May 22, 2012

Dodgers avoid sweep, edge Brewers

Matt Kemp clubbed his 7th home run of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a 3-game sweep by beating the Milwaukee

Randy Wolf

Brewers 4-3 on Thursday afternoon at Miller Park.

Jerry Hairston Jr. made a pair of big late defensive plays and Javy Guerra pitched a scoreless ninth, his 6th save in 7 chances this season to help preserve the victory.

Ryan Braun went hitless for the Brewers and finished 0 for 11 in the series.  He struck out in his final two at-bats today.

Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez is starting to slowly heat up.  After clubbing his first Brewers home run on Wednesday night, he had two more hits on Thursday.  Travis Ishikawa also had two hits and two rbi’s.

Lefty Randy Wolf (0-2) went 6-innings and allowed 4-runs on 7-hits in taking the loss.  Dodger starter Aaron Harang (1-1) also worked 6-innings, allowing 3-runs on 8-hits with a walk and 4-strikeouts to pick up the win.

The Brewers continue their home stand Friday night against the Colorado Rockies.

Greinke leads Brewers to another home win

When Zach Greinke takes the mound at Miller Park, a victory for the

Zach Greinke

Milwaukee Brewers is a sure thing.

The Brewers knocked off the Dodgers 3-2 in 10-innings last night.  The Brewers have captured the first two games in the series to cool off the Dodgers.

Greinke wasn’t around for the decision.  The win went to Kameron Loe out of the bullpen.  But Greinke pitched 7-solid innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, striking out 7 and walking only 2.

How good has Greinke been at home for the Brewers?  Since coming to Milwaukee, the Brewers are now 17-0 when Greinke starts a game at Miller Park. [Read more...]

Cardinals take 2 of 3 from Brewers

The St. Louis Cardinals don’t have Tony LaRussa as their manager and

Ron Roenicke

their top hitter from years past, Albert Pujols.  But the Cardinals looked just as solid as ever, rolling to a 9-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers yesterday, grabbing 2 of 3 in the series.

St. Louis once again looked like a force to be reckoned with.  Randy Wolf surrendered 3-runs in 5-innings and was saddled with the loss.

AUDIO: Randy Wolf says the Cardinals lineup is solid :12

Lance Lynn pitched 2-hit ball into the 7th inning to win in just his third career start. [Read more...]

Brewers play two today

The Milwaukee Brewers knocked off the Chicago White Sox 13-7 in Cactus League play on Monday.

Brooks Conrad homered in the win, but starter Zach Greinke struggled in his final spring tuneup, allowing 6-runs over 3-innings.

The Brewers will play a pair of split-squad games today against Arizona and Chicago (Cubs).  Kyle Heckathorn and Randy Wolf will get starts for the Brewers.

The Brewers will open the regular season on Friday afternoon at Miller Park against the division rival St. Louis Cardinals.

Brewers win, guarantee a return to Milwaukee

Milwaukee Brewers lefty Randy Wolf avenged a poor start in game 4 of the

Randy Wolf (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

NLDS by pitching 7 solid innings in last night’s 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.  It’s the first post season victory for the 35-year-old Wolf.  It ties the series at 2-2 and it guarantees that the series now must return to Milwaukee for a game 6, regardless of the outcome of tonight’s game 5.

AUDIO: Randy Wolf is glad to even series at 2-2 :18 [Read more...]