 10 – 1 Sampson (3-1) Bush (2-2) 41,004 14-9 24 April 29 @ Astros 3 – 1 Vargas (2-0) Williams (0-4) Cordero (10) 37,114 15-9 25 April 30 Cardinals 7 – 1 Suppan (4-2) Wells (1-5) 20,191 16-9 *Game suspended, completed April 11
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 Cardinals 12 – 2 Sheets (2-2) Looper (3-2) 20,446 17 – 9 27 May 2 Cardinals 4 – 0 Villanueva (2-0) Reyes (0-5) 23,299 18 – 9 28 May 3 Pirates 4 – 2 Gorzelanny (4-0) Bush (2-3) Torres (9) 15,602 18-10 29 May 4 Pirates 10 – 0 Vargas (3-0) Maholm (1-4) 40,190 19-10 30 May 5 Pirates 6 – 3 Suppan (5-2) Duke (1-3) Cordero (11) 40,361 20-10 31 May 6 Pirates 6 – 4 Villanueva (3-0) Grabow (0-1) Cordero (12) 37,761 21-10 32 May 7 Nationals 3 – 0 Capuano (5-0) Chico (2-4) Cordero (13) 17,751 22-10 33 May 8 Nationals 6 – 4 Bush (3-3) Simontacchi (0-1) Cordero (14) 19,398 23-10 34 May 9 Nationals 3 – 1 Turnbow (1-0) Bowie (0-2) Cordero (15) 24,658 24-10 35 May 11 @ Mets 5 – 4 Sosa (2-0) Suppan (5-3) Wagner (9) 40,126 24-11 36 May 12 @ Mets 12 – 3 Sheets (3-2) Pelfrey (0-5) 50,193 25-11 37 May 13 @ Mets 9 – 1 Pérez (4-3) Capuano (5-1) 51,427 25-12 38 May 14 @ Phillies 8 – 6 Condrey (1-0) Turnbow (1-1) Myers (4) 29,183 25-13 39 May 15 @ Phillies 4 – 3 Myers (1-2) Turnbow (1-2) 41,258 25-14 40 May 16 @ Phillies 6 – 2 Hamels (6-1) Suppan (5-4) 42,713 25-15 41 May 17 @ Phillies 3 – 2 Sheets (4-2) García (1-3) Cordero (16) 31,553 26-15 42 May 18 Twins 8 – 1 Bonser (2-1) Capuano (5-2) 44,759 26-16 43 May 19 Twins 5 – 2 Baker (1-0) Bush (3-4) 44,427 26-17 44 May 20 Twins 6 – 5 Wise (1-1) Reyes (0-1) Cordero (17) 39,119 27-17 45 May 21 @ Dodgers 9 – 5 Suppan (6-4) Tomko (1-5) 33,446 28-17 46 May 22 @ Dodgers 3 – 2 Wolf (6-3) Sheets (4-3) Saito (14) 33,552 28-18 47 May 23 @ Dodgers 5 – 1 Penny (6-1) Capuano (5-3) 35,609 28-19 48 May 25 @ Padres 8 – 6 Maddux (4-3) Bush (3-5) Linebrink (1) 32,130 28-20 49 May 26 @ Padres 6 – 3 Germano (3-0) Vargas (3-1) Hoffman (14) 35,975 28-21 50 May 27 @ Padres 3 – 0 Peavy (7-1) Suppan (6-5) Hoffman (15) 41,246 28-22 51 May 28 Braves 2 – 1 James (5-4) Capuano (5-4) Wickman (8) 41,139 28-23 52 May 29 Braves 5 – 4 Sheets (5-3) Moylan (1-1) Cordero (18) 27,559 29-23 53 May 30 Braves 9 – 3 Hudson (6-3) Turnbow (1-3) 32,758 29-24 54 May 31 Marlins 4 – 3 Villanueva (4-0) Lindstrom (0-2) Cordero (19) 17,704 30-24
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 Marlins 8 – 5 Suppan (7-5) Olsen (4 – 5) Cordero (20) 30,852 31-24 56 June 2 Marlins 5 – 2 Lindstrom (1-2) Capellán (0-1) Gregg (7) 42,250 31-25 57 June 3 Marlins 3 – 0 Sheets (6-3) Willis (7-4) Cordero (21) 43,172 32-25 58 June 4 Cubs 7 – 2 Mármol (1-0) Bush (3-6) 35,760 33-25 59 June 5 Cubs 7 – 5 Vargas (4-1) Lilly (4-4) Cordero (22) 38,535 33-26 60 June 6 Cubs 6 – 2 Zambrano (6-5) Suppan (7-6) 40,186 33-27 61 June 8 @ Rangers 9 – 6 Tejeda (5-6) Capuano (5-5) Gagné (6) 29,562 33-28 62 June 9 @ Rangers 4 – 3 Francisco (1-0) Cordero (0-1) 37,882 33-29 63 June 10 @ Rangers 9 – 6 (12) Villanueva (5-0) Eyre (2-3) Vargas (1) 24,129 34-29 64 June 12 @ Tigers 4 – 0 Verlander (6-2) Suppan (7-7) 33,555 34-30 65 June 13 @ Tigers 3 – 2 Spurling (1-0) Rodney (1-5) Cordero (23) 37,593 35-30 66 June 14 @ Tigers 6 – 5 Sheets (7-3) Durbin (5-3) Cordero (24) 41,390 36-30 67 June 15 @ Twins 11 – 3 Vargas (5-1) Baker (1-2) Shouse (1) 27,977 37-30 68 June 16 @ Twins 5 – 2 Bush (4-6) Bonser (5-3) Cordero (25) 37,117 38-30 69 June 17 @ Twins 10 – 9 Nathan (3-1) Spurling (1-1) 31,624 38-31 70 June 18 Giants 5 – 4 Gallardo (1-0) Lowry (6-6) Cordero (26) 41,631 39-31 71 June 19 Giants 6 – 2 Sheets (8-3) Lincecum (2-2) 35,238 40-31 72 June 20 Giants 7 – 5 Vargas (6-1) Zito (6-8) Cordero (27) 35,151 41-31 73 June 22 Royals 11 – 6 Suppan (8-7) de la Rosa (4-9) 36,328 42-31 74 June 23 Royals 7 – 1 Bush (5-6) Bannister (4-4) 41,721 43-31 75 June 24 Royals 4 – 3 (11) Riske (1-2) Capellán (0-2) Gobble (1) 44,064 43-32 76 June 25 Astros 5 – 1 Sheets (9-3) Jennings (1-2) 28,786 44-32 77 June 26 Astros 11 – 5 Wise (2-1) Rodríguez (4-7) 30,713 45-32 78 June 27 Astros 6 – 3 (11) Bush (6-6) Borkowski (1-3) 31,862 46-32 79 June 29 @ Cubs 6 – 5 Howry (5-4) Cordero (0-2) 41,909 46-33 80 June 30 @ Cubs 13 – 4 Sheets (10-3) Marshall (4-3) 41,415 47-33
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 @ Cubs 5 – 1 Marquis (6-4) Bush (6-7) 41,486 47-34 82 July 2 @ Pirates 10 – 3 Villanueva (6-0) Kuwata (0-1) 14,455 48-34 83 July 3 @ Pirates 6 – 2 Youman (1-0) Gallardo (1-1) 25,416 48-35 84 July 4 @ Pirates 5 – 3 Snell (7-5) Vargas (6-2) Capps (8) 35,878 48-36 85 July 5 @ Pirates 6 – 3 Gorzelanny (9-4) Sheets (10-4) Capps (9) 15,134 48-37 86 July 6 @ Nationals 6 – 2 Bush (7-7) Bacsik (2-6) 18,961 49-37 87 July 7 @ Nationals 5 – 4 Simontacchi (6-6) Suppan (8-8) C. Cordero (15) 24,774 49-38 88 July 8 @ Nationals 7 – 2 Redding (1-1) Capuano (5-6) 20,637 49-39 89 July 13 Rockies 10 – 6 Francis (9-5) Villanueva (6-1) 37,690 49-40 90 July 14 Rockies 2 – 1 (10) Turnbow (2-3) Hawkins (0-4) 42,559 50-40 91 July 15 Rockies 4 – 3 Wise (3-1) Affeldt (4-2) Cordero (28) 42,754 51-40 92 July 16 D-backs 4 – 3 Bush (8-7) Owings (5-5) Cordero (29) 36,381 52-40 93 July 17 D-backs 3 – 2 Vargas (7-2) Petit (1-2) Cordero (30) 32,540 53-40 94 July 18 D-backs 5 – 2 Peña (4-2) Balfour (0-1) Valverde (28) 30,247 53-41 95 July 19 D-backs 10 – 1 Gallardo (2-1) Hernández (5-6) Wise (1) 41,156 54-41 96 July 20 Giants 8 – 4 Lowry (10-7) Villanueva (6-2) 43,121 54-42 97 July 21 Giants 8 – 0 Lincecum (5-2) Bush (8-8) 43,180 54-43 98 July 22 Giants 7 – 5 Vargas (8-2) Zito (7-10) Cordero (31) 42,554 55-43 99 July 23 @ Reds 2 – 1 (12) Burton (1-1) Balfour (0-2) 23,489 55-44 100 July 24 @ Reds 5 – 3 Gallardo (3-1) Belisle (5-7) Cordero (32) 18,284 56-44 101 July 25 @ Reds 7 – 3 Lohse (6-12) Suppan (8-9) Weathers (20) 30,976 56-45 102 July 26 @ Reds 6 – 5 (10) Burton (2-1) Cordero (0-3) 24,170 56-46 103 July 27 @ Cardinals 12 – 2 Vargas (9-2) Maroth (0-4) 45,137 57-46 104 July 28 @ Cardinals 7 – 6 Springer (5-1) Cordero (0-4) 45,089 57-47 105 July 28 @ Cardinals 5 – 2 Reyes (1-10) Capuano (5-7) Isringhausen (20) 45,829 57-48 106 July 29 @ Cardinals 9 – 5 Franklin (4-0) Turnbow (2-4) 44,854 57-49 107 July 31 Mets 4 – 2 (13) Bush (9-8) Sele (3-1) 41,790 58-49
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 Mets 8 – 5 Pérez (10-7) Vargas (9-3) Wagner (25) 42,058 58-50 109 August 2 Mets 12 – 4 Lawrence (1-0) Capuano (5-8) 41,704 58-51 110 August 3 Phillies 2 – 1 Gallardo (4-1) Kendrick (5-2) Cordero (33) 39,483 59-51 111 August 4 Phillies 6 – 5 Turnbow (3-4) Gordon (1-2) Cordero (34) 42,126 60-51 112 August 5 Phillies 8 – 6 (11) Myers (2-3) Parra (0-1) Mesa (1) 43,716 60-52 113 August 6 @ Rockies 6 – 2 Fogg (6-7) Vargas (9-4) 29,555 60-53 114 August 7 @ Rockies 11 – 4 Hirsh (5-7) Capuano (5-9) 30,280 60-54 115 August 8 @ Rockies 19 – 4 Francis (13-5) Gallardo (4-2) 26,613 60-55 116 August 10 @ Astros 5 – 4 (11) Spurling (2-1) Moehler (1-4) Cordero (35) 40,211 61-55 117 August 11 @ Astros 7 – 4 Linebrink (4-3) Lidge (3-2) Cordero (36) 41,461 62-55 118 August 12 @ Astros 6 – 4 McLemore (2-0) Villanueva (6-3) Lidge (8) 43,578 62-56 119 August 14 Cardinals 12 – 4 Wells (6-13) Capuano (5-10) 37,518 62-57 120 August 15 Cardinals 8 – 3 Piñeiro (3-2) Gallardo (4-3) 33,404 62-58 121 August 16 Cardinals 8 – 0 Wainwright (11-9) Bush (9-9) 36,062 62-59 122 August 17 Reds 8 – 3 Arroyo (6-13) Suppan (8-10) 41,008 62-60 123 August 18 Reds 8 – 4 Vargas (10-4) Ramírez (0-1) 43,087 63-60 124 August 19 Reds 7 – 6 Bray (2-0) Linebrink (4-4) Weathers (25) 42,398 63-61 125 August 20 @ D-backs 9 – 0 Gallardo (5-3) Davis (10-11) Villanueva (1) 26,900 64-61 126 August 21 @ D-backs 7 – 4 Bush (10-9) Hernández (9-8) Cordero (37) 27,784 65-61 127 August 22 @ D-backs 3 – 2 Webb (14-8) Suppan (8-11) Valverde (37) 31,720 65-62 128 August 24 @ Giants 11 – 6 Lowry (14-5) Capuano (5-11) 37,583 65-63 129 August 25 @ Giants 6 – 2 Correia (2-6) Gallardo (5-4) Wilson (2) 39,069 65-64 130 August 26 @ Giants 5 – 4 Kline (1-2) Linebrink (4-5) Hennessey (14) 40,997 65-65 131 August 28 @ Cubs 5 – 3 Hill (8-7) Linebrink (4-6) Dempster (22) 40,884 65-66 132 August 29 @ Cubs 6 – 1 Sheets (11-4) Zambrano (14-11) 40,512 66-66 133 August 30 @ Cubs 5 – 4 Mármol (4-1) Capuano (5-12) Dempster (23) 40,790 66-67 134 August 31 Pirates 3 – 2 Gallardo (6-4) Armas (2-5) Cordero (38) 35,689 67-67
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 Pirates 12 – 3 Bush (11-9) Youman (3-5) 34,190 68-67 136 September 2 Pirates 7 – 4 Suppan (9-11) Osoria (0-1) Cordero (39) 39,339 69-67 137 September 3 Astros 9 – 7 Borkowski (4-3) Aquino (0-1) Qualls (4) 31,226 69-68 138 September 4 Astros 5 – 3 Villanueva (7-3) Backe (0-1) Cordero (40) 25,854 70-68 139 September 5 Astros 14 – 2 Gallardo (7-4) Albers (4-7) 28,988 71-68 140 September 7 @ Reds 11 – 4 Arroyo (8-14) Bush (11-10) 21,006 71-69 141 September 8 @ Reds 4 – 3 Turnbow (4-4) Weathers (2-5) Cordero (41) 22,758 72-69 142 September 9 @ Reds 10 – 5 Sheets (12-4) Dumatrait (0-4) 21,534 73-69 143 September 10 @ Pirates 9 – 0 Armas (4-5) Villanueva (7-4) 13,683 73-70 144 September 11 @ Pirates 6 – 1 Gallardo (8-4) Bullington (0-2) 11,962 74-70 145 September 12 @ Pirates 7 – 4 Grabow (3-1) Turnbow (4-5) Capps (16) 10,566 74-71 146 September 14 Reds 6 – 5 Shearn (3-0) Sheets (12-5) Bray (1) 42,944 74-72 147 September 15 Reds 5 – 3 Suppan (10-11) Saarloos (1-5) Cordero (42) 40,710 75-72 148 September 16 Reds 5 – 2 Villanueva (8-4) Belisle (8-9) Cordero (43) 31,150 76-72 149 September 17 @ Astros 6 – 0 Gallardo (9-4) Albers (4-9) 32,578 77-72 150 September 18 @ Astros 9 – 1 Vargas (11-4) Paulino (0-1) 32,866 78-72 151 September 19 @ Astros 5 – 4 (10) Lidge (5-2) Wise (3-2) 36,981 78-73 152 September 20 @ Braves 3 – 1 Bennett (1-0) Suppan (10-12) Soriano (8) 26,595 78-74 153 September 21 @ Braves 4 -1 Linebrink (5-6) T. Hudson (16-9) F. Cordero (44) 34,401 79-74 154 September 22 @ Braves 4 – 3 (11) Devine (1-0) McClung (0-1) 42,378 79-75 155 September 23 @ Braves 7 – 4 Acosta (1-1) Vargas (11-5) Soriano (9) 44,088 79-76 156 September 24 Cardinals 13 – 5 Bush (12-10) Wainwright (13-12) 40,908 80-76 157 September 25 Cardinals 9 – 1 Suppan (11-12) Looper (12-12) 32,329 81-76 158 September 26 Cardinals 7 – 3 Thompson (8-6) Villanueva (8-5) 32,411 81-77 159 September 27 Padres 9 – 5 Thatcher (2-1) Gallardo (9-5) 34,918 81-78 160 September 28 Padres 6 – 3 Maddux (14-11) Vargas (11-6) Hoffman (42) 38,135 81-79 161 September 29 Padres 4 – 3 (11) Stetter (1-0) Thatcher (2-2) 40,946 82-79 162 September 30 Padres 11 – 6 Suppan (12-12) Tomko (4-12) 42,415 83-79
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Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Andrew Benson	2	0	1	0	9.11	1
Elmer Dessens	12	1	1	0	6.60	12

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Frank Kremblas
AA	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Don Money
A	Brevard County Manatees	Florida State League	John Tamargo
A	West Virginia Power	South Atlantic League	Mike Guerrero
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Charlie Greene
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Jeff Isom

References

• Game Logs:

1st Half: Milwaukee Brewers Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Milwaukee Brewers Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Milwaukee Brewers Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

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