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The Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America is out with it’s 2010 Milwaukee Brewer award winners.
Third baseman Casey McGehee was voted Brewers Most Valuable Player. McGehee edged out second baseman Rickie Weeks and outfielder Corey Hart for the award. McGehee hit .285 with 23 home runs and a team-leading 104 rbi’s in 157 games. [Read more...]
The 2010 baseball season has been no picnic for Major League Baseball’s all-time saves leader. Trevor Hoffman started the year needing just 9-saves to
Trevor Hoffman
reach 600 for his career. No other player has every gone there. But Hoffman struggled out of the gates and eventually lost his closers role. Since then, he’s patiently played the waiting game, waiting for the chance to close again.
The Milwaukee Brewers in the meantime, found a new closer in John Axford and his performance has been outstanding, making it harder for the Brewers to go back to Hoffman.
Hoffman eventually got some scattered opportunities and he’s made the most of them.
Hoffman got pinch-hitter Randy Winn to ground into a double play. Another pinch hitter Aaron Miles then grounded the ball to shortstop and Craig Counsell who threw to first for the final out and the celebration was on.
Prior to the 9th inning, the game had four ejections. One of the four was a fan, for heckling Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina. The Cardinals missed an opportunity to gain ground on the first place Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central. St. Louis still trails Cincinnati by 6-games. The Reds suffered their 3rd straight loss on Tuesday night, 4-3 to Colorado.
AUDIO: Bill Scott recaps Trevor Hoffman’s historic night 2:11
Trevor Hoffman earned his 599th career save and Ryan Braun went 4 for 4
Trevor Hoffman
with a home run as the Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with an 8-4 win on Sunday.
Hoffman entered with one out and two runners on base in the 9th. He retired both batters for his 599th save. Hoffman said he’s love to get save #600 in front of the home crowd.
AUDIO: Trevor Hoffman would like to pick up 600th save at home :10
Hoffman lost his closer’s job to John Axford earlier in the season, but manager Ken Macha has allowed Hoffman to get some opportunities in the past few weeks. But Macha said there’s no guarantee Hoffman’s next chance will come at home.
AUDIO: Ken Macha said Hoffman’s next chance will come when he’s needed :07
The Brewers scored all 8 of their runs in the first 3 1/3 innings off of Pirates starter and loser Charlie Morton.
The Brewers open a series in Cincinnati tonight.
The Milwaukee Brewers losing streak has hit 3-games following the teams 6-4 loss to the Florida Marlins in Miami on Tuesday.
Trevor Hoffman, who had been so good a year ago for the Brewers, continued his recent struggles, surrendering 3-runs on a pair of doubles in the 7th inning as the Marlins broke a 3-3 tie.
Dave Bush settled down after allowing 3-runs in the first inning, but he had to leave after 6-innings because of a blister problem.
Hoffman fell to 1-4 and his ERA climbed to 11.65. Prince Fielder and Corey Hart homered in the loss. For Hart, it’s his 11th in the last 16 games and his 14th overall on the season.
Five Milwaukee pitchers, none of them in the starting rotation on opening day, combined to lead the Brewers to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins, salvaging the final game of the series.
Manny Parra worked two scoreless innings to pick up his first win of the season. Parra worked out of a jam in the 5th, facing runners at 2nd and 3rd with nobody out and getting out of it. [Read more...]
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