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A.L. Wins All Star Game 8-6; Hader Hit Hard

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Josh Hader – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The American League defeated the National League 8-6 in Tuesday nights All Star game in Washington DC.

The Brewers had five representatives.  Christian Yelich went 1 for 3 with a homerun.  Jesus Aguilar and Lorenzo Cain went 0-2 and Jeremy Jeffress pitched a scoreless inning.  Josh Hader allowed a 3-run homerun to former Brewer Jean Segura in the eighth inning that gave the A.L. a 5-2 lead.

After the game, Hader spoke to reporters regarding racist and homophobic tweets sent out on his account when he was 17 years old (seven years ago).  Hader apologized, saying ‘No excuses. I was dumb and stupid.”

Former Brewer Scooter Gennett tied the game with one out in the ninth inning with a 2-run homerun

The Brewers resume play on Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Miller Park.  Milwaukee has lost six in a row and trail the Chicago Cubs in the N.L. Central by 2 1/2 games.

Brewers Crush Cardinals 11-3 in Series Opener

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Brent Suter – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Brent Suter allowed just two hits and two runs over seven innings as the Brewers drubbed the Cardinals 11-3 in Milwaukee.  Eric Thames contributed a bases-clearing triple and Manny Pina homered for Milwaukee.  The Brewers lead the Cubs by one game in the NL Central at 44-and-30, after the Cubs lost to the Cincinnati Reds Thursday night.  Carlos Martinez was the losing pitcher, giving up seven runs in four innings.  Matt Carpenter led off the game with a first-pitch home run for St. Louis, his fourth in the last five games.  This was the second consecutive start where Suter has gone seven innings, and is now 8-4 on the season.

The Cardinals are 2-and-7 in their last nine. The second game of the series is Friday at Miller Park.  Junior Guerra throws against Jack Flaherty.

Brewers Defeat Cardinals 8-3; Best Record in N.L.

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The Brewers lead in the National League Central grew to 4.5 games Monday after an 8-3 in the series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Milwaukee jumped out to a 4-0 lead through four innings, only to see the Cardinals pull to within a run thanks to a 3 run fifth.  The lead was 5-3 in the bottom of the seventh when Jonathon Villar’s 3-run homerun opened the game up at 8-3.

Ryan Braun, dropped to fifth in the batting order, went 3-for-3, and Christian Yelich was 2-for-4 to raise his average to .310.  Brent Suter (5-3) allowed three runs in five innings, with six strikeouts to earn the victory.  The bullpen was stellar again, as Taylor Williams, Matt Albers and Jacob Barnes combined for four shutout innings and just one hit allowed.

The Brewers are now 35-20, which is the best record in the National League.  The Brewers are 19-7 over their last 26 games, 14-4 over their last 18 games and 10-2 over their last 12 games, including a current 4-game winning streak.

Game two of the three game series is Tuesday, with Zach Davies throwing against Michael Wacha.

Brewers top Mets 3-1

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Brewers starter Wily Peralta went 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball, notching the win in a 3-1 Brewers victory over the Mets in New York on Wednesday night.

Peralta, who has been erratic at times this season, made his best start  in nearly a month, limiting New York to four hits and one walk to set up a rubber game on Thursday night at 6:10 – the Brewers final road game o this trip.

After allowing three of the first five batters he faced to reach base, Peralta calmed down and retired  16 of his final 18 hitters, before manager Ron Roenicke went to the bullpen.

Scooter Gennett opened up the scoring for Milwaukee when he doubled to lead off the third and came around on Jonathan Lucroy’s RBI groundout. An inning later, Jean Segura knocked in Aramis Ramirez with a single to left, and finally in the fifth, Carlos Gomez‘s grounder to second base turned into an RBI single when Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom didn’t cover first base, scoring Ryan Braun.

Lucroy finished 3-for-5 with an RBI and two doubles, and is batting .444 in June.

Carlos Gomez Jumps Two Spots in All-Star Voting

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The third round of National League All-Star voting was updated and Milwaukee Brewers OF Carlos Gomez jumped from 5th to 3rd in fan voting. The current update has

Carlos Gomez (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)

Carlos Gomez (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)

Dodgers OF, Yasiel Puig in first (1,472,717) with Marlins OF Giancarlo Stanton in second (1,259,047)  and Gomez  (1,192,174) less than 67,000 votes behind Stanton.

Gomez by the numbers:

Slugging Percentage: .554 (4th)

Total Bases: 128 (4th)

Extra-Base Hits: 31 (T-4th)

Runs: 42 (T-5th)

Doubles: 17 (T-5th)

Batting Average: .307 (7th)

Home Runs: 12 (T-8th)

Stolen Bases: 11 (T-10th)

If Gomez is voted by fans into the top three he would become just the 4th Brewer to earn a starting position in the All-star game under the current fan selection process.

 

Other Brewers:

Jonathan LuCroy: C, 3rd  

Jean Segura: SS, 3rd 

Aramis Ramirez: 3B, 4th 

Ryan Braun: OF, 6th  

 

WRN Sports Daily (Video)

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In today’s WRN Sports Daily, I take a look back at last night’s Stanley Cup Finals opener between Chicago & Boston.

The NBA Finals continue tonight with game 4 between San Antonio and Miami.  Can the Spurs push Miami closer to elimination and will they have Tony Parker (hamstring) on the court.

And the Brewers have a long way to go, but they’ve won 5 of 6 with a big series against the Reds coming this weekend.