Brewers Win Opener 4-3

The Brewers defeated the Cubs 4-3 at Wrigley Field to open the season 1-0. It was a pitchers duel as both Ben Sheets and Carlos Zambrano had scoreless outings. Sheets went 6.2 innings with 7 K's. He was really sharp out there and it was great to see.

The Brewers took a 3-0 lead in the 9th inning and looked like they were going to win and then new closer Eric Gagne gave up 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to send the game into extra innings. The Brewers then scored on a Tony Gwynn sac fly in the 9th to get the lead and the victory. David Riske got the save.

With the exception of Gagne the new look bullpen did very well. Torres, Mota, and Riske all pitched scoreless innings. Hopefully Gagne gets his act together in his next outing.

Next up for the Brewers will be the Cubs again on Wednesday at Wrigley. Jeff Suppan gets the call for the crew while Ted Lilly will go for the Cubs.

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