Getting your player ready...
Brewers manager Ken Macha went ballistic Friday in the fourth inning after Carlos Gomez was ruled out on a bunt attempt. First-base umpire Larry Vanover called Gomez safe, believing Todd Helton missed the tag. After protests by Helton and manager Jim Tracy and a conference among the umpires, the call was reversed. Macha was ejected and threw his lineup card onto the ground.
Welcome to The Show:
Six years after being drafted in the first round, infielder Chris Nelson finally got the call. “I was sleeping. And I woke up and they said I was getting called up. I was like, ‘Oh, snap!’ “
Stewing:
Ian Stewart, who entered in a 4-for-28 slump, singled in his first at-bat.
