The Milwaukee Brewers have placed right handed pitcher Jeff Suppan on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique, suffered while swinging the bat in his last start against Washington on Tuesday.

The Brewers have yet to announce a corresponding roster move, but there's a good chance they'll recall right handed pitcher Mike Burns, who was sent down recently after going 2-3 with a 6.30 ERA in seven games (5 starts).

Suppan may miss just one start because of off days.

Listen / download – Jeff Suppan on going on DL. :12

Milwaukee Brewers reserve infielder Bill Hall has volunteered to be optioned to Class AAA Nashville to work on his swing.  Hall is hitting just .201 with 5 home runs and 20 rbi's this season. 

Hall was asked by the Brewers to go down to the minors just before the All-Star break, but because of his service time in the Majors, Hall had the right to refuse the assignment and he did.  But that was then and this is now.  Now, Hall's playing time has literally vanished and the only way he's going to get it back is to fix his offensive problems in the minors first.

Hall's large salary is the only thing that's still keeping him on the Brewers roster.  He's earning $6.8-million this year and will earn $8.4-million in 2010, the final year of his four year contract with the Brewers.

Hall is being replaced on the roster by infielder Hernan Iribarren from Nashville.

Listen / Download – Bill Hall on going to the minors. :22
Listen / Download – Hall says the move is to get back in the groove. :21

The Milwaukee Brewers are excited about their 2-game win streak after Thursday's 7-3 win over the Washington Nationals at Miller Park.  It's the first time the Brewers won back to back games since June 29-30 against the New York Mets.

Yovani Gallardo allowed 3 runs on 5 hits in 7 innings of work.  Gallardo's 11 strikeouts were 1-short of his career high.  The only blemmish for Gallardo is the 3-run homer he surrendered to Ryan Zimmerman in the 4th.

Prince Fielder clubbed his 25th homer of the season and Craig Counsell, not known for his power, clubbed his 4th home run this season to lead the Brewers.  The victory allowed the Brewers to climb back to .500 at 51-51. 

The Brewers also won a day game at Miller Park for the first time since July 4 in Chicago.  They're 12-22 in days games and have the lowest winning percentage (.353) in the majors. 

The Brewers now open a 9-game road trip, starting tonight in San Diego.

Listen / Download – Mike Cameron on 2nd straight win. :16
Listen / Download – Craig Counsell on 4th HR of season. :09