Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Welke, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Andy Fletcher
Attendance:
41976
By SportsDirect Inc.
Carlos Gomez smacked a three-run homer, one of three hit by the Milwaukee Brewers in a 7-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday that clinched home field in the first round of the playoffs.
Zack Greinke (16-6) limited the Pirates to two runs in six innings to finish 11-0 at home.
Corey Hart and Jonathan Lucroy belted solo homers for Milwaukee, which finished a major league-best 57-24 at home.
The Brewers will play the Arizona Diamondbacks in a National League Division Series beginning Saturday.
Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun went 0-for-4 and came up five points short of the New York Mets' Jose Reyes (.337) in his bid to win the league batting title.
Gomez's three-run blast in the fifth off Jeff Locke (0-3) gave the Brewers a 5-1 cushion. It was a career-high eighth homer for Gomez.
That was more than enough for Greinke, who became only the eighth pitcher since 1946 to notch at least 11 home wins without a loss.
Locke was tagged for five runs over four innings in his fourth career start as Pittsburgh fell to 4-38 in the last five seasons in Milwaukee and wrapped up its 19th consecutive losing season to increase its North American major sports franchise record.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh |
|
Milwaukee |
Jeff Locke
|
Player |
Zack Greinke
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
4.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
3 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
5 |
Hits |
5 |
11.25 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Pittsburgh
|
6 |
0 |
9 |
.182 |
11 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Milwaukee
|
7 |
3 |
17 |
.241 |
11 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |