The Brewers jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead off [Doug] Davis, thanks to a couple of milestone hits in the top of the first inning. Felipe Lopez led off with a double to right-center for his 1,000th career hit.HUNTSVILLE (AA: Southern League): The Starts lost 3-1 to Tennessee. The first round playoff series is tied at one win a piece.
With one down, Ryan Braun smacked an opposite-field shot over the right-field fence for his 100th career homer. Braun became only the sixth player to reach 100 homers in his first three big-league seasons.
The Brewers resumed their attack on Davis in the third inning when Mike Cameron led off with a double to left-center field, and Braun followed with a two-bagger to right. Casey McGehee gave the Brewers a 4-0 lead with a one-out RBI single into the left-field corner, though he was thrown out trying to go for two.
For a fleeting moment, it appeared they might recapture the eighth-inning heroics that won them Game 1, when Steffan Wilson's dramatic home run lifted the Stars to victory.HELENA (SHORT SEASON ROOKIE: 32-44; 12-26 second half; T-3rd Pioneer League North Division): The Brewers lost 9-7 to Missoula in 10 innings. The Osprey scored three runs in the 10th inning...after they scored three in the ninth and the Brewers tied the game 6-6 with a run in the bottom of the ninth.
After Michael Garciaparra's single and a Freddy Parejo pinch-hit double chased Coleman, Lorenzo Cain emerged with the tying run in scoring position against Tennessee reliever Brian Schlitter.
After swinging at a pitch over his head for the second strike, Cain lofted a lazy ball behind shortstop that was caught for the final out.
"I was just going up there being the guy who wants to come through for his teammates," Cain said. "It's nerve-wracking, but at the same time, I wanted to be there. I was a little too aggressive going after pitches over my head. Everybody wants to be the guy to come through in the clutch. Unfortunately, I didn't."
The last summer sun of baseball season faded over the smoky-orange shoulder of Mount Helena before the third inning Friday, but the Helena Brewers managed to hold off the setting of their season for one extra inning in a 9-7 loss to Missoula at Kindrick Field.BREWERS SYSTEM SCHEDULE TODAY
"A loss is a loss, but it's a game we should have won," Helena manager Rene Gonzalez said. "They didn't score from the fifth to the ninth, but we didn't finish. It's the story of our season."
The loss left the Brewers tied with Billings for third place in the Northern Division at 12-26 in the second half.
The Osprey host Great Falls today to open a best-of-three semifinal playoff series.
Former major league All-Star Chris Capuano made his third and final rehab start for the Brewers, allowing just one hit and one run in two innings.
Former first-round pick Kyle Heckathorm then sparkled in a new-look relief role, replacing Capuano for six innings and allowing two runs on six hits.
Milwaukee (Dave Bush 3-7) at Arizona (Kevin Mulvey 0-0) 7:10pm CDT
Nashville – Season over 75-69
Huntsville – Regular season over; 63-75
Brevard County – Season over; 79-48
Helena -- Season over; 24-52
AZL Brewers – Season over; 25-31
PLAYOFFS
Huntsville (Mark Holliman) at Tennessee (Andrew Cashner) 6:15pm CDT
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