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Article: ASTROS 11, BREWERS 6 <> Doubled over <> Blum's second homer caps Suppan's implosion
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 28, 2008
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For professional athletes, it's always convenient to have
nicknames that rhyme with the sound of boos from the crowd.
Suffice it to say the packed house at Miller Park on Sunday
afternoon was not chanting "Soup! Soup!" when Milwaukee Brewers
right-hander Jeff Suppan walked to the home dugout after the top of
the fifth inning.
"Were they booing me?" Suppan asked reporters afterward, feigning
ignorance. "That's part of the game."
Some of those boos no doubt were directed at Brewers manager Ned
Yost, who allowed Suppan to surrender seven runs in that inning,
erasing a three-run lead by his club and propelling the Houston
Astros to an 11-6 victory that disappointed the 41,565 on hand.
The loss ...