February 12, 2012

Brewers must wait for another day

The Milwaukee Brewers bid for a National League Division Series victory will take at least one more day.  Josh Collmenter held the Brewers to a run on 2-hits over 7-innings, pitching the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 8-1 win in Phoenix.

Rookie Paul Goldschmidt clubbed a grand slam home run off of Shaun Marcum to give the Diamondbacks their first win in the series.  With 2-outs in the 5th inning and runners on second and third, Brewers skipper Ron Roenicke decided to walk Miguel Montero to pitch to Goldschmidt. [Read more...]

Brewers 1-win away from NLCS

The Milwaukee Brewers exploded for 5-runs in the 6th inning and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 at Miller Park on Sunday.  The Brewers take a 2-0 lead in the series, which now shifts to Phoenix for game 3 of the best-of-5 series Tuesday night. [Read more...]

Brewers winning on the road

The Milwaukee Brewers improved their road record to 26-35 with a 5-1 win

Randy Wolf

over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.  It may not sound like much, but the road mark was 21-35 prior to the teams 5-straight road victories. 

The Brewers have won 6-straight overall and increased their lead on the Cardinals to 5-games with last nights victory.  Milwaukee has won 13 of the last 14 games.

AUDIO: Ron Roenicke says his team is on a roll :16

Randy Wolf pitched 8 solid innings to earn the win for the Brewers.  He allowed a run on 5-hits with no walks and one strikeout. [Read more...]

Brewers strike first blow against Cardinals

Casey McGehee’s run-scoring double in the top of the 10th inning put the

Brewers win! / UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt

Milwaukee Brewers on top and Yuniesky Betancourt added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly and Milwaukee went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 in the first of a 3-game series in St. Louis.

The win is the Brewers 12th in the last 13 games and they enjoy a 4-game lead on the Cardinals in the Central Division race.   

John Axford came on to record his 30th straight save and 33rd overall.

Corey Hart returned to the lineup for the Brewers and gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead with a 2-run homer in the 3rd, extending his hitting streak to 9-games.

AUDIO: Corey Hart says winning the series opener is big :12

Latroy Hawkins earned the win in relief.  Randy Wolf pitches game 2 of the series for the Brewers tonight, against Cardinals right hander Jake Westbrook.

Braun returns as Milwaukee blasts Arizona

The Brewers hit five home runs as the crushed the Diamondbacks Tuesday night 11-3 at Chase Field in Arizona.  Ryan Braun was back in the line-up after missing that last two games with a leg injury.  It was just the 4th time in the last 14-games for the Brewers that Braun was able to play since injuring his leg July 2nd in Minnesota.

Braun had one of three Milwaukee home runs in the first inning.  The two-run shot was Braun’s 17th of the season.  Corey Hart lead off the game with his 13th of the year.  Hart hopes the Brewers can build on Tuesday:

AUDIO: Corey Hart hopes the team can keep up the hot hitting :14

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