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Tuesday, April 29, 1997
Brewers end Rangers' five-game win streak
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Marc Newfield tied his career high with four
runs batted in and Dave Nilsson hit a three-run homer Wednesday
as Milwaukee routed Texas 14-8, snapping the Rangers five-game
winning streak.
Milwaukee scored five runs in the first inning and added four
each in the second and third innings to open a 13-2 lead. The
Brewers had 12 hits in the first three innings, including six
doubles. Milwaukee has won three straight following a six-game
losing streak.
Ben McDonald (3-2) allowed seven runs, four earned, on eight
hits in 5 2-3 innings, but was chased during a five-run Texas
sixth.
The Brewers knocked out Rangers starter Darren Oliver (1-2)
in the first inning with the aid of four unearned runs.
Milwaukee loaded the bases with one out, sandwiching two walks
around Jeff Cirillo's double. Matt Mieske bounced a tailor-made
double-play ball to third, but second baseman Mark McLemore dropped
the throw as Mark Loretta scored from third on the play.
Newfield's RBI fielder's made it 2-0. Gerald Williams followed
with an RBI double and Eddie Diaz doubled home the final two runs.
Oliver allowed five runs, one earned, on three hits with two
walks in two-thirds of an inning.
Newfield drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double to
cap the four-run second. Nilsson's fourth homer, a 438-foot shot
to right, keyed the four-run third.
The Rangers scored five runs in the sixth on a two-run error
by first baseman Tim Unroe, Damon Buford's RBI fielder's choice
and a RBI single by Billy Ripken and McLemore.
Texas scored in the first on Rusty Greer's RBI single and added
a run in the second on Buford's RBI double. Send a Letter to
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