Brewers 9 Braves 6

The game played out largely as you would have expected, given a Sheets/Davies matchup. Sheets wasn't dominant, but was effective enough working off a sloppy mound, and Davies continues to struggle to keep us in games. The Brew Crew assumed an early lead, then the team of Gryboski and Bernero conspired to remove all doubt of the eventual outcome, rendering moot the Braves 4-run rally in the bottom of the ninth.

Young Mr. Francoeur replaced an increasingly moribund Ryan Langerhans in right field and went 2-2, scoring a run. KJ kept on keeping on, with a 3-run HR, and Giles continued to be on top of his game, reaching base 3 more times. Since June 12, he's gone from .271/.335/.424 to .301/.381/.465. He's gradually reclaiming his spot as one of the top 2Bs around.

Marte struck out as a pinch-hitter -- I'm glad we're back to 12 pitchers, but why oh why couldn't we have released Bernero instead of optioning Vasquez? Today's game is scheduled for 1:05, but is unlikely to be played. Capuano vs. Colon if they manage to play.