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Brewers fall to Reds, drop series in Cincinnati

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The Cincinnati Reds have scored 14 runs in their three-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers.  All of those runs were the result of the home run.  The Reds went yard three times on Wednesday night to pull out a 6-1 win over the Brewers, taking the series three-games-to-two.

The Reds pulled a game in front of the Brewers as the loss dropped Milwaukee back a game under .500 at 27-28 with five games left to play.  The Brewers open a 5-game series against the Cardinals in St. Louis tonight.

Reds ace Trevor Bauer, pitching on short rest, tossed eight innings of 1-run, 4-hit ball.  He walked just one and struck out 12 Brewers while improving to 5-4 on the season.

Adrian Houser (1-6) took the loss, allowing 4 runs (3 earned) on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts.  Two of the five hits allowed were home runs. [Read more…]

Brewers continue playoff push, knock off Reds

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Eric Sogard

Eric Sogard’s playing time had dwindled considerably in the past few weeks, but given an opportunity on Tuesday night, Sogard delivered to help the Milwaukee Brewers pull out a much-needed win.

Sogard doubled twice, including a shot to left that broke a 2-2 tie and gave the Brewers a 3-2 victory at Great American Ballpark.  It moved them into a wildcard playoff spot with six games left to play in the regular season.

Orlando Arcia and Tyrone Taylor also drove in runs for the Brewers.  Taylor’s came with a solo home run in the fifth.

The win also moved the Brewers into a tie with the Reds for third place in the NL Central, 5-games behind the division leading Chicago Cubs.  They’re just a half game behind the second place Cardinals, who are 4 1/2 games back.  The Cubs clinched a playoff spot, despite falling 3-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

Brett Anderson pitched six innings of two-run, four-hit ball to earn the win, improving to 4-3 on the season.  He recorded seven strikeouts, his highest total since Sept. 15, 2015 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Devin Williams followed with two innings of scoreless relief, striking out five.  Josh Hader retired the Reds in the ninth for his 11th save of the season.

The Reds scored both of their runs in the first inning on a Nick Castellanos home run to center.

With the series tied 1-1, the all-important rubber game is Wednesday night.  Adrian Houser (1-5, 5.33) pitches for the Brewers, facing Cincinnati’s Trevor Bauer (4-4, 1.80).  First pitch is set for 5:40 p.m.

Brewers split twin bill with Cardinals

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Ryan Braun File Photo -by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers earned a split of their Wednesday doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park, dropping the opener 4-2 before rebounding to win the nightcap 6-0.

Using a bullpen by committee in the game two victory, four relievers combined to blank the Cardinals on just two hits.  The Brewers scored four runs in the first inning, led by Ryan Braun’s 3-run homer.  It was the 350th home run in Braun’s career.

The Brewers also scored a pair of runs in the first inning of game one, giving them six in the opening frame in the doubleheader.  That’s one more first inning run than the five that the Brewers accumulated in the opening frame the first 46 games of the season.

Lefty Brent Suter started game two and tossed three scoreless innings.  Freddy Peralta earned the victory, pitching the fourth and fifth before Devin Williams and Eric Yardley closed out the shutout. [Read more…]

Brewers drop third straight, fall to Tigers

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Adrian Houser

Starting pitchers that struggle to get through the fourth and fifth innings and an offense that struggles to produce in the clutch.  If you were playing Jeopardy, the correct answer would be:  Who are the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Brewers saw their losing streak reach three-games on Tuesday night, falling 8-3 to the Tigers in their series opener in Detroit.

Adrian Houser allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings to take the loss.  He fell to 1-4 with a 5.48 ERA this season and 0-4 with a 7.45 ERA in his last six starts.  Houser was cruising along early, but found trouble in the fifth, when the Tigers put five runs on the board to break the game open.

The Brewers struggling offense was 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position until breaking through with a three-run ninth inning.  By that time, the Tigers had built a 8-0 lead.

The Brewers collected 10 hits on the night, but scored just three times.  The Brewers put their leadoff man aboard in four of the first five innings, but they grounded into double plays in the third, fourth and fifth.

Tigers starter Spencer Turnbull, who blew a lead last week in Milwaukee, held the Brewers scoreless for six innings before turning the [Read more…]

Home runs propel Brewers to split with Tigers

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The Milwaukee Brewers fell behind 4-0 and 5-1 on Wednesday night before rebounding for a 8-5 win in their series finale with the Detroit Tigers at Miller Park.  The loss snapped Detroit’s six-game winning streak.

Brewers manager Craig Counsell improved his career record to 422-400 and tied Tom Trebelhorn for third place on the Brewers’ all-time list for wins by a manager.

Tiger pitchers issued a season high 10 walks, four of the ten to Christian Yelich.  The Tigers also hit two batters.  Six of those walks turned into runs for the Brewers.

Keston Hiura clubbed a three-run homer, his 9th of the season.  Jace Peterson gave the Brewers some insurance with a two-run home run in the eighth.

The win gave the Brewers a 6-4 record on their 10-game homestand.

Eric Yardley (2-0) got the win in relief of Adrian Houser.  Yardley pitched two solid innings of relief.  Houser gave up five runs and nine hits in five innings.

Devin Williams worked a perfect eighth and Josh Hader finished off the Tigers in the ninth with his ninth save.  In 12 appearances and 11 2/3 innings, Hader still hasn’t allowed a base hit.  Williams has allowed just four hits and one run in 16 innings, forming a rock solid 1-2 punch for the Brewers in the bullpen.

The Brewers have the day off on Thursday.  They’ll open a three-game series in Cleveland against the Indians on Friday night.

Tigers win sixth straight in rout over Brewers

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Christian Yelich (File Photo)

The Detroit Tigers ran their winning streak to six games, rolling to a 12-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at Miller Park.  The Tigers moved above .500 (17-16) with the win, but the win was costly.  Outfielder JaCoby Jones suffered a fractured left hand when he was  hit by a pitch from Brewers reliever Phil Bickford in the eighth inning.  Jones is expected to miss the rest of the season.

Victor Reyes had four hits and five RBI in the win as the Tigers, who finished 47-114 a year ago, moved closer to a playoff spot in the American League.

Christian Yelich provided the Brewers with their only run, clubbing his ninth home run in the sixth inning.

Brewers starter Josh Lindblom (1-3) gave up four runs and six hits in five innings.  He became the first Brewers pitcher to hit the 100-pitch mark (101) this season.

To save the bullpen in a rout, the Brewers used infielder Orlando Arcia in the ninth inning.  He allowed two runs and two hits, including a home run.

The Brewers and Tigers wrap up their two-game series at Miller Park on Wednesday night.  Adrian Houser (1-3, 4.36) goes for the Brewers.  Spencer Turnbull (3-2, 2.97) gets the start for Detroit.

Inconsistent offense leads to another Brewers loss

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Every time you think the Milwaukee Brewers offense is starting to show some signs of stringing together some success, they struggle to keep it going.  That was the case again on Thursday night when they failed to get a hit until the fifth inning and watched the Minnesota Twins pull away for a 7-1 victory at Target Field.

Twins starter Jose Berrios entered the game with a 1-3 record and a 5.92 ERA.  He pitched six innings of one-hit ball, walking one and striking out nine.

Minnesota had chances to add to their 1-0 lead, but a pair of solid defensive plays by the Brewers, kept the Twins off the scoreboard.

The Twins would finally add a run in the sixth inning, chasing Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff (1-2) and pushing their lead to 2-0 on a sacrifice fly off of reliever Freddy Peralta.

The Brewers cut the lead in half in the seventh when Justin Smoak clubbed a solo home run.  But Minnesota came right back in the bottom half, increasing the lead to 4-1 when Nelson Cruz clubbed a two-run homer.

The Twins then blew the game open in the eighth, scoring three runs off of Angel Perdomo.

The loss dropped the Brewers back below .500 at 11-12.  They’ll open a three-game series in Pittsburgh against the Pirates on Friday night.  Adrian Houser (1-1, 3.27) pitches for the Brewers.  Chad Kuhl (0-1, 3.21) goes for the Pirates.

 

Brewers offense back in slow-mode, fall to Twins

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Keston Hiura

Just one day after the Milwaukee Brewers finally broke out for 9-runs in a 9-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds, they scored just two runs on Monday night in a 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game series at Miller Park.

Eddie Rosario clubbed a third inning grand slam off of Milwaukee’s Adrian Houser for all of Minnesota’s runs, giving Randy Dobnak (3-1) the win with five solid innings.

Luis Urias, who was activated from the injured list earlier in the day, singled in his first at bat.  He came around to score the Brewers first run on a double from Orlando Arcia.  The Brewers other run came on a Keston Hiura home run in the eighth inning, his second in as many games.

The Brewers brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning after Manny Pina clubbed a two-out double, but Mark Mathias struck out to end it.

Freddy Peralta gave the Brewers four innings of scoreless relief, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out eight.

The Brewers and Twins play game two of the series Tuesday night.  Josh Lindblom (1-0, 4.15) gets the start for the Brewers.  Minnesota will go with Tyler Clippard (0-0, 1.17) in a bullpen by committee start.

Brewers get first win at Miller Park this season (AUDIO)

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Christian Yelich – Photo Courtesy of Scott Paulus/Milwaukee Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers finally earned their first win at Miller Park this season.

The Brewers scored six runs in the sixth inning on the way to a 9-3 win over the Cincinnati, salvaging the final game of their three game series with the Reds.

Justin Smoak started the rally with a lead-off double and later came around to drive in two runs with a single.  The two hits by Smoak in the inning also came from both sides of the plate.  Smoak started the game with a .128 batting average, 19 strikeouts in 43 at bats but added three hits in all.

Smoak wasn’t the only slumping Brewers hitter to break out on Sunday.  Christian Yelich, mired in a early season slump, had a triple, a  home run and a pair of walks.

The Brewers as a team, entered the game with 43 runs in 12 games, an average of 3.58 a game.

Keston Hiura also homered among his three hits as the Brewers finally had the kind of day they had been waiting all season for.

The Brewers open a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins at Miller Park on Monday night.  Adrian Houser gets the start for the Brewers.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell on the Brewers good day at the plate :17

AUDIO: Craig counsell says you feel like the big number is always coming :15

AUDIO: Justin Smoak on the Brewers 1st win at Miller Park this year :10

AUDIO: Christian Yelich says things can turn quickly in a season like this :23

Brewers rebound, beat Pirates in extra innings

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Ryan Braun

After another quiet offensive performance, the Milwaukee Brewers finally came alive late, rallying to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 in 11 innings at PNC Park on Monday night.

Trailing 5-1 heading into the 9th inning, the Brewers scored four times to force extra innings.  The rally was capped off by Ryan Braun’s two-out, two-run double to left.

Eric Sogard, with a runner at second base to start every extra inning, doubled to led off the 11th to plate the winning run.  Veteran reliever David Phelps held the Pirates in check during the 10th and 11th innings to secure the win.

The win is the seventh straight for the Brewers over the Pirates dating back to last season and the 16th in the last 20 games.

It’s just the seventh time in franchise history that the Brewers have come from behind by four or more runs in the ninth inning to win and the first time since 2004.

After pitching a scoreless first inning, Brewers starter Adrian Houser came back out for Craig Counsell’s Brewers following a 1-hour 42-minute rain delay.  Houser surrendered a solo home run to Pittsburgh’s Colin Moran, the only run he allowed in five innings of work.

The win evened the Brewers record at 2-2.  They’ll send Josh Lindblom to the mound in game two of the series on Tuesday night.