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Right-hander Dave Bush is scheduled to pitch the second game of
today's day-night doubleheader for the Brewers in Boston. He
allowed one run in six innings to pick up his first win of the
season on Monday. Bush struck out just one batter and walked two in
his last start. While his rotation spot is secure for now, he will
need to continue to have outings like this if he wants to keep
it.
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Milwaukee second baseman Rickie Weeks has scored 31 runs and stolen
seven bases, both team highs, but he is batting just .187 with a
.315 on-base percentage as the Brewers' lead-off hitter this
season. His 30 strikeouts in 184 total plate appearances translate
into one strikeout every six plate appearances.
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Role player Joe Dillon will get the start as the Brewers'
designated hitter today in the first game of a day-night
doubleheader in Boston. Although Dillon is only batting .250 and
doesn't have any home runs or RBI, he has posted at least one hit
in all three game in which he has received more than one
at-bat.
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Milwaukee Brewers lefty Chris Capuano (elbow) underwent successful
Tommy John surgery on Thursday, his second such operation since
2002. A former NL All-Star, Cappy will face a tough rehabilitation
period that should take at least one year. His future in Milwaukee
remains questionable.
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The Brewers recalled left-hander Zach Jackson from Triple A
Nashville on Friday. He began the season in the Sounds' starting
rotation, going 1-3 with an 8.89 ERA in five starts. He was moved
to the bullpen and compiled a 2.92 ERA in five appearances to lower
his overall ERA to 6.48. He spent all of 2007 in Nashville after
making seven starts and one relief appearance for the Brewers in
2006 where he was 2-2 with a 5.40 ERA.
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Left-handed reliever Mitch Stetter pitched his way back to
Nashville after walking eight of the last 12 batters he faced over
three appearances. Stetter, who had been serving as the second
lefty out of the bullpen, was 1-1 with a 3.09 ERA in 13
appearances.
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