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Hiura named NL Player of the Week (AUDIO)

July 22, 2019 By Bill Scott

Keston Huira – Courtesy of MLB

Milwaukee Brewers rookie second baseman Keston Hiura has been named the National League Player of the Week.

Hiura earned his first career NL Player of the Week Award and is the second different Brewers player (third time) to take home weekly honors this season, joining his All-Star teammate Christian Yelich, who captured the weekly award twice. The last Brewers player to accomplish the feat other than Yelich was Aramis Ramirez on July 5, 2015.

Hiura is the first and only rookie to win the weekly award in team history.

Hiura hit .517 (15-for-29) with seven runs scored, six doubles, two triples, a home run, eight RBI, two walks and two stolen bases in seven games this past week.

Among National League leaders, Hiura finished the week first in hits, extra-base hits (9), doubles and slugging percentage (.966); tied for first in triples; second in total bases (28); third in batting average and on-base percentage (.548); and tied for third in stolen bases.

Hiura enter’s Monday night’s game against Cincinnati riding a 11-game hitting streak. He has eight multi-hit games and a trio of three-hit performances during that stretch.

AUDIO: Keston Kiura on being the first Brewers rookie to earn Player of the Week honors in MLB :15

Brewers sweep road trip, win 8th in-a-row

July 6, 2015 By Bill Scott

Brewers outfielder Gerardo Parra – UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Milwaukee Brewers won all seven games on their road trip and ran their win streak to 8-straight games with a 6-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark.

Gerardo Parra (7th) and Adam Lind (14th) both homered for the Brewers, who pounded out 13 hits in the win. The Brewers put together double figures in hits in each of the seven road games. They hit .364 as a team during that stretch.

The Brewers scored 53 runs and averaged just over 7.5 a game during the road trip. The last time the Brewers went through a 7-game road trip [Read more…]

Brewers extend winning streak to seven

July 5, 2015 By Bill Scott

Jean Segura – file photo: UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Milwaukee Brewers continued their torrid hitting pace in Saturday’s 7-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark.

The win extended the Brewers win streak to seven straight games, the last six coming on the road. The 7-game streak is the longest for the Brewers since they won nine straight in April of last season.

The Brewers broke open a 1-1 tie in the fifth when they scored six times, sending 12 hitters to the plate.

Cincinnati pitchers hit four Brewer hitters with pitches, including Carlos Gomez, who had to leave the game. X-rays were negative on his left wrist. [Read more…]

Brewers win fourth straight

July 2, 2015 By Bill Scott

Brewers pitcher Kyle Lohse: Photo – UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Milwaukee Brewers pounded out a season high 17 hits and knocked off the Philadelphia Phillies 9-5 on Wednesday night.

Aramis Ramirez clubbed a 2-run double in the fourth to push the Brewers lead to 4-0. It gives him seven rbi’s in the last three games.

Adam Lind clubbed a two-run homer, his 12th of the season and Scooter Gennett had three hits (2 doubles and a triple) in the victory.

Kyle Lohse not only won his second straight game, but he added three hits with his bat. Lohse worked 6 1/3 innings and allowed 9 hits, 4 runs, 2 walks and struck out four.

The Brewers won the first three games in the series and extended their overall win streak to four. They’ll shoot for the sweep of the four game series tonight. Matt Garza (4-10, 5.52 ERA) faces Chad Billingsley (0-2, 6.75) in the pitching matchup. First pitch is set for 5:35 p.m.

Brewers rally to beat Phillies

July 1, 2015 By Bill Scott

Ryan Braun

On a rainy night in Philadelphia, the Milwaukee Brewers scored a pair of 8th inning runs to come from behind to beat the Phillies 4-3.

Aramis Ramirez singled to drive in the tying run and Adam Lind walked with the bases loaded to give the Brewers the winning run to win for the 6th time in the last 8 games.

The Brewers then escaped jams in both the 8th and 9th innings to hang on for the win. Francisco Rodriguez worked the 9th to earn his 17th save in as many chances this season. Rodriguez has also saved 22 straight games, dating back to last season.

Ramirez drove in three runs in all and Ryan Braun added four more hits against the Phillies. Braun has a .438 career batting average (42 for 96) with 10 homers and 25 rbi’s in 24 games at Philadelphia.

Rookie Taylor Jungmann got the start on the mound and battled through six innings. He allowed five hits and three runs with two walks and four strikeouts. Jungmann worked through a couple of early jams to work his way out of trouble.

Kyle Lohse (4-9) pitches the third game of the series for the Brewers tonight. Aaron Harang (4-10) gets the start for the Phillies (6:05 p.m.).

Brewers rebound to knock off Phillies

June 30, 2015 By Bill Scott

Jonathan Lucroy: UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Milwaukee Brewers fell behind 4-1 after two innings, then buckled down and rebounded for a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in their series opener Monday night.

Jonathan Lucroy had four hits and two rbi’s, Ryan Braun added three hits and Aramis Ramirez put the Brewers in front 5-4 in the 6th with a pinch-hit, 2-run double.

Jimmy Nelson (5-8, 4.48 ERA) pitched five innings for the win, despite giving up four runs in the first two innings.

Relievers Neal Cotts, Michael Blazek, Jeremy Jeffress, Will Smith and Francisco Rodriguez combined to blank the Phillies on three hits over the final four innings. Rodriguez picked up his 16th save in as many chances.

The Brewers got 12 hits and six runs off of Phillies starter Sean O’Sullivan.

The Brewers (30-48) will send rookie Taylor Jungmann (2-1, 2.74 ERA) to the mound in game two of the series tonight. Cole Hamels (5-6) pitches for the Phillies (27-51).

The Brewers have won five of their last seven games overall.

Brewers explode on offense, end 6-game slide

June 20, 2015 By Bill Scott

Ryan Braun UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Milwaukee Brewers entered last night’s game at Coors Field with the worst ranked offense in Major League Baseball. For at least one night, that offense came to life, pounding out 16-hits in a 9-5 win over the Colorado Rockies.

The win brought to an end a 6-game losing streak. Every member of the Brewers starting lineup collected at least 1-hit, including starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann, who collected his first Major League hit.

Ryan Braun and Aramis Ramirez clubbed first-inning home runs, helping the Brewers jump out to a 6-0 lead. Jungmann made it stand up, holding the Rockies to 4-runs on 8 hits in six innings to pick up the victory. Jungmann improved to 2-1 since coming to the Brewers from Class AAA Colorado Springs.

Game two of the series is tonight. Kyle Lohse (3-8, 6.44 ERA) goes for the Brewers. Chad Bettis (2-2, 3.74) gets the nod for the Rockies.

Brewers claim a third baseman

June 17, 2015 By Bill Scott

Aramis Ramirez

The Milwaukee Brewers claimed third baseman Matt Dominguez off of waivers from the Houston Astros on Tuesday. They assigned him to Class AAA Colorado Springs.

The 24-year-old Dominguez, was the 12th overall pick in the 2007 draft by the Florida Marlins.

Dominguez was playing at Class AAA Fresno and hitting .251 with four homers and 26 RBI. In the majors, Dominguez is a career .233 hitter with 42 home runs and 152 runs batted in.

Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez name has come up in trade discussions. Dominquez would appear to be insurance if the Brewers do move forward with a future deal involving Ramirez.

To make room on the 40-man roster for Dominguez, the Brewers designated left-hander Wei-Chung Wang for assignment. Wang has been pitching at Class A Brevard County.

Ramirez powers Brewers past Nationals

June 13, 2015 By Bill Scott

Aramis Ramirez

Aramis Ramirez doubled three times and drove in five runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 8-4 win over the Washington Nationals at Miller Park on Friday night.

Ramirez put the Brewers up 2-0 in the first with his ninth double of the season. His 10th drive in a run in the third, then his 11th drove in two runs in the Brewers’ four-run fourth inning.

The Brewers did most of their damage off of Jordan Zimmerman (5-4). The Auburndale, Wisconsin native allowed six runs and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out four. Zimmerman entered the game with a 4-0 record and 2.35 ERA in five career starts against the Brewers. [Read more…]

Jungmann wins his Major League debut

June 10, 2015 By Bill Scott

Taylor Jungmann not only held off the Pirates on Tuesday night and winning his Major League debut, the performance will lead to a second start on Sunday against the Washington Nationals at Miller Park.

Jungmann held the Pirates to a run on three hits in seven innings to pitch the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.

The 2011 first-round draft pick walked one and struck out five in his debut. He retired 13 hitters in a row during one stretch.

The Brewers got home runs from Jason Rogers and Aramis Ramirez in the victory.

The Pirates only run came on Starling Marte’s home run off of Jungmann in the second.

Francisco Rodriguez worked the 9th inning for his 12th save in 12 tries this season.

The Brewers send Kyle Lohse (3-6, 6.59 ERA) to the mound in the series finale tonight. He’ll face Charlie Morton (3-0, 2.84) of the Pirates. The Brewers are in search of their first series sweep of the season.