Time Running Out on Beloit Ballpark Talks

Photo courtesy of BallparkReviews.com and quotations courtesy of the Beloit Daily News.

The Beloit Daily News reported just before the season started that the Snappers are supposedly nearing a deal that would keep the team in Beloit for the foreseeable future.  "We're to the point now where we are just pushing for the last five or 10 percent of the funding to push the thing through," said Snappers President Dennis Conerton.  "We've had some tremendous support from people in the community that a year ago weren't involved at all."  Midwest League President Dick Nussbaum has been outwardly supportive to the team staying, as anybody in his position would be, but also cautions that this is far from a slam dunk.  A decade-plus of my musings in this blog and false promises and zero progress by the team would also support that theory.  The current Professional Baseball Agreement with Minor League Baseball, which every team signs, ends following the 2020 season.  If the Snappers do not have some sort of concrete plan and funding strategy in place by then, Nussbaum's understanding will quickly turn to taking a new course of action; in other words, looking for the team to sell or move.  To quote Nussbaum: "It's not too late, but time is of the essence."

It's no secret that the Snappers are long overdue for a move or a new stadium.  Every biennium when parent clubs sign their minor league agreements, there is a reason that Beloit is left as the final default choice for whichever MLB team is left - my hometown Little League in South Milwaukee is a better facility than Pohlman Field.  And having one of the smallest markets of all 180 minor league teams in a city that is still experiencing double-digit unemployment only worsens the situation.  Quite frankly just about everything imaginable is working against the Snappers for a new stadium deal and I think at this point a move is the more likely scenario.  Janesville and Rockford would be interesting alternatives.  Janesville has a state university and a much larger metropolitan area (relative to Beloit),and Rockford has an underutilized existing facility in Loves Park that currently houses a failing Northwoods League franchise that is not really within the footprint of the league.  Both places are also not that far from Beloit and could retain that fan base.  We've also seen here in Milwaukee with the summer-collegiate Chinooks and indy league Milkmen that there is an appetite and support for more baseball in the area.  If the Chicago area can support the Kane County Cougars, I'm sure that the Milwaukee-Waukesha metro area could support a minor league team as well.

Time will tell how and where the Snappers will end up, but I've said that many times before.

STANDINGS AND UPCOMING SERIES AS OF 5/3/19:

Brewers 17-16, -4.0; 3 v. Mets, 3 v. Nationals, 3 @ Cubs

Twins 19-10, +3.0; 3 @ Yankees, 3 @ Blue Jays, 4 v. Tigers

2019 GAMES ATTENDED:

Erik - 0

Peter - 5

Milwaukee Milkmen Ballpark Opening Delayed

It was officially announced last week that Routine Field, the new ballpark opening for the new independent American Association's Milwaukee Milkmen, is behind schedule and is now targeting a June 24th home opener.  The Milkmen were supposed to open their home schedule on May 24th.  The team is still expected to participate in the league this season starting on May 16th, but will play all home games in Kokomo, Indiana for the foreseeable future (the Kokomo Jackrabbits of the Northwoods League are of the same ownership group).

This is just the latest in the shady saga of Mike Zimmerman, the CEO of the Milkmen and ROC Ventures, who is also developing Ballpark Commons surrounding the Franklin ballpark.  A development that was originally estimated at $100 million has now swelled to over $180 million due to seemingly arbitrary increases in scope and what Zimmerman is calling "unforeseen development expenses" and "the Foxconn Effect," which is in reference to the large southeastern Wisconsin project siphoning subcontractors, thus contributing to increasing construction costs in the area.  All of this led to Zimmerman requesting an additional $5.2 million from the city in December 2018 - this after already conning the city out of a TIF district, whose economic impact on a blighted exurban area can be are argued to be marginal at best.  Approvals for this project have been contentious from the beginning, with Franklin's own mayor speaking in opposition to certain aspects of the development, including but not limited to a senior housing complex that is also behind schedule.

My family does not live far from this complex, and I drove by it about a month ago only to find they were still setting steel on the ballpark.  I will go on record now that I would bet money the Milkmen will not play a game at Routine Field this year.  Everything that has gone wrong on this project has so far, including a brutal winter which no doubt impacted schedule.  This is yet another example of one of those projects where I struggle between my thoughts as a baseball fan and my thoughts as an architect/citizen.  It's hard not to be excited about a brand new professional baseball team right in my backyard, and for the UW-Milwaukee baseball program to finally have a respectable facility.  But this could also very well bankrupt the city of Franklin and go down as one of the worst examples of the so-called "economic impact" that ballparks can provide.  I won't go off on another diatribe on publicly financing stadiums under the guise of serving as a development anchor.  There are ways to do this successfully - we need not look any further than our own Milwaukee Bucks - but the way that Zimmerman and Franklin have been butting heads since the very beginning, I worry about the ROC's and the city's future.

STANDINGS AND UPCOMING SERIES AS OF 4/22/19:

Brewers 13-10; 3 @ Cardinals, 3 @ Mets, 4 v. Rockies

Twins 12-7; 3 @ Astros, 3 v. Orioles, 4 v. Astros

2019 GAMES ATTENDED:

Erik - 0

Peter - 5

More MLB Rule Changes

Let's talk about the newest set of rule changes released by Major League Baseball about a month ago.  Baseball more than any other sport is steeped in tradition and thus is very polarizing when it comes to the slightest rule change, but for this very same reason, is in major need of modernizing.  Not everybody is going to agree with all of the new rules (myself included), but years from now, we will look back and the vast majority of these rules won't have adversely affected any baseball fan's enjoyment of the game.  Lowering the mound in the 1960s or adding the Designated Hitter in the American League in the 1970s were both very controversial at the time, but are now commonplace in the game.  And you can find this in any sport - mandatory helmets and nets behind the goals in the NHL, for example.  Just as I don't see these rule changes really affecting the hardcore base of MLB fans, I also don't see these measures drawing large amount of fans, which I feel is an unstated goal.  You either like baseball or you don't - reducing the game by 5 minutes or removing defensive shifts isn't going to all of a sudden make somebody love the game.  It's been well documented that NFL games are getting longer and longer every year due to commercials and play stoppages (the 2018 average was 3:12), but you never hear anything about wanting to reduce the length of a game because the NFL is so popular.  Now firmly off of my soapbox, here are the rule changes being implemented starting this season:

2019:

• Between-inning breaks reduce from 2:05 to 2:00.  Whoopee.
• The waiver trade period has been eliminated, which in effect makes July 31st the last day of the season that trades can be made other than those claimed off of outright waivers.  This is largely in response to the Astros picking up Justin Verlander on the last day of August in 2017, and dominating in his 5 starts with the team en route to their eventual World Series Championship.  I think this is a good rule that will force teams to commit to being "in or out" of playoff contention earlier in the year and will thus increase competition late in the year.
• All-Star Voting now culminates in an "Election Day" where fans pick the starters from the top 3 vote-getters at each position.  I like this as it will avoid runaway vote-getters and allows for players who get hot closer to the break to have an even chance.  It gets more fans involved.
• Home Run Derby now has massive payouts to encourage more participants.  There's no reason that Bryce Harper shouldn't be doing this every year, but perhaps after this past offseason even $1 million wouldn't be enough to sway him.
• Mound visits reduced from 6 to 5 per game.  I don't think I've been to or seen a game where all 6 visits were used so not a big deal.

2020:

• Roster provisions - active rosters increase to 26 and September rosters increase to 28.  This essentially eliminates mass September callups.  The goal is to create a level playing field, but really the advantage is to the large market teams that have all of their payroll invested in the 25-man roster.  The small market teams that generally have deeper farm systems will be hurt by this.  Increasing rosters to 26 just makes sense with how pitchers are used today.
• Limits on position players pitching.  Commissioner Manfred thinks this is embarrassing, there's really no other reason for it.
• Perhaps the most controversial of all the rules, there will be a 3-batter minimum on all pitchers starting next year.  Perhaps Wade Miley facing one batter to start a game of the NLCS last year was the final straw.  And somewhere, Tony LaRussa is laughing.
• Injured list moves back up to 15 games from 10.  This is largely in response to teams abusing the IL to cycle through fresh relievers, which I don't see a problem with.  Oh yeah, the DL is now called the "Injured List."  Way to take 150 years to realize that the word "disabled" is insensitive.

There are still way more crazy rules that I think are going to come down the pipeline by the 2021 CBA agreement.  For instance the commissioner seems hell-bent on banning the shift, which is extremely short-sighted.  But despite what you or I may think of any of these rules, they represent something much larger - they mean that the players, owners, and the league office are talking, and anything we can do to avoid a lockout - even if that means a DH in the National League - is a welcome compromise.

STANDINGS AND UPCOMING SERIES AS OF 4/10/19:

Brewers 8-4; 3 @ Dodgers, 3 v. Cardinals, 4 v. Dodgers

Twins 6-3; 3 v. Tigers, 4 v. Blue Jays, 3 @ Orioles

2019 GAMES ATTENDED:

Erik - 0

Peter - 4

Brewers Carry 2018 Magic into Start of 2019 Season

All photos of 2019 Brewers Home Opener available on Flickr.

Last week Thursday was my first regular season game attended in the month of March as the Brewers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in their home opener at Miller Park.  It was the first Brewers home opener victory in 5 years and brings my record up to 5-7 in openers attended.  A forecast in the 50s and a day off of work with no kids spelled an early start to tailgating for me, my wife, my brother, and sister-in-law.  Opening Day is always the best tailgating day to see how over the top some people get with their setups after a long winter of anticipation.  I did not see the usual truck hauling the pay-per-squat Port-a-John, but there was a couple next to us that literally bolted a tent into the ground and brought their own smoker.  With the elaborate smorgasboard they had and their eagerness to talk to all passersby, it was pretty clear they got stood up by some friends but were making the best of it.  Before we let things get too out of hand, we made sure to make it inside in time to see the starting lineups and what we assumed would be the unveiling of the 2018 NL Central Champion banner.  Much to our disappointment, the banner was already displayed and no mention was made about it in any announcement during the game.

After a few years of improvements ranging in scale, this year was more the status quo at Miller Park.  Mr. Attanasio clearly had spent enough money in the offseason renovating the spring training facility and fielding the highest opening day payroll in franchise history to make any substantial improvements to Miller Park, and I don't blame him.  There were a few token concessions additions this year, but the only one worth noting is a switch from Korbel Brandy to Central Standard, a local craft distillery.  Although Wisconsin has a national reputation for cleaning out entire metropolitan area's worth of Korbel for any major road sporting event, it was refreshing to see the switch to support the local distiller to keep up with the craft beer influx in the ballpark over the last few years.  With Double Old Fashioneds in hand, we made our way up to our usual club seats for the game.  We spent about 5 innings in our seats down the RF line, and the remainder of the game amongst the chaos that is the SKYY Lounge.

As I mentioned, the Brewers came away with a 5-4 win on Opening Day.  The Cards got the scoring started in the 2nd with back-to-back homers by two of the most quintessential Cardinals hitters, Kolten Wong and Harrison Bader.  Leave it to St. Louis to have their 7-8 hitters, who would most likely be utility players in 75% of the league, hit bombs.  Moose Tacos got a run back with a jack in the 2nd, and then Christian Yelich picked up right where he left off in the 3rd with a 3-run homer.  Thursday would be his first of 4 consecutive days homering to start the season, which set a franchise record and ties the all-time MLB record.  Pitcher Jhoulys Chacin, unquestionably the ace of the staff last year, pitched into the 6th and added a homerun to boot.  Speaking of players the picked up where they left off, Josh Hader through 21 consecutive fastballs over 2 innings of work to pick up his first dominant save of the season.

The Brewers would go on to take 3 of 4 from the team I think will take 2nd in the division and picked to win the 2nd wild card.  It was not an easy series, but the entire team (with the possible exception of Orlando Arcia) seems to have rekindled the magic they had in September and October last year and brought it into this season.  It was evident the effect that returning the entire starting lineup has on the chemistry and grit of this team.  The weekend left me with 3 major things to watch for the season:
1.  Will Jesus Aguilar approach anything even close to the season he had last year?  My money is on no but I hope he can prove me wrong.  With top prospect 2B Keston Hiura lurking in AAA and Shaw's ability to play 1st, Aguilar may be destined for a platoon role by mid-season.
2.  The young rotation.  I feel pretty good about Burnes and Woodruff in the rotation, I think they'll both take major strides this year.  But I am nervous about Peralta in the rotation.  I don't see how someone who throws 90% fastballs and barely has a usable 2nd pitch can survive in the rotation.  If and when Nelson rejoins the team, I would hope he returns to the bullpen where he is best suited.
3.  Ryan Braun (or whoever hits 3rd in the lineup) needs to step up and have a huge year.  It was already clear even from just these 4 games that Yelich will be getting the Barry Bonds/Bryce Harper treatment all season, so the guy who hits behind him will have to pick up a lot of slack.  Braun had a couple of clutch hits and 4 RBI over the weekend, and you could literally see his astonishment on TV when the Cardinals continually walked Yelich to get to him.  Still maintaining that trademark confidence in his age 35 season, combined with a launch-angle swing overhaul, might give the fans one more exciting vintage Braun season in the twilight of his career.

The 2019 Championship Campaign is off and running!

STANDINGS AND UPCOMING SERIES AS OF 4/1/19:
Brewers 3-1; 3 @ Reds, 3 v. Cubs, 3 @ Angels
Twins 2-1; 2 @ Royals, 3 @ Phillies, 2 @ Mets

2019 GAMES ATTENDED:
Erik - 0
Peter - 4

Hohokam Stadium

All photos of Hohokam Stadium available on Flickr.

Our final stop of the vacation was Hohokam Stadium in Mesa.  It has been the home of the Oakland Athletics since 2015, when then tenant Cubs moved into the brand new Sloan Park nearby.  In true A's fashion, they did a modest remodel, applied green and gold paint, and took over the park that the Cubs deserted.  This is actually the 2nd iteration of Hohokam Stadium and the 2nd time Oakland has called it home.  The original Hohokam operated until 1996 when it was demolished for the new park, and the A's Spring Training operations served as the original tenant from 1977-78.  So all in all, a ballpark that I had thought was one of the oldest in the Cactus League is really less than 25 years old with a recent facelift.  As we found from our visit, although the park does show its age, it still holds up well and has lots of life left in it.

There really is not much of an exterior experience when you arrive.  The main parking lot is off in left field so you have to make an effort to see the front of the stadium if you so choose.  The A's also only have one full practice field adjacent to the site, so there is not much of a complex to experience either without a separate drive.  One of the main reasons the Cubs left for greener pastures was, well, the lack of green pasture.  The minor league fields for Hohokam are actually in Fitch Park, which is about a half-mile south of the stadium.  Although this probably sucks for the players, there are two pros to this.  One is it makes the grounds a lot more intimate.  You can easily walk up to the lone practice field and half-field beyond the center field fence while inside the park and watch practice, which is very convenient.  Most complexes are separate from the main park and cannot be experienced at the same time.  The second nice thing is it forces the Athletics to have to take BP before games in the actual stadium.  The A's are the only team in the Cactus League that takes BP in front of fans rather than on the back fields.  This lends itself to a livelier energy and a lot more fans than you would find at most Cactus League facilities.  We walked in about an hour before first pitch and there were already quite a few people there looking to score autographs or watch Khris Davis mash taters - more on him later.

The entry sequence was very similar to how Warner Park in Madison is set up.  You enter from the corner of the stadium and are immediately inundated with various vendors and food stands.  Hohokam probably had more food and beer options just in the LF corner than Camelback and AmFam had in their entire ballparks.  There was a kettle corn stand, wood-fired pizza, Asian noodles, ice cream, a sausage cart, and a plethora of beer choices which was definitely a welcome surprise.  There were at least a dozen craft beer options in a variety of sizes, most of them located around a very nice picnic area atop the 3rd base grandstand.  Fabric shade canopies, a fake turf surface, and picnic tables were added here as part of the renovation and provide a nice fenced-in area for any fan to gather, and most importantly, for kids to run around in.  

It's funny on how my perspective has changed on ballpark amenities.  Three years ago I would never even bat an eye at a kids zone, and I might have thought this picnic area to be a waste of space and prime seating opportunity.  Now that I have a 1-year old daughter that is running around like a maniac, I really appreciated having an enclosed area where I could watch her but also keep an eye on the action.  I also hated all of the outfield berms the last time I was in Phoenix.  I never understood why they couldn't put a party deck or hard seats in some of these areas.  I now get the value of having an unconfined place for a hyper child while you watch the game.  Incidentally, the outfield area at Hohokam is also quite nice.  As I mentioned it connects in the back to a practice field so it's a very active zone.  There is a concession stand back there, the bullpens, a kids area, as well as the tunnel where players enter the stadium.  The only negative is this tunnel disconnects the outfield from the rest of the park.  We ran into a dead end in right field and had to walk all the way back around.  All of the renovation money looks to have gone into the outfield and social areas and a new scoreboard, because the main grandstand is where the park really dates itself.  It is the style where the concourse is under the grandstand and thus very cramped with no view of the game.  I spent all of two minutes in here to run to the bathroom and it was all I needed to see.  I definitely recommend seats along the 3rd base line for any visitor.  Sitting in the main bleachers in the grandstand would have given me a completely different opinion of the ballpark than where we sat.  Despite its age and shortcomings this park is in my top 3 behind Camelback and Talking Stick.

The Brewers crushed the A's in a split-squad effort, 11-2.  Keston Hiura went 2-3 with two run-scoring hits including another homerun.  He is now fielding an .865 OPS on the spring with 7 RBI.  Orlando Arcia picked up where he left off last postseason with a booming 2-run double.  Brandon Woodruff was the most impressive Brewer pitcher we saw on the trip (although we did not see Josh Hader who has been the usual lights-out).  He got the start and struck out 5 in 3 shutout innings.  Top pitching prospect Zack Brown also tossed 3 hitless innings to earn the hold.  Most impressive was these guys did it against the Athletics' Opening Day lineup.  This game was their 3rd to last of the spring before heading to Japan to begin the season against the Mariners.  The most adrenaline-pumping moment of the game came courtesy of former Brewer Khris Davis.  I was up in the picnic area in the 7th inning with Molly strapped in front of me in the Baby Bjorn, when Davis sent a liner screaming towards us.  I managed to instinctively turn my body at the last second and block the ball with my forearm.  Had I not been paying attention or had the "dad sense" to turn, my daughter surely would have taken one squarely in the face at 95 mph.  I've now got a decent welt and a foul ball to forever remember the (first) time I saved Molly's life.  After my heart rate slowed, baseball just did not seem that interesting anymore and we headed out.

Following this weekend, I now have only Peoria, Surprise, and the aforementioned new Cubs park to visit in the league.  All 3 of these ballparks field Arizona Fall League teams, so I am hoping to someday make it to that for my next trip to Phoenix.

park rankings and statistics: 
aesthetics - 3
views from park - 2 (one of the few parks with no mountain view)
view to field - 9
surrounding area - 5 (about a mile from downtown Mesa and Sloan Park)
food variety - 8
nachos - 7
beer - 9 ("cheapest" and most variety in league)
vendor price - 7
ticket price - 4 ($30 by LF pole)
atmosphere - 8
walk to park - 2
parking price/proximity - 7 (directly adjacent lot $5) 
concourses - 5 (outfield 9, infield 1)
team shop - 2 (tents not a true store)
complex - 6 (disjointed but bonus for having main practice field accessible from stadium)

best food - wood-fired pie 
most unique stadium feature - LF picnic area 
jumbotron - yes
best between-inning feature - me almost dying

field dimensions - 340/410/350 
starters - Brandon Woodruff (MIL) v. Tanner Anderson (OAK)
opponent - Milwaukee Brewers
time of game - 2:54 
attendance - 9007

score - 11-2 L
Brewers score that day - 11-2 W; 5-1 W

REGULAR SEASON OPENING SERIES:
Brewers - 4 v. Cardinals
Twins - 3 v. Indians

American Family Fields of Phoenix

All photos of Scottsdale and American Family Fields of Phoenix available on Flickr.

Our game on Friday was at the newly renovated home of the Brewers, formerly known as Maryvale Baseball Park.  With the move of the Athletics to Mesa a few years ago, the Brewers are now the only team that actually trains in Phoenix proper.  They will remain so for years to come following an extensive $60 million renovation this past offseason, which was funded largely by the team unlike most Spring Training facilities.  The renovation focused mostly on player areas and the entry sequence.  The jewel of the project is a new 2-story buiding that houses team offices, player workout and sport science spaces, locker rooms, ticket office, and team store.  This building also houses new concessions stands on the stadium side of the building and is flanked by a new half-field and agility fields on the parking lot side.  

The things that fans will notice the most is a completely redone parking and entry sequence and the new desert adobe color slapped on pretty much the whole stadium.  Beyond charging $5 now, we found the parking situation to be very frustrating and inconvenient.  It's a very circuitous route to park your car and because of the new office building, it's a tighter footprint.  If there is a silver lining for the parking situation, it forces you to meander past the practice fields on a distinct pathway into the ballpark.  There are some spring training ballparks where you can basically park and enter the stadium and never even see the rest of the complex unless you go out of your way to.  AmFam Field purposely shows off the newly redone complex and we walked by all of the practice fields on our way inside.  We stopped to watch the Brewers catchers entertain spectators with a game of who could throw a ball from homeplate into a net behind 2nd base.  Past that field was the office building, done all in earth tones and reflective glass as per the norm in Phoenix, with an added touch of some cool board-form concrete.  The last portion of the walkway to the park features display areas of the various Brewers retired numbers and a brand new monument sign.  This was the nicest part of the renovation in my opinion.  It provided great wayfinding and many opportunities, and served to delineate a clear main entry.  The grounds really lacked the character of other complexes and this renovation hit a homerun with that portion of the renovation.

Once inside, the most noticeable change is the brise-soleil that was formerly pretty captivating, and now is brown like everything else in the desert.  The Brewers really made a huge mistake in making this building blend in with everything else when they previously had a unique white and blue color scheme.  The area where you used to enter has now been infilled with concession stands, but nothing really stood out at the new stands.  Similarly to Camelback, the concessions were definitely the most disappointing part of the "new" ballpark.  Pretty standard fare and expensive for what it was, including the beer.  How do you overhaul a stadium for a team called the Brewers and not upgrade the craft beer situation?  I was however happy to find the Asian noodle stand that I crushed at just about every park my last time out here.  The new jumbotron and team store, while nice, are really just standard things that fans expect at a ballpark now and were long overdue.  Overall I was not super impressed with the inside portion of the stadium renovations.  Even after widening the concourses they were still a logjam at only 3/4 capacity.  Again I really think painting the shades brown dramatically changes the feel of a park that used to be very light and airy.  I'm sure all of the new player facilities were worth every penny but this park remains near the bottom for Spring Training facilities.  There were a lot of missed opportunities with the vending and the outfield areas in particular that would not cost much money.

From our seats above the Brewers dugout we witnessed a 6-3 victory over the local Diamondbacks.  I was quite impressed with the number of D-Bag fans that showed up on a weekday afternoon when they can already see them pretty much anytime they want.  Rotation-hopeful Freddy Peralta got the nod for the Crew and tossed 3 shutout innings with 3 Ks, but again the bullpen did not look too hot.  Fat Albers continued his 2018 horribleness into this season and gave up a couple of hits in a shaky inning.  Junior Guerra then followed him with a 2-run outing.  Travis Shaw and top propsect Keston Hiura provided team with all the offense they would need on 3 homeruns between them.  This was the first time I actually saw Hiura in person and his quick hands at the plate are definitely as advertised.  I can't wait to see what this kid does on the big league club, hopefully this year.  We were actually about to leave in the 8th and I wanted to see Hiura hit one more time, and sure enough he tagged the first pitched he saw onto the left field berm.  Ryan Braun also decided to join the team today and went 1-3 in his spring debut.  It will be interesting to see how his publicized swing overhaul plays this year at age 35.

Following the game, we spent some time in Old Town Scottsdale near my parents condo.  One more game on Saturday vs. the Athletics!

park rankings and statistics
(updated from 3/28/11):
aesthetics - 5 
views from park - 2 
view to field - 8 
surrounding area - 2 (bad area of town) 
food variety - decreases to 3
nachos - 5
beer - decreases to 2
vendor price - decreases to 3
ticket price - decreases to 8
atmosphere - 4
walk to park - increases to 9
parking proximity - increases to 6 (surprised to see that parking was even more in 2011)
concourses - decreases to 6 (not a fan of the brown paint)
team shop - increases to 9 (two large ones)
complex - increases to 7

best food - Asian noodles (you can find these at every Cactus League park)
most unique stadium feature - brise soleil over concourse
jumbotron - yes
best between-inning feature - Sausage Race

field dimensions - 350/3400/340
starters - Zack Godley (ARZ) v. Freddy Peralta (MIL)
opponent - Arizona Diamondbacks
time of game - 2:39
attendance - 7073
score - 6-3 W
Brewers score that day - 6-3 W