Despite winning only 5 games this month and blowing a 5 1/2 game lead in the Wild Card, the Brewers enter the final week of the regular season with an outside chance at making the playoffs. They trail the Mets by 1 1/2 games, who start a 4-game series at home tonight against the cubbies. The Mets will then close their season by hosting the Marlins for 3 games.
Meanwhile, Milwaukee will play the Pirates and the cubs at home to end their season. The Brewers are coming off of a 2-8 road trip, but won yesterday 8-1 against the Reds. Prince Fielder is pretty much carrying the team on his back. After hitting .228 with 6 HRs and 20 RBIs in the entire month of August, Fielder is hitting .319 in September, with 5 HRs and 17 RBIs.
But the Brewers are going to need contributions from other players, especially the starting rotation, if they want to make the playoffs. The last time a starter picked up a win was back on September 6, when Ben Sheets beat the Padres 1-0. Sheets is probably lost for the rest of the season, CC Sabathia and Jeff Suppan have had to make starts on shortened rest, and Dave Bush, Manny Parra, and Seth McClung have been ineffective (to put it nicely).
It's an exciting time overall for baseball fans. Going into tonight, only 3 teams have clinched playoff berths, and there are exciting races yet to be determined in the AL and NL. The playoffs remain a possibility for the Milwaukee Brewers, but time is running out. An entire season comes down to the final week, and 6 games will determine the fate of the 2008 Brewers.
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Gallardo may make a start Thursday, 4 months after tearing his ACL. Ben Sheets pussies out with "soreness." Shoot him like a horse.
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People should read this.
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