clarinews@clarinet.com (09/22/89)
NEW YORK (UPI) -- Joey Meyer knocked in four runs and Charlie O'Brien had three RBI Thursday to power the Milwaukee Brewers to a 14-1 rout of the New York Yankees in the first game of a twi-night double-header. The game included a sixth-inning brawl that resulted in the ejection of Brewers starter and winner Mark Knudson, along with Yankee DH Luis Polonia and outfielder Mel Hall. With Milwaukee ahead 11-1, Knudson, 7-5, hit Polonia in the chest with a pitch. Polonia charged the mound and threw punches at Knudson. Both benches and bullpens emptied. Hall was ejected for renewing hostilities after order had been restored. Polonia was convicted of a misdemeanor for having sex with an underage girl on the Yankees' last visit to Milwaukee. In the seventh inning, Yankees reliever Kevin Mmahat hit O'Brien with a pitch and was ejected by home plate umpire Larry Barnett. He was replaced by Jimmy Jones. The Brewers knocked out New York starter Greg Cadaret, 5-5, during a six-run third inning. Milwaukee had taken a 3-0 lead in the second on Meyer's bases-loaded double. In the third, O'Brien doubled home three runs. Milwaukee also scored on an RBI triple by Bill Spiers, a wild pitch by Cadaret and a single by Glenn Braggs. The Brewers bolstered the lead to 11-0 in the fourth on sacrifice flies by Braggs and Gregg Vaughn. Milwaukee added three runs in the seventh. Meyer hit his sixth homer, Paul Molitor ripped an RBI double and another scored on a wild pitch by Jones. Don Mattingly accounted for New York's run in the fourth with his 21st home run. The Yankees managed four hits off three pitchers, while Milwaukee banged out 14 hits.