Behind unlikely hero, Team Wisco wins inaugural Brewers alumni game
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Team Wisco beat Team Milwaukee by a score of 3-2. The more important column on the scoreboard was zero injuries.
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The inaugural Brewers Alumni Legends Game on July 24 at American Family Field featured an unexpected hero at the plate and a close finish to the three-inning affair.
Randy Wolf, who spent three years with the Brewers as a pitcher and won a National League Championship Series, came up with the big swing with a two-run home run in the second inning off left-hander Doug Davis.
“I don’t think there was anybody that thought that was going to happen,” Wolf said. “Not only that moment, just being around everyone the last two days. It’s great that the Brewers started this last year with the Home Run Derby, reliving these old times. Seeing generations, different generations connect is pretty cool.”
Wolf hit five home runs across his 16-year career. He didn’t hit any as a member of the Brewers but his first did come in Milwaukee, back in 2002 at Miller Park off of Jimmy Oston.
“I have to come back as an old man to hit one,” Wolf said.
Team Wisco to that point had scratched across one run on a Casey McGehee single to right off 2004 all-star Dan Kolb.
McGehee also made the play of the game on defense, lunging to his left at the hot corner to spear a Ryan Braun line drive in the first inning.
It was a 180-degree showing for McGehee from last year when he failed to homer during the alumni home run derby.
The final inning got tense – or, as tense as it can get at this event.
Team Milwaukee drew within 3-0 and loaded the bases, at which point manager Garth Iorg fittingly brought in 2017 all-star close Corey Knebel. Knebel got two straight grounders, but there was an error on the first to potentially open the door.
“I had the adrenaline going,” Knebel admitted.
That brought Ryan Braun up, but the former MVP couldn’t deliver one of his signature big moments, grounding out. Knebel got Richie Sexson to bounce out to end the game.
“So much fun,” Braun said. “Grateful for the opportunity. So much fun to reconnect with the fans, teammates, coaches, support staff, to have the opportunity to get back on the field is something all of us are really grateful for. At this stage of life, nobody takes it for granted.”
A bit more than half the crowd of 37,089 stuck around for the alumni game after the Brewers dropped a 5-2 clunker to the Colorado Rockies to begin the day.
Other highlights included Brad Boxberger making a couple nice catches in right field, Carlos Villanueva striking out Eric Thames and Jonathan Lucroy motoring home from second base on McGehee's hit.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Behind unlikely hero, Team Wisco wins inaugural Brewers alumni game