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Brewers 6, Mariners 5
\nBrewers now 70-50 (1st by 5.0 games)
\nBox Score<\/a> | Season Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n

\"1982<\/a>
The Brewers are struggling without Rollie Fingers, who is not In Action.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SEATTLE — The Brewers have blown a couple of leads of late as they struggle to figure out how to cope without All-Star closer Rollie Fingers<\/a>. Today, it nearly happened again.<\/p>\n

The last time these two teams met in Seattle, the Brewers were reeling. Milwaukee had fallen to seven games out of first place and manager Buck Rodgers<\/a> was replaced with Harvey Kuenn<\/a>. So much has changed since then.<\/p>\n

Of course, one of those changes is the health of Fingers. Starting pitcher Mike Caldwell<\/a> and the Brewers were cruising through seven innings. The Brew Crew led 6-2 through seven and a half innings, and Caldwell had allowed only five hits. Then he ran out of gas.<\/p>\n

The Mariners scored one in the eighth when Julio Cruz<\/a> doubled, stole third and scored on a Dave Elder<\/a> sacrifice fly. No big deal, the Mariners just did a good job of manufacturing a run.<\/p>\n

Then Caldwell took the hill for the ninth. Richie Zisk<\/a> doubled to center. Al Cowens<\/a> doubled to right, scoring Zisk. Gary Gray<\/a> singled to left, and suddenly it was 6-4 Brewers with no one out and the tie run on first base.<\/p>\n

Without Rollie Fingers available, the Brewers turned to rookie Pete Ladd<\/a>. Luckily for the Brewers, Big Foot did just fine. He struck out Dave Revering<\/a> looking, and Rick Sweet<\/a> then hit a sacrifice fly to make it a 6-5 game. With the tie run still on first, Manny Castillo<\/a> flied to left and the Brewers breathed a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

Offensively, “Harvey’s Wallbangers” decided to go with a game of small ball. They collected 11 hits, but not one was for extra bases. The Brewers stole two bases and bunted twice, including a Paul Molitor<\/a> safety squeeze to score a run in the sixth. Most importantly, hitting was timely as the Crew scored four of their six runs with two outs.<\/p>\n

It was pleasant to see the offense score without the long ball, and the Brewers gained a game on the Red Sox, who fell 4-3 to the A’s. But the blinking question mark right now is over the bullpen. If Rollie Fingers is out for a significant amount of time, or can’t come back at 100%, can this team survive down the stretch?<\/p>\n

So far, so good. But having won only two of their last six games, wins aren’t nearly as automatic under Kuenn as they once were.<\/p>\n

Game Notes:<\/b> Jamie Easterly<\/a>, scheduled to throw a simulated game tomorrow, will not according to Kuenn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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