Milwaukee – For nine tense innings Saturday night at Miller Park, pitchers took turns staring down batters. But in the 10th, Rockies reliever LaTroy Hawkins blinked.
Brewers pinch hitter Tony Graffanino punched a single into shallow center, scoring Geoff Jenkins from third and lifting the Brewers to a 2-1 victory. Jenkins led off the 10th with a double to left-center.
This was a game for pitching purists. There were only seven total hits, including four by the Brewers.
Outside of the solo homers by the Rockies’ Ryan Spilborghs in the fifth inning and the Brewers’ Corey Hart in the sixth, the only real action in the first 9 1/2 innings came in the middle of the sixth when a giant chorizo won Miller Park’s famous sausage race.
Rockies starter Rodrigo Lopez baffled the Brewers for 5 2/3 innings before giving up his first and only hit – Hart’s solo shot to left that tied the game 1-1. In his seven innings of work, Lopez struck out five.
