The Milwaukee Brewers have placed themselves in great position to advance to the next round with tonight's win over the Diamondbacks. Although the game was a little sloppy, pitching-wise, it was an action-packed game that was intense to watch despite the lopsided score. I would have loved to been in the parking lot pre- and post-game for this one! Speaking of which, send me your tailgating pictures! I would love to pick a tailgate picture winner for each game!

The good:

The rest of the Brew Crew coming alive and generating runs. I also love the way Jerry Hairston Jr. is playing third base. His defense and offense have been great. I'd imagine he will stay playing there until he gets cold with the glove or the stick.

Yesterday I spoke on how the Brewers were over aggressive with Diamondbacks starter Ian Kennedy when given the opportunity for a huge inning. Tonight the Brew Crew were in a position to have a huge inning and they did. How did they do this? By being aggressive. How was this different from game one? Game one you were dealing with a calm and collected 21-game winning maybe Cy Young award winner. Game 2, you're dealing with a middle reliever poopslinger (that's what we call sidearm guys) who balked and was having a meltdown on the mound. This is exactly who you jump all over. The Brewers did just that not seeing more than two pitches before getting a hit off of Ziegler.

The bad:

The brewers did not have much bad; I would rather say this was more or less "not clean." The Brewers pitchers got the job done but had to battle to get it done. Not what was expected out of Greinke and the home runs he gave up is a concern. It's obvious to me that the Brewers scouting report calls for a lot of off-speed pitches, especially curveballs, to these great fastball hitting Diamondbacks. Tonight it cost the Brewers bullpen a lot of pitches. Had tomorrow not been an off day the bullpen would have been in trouble.

If you're going to throw breaking balls late in the season what you do to prepare yourself for the game is huge. Breaking balls hurt to throw and over the long season they are harder to throw. I can see some extra time in the training room for our bullpen to make sure these guys' arms are feeling as good as possible.

The fans:

Again, great showing tonight in Milwaukee. The enthusiasm and intelligence that the Brewers fans have shown is a good representation of the fan base. As was game one the very same enthused lady fan behind home plate jumping up and down and keeping score was a great representation of the whole fan base of Milwaukee. That's a great look coming across on TV.

Game three outlook:

The Brewers need to look to this game as a statement game. It's a sports saying that you never let your opponent back up when you have him down. I wouldn't do that here. The worst thing they can do is have a poor starting pitching performance. Regardless of how Marcum pitches he needs to go six innings at least to keep the bullpen in order. This way if they happen to lose they have the back end of there bullpen fresh. Best case Marcum pitches a complete game and the Brewers back end can sit on there back ends.

Don't forget to send in your postseason tailgating pictures! I want to pick a best pic for each series hopefully we have three winners!