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MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- Dave Bush pitched as if he wants to stay
in the Milwaukee Brewers' rotation.
Bush struck out a career-high 13 batters over eight innings as
the Brewers trounced the Colorado Rockies, 11-1, and earned a
split of the four-game series Thursday at Miller Park.
Bush (5-8) was aided by a six-run, fourth inning that featured a
two-run single by Ryan Braun and a two-run triple by Prince
Fielder.
With All-Star Ben Sheets, Jeff Suppan and Manny Parra locked
into the rotation along with recently acquired CC Sabathia,
either Bush or fellow righthander Seth McClung appear destined
for the bullpen sometime after the All-Star break when Suppan
returns from the disabled list.
"I don't know what they're going to do," Bush said. "When you
have an addition like CC, I guess that gives you a nice problem
to have as the manager. After the break, that stuff is beyond
my control, if I'll pitch in the rotation or the bullpen. I
don't think about it.
"When it's my turn to pitch, if it's every fifth day or out of
the bullpen, I'll do that. That's a decision (Brewers manager)
Ned (Yost) is paid to make, not me."
Bush did his part to keep his current job by winning for the
third time in four decisions. He allowed a run on Clint Barmes'
RBI single in the first inning, but retired the next nine
batters he faced and 23 of 24 before Jayson Nix's double with
two outs in the eighth.
"That's the most (strikeouts) I've had at any level, they are
few and far between," Bush said. "It's definitely something
I'll enjoy, but it doesn't mean a whole lot beyond that."
The righthander gave up just three hits, walked none and
pitched past the sixth inning for the fourth time in five
starts.
"He threw a great game," Yost said. "He commanded his pitches,
and when you command your pitches, you'll throw the ball good.
And that's what he did. That's as good as it gets. He did not
make any mistakes."
J.J. Hardy and Corey Hart, who won the NL All-Star Game Final
Vote on Thursday, homered for the Brewers, who won for the
seventh time in 10 games and improved to a National League-best
21-9 against lefthanded starting pitchers.
"You go out there and want to do so well, but it's kind of hard
because you put extra pressure on yourself," Hart said of the
four-day voting process. "Obviously to hit the home run was
nice, kind of like the monkey off my back."
Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa (3-5), a former Brewer, allowed
seven runs and nine hits in just 3 2/3 innings. Five of the
six runs he allowed in the fourth came after two were out.
"I try to be the same the whole game, but then something
happened," De La Rosa said. "I left a lot of pitches up."
Matt Holliday singled to extend his hitting streak to 14 games
for the Rockies, who lost for just the third time in 10 games.
"Their guy had impeccable command," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle
said of Bush. "He just kept throwing strikes. He handled us."
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