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| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Oakland (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Milwaukee (1-0) « | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 2 | 3 | 0 |
PHOENIX (AP) - Ryan Braun homered in his first at-bat of spring training and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 Saturday in a spring opener.
Braun will soon be leaving the club to prepare for the World Baseball Classic with Team USA. The former NL MVP hit a solo shot with two outs in the first inning off Jesse Chavez.
Mike Fiers, in the mix for a spot in Milwaukee's starting rotation despite a late-season fade in 2012, allowed two hits and a walk in two scoreless innings and struck out one.
Brewers closer John Axford added a scoreless third inning.
Oakland shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima, who signed a two-year, $6.5 million contract in the offseason, made his debut. The 30-year-old walked and popped out in his two plate appearances.
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| Oakland Athletics | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Jemile Weeks, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Grant Green, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Adam Rosales, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Josh Reddick, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Michael Taylor, RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Brandon Moss, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Scott Moore, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Seth Smith, LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Shane Peterson, LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Chris Young, CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 |
| Michael Choice, CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| John Jaso, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Luke Montz, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Josh Donaldson, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Andy Parrino, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Scott Sizemore, DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Batting | ||||||||
| 2B - Jemile Weeks (1, Fiers), Shane Peterson (1, Manzanillo) | ||||||||
| RBI - Michael Choice (1) | ||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | ||||||||
| Fielding | ||||||||
| DP - Weeks-Nakajima-Moss, Moore-Rosales | ||||||||
| PB - John Jaso (1) | ||||||||
| Oakland Athletics | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Jesse Chavez (L,0-1) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Justin Thomas | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bruce Billings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mike Ekstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Arnold Leon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Fernando Rodriguez (1) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jesse Chavez 19-10, Justin Thomas 24-8, Fernando Rodriguez 6-4, Bruce Billings 7-7, Mike Ekstrom 3-3, Arnold Leon 6-2 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jesse Chavez 3-1, Fernando Rodriguez 1-0, Bruce Billings 2-4, Mike Ekstrom 1-2, Arnold Leon 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jesse Chavez 8, Justin Thomas 8, Fernando Rodriguez 2, Bruce Billings 7, Mike Ekstrom 3, Arnold Leon 3 | ||||||||
| Milwaukee Brewers | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Norichika Aoki, RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Khris Davis, LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rickie Weeks, 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Scooter Gennett, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan Braun, LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Logan Schafer, LF-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Aramis Ramirez, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Jeff Bianchi, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jonathan Lucroy, C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Blake Lalli, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Gomez, CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Caleb Gindl, CF-RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Taylor Green, 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Sean Halton, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jean Segura, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Alex Gonzalez, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hunter Morris, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Batting | ||||||||
| HR - Ryan Braun (1, J. Chavez) | ||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Braun (1), Jean Segura (1) | ||||||||
| 2-OUT RBI - Ryan Braun (1) | ||||||||
| CS - Jonathan Lucroy (1, 2nd base by Thomas/Jaso) | ||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | ||||||||
| Fielding | ||||||||
| DP - Segura-T. Green | ||||||||
| Milwaukee Brewers | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Mike Fiers (W,1-0) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| John Axford (H,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jim Henderson (H,1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Donovan Hand (H,1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Santo Manzanillo (H,1) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Robert Wooten (H,1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Michael Olmsted (H,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jesus Sanchez (S,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Fiers 19-11, John Axford 3-3, Jim Henderson 6-6, Donovan Hand 8-8, Santo Manzanillo 6-6, Robert Wooten 7-3, Michael Olmsted 11-7, Jesus Sanchez 5-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Fiers 1-3, John Axford 1-2, Jim Henderson 1-1, Donovan Hand 1-3, Jesus Sanchez 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Fiers 9, John Axford 3, Jim Henderson 4, Donovan Hand 6, Santo Manzanillo 4, Robert Wooten 2, Michael Olmsted 4, Jesus Sanchez 3 | ||||||||
| Game Information |
| Attendance - 6132 |
| Game Time - 2:40 |
| Temperature - 57 |
| Umpires - Home - Paul Schrieber, First Base - Dana DeMuth, Second Base - Greg Gibson, Third Base - Patrick Mahoney |
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