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MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- After Ben Sheets appeared to be in
complete control, Glendon Rusch and Garrett Atkins took over.
Atkins hit a pair of home runs and Rusch pitched his best game
of the season to lead the Colorado Rockies to an 8-3 victory
over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.
Rusch lasted six innings, giving up just one run and striking
out four for the Rockies, who have won seven of their last nine
games. It was the lefthander's second start of the season after
making 12 relief appearances for the San Diego Padres and one
for the Rockies.
"You know you're going to have a tough time when you face him
(Sheets), I knew that from being here with him for two years,"
said Rusch, who upped his record to 2-3. "I'll enjoy this for a
couple days and then get ready for whatever comes next."
One night after showing off their other ace, C.C. Sabathia, the
Brewers hoped the other half of their dominant duo would lead
them to victory.
Through five innings, Sheets (10-3) looked the part, striking
out 10 - including six in the first two innings.
"Benny pitched a great game, he was on top of his game, 11
strikeouts," Brewers manager Ned Yost said. "He had one
two-seamer that Atkins got over the plate."
In the sixth, Sheets walked Matt Holliday before Atkins blasted
that two-seamer for his first home run of the game, giving
Colorado a 3-1 lead.
"I didn't make many mistakes but they hurt," Sheets said. "Last
game, I made a lot of mistakes but they didn't hurt. It's weird,
but it's baseball."
The Brewers scored a pair of runs in the seventh as Mike Cameron
and Russell Branyan delivered RBI singles off Manny Corpas to
draw within 4-3. The Rockies put the game out of reach in the
eighth with home runs by Atkins and Joe Koshansky off Guillermo
Mota.
"We've been able to go at it without our so-called regular
lineup," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. "Those two swings
of the bat to square up the two guys he (Atkins) did, this guy
can swing the bat."
Koshansky's homer was a two-run shot, while Atkins' blast capped
the fourth multi-homer game of his career and first since August
9.
"Facing CC (Sabathia) last night and Ben today, we have to tip
our cap to the offense because those two were electric," said
Scott Podsednik who went 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI. "On
offense we did what we wanted to do."
Bill Hall hit his 12th home run for Milwaukee, which has homered
in nine consecutive games.
Holliday extended his hitting streak to a season-high 13 games
with a first-inning single.
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