Phil Backert

BUNTING MANIPULATES PITCHER APPROACH AND SETS THE TABLE FOR FUTURE MOMENTS With 2 outs and no body on in the 3rd inning, losing 4-0, @Brewers Manager Pat Murphy told #9 hitter David Hamilton to lay down a bunt in a seemingly unimportant at bat. Why? Because Murphy knew Hamilton was known for bunting and they could set the table for a future at bat and big moment later in the game where he’d get a pitch to hit. And that’s exactly what happened. Hamilton bunted. Hamilton got out. But in the 5th, in Hamilton’s next at bat, he got a pitch in the heart of the plate and singled scoring a run and bringing the Brewers within 1. And in the 9th, Hamilton did it again, homering on a get me over slider and extending the Brewers lead to 6-4. You bunt to create future moments, and the Brewers did just that. #BuntLife