Oct 4, 2008 11:56 pm US/Eastern
Bush Leads Brewers Over Phillies 4-1
MILWAUKEE (AP) ―
J.J. Hardy and the Milwaukee Brewers did just enough to
keep their postseason alive for another day.
Back home at Miller Park,
the Brewers got three hits from Hardy and a sharp outing from Dave Bush to beat
the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 Saturday night and stave off elimination in the
NL division series.
Prince Fielder and Ryan
Braun each had a sacrifice fly for Milwaukee,
making its first trip to the postseason since 1982. Hardy and Jason Kendall added RBI singles.
After CC Sabathia and
Yovani Gallardo flopped in Philly, Bush allowed one run in 5 1-3 innings to
help send the best-of-five series to a fourth game on Sunday.
Three relievers stymied
the Phillies before Salomon Torres worked a rocky ninth inning for the save. Philadelphia loaded the bases
with no outs and Pedro Feliz hit a double-play grounder to shortstop that
appeared to drive in Ryan Howard.
But Shane Victorino,
who hit a grand slam off Sabathia in Game 2, was called for interference when
he didn't slide into second. The runners
were sent back to second and third, and Carlos Ruiz tapped back to Torres to
end the game.
Jeff Suppan will start
for Milwaukee
on Sunday. The Phillies did not announce a Game 4 starter before Saturday's
game but are expected to send Joe Blanton to the mound.
The Brewers managed
just three runs and seven hits as the Phillies won the first two games
convincingly. But Milwaukee showed some patience
at the plate in Game 3 that was noticeably lacking in Philadelphia.
Mike Cameron and Bill Hall,
two free-swinging Brewers, walked with no outs in the first against Jamie
Moyer, known for his control. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch before
Fielder hit a sacrifice fly to right with one out.
Hardy followed with a
run-scoring single to give Milwaukee
a 2-0 lead.
Bush (1-0) allowed the
leadoff hitter to reach in four of the first six innings but managed to wiggle
out of trouble. He left with one out and a runner on third in the sixth, and
Howard hit a run-scoring groundout off Mitch Stetter.
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