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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers have been giving out
walks and giving away games. Jimmy Haynes put an end to both.
Haynes did not walk a batter in winning his fourth straight road
start as the Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins 5-3 to snap a
five-game losing streak.
"It definitely helps when you keep guys off base and don't give
free passes," Haynes said.
The Brewers walked 10 batters in Friday night's 9-6 loss at
Minnesota, marking the sixth time this season they have reached
double-digits in that category.
"I was thinking about that (the walks) a little bit," Haynes
added. "I just kept trying to battle."
Milwaukee entered Saturday averaging 5.29 walks per nine innings
and Saturday marked the first time since April 4 that a Milwaukee
starter did not issue a walk. It was the first time since last
Sept. 22 that the entire staff did not walk a batter.
"Unbelievable," Milwaukee manager Davey Lopes said when given
the statistics. "That's a great sign. That's the thing you're supposed to be doing out there."
Haynes (7-4) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings to
improve to 5-1 on the road this season. He struck out one as
Milwaukee won for the first time in five interleague games.
"What I'll do is have him wear a road uniform at home," Lopes
joked.
"He doesn't have anything spectacular, but he kept us off the
bases," Minnesota's Butch Huskey said. "He didn't let us get
anything started."
Marquis Grissom homered for Milwaukee and Geoff Jenkins drove in
two runs. Bob Wickman pitched the ninth for his sixth save in seven
opportunities.
Matthew LeCroy and Cristian Guzman homered for the Twins, who
had won three straight games.
Mark Redman (4-1) lost for the first time in 20 career
appearances, including eight starts. He allowed three runs and
eight hits in seven innings, while striking out eight and walking
two.
"It was bound to happen," Redman said. "I only gave up three
runs and that's about my ERA. That's a good way to lose."
Minnesota, playing its eighth straight game against the National
League, fell to 3-5 in interleague play.
Grissom, who went 3-for-5, led off the fourth inning with a home
run off Redman to make it 1-0. It was Grissom's second homer of the
season.
Geoff Jenkins hit a two-run single in the sixth to give
Milwaukee a 3-0 lead.
Minnesota cut the deficit to 3-1 in the sixth on Matt Lawton's
RBI single.
LeCroy hit a a 402-foot homer, his fifth, off Haynes in the
seventh to make it 3-2.
Santiago Perez hit a run-scoring single in the eighth off Hector
Carrasco to make it 4-2. It was the rookie's first career RBI.
Guzman homered off Valerio De Los Santos in the eighth to make
it 4-3. It was Guzman's sixth home run. Jeromy Burnitz hit an RBI
single in the ninth to make it 5-3.
In an unusual play in the seventh, James Mouton hit a foul pop
that appeared to be going into the stands. But, the ball hit the
Metrodome roof and a speaker and stayed in play.
Third baseman Corey Koskie caught the ball in foul territory
after bumping into third-base coach Chris Speier, who thought the
ball was going out of play.
Game notes
The Twins and Brewers wore replica jerseys from 1969 for
the Turn Back the Clock game. Milwaukee wore Seattle Pilots
uniforms and the scoreboard at the Metrodome said Pilots instead of
Brewers. ... Haynes won seven games last season with Oakland and he
didn't get his seventh win until July 18th. ... Haynes was making
his 12th career appearance against Minnesota and 10th start. ...
Redman has pitched six or more innings in all seven starts this
season. ... Lawton went 2-for-4 and had his 14th stolen base. He
improved to 11-for-22 against Haynes.
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