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The Milwaukee Brewers will work out at Miller Park this afternoon in
Miller Park
preparation for tomorrow’s regular season opener against the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Brewers closed Cactus League play on Wednesday with a 14-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Corey Hart homered in his second game back from knee surgery.
Brewers starter Shaun Marcum gave up 5 earned runs on 7 hits in 4 2/3 innings. [Read more...]
The Milwaukee Brewers took both games of their split-squad double-header in Cactus League play Sunday in Arizona.
In one game, the Brewers took care of the Royals 7-3. This game was highlighted by 2B prospect Scooter Gennett hitting for the cycle. Gennett is expected to start this year at Double-A Huntsville.
In the other game, Shaun Marcum made his first appearance on the mound this spring in a 7-1 win over the Dodgers. Marcum, who has been battling a sore right shoulder, tossed 3-scoreless innings. Also, Norichika Aoki clubbed his first Cactus league home run.
Milwaukee will take on the Cleveland Indians Monday at 3:05.
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Shaun Marcum said he does not expect to miss his first start of the regular season.
Marcum pitched for the first time this spring in a minor league game after originally being set back by shoulder inflammation. Marcum went two-innings, allowing one hit, a home run, with no walks and two strikeouts.
Marcum said he expected to make his first regular-season start against the Cubs in Chicago April 9th or 10th.
Corey Hart
Outfielder Corey Hart was making his return from knee surgery, but he hurt himself again on Tuesday.
Hart needed 8 stitches to close a cut on his head after a weight-room accident. Hart was working out on a weight machine when an overhead metal bar snapped back and whacked him on the head.
Hart missed most of training camp last spring with a strained oblique that forced him to go on the DL at the start of the season.
Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Shaun Marcum pitched two simulated innings with no discomfort against hitters, a big step towards his rejoining the Brewers starting rotation.
Pitching coach Rick Kranitz expects Marcum’s next assignment to be his first Cactus League start of the spring.
The Brewers had a 6-4 lead on the Rangers in Cactus League play yesterday, before the game was called by rain. It’s the first rainout of a Cactus League game for the Brewers dating back to 2010.
The same two teams meet today.
2011 was a special season for the Milwaukee Brewers, but it didn’t have a
Brewer defensive woes in the Series / (UPI Photo-Bill Greenblatt)
storybook ending.
The Brewers lost the last two games of their National League Championship Series (NLCS) to the St. Louis Cardinals, including last night’s 12-6 setback in game 6, losing the best of 7 series 4 games to 2.
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke was adamant about starting right hander Shaun Marcum in game 6 on Sunday night. Marcum made it through just one inning and put the Brewers behind 4-0 by the time he left. [Read more...]
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