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Francisco Rodriguez blows save for Brewers in Arizona, is caught on camera flipping middle finger

" Francisco Rodriguez doesn't like blowing saves, and he doesn't like it when you stick a camera in his face afterwards.

After the ex-Mets closer blew the save in the eighth inning for the Brewers Wednesday night - they'd come back to beat Arizona 5-2 in 10 innings - TV cameras caught the sometimes-combustible pitcher giving the one-fingered salute to ... well, to someone.

Rodriguez came on in the 8th with a 1-0 lead and gave up an infield single to Kelly Johnson that bounced off of Prince Fielder at first. With one out, Johnson stole second and Miguel Montero grounded out to advance Johnson to third. Rodriguez walked Geoff Blum , who was pinch-ran for by Gerardo Parra . Rodriguez then gave up a two-run double to Willie Bloomquist to cough up the lead.

"I lost my command and tried to get back in the count," Rodriguez told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . "He made me pay. You can't make mistakes with the game on the line.

"You've got to go after guys and put them away. I knew there was a good chance I'd be in there in the eighth. I was ready. I just didn't execute."

And while some fans on Brewers message boards were calling for K-Rod to be dealt if he was going to become a distraction (they're looking for help on the left side of the infield), that apparently wasn't the case on sports talk radio in Brew City."


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