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nd. Damon (2,750 hits) went 1 for 4 with a double. He said hed like to reach 3,000 hits but isnt sur
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MILWAUKEE -- Zack Greinke was fuming at himself after a rough second inning. He took it out on the Chicago Cubs. Greinke extended his home winning streak to 15 straight decisions at Miller Park, and the Milwaukee Brewers rediscovered their offence, beating the Chicago Cubs 8-0 on Wednesday night. Greinke became the third starting pitcher since 1900 to win his first 15 home decisions with a team. He chalked up much of the streak to good luck and run support, but acknowledged that he likes staying in a routine at home -- and yes, its the little things that count. "You wake up in your bed, and you dont have to go anywhere to get your breakfast and coffee," Greinke said. "And sometimes in the hotels, they have bad coffee or something, so you have to go do other stuff." Greinke (7-2) had a season-high 12 strikeouts and gave up two hits in seven innings, with two walks and a wild pitch. "I was mad about it, probably, for a couple innings," Greinke said of the rocky second. "Because I threw so many pitches that inning." Brooks Conrad -- who came into Wednesdays game batting .059 this season -- had a two-run single for the Brewers, while Ryan Braun and Cody Ransom each had RBI doubles. Norichika Aoki had a walk and three hits after being moved to the leadoff spot and Taylor Green hit a three-run homer, the first of his career. The Brewers lost 10-0 in the first game of the series, ending the Cubs 11-game road losing streak. "We always talk about the confidence, when youre home and when youre on the road," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said of Greinke. "He has great confidence here." Cubs starter Paul Maholm (4-5) gave up four runs and six hits in four innings. Alfonso Soriano and Starlin Castro each doubled on a quiet offensive night for Chicago. "If youre going to strike out that many times on back-to-back nights, youre not going to put many runs up, thats for sure," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "Greinke was about as good as hes going to get. " Greinke got off to a somewhat shaky start, including an awkward-looking curveball early on. Soriano led off the second with a shot down the third-base line, which Conrad unsuccessfully tried to barehand. Soriano went to second on the play, which was ruled a double. Soriano advanced to third on a groundout, and Greinke got another groundout. But he walked the next two hitters to load the bases, then struck out Maholm to get out of the inning -- despite appearing to lose his grip on one offering to Maholm, the pitch registering 53 mph on the stadium speed gun. Greinke said he thought his catcher called for a fastball, but realized in the middle of his motion that he had called for a curve. "And I couldnt stop, or else it would be a balk and theyd score a run," Greinke said. "So I was like, Oh my gosh. I just threw it. That was how that inning was going for me." After being shut out Tuesday and managing only one hit in the first three innings Wednesday, the Brewers finally got back on the scoreboard in the fourth. Aoki led off with a double, advanced to third on a flyout by Carlos Gomez and scored on a double by Braun. Corey Hart then reached base on an infield hit when third baseman Ian Stewart bobbled a ball coming out of his glove, giving the Brewers runners on first and second with one out. Rickie Weeks flew out, but Ransom doubled to score Braun -- then Conrad delivered a broken-bat single to score two more, giving the Brewers a 4-0 lead. Milwaukee added another run in the fifth when Aoki doubled and took third on an error by right fielder David DeJesus. Aoki later scored on a sacrifice fly by Hart. Green tacked on his drive in the eighth. He got the ball back from the fan who caught it -- and the fan didnt ask for anything in return. "He didnt," Green said. "I gave him a bat, though." NOTES: The Cubs placed RHP Blake Parker on the 60-day disabled list with a right elbow stress reaction and called up RHP Manuel Corpas. ... Both teams drafted their respective managers sons Wednesday. The Brewers took Lance Roenicke, an outfielder from UC Santa Barbara, in the 25th round. The Cubs took Rustin Sveum, an infielder at Desert Mountain High School in Arizona, in the 39th. ... Cubs RHP Matt Garza (2-4, 4.10 ERA) faces Brewers LHP Randy Wolf (2-5, 6.05 ERA) on Thursday. cheap jerseys . Foley won the honour after the Argos beat the Calgary Stampeders 35-22 at Sundays championship game. wholesale nfl jerseys . Serwa, the reigning world champion from Kelowna, B.C., came from fourth to win gold in the final of the World Cup event after Switzerlands Katrin Mueller and French veteran Ophelie David tangled behind her. http://www.chinajerseyswholesale.us.com/ .S. Olympic mens basketball team has a treasure trove of information on its opponents. wholesale jerseys . 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After winning an intense Subway Series across town against the Mets over the weekend, New York roughed up Josh Tomlin (3-5) early and breezed the rest of the way. "Everythings just real chill right now," Swisher said. "Everythings just real mellow. Were having a good time." Cano hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning Sunday night at Citi Field and picked up right where he left off in this one. He smacked a two-run double in the first inning and a solo homer in the third to the short porch in right. "It feels good. Everything is connecting," said Cano, who raised his batting average with runners in scoring position to .164. After slumping early this season, Cano has hit six of his 17 homers in the last eight games while increasing his overall average to .302. Earlier in the day, the three-time All-Star moved ahead of Texas second baseman Ian Kinsler in fan balloting for the American League squad. "You can hold him down for a while, but hes going to get hot," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. It was a painful night for catcher Carlos Santana and the Indians, who dropped their third in a row following a four-game winning streak. Despite wearing a protective guard, he drilled two foul balls off his right foot during a three-pitch span in the fourth, leaving him on the ground in anguish. Later, he took a foul ball off his glove hand. "It was a bad day, but Ill be all right," Santana said. The scuffling Indians were held to one run for the third straight game, getting outscored 22-3 during that span, after managing a 2-0 victory Friday in Houston. "Josh didnt have it and Kuroda did," Cleveland manager Manny Acta said. "From the get-go, you could tell Josh didnt have command of his pitches. ... Everything was up and this is the wrong place to pitch behind in the count, up in the zone. Wrong place, wrong team." Wise added an RBI triple in a rare start and Cano made one of several fine defensive plays to back Kuroda (7-7), who improved to 4-1 with a 1.93 ERA in his last six starts. The 37-year-old right-hander was rarely in troubble besides the fourth, when he walked the first two batters and still escaped unscathed.ddddddddddddHe easily handled a lineup loaded with nine left-handed bats, giving up five hits while walking two and striking out seven. Kuroda was lifted after allowing a single and double to start the eighth, walking off to a warm ovation from the crowd of 42,290. "Its a great feeling and Im glad I was able to pitch as I did," Kuroda said through a translator. "The fans expect that." Jason Kipnis hit a sacrifice fly off Clay Rapada. The effervescent Swisher jogged off the field with a big smile after all five balls in the inning were hit to him in right field, sending him sprinting to both his right and left as the roar from the crowd increased with each play. "You can always debate whether winning causes fun or fun causes winning," Swisher said. "I feel like we have both of that right now, and when we come to the ballpark we feel were going to be successful every single day. And its just a great feeling to have right now." Swisher followed Canos homer with one of his own, an opposite-field drive that tucked into the left-field corner. Swisher also connected Sunday night, a three-run shot off a knuckleball from previously untouchable R.A. Dickey. Wise, making his eighth start of the year, hit a long two-run shot in the second for his first homer with the Yankees. He played centre field, where Curtis Granderson had started the first 71 games this season. Granderson was the designated hitter, and third baseman Alex Rodriguez was given the night off. "I was just happy to walk in today and see my name in the starting lineup. To be honest, I think the team was more happy than I was," Wise said. "I know my role. 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