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• Ned Yost
• Manny Parra
• Guillermo Mota

Juan Pierre had a chance to play hero in Tuesday's game.  It was a prime chance too.  He had a struggling Eric Gagne on the mound who was trying to prove he deserved the closer role back.  He had the tying run at second and two outs.   Instead, Pierre popped out to end the game and Gagne got the hero title for escaping a ninth inning jam.  Pierre got another chance to be the hero for the Dodger blue.  This time he made sure the closer got a blown save.  Only, it was not Gagne who blew the save.  It was Guillermo Mota.  The Dodgers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 6-4 comeback win over the Brewers at Miller Park.

"We know in the bullpen, we have a situation where you have to be ready for any situation," Mota explained.  "So, I just do my job.  I didn't do it tonight."

Click here to hear more about what Mota had to say about the loss.

Gagne had thrown 60 pitches in three innings in two days so Mota was entrusted to protect a 4-3 Brewers' lead in the ninth.  His path towards the goat of the game started when he walked pinch hitter Delwyn Young.  Andre Ethier then ripped a single to right that put the tying run at third.  Pierre then came to the plate much like he did the night before, only the tying run was at third and it was just one out.  Pierre got the hit he failed to come up with the night before.  He popped a double to the gap in left center that easily scored Young and Ethier dashed like a madman around the base path to plate the go ahead run.

"In that situation, I was trying to get something in the air, you know deep enough to score," Pierre said about his game-winning hit.  "Hit it where they ain't and the rest is history I guess."

Mota (1-2) picked up his first blown save and it is the second time he blew a game this season.  Pierre went 3-5 with a double, two singles, three RBI and a run.

The Brewers put themselves in the tight spot when starter Manny Parra just could not get out of the seventh.  There were a few times that it looked like Parra would get out of the inning unscathed after he put two on with two outs.  He looked like he got the out to escape the jam but Prince Fielder bobbled Mark Sweeney's grounder which allowed Blake DeWitt to score.  Parra almost got out of the inning again but Ryan Braun's diving attempt at Pierre's bloop hit fell just short which plated another Dodger run.  Reliever David Riske came in to preserve the Brewers 4-3 lead as he fanned Andruw Jones.  

It was a shame that Parra could not get a win for his efforts.  Parra pitched a pretty good ballgame.  His fastball had good movement, he was on the attack and he pitched with a much faster pace.  The game got to the seventh inning in just under two hours.  Parra's pace resembled Ben Sheets as Manny wasted no time on the mound motoring through the Dodgers lineup. 

"Manny just was a totally different person on that mound," Brewers manager Ned Yost thought.  "He's been making strides every time he's out.  Tonight, was a big stride for him.  He attacked tonight."

Click here to hear more about what Yost said about the loss.

Parra's command was particularly sharp as 64 of his 101 pitches went for strikes.  It was the first time all season that Parra went to the mound beyond the sixth inning.  He pitched 6 2/3 innings, gave up just one earned run, allowed seven hits and struck out four.  Parra did give up a home run to Blake DeWitt in the fifth.  Parra made it five in a row for the Brewers rotation in quality starts. 

"I took what happened last game and learned from it as far as knowing that I don't have to be perfect," Parra stated.  "I can go out there and get ahead of them and not think about results so much.  Just kind of focus on what I'm supposed to do and what I can control."

Click here to hear more about what Parra had to say about his performance.

Parra was not only a Dodger killer on the mound but he also gashed L.A. at the plate.  Parra hit a two-out single in the bottom of the second that plated two runs.  Jason Kendall followed with a RBI single of his own that spotted the Crew an early 3-0 lead. 

Dodgers' starter Derek Lowe would not allow another Brewers' base runner until the sixth as he retired ten in a row. The Brewers were able to add one more on Lowe in the sixth on Corey Hart's RBI single. 

The Dodger starter went six innings, allowed four runs, six hits, walked three, and struck out six.

The Crew went scoreless the rest of the way.  Takashi Saito got three quick outs in the bottom of the ninth to pick up his sixth save.  Jonathan Broxton (2-1) got two outs in the eighth as he was awarded the win.

Ryan Braun's recent surge at the plate and Eric Gagne's situation has taken up most of the Brewers' headline's attention.  All the while, Corey Hart's numbers have gone mostly overlooked.  In case you missed it, Corey Hart is batting above .300 and he kept his hit parade moving along as he went 2-4 with two singles, a stolen base, a run and a RBI. 

The Dodgers are now 20-19 on the season.  The Brewers win streak was a short lived one at three.  The Crew are also an even 20-20.  Ben Sheets (4-0, 2.53 ERA) will pitch the finale for the Crew while the Dodgers send Chad Billingsley (2-5, 4.89 ERA) to the mound.

Note

Riske had to leave the game in the eighth with a hyper-extended right elbow.  Team physician Dr. William Raasch will examine Riske on Thursday.