Third base prospect Mat Gamel, who joined the Brewers as a September call-up Wednesday, batted .302 with 13 home runs and 67 RBI in 82 games for Class AAA Nashville.

Gamel probably won’t see much action for the Brewers, however. Third baseman Casey McGehee (86 RBI) has a shot at 100 RBI, first baseman Prince Fielder never sits out (318 consecutive games) and right fielder Corey Hart (82 RBI) also has a shot at 100 RBI.

Gamel came up through the system as a third baseman but made two starts at first base and five in right field for Nashville over the past few weeks. There has been speculation he might move to first next year if Fielder is traded over the winter for pitching, but Gamel said he preferred right field.

“It was a lot easier for me out there than it was at…

Faster than you can say " Aroldis Chapman," the Cincinnati Reds have an eight-game lead in the NL Central. Chapman prefers to let his fastball do the talking, and Wednesday it was clocked at 103 mph. The Reds responded to their phenom's latest batch of blazing pitches by rallying for six runs in the seventh inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-1. Chapman was perfect for the second consecutive night in an inning of work and was credited with the victory.

The calendar has flipped to September and the annual expansion of baseball's rosters will give plenty of…

Philadelphia's Roy Oswalt held Los Angeles hitless until two outs in the sixth inning, guiding the Phillies to a 5-1 win over the Dodgers in the National League on Wednesday. Oswalt (10-13) threw 115 pitches and struck out six. He is 4-1 with a 1.90 ERA in seven starts since the Phillies acquired him from Houston.

Continuity, experience and starting pitching has Philadelphia in the chase for another NL pennant.

Left-hander Aroldis Chapman hit 103 mph on the radar gun during another sizzling inning Wednesday night, then got his first big-league win when the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 6-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Cuban left-hander threw two pitches that clocked 103 mph — his fastest yet — in his second straight unhittable performance.

The Milwaukee Brewers have called up right-hander Jeremy Jeffress, their top pick in the 2006 amateur draft who has been suspended twice for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy. Jeffress was banned for 50 games in 2007 and 100 games last year for his repeat violation. The 22-year-old joined the team in Cincinnati on Wednesday, ready for his major league debut.

Enormous hype preceded the big-league arrival of Cincinnati Reds left-hander Aroldis Chapman.

Left-hander Aroldis Chapman's major league debut Tuesday produced eye-popping numbers — namely, a 103-mph fastball on the radar gun. Chapman, a Cuban defector, pitched one perfect inning for the Cincinnati Reds against the Milwaukee Brewers. Chapman joined the team at Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark after being recalled from Class AAA Louisville, where he had hit 105 mph on Friday. He entered the game in the eighth inning with the Reds up 8-3.

Aroldis Chapman was too fast to hit. Soon, the Cincinnati Reds could be too far ahead to catch. The Cuban defector made an eye-opening big league debut, topping out at 102 mph during his perfect inning, and the Reds added to their rapidly growing lead in the NL Central by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 on Tuesday night.