Turnbow can’t fool the Cardinals, 4-3
MILWAUKEE -- Derrick Turnbow is finally throwing strikes now. Unfortunately for the Brewers, the Cardinals are well aware of that.
Skip Schumaker doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth and St. Louis put Turnbow’s first three pitches in play in a 4-3 win over Milwaukee on Monday night.
“I was fortunate enough to get the barrel on it,” Schumaker said.
Brian Barton, who pinch-hit for reliever Ryan Franklin, doubled off a 95-mph fastball from Turnbow (0-1) to start the inning. After Cesar Izturis sacrificed Barton to second, Schumaker came up and took another 95-mph fastball to the wall for a run-scoring double.
“They were coming up, being aggressive, ambushing me a little bit,” said Turnbow, who has walked six batters in five appearances this season after walking 46 last year.
“I felt like I made two good pitches, both strikes, both down. They just put the bat on the ball.”
Turnbow has failed to inspire any confidence for the Brewers since his decline starting in July 2006.
After converting 62 of his first 70 save chances with a 2.60 ERA, he has converted only two of nine with a 6.75 ERA in his last 109 games.
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