Brewers' Sheets gets win, but leaves game with arm trouble
By The Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ben Sheets dominated for five innings before a tight pitching arm forced him from the game Friday night, and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 5-2 victory over the slumping Cincinnati Reds.

Sheets (3-0) allowed only a pair of singles, looking very comfortable in a hitter-friendly ballpark where he has never lost. At age 29, the hard-throwing right-hander is having one of the best Aprils of his career, allowing only three earned runs in four games.
That good start has hit a snag.

Sheets felt tightness in his right biceps and left for a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning with the Brewers ahead 5-0.

In the last two years, Sheets has been limited by a strained groin, a torn finger tendon, shoulder tendinitis and a sore chest muscle.

Sheets was coming off a 5-3 win over the Mets and Johan Santana on Sunday, when he retired 18 batters in a row over one stretch.

Milwaukee’s Bill Hall hit a two-run homer off Bronson Arroyo (0-2), who gave up five runs in

52/3 innings.

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