“I hate (the short porch) but you can’t change it,” said pitcher Villanueva
“You play the park,” said Manager Yost. “That’s the way the stadium plays. You’ve got to keep the ball down.
“(Villanueva) couldn’t keep the ball down. In this ballpark, that’s a death sentence.” He added (about the homeruns): “All three pitches, none of them were any good.”
Centerfielder Cameron said “ We weren’t expecting them to go deep three times [in a row]. That’s what this ballpark is conducive to.”
Brewers recap guy quibbles,
None of Houston’s three homers in the sixth inning were particularly towering shots. Lee’s was the longest at 378 feet, Tejada’s traveled 365 feet and Berkman’s just 347 feet.
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Ortiz is reporting Wandy pushed back
He will not throw a simulated game at least until Monday.
“The doctor told me that I have to rest more,” Rodriguez said late Friday night. “I still feel the pain. He said I have inflammation in there and that it’s like tendonitis.”
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Cooper “There’s a possibility that we could move everybody up one day, because Wandy was actually scheduled to go Tuesday or Wednesday and maybe even Thursday. We probably wouldn’t need a guy until Friday if he’s not able to go.”
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Still no curveball
“My curveball still ain’t there all the time,” Oswalt said. “I threw some good sliders.”
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