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George Kottaras’ Walk-Off Starts Homestand
The Brewers were down 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth with men on first and second with one out. Cesar Izturis was next up, but Roenicke sends up the red hot George Kottaras to hit for him. George Kottaras stayed on fire ripping a double to left center field. With a play at the plate, Mat Gamel had a phenomenal slide to score the games winning run. How many back-up catchers bat .417 with 3 homers and 8 RBIs with a slugging percentage of 1.250 to start of the season? Not many, but George Kottaras is doing just that. Mat Gamel was a vital part in the victory as well. He hit his first home run on a blast to the Toyota Tundra Territory, went 2-3, stole a base, and scored three runs, the last one being the game winner. This kid has a ton of potential and he showed it last night. Izturis actually went 2-3 as well and drove in Jonathan Lucroy in the second. Norichika Aoki laid down a nice suicide squeeze bunt to score Mat Gamel in the seventh as well.The starters for both teams, Gallardo and Billingsley, were both very good. Jose Veras pitched well in the ninth to get the victory, but K-Rod continued to struggle giving up a two-run home run in the eighth to Andre Eithier to give the Dodgers the 4-3 lead. George Kotarras delivered in the clutch in the bottom of the ninth driving in two runs to win on a walk-off double. This is one of the best games I’ve watched the Crew play, it was exciting, they showed resilience, and they won in walk off fashion. This is going to be a great series and a great year as well. I can’t wait to see what else Milwaukee will do this year.
