Milwaukee Brewers Do It To The Pittsburgh Pirates, 1-0

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (09/20/2014) [Sports] – Exciting win for the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, September 20, 2014. In a game that saw Matt Garza and Ron Roenicke get ejected, after Garza hit Andrew McCutchen with a pitch, twice, the Brewers got an important win. Thanks to a sacrifice fly in the ninth by Logan Schafer, the one run win pulls The Brewers within 3 1/2 games of the Bucs for the second NL Wild Card spot.

Garza was practicing excellent damage control before his night was cut short. He stranded a runner in each of the four full innings he pitched, including McCutchen at first base in the third inning after a first-pitch fastball struck McCutchen in the left arm with two outs. When Pirates pitcher Edinson Volquez buzzed Braun in the next half-inning, home-plate umpire Marty Foster issued warnings to both benches.

So when Garza struck McCutchen in the fifth, again with two outs, this time on a 1-2 count, Foster ejected Garza immediately. By rule, Roenicke was tossed, too.

Marco Estrada took over for Garza and continued the shutout Garza had started. In 4 2/3 scoreless innings, Garza scattered three hits and two walks, with six strikeouts.

 

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