Closer Trevor Hoffman isn't the easiest player to find in camp, especially if you're only watching Cactus League games.

Hoffman, whose schedule during spring training always is a bit different from other pitchers, did not appear in the Brewers' first 10 exhibition games and wasn't slated to see action for several more.

That doesn't mean Hoffman is in the clubhouse, playing cards, however. In fact, nobody works harder at his craft to prepare for the season.

Manager Ken Macha said all reports he received from pitching coach Rick Peterson on Hoffman were encouraging.

"Rick was impressed with the intensity that he does his bullpen (sessions) with," Macha said. "He said it's like the ninth inning, saving a game."

Hoffman said he hoped to get in a game...

It took Randy Wells seven years to stick with the Chicago Cubs. Only seven years? Joe Inglett wishes he had been so lucky. Inglett, an 11th-year pro trying to win the final spot on Milwaukee's 25-man roster, hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning Tuesday, lifting the Brewers to a 5-3 victory over the Cubs.

With young sluggers Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder and Corey Hart grabbing most of the headlines, pitching often can be an afterthought for the Milwaukee Brewers. But if the team hopes to contend in the National League Central in 2010, pitching will have to pick up the pace. The starters are doing their part so far this spring.

By now, Randy Wolf has become accustomed to spending his spring in a new home. "I've done it a few times already. You kind of get used to it," said Wolf, who threw two innings of one-hit baseball in the Milwaukee Brewers' 12-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday . "It's nice to get out there." Milwaukee is the fourth team he started a season with -- the...