Brewers 4, Cubs 3

By: Big Rygg

First of all, look for my late previews of the Scrubs and Brewers coming up soon.

That being said...

BREWERS WIN!!!

In an overly dramatic game, the Milwaukee Brewers survived a "punch-to-the-gut" 9th inning rally, after a rally of their own in the top half of the inning, to win on Opening Day in extra innings.

Surviving a couple of rain delays, Ben Sheets pitched 6 strong innings, shutting Chicago out and barely allowing any baserunners. What's more, in an ironic twist of fate, Carlos Zambrano had to leave the game early with an injury that was being reported as a strained forearm.

At the plate we had a stellar performance from Tony Gwynn Jr., and some late clutch hitting from Ryan Braun, Corey Hart and Craig Counsell.

Gwynn also had a game-changing play in centerfield which prevented a run earlier in the game.

Check Brewers.com for the final boxscore and statistics, but trust me that Gwynn had a fantastic all-around game.

Also having a strong game? Guillermo Mota and David Riske. Salomon Torres had a scoreless inning as well, though his wasn't nearly as clean.

My mind is running a mile a minute right now with a lot that I'd like to say, but there is no real structure behind any of it! Having said that, I'm going to sit down and watch the reply of the game here in about 30 mins while I work on the Cubs' and Brewers' previews.

But the bottom line today is a Brewer victory and the first of (hopefully) many days in 1st place in the NL Central.