Thur. Final: Brewers 8, Blue Jays 7

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Thur. Final: Brewers 8, Blue Jays 7

By Kyle Dlabay

Next game: Friday, June 20 vs. Baltimore
Brewers Gameday with the Jockey Pregame Show at 6:30 p.m., followed by Brewers Extra Innings after the game on 620WTMJ

Postgame Audio:
 
Ned Yost
Dave Bush
 Prince Fielder
 Russell Branyan
 Corey Hart
 David Riske

Brewers starting pitcher Dave Bush was pitching very, very well as they say through seven innings.  But in the eighth inning, former Brewer Lyle Overbay broke up Bush's no-hitter with a triple to left field.  Ryan Braun dived for the ball but came up short.  Bush pitched eight innings and gave up just one run to pick up the win.  The Brewers gave Bush plenty of run support as the Crew finished off the sweep of Toronto with what turned out to be a little too close 8-7 win at Miller Park Thursday afternoon.

"I was a little bit dissapointed in the way it came out but it felt good out there," Bush said. "It was exciting and with the offense we put together today gave me a nice comfortable lead.  Kind of just let me go out and do my thing."

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

Bush had retired the first 15 batters he faced when he walked Greg Zaun to lead off the sixth innings.  The former Blue Jay struck out two and walked one in his best start of the season.

"I wasn't actively thinking about it every pitch but at the same time I was aware of the situation," Bush said. "So, I guess it comes into play a little bit but not something I was thinking about every time I stepped on the rubber."

Overbay and Bush were traded for each other back in 2005 when they Brewers acquired Bush from the Blue Jays.

"Somebody had to do it," Overbay said. "(Scott) Rolen had a nice shot there that (Gabe) Kapler ran down and that's the last thing you want to get is no-hit."

Kapler made a nice play to keep the no-hitter in tact in center field on a hard hit ball by Rolen in the seventh inning.

The Brewers bullpen made it interesting in the ninth inning as Tim Dillard and David Riske gave up six runs in the frame.  Overbay hit a two-run home run against Dillard for the first two runs of the inning.  After a single and two walks, Joe Inglett hit a grand slam against Riske to pull the Blue Jays within one run but that would be as close as Toronto would get. 

"I fell behind and then I tried to throw strikes instead of just being aggressive and pitch how I always pitch," Riske said. "That's what got me in trouble.  I wasn't as aggressive with that pitch and he hit it."

Click here to hear more about what Riske had to say about his first game back from DL.

Salomon Torres was called upon to get the last out of the game and gave up an infield hit to Rod Barajas.  Torres then struck out Matt Stairs to end the game and pick up his tenth save of the year.

"I got a little nervous when Barajas beat out the infield hit," said Brewers manager Ned Yost. "But, I knew that I had Torres out there and that we'd be in pretty good shape."

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

For the second straight year, Prince Fielder hit an inside-the-park home run.  This time, Fielder smashed the ball to right field in the fifth inning and the ball got stuck under the outfield wall but was still visible.  Blue Jays right fielder Alex Rios threw his hands in the air but the ball was still live and Fielder jogged home to make it 7-0 Milwaukee.  Fielder thought it was weirdest home run he has ever yet.

"It was the weirdest but I'll take however many I can get like that," Fielder said.  "I'm just glad to get them any way I can."

Click here to hear more about what Fielder said about the victory.

Fielder hit an inside-the-park home run last year against the Twins at the Metrodome on June 17.  Earlier this month, Corey Hart hit one against the Diamondbacks at Miller Park.

Russell Branyan went long again as he hit a three-run homer in the third inning to give the 6-0 lead in the third inning.  Branyan has now homered in three straight games and four times in the last five games.  The Brewers slugger tweaked his stance a bit from past seasons by holding his hands lower and by having an open stance.

"Me giving myself a better chance of seeing the ball and reacting to the ball and I just feel a lot more relaxed at the plate," Branyan said.

Click here to hear more about what Branyan had to say about the win.

Hart got the scoring going for the Brewers in the bottom of the first inning with a two-out two-run double to center field that scored Braun and Fielder.  In the second, the Brewers came up with another two-out RBI when J.J. Hardy doubled home Jason Kendall to make it 3-0 Brewers.  Kendall plated Gabe Kapler with a double for the last Brewers run of the game in the fifth inning.  Fielder, Hart and Kendall each had two hits for the Brewers.

Click here to hear what Hart said about the victory.

Blue Jays started A.J. Burnett threw five innings and gave up eight hits and eight runs to get charged with the loss.  Overbay and Rios each picked up two hits for Toronto.

The Brewers finish their interleague homestand with a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles starting Friday night at Miller Park.  Jeff Suppan (4-4, 3.68) starts for Milwaukee against Radhames Liz (1-0, 4.32) for the Orioles.

Notes: Brewers center fielder Mike Cameron was scratched from the lineup with a hyperextended right big toe.  Cameron injured his toe when he scored standing up on a sacrifice bunt by Ben Sheets in Tuesday's game.  Brewers starting pitchers now have 18 quality starts in the last 22 games including seven straight.

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