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Brewers in the playoffs but want more (AUDIO)

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The Milwaukee Brewers clinched a wildcard playoff spot on Wednesday night.  After celebrating the victory, they got up Thursday morning and beat the Reds again, this time 5-3.  The Brewers kept pace with Washington for the top wildcard spot and moved to within a game of the idle Cardinals in the Central Division.

With three games to play, the Brewers are hoping to keep winning and get the Cardinals to slip up in the division.  St. Louis closes with three home games against the struggling Cubs.  The Brewers finish with three games in Colorado against the Rockies. [Read more…]

Brewers clinch second straight post season playoff berth (AUDIO)

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It’ll go down as a September to remember.  The Milwaukee Brewers clinched at least a wildcard playoff spot for the second straight year, capping things off with a 9-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark on Wednesday night.

It’s the 6th straight win, the 17th in the last 19 games and a 19-4 month of September for the Brewers, who came from five-games behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League wildcard race.  They also did it after losing Christian Yelich to a season ending knee injury, improving to 12-2 since losing their MVP.

The division leading Cardinals lost again on Wednesday as the Brewers climbed to within a game and a half of St. Louis.  If the Brewers can win today, they’ll move to within a game of the Cardinals, who have the day off.  The Brewers also trail the Nationals by one-game in the chase for the top wildcard spot. [Read more…]

Brewers win 5th straight, reduce magic number to 1

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Brent Suter – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers stayed hot, winning their fifth straight game, 4-2 over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark on Tuesday night.  It’s the 16th win in the last 18 games and moved the Brewers to 18-4 in the month of September.

With the Chicago Cubs falling to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2, the Brewers magic number to clinch a wildcard playoff spot is now down to one.

Sonny Gray entered the game for Cincinnati with a 2-0 record and 1.85 ERA in four starts against the Brewers this season.  But the Brewers got three early runs off of him and let their bullpen do the rest.

Cincinnati scored first, on back-to-back doubles from Joey Votto and Aristedes Aquino in the bottom of the first inning.  The Reds increased their lead to 2-0 after Ryan Braun’s attempt at a diving catch failed. [Read more…]

Reds start early, cruise to victory over the Brewers (AUDIO)

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The Cincinnati Reds scored four runs in the first inning and five more in the fifth on their way to a 14-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on Tuesday night.

Eugenio Suarez went 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI, Jesse Winker homered and Phillip Ervin hit a three-run triple as the Reds built up a 9-0 lead.

Tanner Roark picked up his sixth win, giving up two runs over five innings, helping the Reds win three of their last four.

Manny Pina was 2-for-2 with a home run and four RBI for the Brewers.  Zach Davies allowed seven runs in four-plus innings to take the loss, he fell to 8-3.

The Brewers are 9-19 against sub-.500 teams over the past month and a half but manager Craig Counsell said, “Who we’re playing doesn’t matter.  You’ve got to play a good game to win.”

The Brewers will try to salvage the final game of the series this afternoon.  Jhoulys Chacin gets the start for the Brewers.  Lucas Sims gets the nod for Cincinnati.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell asked about the teams struggles against sub-.500 teams :18

AUDIO: Zach Davies on giving up 4-runs in the 1st inning :13

Brewers bullpen fails to hang on to victory

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Jeremy Jeffress (File Photo)

Tyler Saladino was looking to play hero for the second straight day, but the Brewers bullpen didn’t allow for it to happen as Milwaukee suffered a 6-5 loss in their series opener against the Cincinnati Reds at Miller Park on Monday night.

Saladino took a first pitch fastball and homered to straight away center, his second grand slam in as many days.  It put the Brewers up 5-4 and their third straight come-from-behind win in sight.

However, Josh Hader wasn’t available to slam the door in the ninth and that proved trouble for the Brewers.  They instead went with Jeremy Jeffress for the third straight day.  Jeffress hung a breaking ball to Eugenio Suarez, who deposited it into the seats in left center, giving the Reds the comeback win. [Read more…]

Brewers shut out in Cincinnati 1-0

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Luis Castillo allowed one hit over 7.2 innings and Raisel Iglesias worked around a leadoff double in the ninth inning to notch the save as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 Thursday afternoon.

It was the second straight shutout for the Reds, who held the Brewers scoreless over the last 23 innings of the series.  Castillo struck out nine and didn’t walk a batter.  Brandon Woodruff was the tough-luck loser for the Brewers, allowing one run over six innings.
Christian Yelich led off the ninth inning with a double, but was left stranded after Iglesias retired Mike Moustakas, Keston Hiura and Eric Thames to notch the save.
Despite the loss, the Brewers are still tied for the lead in the NL Central with the Cubs at 46-42.  The five teams in the division are separated by just five games.  Milwaukee opens a weekend series in Pittsburgh Friday night, with Zach Davies throwing against Steven Brault.

Brewers blanked 3-0; Yelich top seed in Derby

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Cincinnati – Sonny Gray allowed only four hits in eight innings and struck out 12 Brewers hitters to help the Reds beat the Brewers 3-0 Wednesday night in Cincinnati.

Yasiel Puig stayed hot, hitting his 19th home run of the season in the second inning.  Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacin turned in one of his better outings of the season, allowing just two runs over six innings with eight strikeouts.

Milwaukee managed just four singles off Gray, and didn’t have major league home run leader Christian Yelich in the lineup.  He was given the day off.

Cincinnati has won two of the first three games in the series.  They sent Luis Castillo to the mound on Thursday afternoon against Brandon Woodruff.  The Brewers are still a game up on the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central Division.

It’s also been announced that Yelich will be the top seed in baseball’s Home Run Derby, and compete against rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in round one next week in Cleveland.

Woodruff leads Brewers to split with Cincinnati

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Brandon Woodruff struck out a career high 12 batters to help lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their second straight win, 7-5 over the Cincinnati Reds at Miller Park on Sunday.

Woodruff improved to 9-2.  The nine wins ties him with Jyun-Jin Ryu of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the most wins in the National League.

Woodruff  allowed three runs in seven innings to pick up the win.  Jeremy Jeffress allowed two runs in the ninth before closing out the Brewers victory.

Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani struck out all six Brewer batters he faced in the first two innings.  But Travis Shaw clubbed a long home run in the third, setting off a five run outburst by the Brewers. [Read more…]

Reds blank Brewers in series opener

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Keston Huira’s first game at Miller Park

Milwaukee Brewers starter Gio Gonzalez surrendered three runs in the first inning and the Cincinnati Reds made that hold up.  The Reds pulled out a 3-0 victory in the series opener on Tuesday night at Miller Park.  It’s the first time the Brewers have been blanked on the scoreboard this season.

Sonny Gray blanked the Brewers for six innings, striking out nine and securing his first win of the season.  Three Reds relievers finished the victory for Gray as the Brewers went down via the strikeout 14 times on the night.  They were 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position.

Right-fielder Christian Yelich was scratched from the lineup before the game with back spasms.  He’s not in the lineup for Wednesday’s series finale either.

The Brewers best chance came in the first inning when Lorenzo Cain led off the inning with a double. [Read more…]

Peralta leads Brewers to sweep of Cincinnati

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Freddy Peralta bounced back from a shaky first outing and tossed a gem in Cincinnati, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 1-0 win over the Reds on Wednesday at Great American Ballpark.

Peralta allowed just two hits over eight innings, striking out 11 and walking nobody as the Brewers swept the three-game series.  It’s their fifth straight win, improving to 6-1.

Alex Wilson worked the 9th inning and earned the save.  he allowed a lead off walk to Tucker Barnhart, then retired the next two hitters.  With two outs, Matt Kemp singled to put runners on 1st and 3rd before Wilson got Eugenio Suarez to ground into a force at second to end the game.

Peralta dominated with his fastball.  Of the 100 pitches he threw, 84 were fastballs and 72 of the 100 pitchers were strikes.  None of the 24 outs were recorded by a ground ball.  He threw his fastball high in the zone all day and dominated with it. [Read more…]