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Brewers Blank Cubs For Second Straight Day

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Lorenzo Cain – File Photo

Jhoulys Chacin combined with three relievers on a six-hitter to give the Milwaukee Brewers their second straight shutout win, 1-0 over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon.

Chacin (6-1) allowed four hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking four to win his sixth straight decision.  Jeremy Jeffress pitched the seventh, Josh Hader struck out the side in the eighth and Cory Knebel worked a perfect ninth inning for his sixth save.

Lorenzo Cain provided the games only run with a third inning home run, his eighth of the season.

Mike Montgomery (2-2) took the loss, allowing just two hits in six innings, both by Lorenzo Cain.  He struck out four and walked only one in his fourth start since replacing injured Yu Darvish in the rotation.

The Brewers improved to 3-8 this season against the Cubs and moved 1 1/2 games in front of the second-place Cubs atop the NL Central.

The Brewers are off on Thursday and will open a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night at Miller Park.

 

Brewers Bounce Back Against Cubs

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Chase Anderson File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Chase Anderson and two relievers combined on a two-hitter as the Milwaukee Brewers blanked the Chicago Cubs 4-0 at Miller Park on Tuesday night.  It’s just the second win against the Cubs this season and ended a 7-game losing streak against their rivals to the south.

Anderson gave up just one hit in seven innings to even his record at 5-5.  Anderson walked two and struck out six.

Travis Shaw was the hitting hero for the Brewers, driving in all four runs with a pair of two-run doubles in the first and third innings.

The win moved the Brewers back into first place in the NL Central, by a half game over the Cubs.

The Brewers and Cubs will close out their three game series this afternoon.  Jhoulys Chacin will get the start for the Brewers.  Mike Montgomery gets the nod for the Cubs.  First pitch is set for 1:10 p.m.

Albers on the DL

The Brewers have placed pitcher Matt Albers on the 10-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain.  They recalled pitcher Jorge Lopez from Triple-A Colorado Springs to fill the roster spot.

 

Brewers looking to get offense on track against the Cubs

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Cubs and Brewers at Miller Park tonight

The Milwaukee Brewers open a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park tonight and they’re looking to get their offense rolling against Chicago in the process.

The Brewers start the day with the best record in the National League, a half-game better than the Cubs.

In eight games so far this season, the Cubs have won seven of the eight with Chicago pitching blanking the Brewers in five of those eight games.

In those eight games, the Brewers managed just nine runs on 37 hits with five of the runs coming in their only victory, April 6 at Miller Park.

In the four game series in Chicago, Cubs pitchers didn’t allow a single earned run.  In the eight games played overall, Cubs starters posted a 0.90 ERA.

Jose Quintana is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 13 innings against the Brewers.  He will start the series opener against the Cubs tonight.  Quintana is 4-1 with a 0.63 ERA in six career outings against the Brewers.

Junior Guerra gets the start for the Brewers tonight.  He is 3-4 on the season with a 2.83 ERA.

 

Brewers offense stuck in quicksand in Chicago

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Through the first eight games against the Chicago, there is still a gap between the Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers.  The Cubs swept the Brewers in their four-game series over the weekend, improving to 7-1 against Milwaukee this season.

Tyler Chatwood and two relievers held the Brewers to a pair of hits in pulling out a 2-0 win on Sunday at Wrigley Field.

Zach Davies gave up both runs to take the loss for Milwaukee, their fourth in-a-row.

Ryan Braun and Christian Yelich had the only two hits as the Brewers managed to score just one earned run over the four games and were blanked over the final 20 innings.

In the series, Brewers starting pitchers allowed just seven runs and 18 hits in 23 2/3 innings of work.  But the Cubs starters were even better, allowing no earned runs in 27 innings. [Read more…]

Brewers drop series opener to Cubs (AUDIO)

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Kyle Hendricks (File Photo) Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Kyle Hendricks and two Chicago relievers combined to help the Cubs blank the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 at Wrigley Field on Thursday night.

In winning the opening game of the series, the Cubs have taken four of five from the Brewers so far this season, with three of the four wins coming via the shutout.

Hendricks tossed seven shutout innings and struck out five on his way to a 2-1 record.  Kyle Schwarber’s solo homer in the sixth off of Chase Anderson was the only offense Chicago would need.  It was Schwarber’s seventh home run of the season.

The Brewers managed just four hits on the night, all coming against Hendricks and all with two outs.

Anderson (2-2) allowed five hits and a walk with two strikeouts in seven innings.

The Brewers fell percentage points behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central Division standings, while the Cubs are two games back.

Game two of the series is Friday afternoon.  Brent Suter (1-2, 5.68) pitches for the Brewers.  Yu Darvish (0-2, 6.86) goes for the Cubs.  First pitch at Wrigley Field is set for 1:20 p.m.

AUDIO: Chase Anderson says he made one mistake to Kyle Schwarber :13

AUDIO: Craig Counsell says the bats haven’t done well against the Cubs this season :11

Brewers knock off Cubs in final at bat (AUDIO)

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Shortstop Orlando Arcia singled to right against a five-man infield to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night at Miller Park.

The Brewers have now won four games in their final at-bat this season.

Travis Shaw, who homered for the first time this season in the Brewers four-run fifth inning, said the ninth inning is their inning.

Brandon Woodruff made it through just 3 2/3 innings because of a high pitch count, so the Brewers bullpen was again called on for extra duty and they came through.  Josh Hader, Jeremy Jeffress and Matt Albers took it the rest of the way to preserve the Brewers victory.

The Brewers ended their scoreless inning streak which had reached 22 innings. [Read more…]

Brewers trying to keep Cub fans out of Miller Park

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The Milwaukee Brewers have continually watched as Chicago Cubs fans have taken over Miller Park in past seasons.  This year, the Brewers are trying to change that trend.

The Brewers announced Thursday that their own fans, can get first crack at tickets to all 10 home games against the Cubs during the 2018 season.

Starting at 9 a.m. Friday morning and continuing through Feb. 15, Wisconsin residents only, can go to “Brewers.com/Wisconsinpresale” up to eight tickets to any of the 10 home games against the Cubs this coming season.

How well this works is anybody’s guess, but it is clear that the Brewers are tired of Cubs fans imposing their will on Miller Park.  Both teams are expected to battle for the Central Division title this season and the Brewers are trying to help fans maintain a home field advantage when it comes to this series.

 

Cubs blank Brewers, all but eliminate division title hopes

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Chase Anderson – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Lefty Jose Quintana did a number on the Milwaukee Brewers and their Central Division title hopes on Sunday.  Quintana went the distance, allowing just three hits to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 5-0 win over the Brewers at Miller Park.  The Cubs took three of four games in the series, moving 5 1/2 games in front of the Brewers.  Their magic number to clinch the NL Central is down to two games.

The Brewers are also two games behind Colorado in the chase for the final National League wild card spot.  St. Louis is 2 1/2 games behind the Rockies in the wild card race.

Chase Anderson (11-4) took the loss, allowing three runs on seven hits with a walk while striking out eight.  The loss ended a personal four game winning streak.

Quintana (11-11) finished off his 116 pitch outing with 10 strikeouts.

The Brewers up and down offense managed just 11 runs in the four game series.  Now they will need some help as they attempt to overtake the Rockies for the final wild card spot.

The Brewers are off on Monday, then open a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds at Miller Park on Tuesday night.  After three games with the Reds, the Brewers will close the regular season in St. Louis against the Cardinals.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell said this was like a playoff series :13

AUDIO: Craig Counsell said they didn’t get many good pitches to hit :13

 

 

Brewers cough up late lead and fall to the Cubs

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For the second straight game, the Milwaukee Brewers let a late lead get away, resulting in 5-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings.

With emergency closer Jeremy Jeffress on in the ninth, trying to protect a 3-2 lead, Ian Happ rolled a ground ball to first and beat Jeffress to the bag for an infield hit.  He eventually scored on Javier Baez’ base hit to tie the game 3-3.

The Brewers loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with one out.  The Cubs went to a five-man infield and closer Wade Davis struck out Domingo Santana.  With two outs and the Cubs defense back to normal, Orlando Arcia then grounded out to Davis and the game went to extra innings.

In the tenth, Kris Bryant clubbed a two-run home run to deep right center field and Davis held off the Brewers in the bottom half to pull out the victory. [Read more…]

Brewers sweep Cubs, climb back in Central Division race

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The Milwaukee Brewers capped off a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 3-1 victory on Sunday at Wrigley Field.  It’s the Brewers first three-game sweep of the Cubs at Wrigley Field since May of 2002.

Travis Shaw broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth when he clubbed a two-run home run, his 29th of the season.  Zach Davies pitched seven innings, allowing one run and seven hits to win his league leading 17th game of the season.  Davies struck out six and walked only one.

The Brewers starting pitching was dominant in the series.  They held the Cubs to three runs in the series as Chicago was outscored 20-3.

Anthony Swarzak and Corey Knebel worked the final two innings with Knebel notching his 18th straight save and 34th overall. [Read more…]