In the season opener for both teams, the story of the game was Brewer pitcher Adam Oattes. He started his season by striking out the first 8 batters and had 11 K's through 4 innings. Oattes finished with a 5 hit shut out with 16 K's. Meanwhile, the Brewers bats were able to squeeze some runs across against Braves starter Steve Gilroy with the help of a number of bloops, infield singles and fortunate bounces. Led by 3 RBI from rookie Mark Charette, 2 RBI from Matt Beelen and a 2 for 3 evening for Sean Lecuyer with a stolen base, the Brewers scored 7 runs to give Oattes a comfortable cushion to work with. Steph Ouellette came in to pitch the last 2 innings for the Braves and sat down all 6 batters he faced.
Player of the Game : Adam Oattes...pitching : 7 IP, 5 hits, 16 K's,
1 walk, 0 runs.
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