Gallardo's CG effort seals Brewers' sweep of Twins

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06/24/2010 - Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Yovani Gallardo twirled a complete game five- hitter and chipped in with two hits and two runs scored to lead Milwaukee past Minnesota, 5-0, and complete a series sweep of their interleague rivals at Miller Park.

Gallardo (7-3) retired the first 16 batters he faced before Drew Butera singled into right field to end his bid for perfection. The right-hander tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts and did not walk a batter for the Brewers, who have won four in a row to match their longest win streak of the season.

"Any time you get a shutout it's a great feeling," Gallardo said about his 122-pitch effort. "It was too early to think about a perfect game. I was just thinking about making my pitches. My command has gotten a lot better and I was able to mix things up."

Rickie Weeks and Prince Fielder each hit home runs for Milwaukee, which improved to 7-5 in interleague action.

Nick Blackburn (6-5) suffered the loss after yielding five runs on six hits over 3 2/3 innings, as he failed to get past the fourth inning for the fourth time in his last five turns for the Twins, who have dropped five of their last seven.

The Brewers broke up a scoreless game in the third when Gallardo started the rally with a one-out double and scored when Weeks followed with his two-run homer to left. Corey Hart then walked and scored when Fielder blasted his long ball the other way to left-center field.

Gallardo singled with two outs in the fourth and advanced to second base after Denard Span misplayed the ball in center field. Weeks walked in front of Hart, who singled to right to drive in Gallardo to make it a 5-0 contest and knock Blackburn out of the game.

Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel singled with one out in the seventh before Gallardo struck out Michael Cuddyer and got Delmon Young to ground out to end the threat.

The Twins would get a single in the eighth inning and a one-out double from Morneau in the ninth but could not push a runner past second base the entire game against Gallardo, who put together his third career route-going performance and second complete-game shutout of the season and his career.

"Tough game today, the young man over there pitched fantastic," said Twins' skipper Ron Gardenhire. "His fastball was very good. You get behind and he gets on a roll and that's what happens."

Game Notes

The last time the Brewers swept the Twins in a series of three games or more was May 17-20, 1996 at the Metrodome when Milwaukee was in the American League...The Brewers last swept the Twins on home soil in a four-game set from August 24-27, 1995 at County Stadium. Milwaukee took four straight, over Washington and Pittsburgh, earlier this year from April 18-22...Gallardo also went the distance to blank the Mets on May 28...Morneau extended his hitting streak to six games, while Young went hitless in three at-bats and lost a six- gamer...Blackburn is winless in five June starts after going 5-0 in May...He is 4-3 in nine interleague starts. Minnesota was last swept in an interleague series by the Cardinals in St. Louis from July 15-17, 2001.

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With 3,919 passing yards, 32 touchdowns and a mere seven interceptions last season, combined with a powerful South Bend Heisman legacy, odds makers at MySportsbook.com have given Notre Dame senior quarterback Brady Quinn the best Heisman Trophy odds at 5-2.

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Adrian Peterson (RB, Oklahoma)
Troy Smith (QB, Ohio State)
Michael Bush (RB, Louisville)
Steve Slaton (RB, West Virginia)
Brian Brohm (QB, Louisville)
Chris Leak (QB, Florida)
Mike Hart (RB, Michigan)
Ted Ginn (WR, Ohio State)
Darius Walker (RB, Notre Dame)
Drew Tate (QB, Iowa)
Marshawn Lynch (RB, Cal)
Kenny Irons (RB, Auburn)
Chad Henne (QB, Michigan)
Kyle Wright (QB, Miami)
Drew Stanton (QB, Michigan State)
Kenneth Darby (RB, Alabama)
JaMarcus Russell (QB, LSU)
Drew Weatherford (QB, Florida State)
Blake Mitchell (QB, South Carolina)
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