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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Even an umpire's confusion wasn't about to
get in the way of Jason Bere.
Bere shook off a controversial walk to strike out a season-high
13 in eight innings and lead the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-6 win
over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.
The Phillies scored three runs to tie it in the fifth inning
after the game was delayed almost eight minutes because the umpires
lost track of the count.
|  | | The Phillies couldn't keep track of Milwaukee pitcher Jason Bere on Thursday, and neither could the umpires. |
With two outs, Phillies manager Terry Francona complained to
home plate umpire Scott Packard that pinch-hitter Alex Arias had
walked. Packard had a 3-2 count. After discussing the matter with
the rest of the umpires, Packard called the press box and it was
confirmed that Arias had actually walked.
"I had asked (Packard) on the pitch before," Bere said. "The
scoreboard said 3-2 but (Packard) signaled 2-2. That play had
nothing to do with the way I pitched the rest of the inning. It's
just something I'd never seen before."
"They just got mixed up," Francona said. "I just wanted them
to get it right. To their credit, they did."
The frame would contain Bere's only trouble. In the other seven
innings, one baserunner advanced past first base and only three
balls were hit out of the infield.
"I had a good live fastball," Bere said. "When that happens,
the offspeed stuff is that much better."
Bere (5-6) made 127 pitches and struck out seven of the final 10
batters he faced, including the side in the sixth and eighth
innings. He finished one short of his career-high set in 1995. He
walked two and lowered his ERA to 5.06.
"I'm looking for him to be a big winner," Milwaukee manager
Davey Lopes said. "That's the fourth quality start for Jason in a
row. He's only got one win to show for during that stretch, but
he's pitched great.
"His fastball was around 93 and 94 consistently. That's a good
sign."
Bere allowed three runs and six hits for his first road win
since April 7 and snap the club's three-game losing streak.
"This is as good as I've ever felt," said Bere, who was 12-2
with a 3.81 ERA in 1994. "The past three weeks I've been getting
stronger and stronger."
Raul Casanova hit a solo homer and an RBI double as the Brewers
avoided being swept in the final series of a 10-game road trip.
Milwaukee won four games on the trip and will begin a 10-game
homestand against the Cubs on Friday.
"We were 4-6 but that could have easily been turned around the
other way," Lopes said. "There were some very positive signs on
this trip, that was good to see."
It wasn't exactly easy as the Milwaukee bullpen struggled again.
The Phillies scored three runs in the ninth off Bob Wickman on a
solo homer by Brian Hunter and a two-run single by Bobby Abreu.
Curtis Leskanic struck out Scott Rolen with two runners on for his
first save since July 23, 1998.
"A five-run lead with Wickman on the mound is the ideal
situation but it got hairy there," Lopes said.
Luis Lopez broke the tie with an RBI double off Phillies
reliever Steve Schrenk (2-3) in the sixth.
Casanova, who hit his fourth homer to open the scoring in the
second, doubled in a run to make it 5-3 in the seventh.
Milwaukee got two more in the eighth on an RBI single by Marquis
Grissom and Jeromy Burnitz's double-play grounder. Lyle Mouton
added an RBI double in the ninth.
David Coggin, making his second big league start, allowed six
hits and three runs over five innings. He walked four and struck
out one.
Game notes
Brewers LF Geoff Jenkins didn't start for the second
straight game because of discomfort in his right middle finger.
Jenkins was disabled from May 5 to May 29 when he fractured the
middle joint of the finger. ... Phillies 3B Scott Rolen has a
team-high eight-game hitting streak. ... Ron Belliard is the only
Brewer to start every game this season (78 games). He left the game
for a pinch runner in the sixth because of a strained muscle in his
right leg. ... Relaford committed his major league-high 20th error
on a throw in the sixth. ... Bere is 3-0 in his career against the
Phillies. ... Milwaukee improved to 2-8 at Veterans Stadium. ...
Grissom had three singles and was 7-for-14 in the series.
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