The Brewers needed Yovani Gallardo to be the stopper tonight against Atlanta. He responded by essentially winning the game by himself.
Gallardo held the Braves to two hits and scored the Brewers only run in tonight's 1-0 pitchers duel. He was spotting his fastball well and his curveball was as good as you will ever see it. I was also encouraged by how economical Gallardo was. If he can avoid high-pitch innings he can flat-out dominate, as we saw tonight. And I would not be opposed to Roenicke batting him 7th. That guy and rake.
Unfortunately the offense, particularly Prince Fielder, continued to sputter. Fielder was 0-3 with runners in scoring position (RISP), including the bottom of the 8th when he failed to plate a runner at third with nobody out. Now, it's possible that Fielder really wants to stay in Milwaukee so he's trying to play bad and depress his market value, but that's probably not the case. In the meantime he needs to start driving in runs. Without his career .279/.385/.533 career line the Brewers are going to have one hell of a time making the playoffs.
Everything else aside, a win is a win. Let's hope the lifts the pressure on the offense and tomorrow we'll get to watch more than one Brewer cross home plate.
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