Brewers' Perfecto Leads into Record-Breaking 0-2 Doubleheader Cycle!
A Cooper Pratt walk and Blake Burke hit avoided a perfect game and no hitter for the Brewers
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It may just be spring training, but Blake Burke couldn’t feel his legs as he walked to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning at Scottsdale Stadium. No, it wasn’t a potential walk-off situation.
His team wasn’t even close to winning, for that matter. But for a young prospect trying to impress the big-league coaches, not only was he the Milwaukee Brewers ’ final hope to avoid being no-hit but he was also doing so with his former college coach managing in the other dugout. “That was the first time I’ve been nervous at the plate for a while,” Burke said.
“... Big crowd, too. Toward the end they started to get fired up.
Being up at the plate right here, facing a no-hitter, that’s kind of why you play. You get the energy, you get a little nervous. It’s good to get reps like that because you don’t get much of that before the season starts.