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Hardy drives in 2 runs in eighth as Brewers' bullpen holds off Dodgers

Associated Press

Saturday, July 11, 2009

MILWAUKEE -- Fill-in starter Mike Burns looked tired and shaky, giving up long back-to-back home runs that cut a four-run lead to one when Manny Ramirez dug in at the plate. "It is dangerous," Burns said. "You're looking at one pitch from a tie ballgame." Instead, Ramirez popped out Burns' final pitch to end the fifth, and Trevor Hoffman and the bullpen held on after squandering one-run leads in each of the previous two nights as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 on Satu ...

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