Fielder's 3 HRs lead Brewers over Pirates
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09/27/2011 - Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Prince Fielder hit three home runs for the first time in his career, including the tie-breaking two-run blast in the seventh, to power the Brewers to a 6-4 victory over the Pirates.
Fielder had a pair of two-run homers and a solo shot as the Brewers won for the 10th time in 14 games and continued to fight with Arizona for home field advantage for the first round of the playoffs.
LaTroy Hawkins (3-1) work a scoreless inning of relief to earn the win. Randy Wolf started the game for Milwaukee and allowed four runs on nine hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings.
John Axford tossed a perfect ninth to earn his 46th save of the year.
Jared Hughes (0-1) gave up Fielder's third home run in the seventh inning to take the loss. Ross Ohlendorf allowed four runs on five hits and three walks through a five-inning start for Pittsburgh.
Alex Presley had two hits and an RBI for the Pirates, losers in two of their past three contests.
Neil Walker led off the second inning with a ground-rule double over the right field wall and crossed the plate two batters later on Matt Pagnozzi's bloop single to shallow right.
Fielder and Rickie Weeks hit back-to-back, mammoth solo home runs in the third inning to put the Brewers ahead 2-1. Fielder's blast went an estimated 453 feet into the seats in right-center field and Weeks' shot bounced high off the glass of the luxury seats in left for an estimated 470 feet.
After Ronny Cedeno's ground-rule double in the fifth, Ohlendorf faked a bunt and then pulled his bat back and slapped a base hit up the middle to score Cedeno. Ohlendorf later came home on a Josh Harrison single to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead.
The Brewers took the lead right back in the bottom half of the fifth on a Fielder two-run homer to dead center field. Braun walked prior to Fielder's 37th home run of the year.
But Presley's bases-loaded walk in the sixth pushed Walker across the plate to tie the game at four.
With a runner on first in the seventh, Fielder pulled a ball over the right- field wall for his third home run of the game, putting the Brewers ahead for good.
Game Notes
Fielder and Weeks' homers in the third inning was the seventh time the Brewers hit back-to-back home runs this season...It was Fielder's 22nd career multi home run game...The Brewers improved to 56-24 at home this season...The Pirates fell to 36-44 on the road...Milwaukee is 11-3 against Pittsburgh this season, including a 7-1 mark at Miller Park.
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Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa
Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.
Should be in:
Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?
Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.
Work left to do:
Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.
Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.
Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.
Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.
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