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Gallardo's pitching, homer carries Brewers to win

Associated Press

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yovani Gallardo instinctively hacked at the high fastball, not thinking much about the pitching great who had thrown it, and his three-run homer dropped sharply beyond the fence in the left-field corner. Although Gallardo has been alive only slightly longer than Randy Johnson has been a major league pitcher, the Milwaukee Brewers' promising right-hander started off his season with an achievement even more remarkable than his solid effort on the mound. He's the first pitcher ev ...

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