Brewers stay hot behind Braun and Hardy

Ryan Braun is the Hero of the Night

J-Mo posted 7/25/2008 from mvn.com

In a season that is starting to look more and more special each day, it seems there’s a new hero each day as well. The last couple of days it has been Bill Hall and Thursday night was Ryan Braun’s turn. With the Brewers trailing 3-2 in the ninth, Braun came up to bat with JJ Hardy on first. Braun launched a Ryan Franklin pitch into deep left-center to give the Brewers a 4-3 lead.

Braun's 4 hits, HR in 9th lift Brewers (AP)

STLSportsMag found this 7/25/2008 on sports.yahoo.com

Ryan Braun had four hits for a second straight game, including a two-run homer in the ninth, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Thursday night, their eighth straight victory. The Brewers rallied from a 3-1 deficit to ...

MLB: Cardinals Get Swept and Now Sit Four Games Behind Cubs

jl3 posted 7/25/2008 from ballhype.com

If you're a St. Louis Cardinals fan you have to be sick at what is going on in the bullpen these days.  With an opportunity to gain ground on the Chicago Cubs, the Cards instead get swept by the visiting Milwaukee Brewers and fall four games back. St. Louis has gone into the later innings with the lead more times than any other team in baseball and has now blown 24 save opportunities, ...

Notes: Melvin dispels Sherrill trade rumors

Big League Stew found this 7/25/2008 on www.jsonline.com

GM loath to give up more top prospects By TOM HAUDRICOURT and ANTHONY WITRADO thaudricourt@journalsentinel.com Posted: July 24, 2008 Many national reports have mentioned the Milwaukee Brewers as one of the clubs interested in trading for Baltimore ...

This Week’s MLB Transactions

Peter@BaseballReflections posted 7/25/2008 from baseballreflections.com

7/20/08 The Milwaukee Brewers acquired 2B Ray Durham from San Francisco Giants for OF Darren Ford and LHP Steve Hammond. 7/22/08 The Houston Astros acquired LHP Randy Wolf from the San Diego Padres for RHP Chad Reineke. The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired set up man/closer Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals for 2B Emilio Bonifacio. …and the week isn’t