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Cardinals sweep Brewers in St. Louis

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Jhoulys Chacin

Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer and Yadier Molina added a solo shot in the St. Louis 4th inning, sending the Cardinals to a 5-2 win and sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers.

It was the fourth straight loss and seventh in the last eight games for the Brewers, dropping them to .500 (13-13).

The Brewers scored their 23rd straight run via the home run when Eric Thames homered in the first inning.  It means of the Brewers’ last 44 runs scored, 39 have come by home run.

The Brewers managed just five hits off of Cardinals pitching for the third straight game.  Adam Wainwright picked up the win (2-2), the 150th of his big league career.

The Brewers loaded the bases in the 9th and scored a run on a bases loaded walk.  But Jordan Hicks came on to strike out pinch hitter Christian Yelich to end it.

Jhoulys Chacin gave up four runs in four innings to take the loss.  After a 15-8 record last season, Chacin is off to a 2-3 start this year with a 6.35 ERA.

The Brewers are done with the Cardinals until August 19th.  Thursday is an off day and then it’s on to New York for the start of a three game series against the Mets on Friday night.  Chase Anderson (2-0, 3.00 ERA) pitches for the Brewers.  Jacob DeGrom (2-2, 3.68) goes for New York.

 

Brewers losing streak reached three in loss to LA

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Kike Hernandez clubbed a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night at Miller Park.

Pedro Baez got the win after a scoreless two-thirds of an inning for Los Angeles.  Kenley Jansen got the save for the Dodgers, who have won six straight.

Hernandez’ blast came off of Brewers closer Josh Hader in the 8th, on an 0-2 pitch.  Prior to the long ball, Hader issued a pair of walks, after issuing only two free passes in the previous 10 innings.

Hader came on in the seventh and got out of a bases loaded jam by striking out Cody Bellinger to preserve a 2-2 tie.   [Read more…]

Urias shuts down the Brewers

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Julio Urias fired six shutout innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers knocked off the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 in their series opener on Thursday night at Miller Park.

Urias allowed just one hit and struck out nine for his first win.

Cody Bellinger and Max Muncy homered in a three-run sixth inning for the Dodgers.  Christian Yelich gave the Brewers their only run with a ninth inning home run off of Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen.  It’s the 10th of the season for Yelich.

Zach Davies tossed five shutout innings for the Brewers, seeing his ERA fall to 1.19.  Reliever Matt Albers allowed both Dodger home runs to take the loss. [Read more…]

Brewers domination of Cardinals continues

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Christian Yelich homered again, his fourth in two nights against St. Louis, helping the Brewers to a 8-4 win over the Cardinals at Miller Park.

Yelich clubbed his third three-run shot in the last two games in the fifth inning.  It gives him nine home runs for the season, which ties him for the National League lead.  Eight of the nine have come against the Cardinals.

Yelich has driven in 10 runs in the first two games of the series, which sets a Brewers series record against the Cardinals.  The previous mark was nine, but Casey McGehee in a three-game series at St. Louis in 2009. [Read more…]

Yelich dismantles the Cardinals in series opener

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Christian Yelich Celebrates

Christian Yelich continued his early season success against division rival St. Louis, clubbing three home runs and driving in seven, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-7 win over the Cardinals on Monday night at Miller Park.

It was the first three-homer game of Yelich’s career.  In the five games against the Cardinals so far this season, Yelich is hitting .563 with seven home runs, 15 RBI and nine runs scored.  He has hit seven of his eight home runs this season against St. Louis.

Mike Moustakas also went deep for the Brewers.

After the two teams went back and forth in the contest, Yelich clubbed his second three-run home run of the game off of Mike Mayers to make it 9-6 Brewers.  He added his third homer of the night in the eighth, a shot to left center off of Cardinals reliever John Brebbia.

Marcell Ozuna ended the scoring with a home run in the ninth off of Josh Hader.  The Cardinals also got home runs in the first from Paul Goldschmidt and Paul DeJong off of Freddy Peralta.

The Brewers continued to get a strong offensive showing from their pitchers.  Freddy Peralta delivered an RBI single in the second and Brandon Woodruff added a pinch-hit double in the fourth, hits number 10 and 11 for Brewers pitchers this season.

Game two of the series is Tuesday night (6:40 p.m.) at Miller Park.  Brandon Woodruff (1-1, 6.00) gets the nod for the Brewers.  Jack Flaherty (1-0, 2.93) goes for the Cardinals.

 

Brewers swept by Angels

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Another single bad inning has cost a Milwaukee Brewers starter a chance at a win.

Brandon Woodruff allowed four runs in the third inning and the Brewers fell to the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 in Anaheim on Wednesday night.  It’s the sixth straight win for the Angels, who swept the three-game series from the Brewers.

To make matters worse, the Brewers, after an off day today, will open a three-game series against the Dodgers on Friday night.

The Brewers had won their first three series this season and hadn’t lost a series since last July when they dropped five games in four days to the Pittsburgh Pirates just before the all-star break.

In two innings before the third and three innings after, Woodruff allowed just one hit and no runs.

Christian Yelich gave the Brewers an early 1-0 lead with a run-scoring single in the first.  He struck again in the seventh, scoring Orlando Arcia with another run scoring single.

The Brewers lose third baseman Travis Shaw in the second inning.  He left early after being hit by a pitch on his right hand.  X-rays were negative and Shaw is listed as day-to-day with a bruised hand.

 

Brewers drop series opener to the Angels (AUDIO)

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Craig Counsell

The Milwaukee Brewers kept Mike Trout in check but his teammates picked up the slack as the Los Angeles Angels pulled out a 5-2 win in their series opener at Angels Stadium in Anaheim.

Tommy La Stella, Andrelton Simmons and Justin Bour all belted their first home runs of the season in the Angels victory.

The home runs by Simmons and La Stella came off of Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacin, who allowed only one other hit in 6 1/3 innings of work, but was saddled with his first loss (2-1) of the season.

The game featured some top plays defensively.  Christian Yelich made a lunging catch of a drive by former Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy in right center.  Yelich then fired to second to double off Albert Pujols at second base.

Just one inning later, Mike Trout pulled off an even bigger play, making a leaping catch at the wall in [Read more…]

Yelich leads Brewers past Cubs

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Christian Yelich (File Photo)

Christian Yelich clubbed a two-run homer and drove in three as the Brewers doubled up the Chicago Cubs 4-2 in their series finale at Miller Park on Sunday.

Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning for Chicago, which cut the Brewers lead in half.  But that’s all Chicago would get off of the Brewers, who won their third straight series to start the season and improved to 8-2.

The Brewers jumped out early as Lorenzo Cain singled in the first and scored on Yelich’s two-run home run.  The home run was the 100th of Yelich’s career.  Yelich also drove in the Brewers final run in the fourth with a sacrifice fly.

Zach Davies pitched into the sixth for the win.  Josh Hader, who was celebrating his 25th birthday, came on and got the final eight outs in relief for his fifth save.

Kyle Hendricks dropped to 0-2, allowing four runs as the Cubs fell to 2-7.

The Cubs return home to Wrigley for their home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates today.

The Brewers open a 3-game road series in Los Angeles against the Angels of Anaheim.  Jhoulys Chacin (2-0, 4.22 ERA) shoots for his third win of the season for the Brewers.  The Angels will counter with Trevor Cahill (0-1, 3.75).

 

Brewers open first road trip with victory

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Another late game comeback for the Milwaukee Brewers, who knocked off the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 in their series opener at Great American Ballpark on Monday night.

Christian Yelich didn’t hit a home run in a fifth straight game, but he did double with two outs in the ninth inning and then score on Ryan Braun’s double to give the Brewers the game winning run.

Yelich was 0 for 4 before his big 9th inning hit.

Alex Wilson earned the win and Josh Hader recorded his third save of the season.

Jesus Aguilar had a two-run single to get the Brewers on the board and Mike Moustakas made it 3-0 with a run-scoring double.

The Brewers and Reds play game two of the series tonight.  Jhoulys Chacin (1-0) gets the nod for the Brewers.  Anthony DeSclafani goes for the Reds.

Yelich picking up where he left off

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Christian Yelich (File Photo)

After winning the National League MVP award last season, Christian Yelich has picked up right where he left off, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 record to start the season.  It was Yelich who led the Brewers to a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, driving in three runs on the day.

Yelich homered for a fourth straight game to start the season, becoming just the sixth player in Major League history to do so.  Then, with the Brewers trailing in the 9th, Ben Gamel lead off with a double.  Lorenzo Cain reached on an infield hit and Yelich doubled to left center to drive in two runs in the walk off win.

Corbin Burnes made his first major-league start.  He tied a franchise record by fanning nine batters in the first three innings.  He ended up striking out 12 in five innings before giving way to the bullpen.

Burnes left trailing 4-1 after allowing home runs to Paul DeJong, Matt Carpenter and Paul Goldschmidt.

Matt Albers came on to retire the Cardinals in the sixth and seventh without allowing a run.

The Brewers chipped away with a pair of runs to rail 4-3 heading to the 9th when the fireworks began.

The Brewers and Cardinals tied the Miller Park record for combined homers in a series with 18.  Each team finished with nine.

The Brewers hit the road for the first time this season, opening a series in Cincinnati against the Reds.  Zach Davies faces Tanner Roark in the pitching matchup.