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Suter struggles, Brewers drop Wildcard opener to Dodgers

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Brent Suter File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Baseball’s best team didn’t dominate with their bats on Wednesday night, but the Los Angeles Dodgers did take advantage of Brent Suter’s early wildness to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 in their National League Wildcard series opener in Los Angeles.

Corey Seager homered in the win, but the Dodgers jumped out in the first inning by hardly having to swing the bat.  After a Mookie Betts double to start, Brent Suter proceeded to walk-in a pair of runs.  Suter had to start for the Brewers with the teams top starter (Corbin Burnes) and top reliever (Devin Williams) both sidelined by injury.

Suter needed 32 pitches to get out of the first inning and ended up working just 1 2/3 innings before manager Craig Counsell was forced to go to his bullpen.  Suter left after allowing three runs and three hits, with five walks in.

The Dodgers third run came off of Suter in the second when Chris Taylor doubled and scored on Betts’ second double of [Read more…]

Brewers in the postseason, despite losing record

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Craig Counsell

The Milwaukee Brewers could have clinched a playoff spot with a win in the regular season finale at St. Louis on Sunday.  Instead, they took the tough rout, falling to the Cardinals 5-2 and then depending on help.  They got the needed help when both Philadelphia and San Francisco both lost, giving the sub-.500 Brewers (29-31) a spot in the National League playoffs.

The Phillies 5-0 setback against Tampa Bay finished ahead of the Brewers.  But the Giants were giving the San Diego Padres a run for their money and the Brewers were watching in the clubhouse after their loss, as San Diego pulled out a 5-4 win.

The Brewers are the No. 8 seed in the National League and will face the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers (43-17) in a best-of-three series starting Wednesday night.

The Brewers are in and they’re not apologizing.

“We got ourselves a shot,” Manager Craig Counsell said.  “You’ve got to beat a really good team twice.  It’s the best team [Read more…]

Brewers drop opener in St. Louis, have little margin for error

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Rookie Dylan Carlson homered, doubled and drove in three runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals (28-26) to a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers (27-29) at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Thursday night.

The Cardinals trail the division leading Chicago Cubs by 2 1/2 games, while the Brewers may have put themselves in a situation to need to win out or at least capture three of their four remaining games to have a chance at the playoffs.

Their best chance was supposed to be Thursday night with Corbin Burnes (4-1) on the hill.  He entered with a 4-0 record and 1.77 ERA.  But Burnes didn’t have his good stuff and ended up leaving in the fourth inning with lower back discomfort, after allowing a home run for just the second time this season.

Three wins in the last four games would give the Brewers a 30-30 season and that may or may not be good enough to make the postseason.  They’ve now dropped three of their last four games, with a doubleheader against the Cardinals on Friday.

Tyrone Taylor and Eric Sogard delivered the only two run scoring hits for the Brewers.  Runs have been hard to come by most of the season.  Thursday night, the Brewers had nine hits, but went just 2 for 9 with runners in scoring position. [Read more…]

Brewers split with Cardinals, fall into 4th place in NL Central

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Ryan Braun

The Milwaukee Brewers opened a 3-day, 5-game series against St. Louis, splitting a doubleheader with the Cardinals at Miller Park on Monday.

The Brewers won the series opener in comeback fashion, 2-1 in eight innings.  Ryan Braun’s run-scoring double and Keston Hiura’s sacrifice fly allowed the Brewers to climb within a game of the Cardinals for second place in the NL Central.  But St. Louis returned the favor by winning game two 3-2 in nine innings, moving back in front of the Brewers by two games for second place.  Cincinnati, which took two from the Pirates, slid past the Brewers and into third place in the division.

The Brewers struck out 16 times and went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position in game two.  The Brewers two runs came on a two-run homer by Jedd Gyorko in the fourth inning.

The Brewers had their hottest pitcher on the mound in game two, but Corbin Burnes ran his pitch count up and left in the 5th with 101 pitches.  The 4 2/3 innings pitched for Burnes, was his second shortest outing of the season.  But he did strikeout 10.

The Brewers had several chances in the final innings but couldn’t find a way to plate any additional runs.

In the opener, Josh Lindblom allowed just three hits and struck out six over five shutout innings, his best performance since joining the Brewers.

The Brewers and Cardinals play a single game on Tuesday night at Miller Park.  Brett Anderson (2-3, 4.64) gets the starting nod for the Brewers.  Jack Flaherty (3-1, 3.08) goes for the Cardinals.

The Brewers are 21-25 on the season with 14 games left in the regular season.

Brewers no-hit by Chicago’s Mills (AUDIO)

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Making just his 15th major league start, Chicago right-hander Alec Mills tossed Major League Baseball’s second no-hitter of the season, leading the Cubs to a 12-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday at Miller Park.

Mills walked three and struck out five, finishing with a career-high 114 pitch effort to improve to 5-3 on the season.  He retired Jacob Nottingham (pop up), Tyrone Taylor (strikeout) and Jace Peterson (ground out) to complete the no-hitter in the ninth.

Cubs manager David Ross became the 11th person to catch and manage a no-hitter.  He was behind the plate for former Cub Jake Arrieta’s no-hitter back in 2016.

Mills had never pitched a complete game in the majors.  He was a walk-on in college at Tennessee-Martin and was cut by the Kansas City Royals.

Mills no-hitter was the 16th in Cubs franchise history.  It was also the second time a Cubs pitcher tossed a no-hitter at Miller Park.  Carlos Zambrano no-hit the Astros on Sept. 14, 2008 in a game moved from Houston because of Hurricane Ike.

The Brewers hit into 11 hard-hit outs, as tracked by StatCast.  Mills generated just five swings and misses in the game. [Read more…]

Brewers offense blows up in Detroit

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Corbin Burnes

The Milwaukee Brewers have had plenty of opportunities to score runs over the last week but struggled to come up with the big hit to get it done.  They made up for it all in one game on Wednesday in Detroit.

The Brewers unleashed a 21-hit attack, clubbing five home runs and setting a franchise record with 13 extra base hits in a 19-0 win over the Tigers.

The bottom of the Brewers order did a lot of the damage too.  Orlando Arcia and rookie Tyrone Taylor had four hits each.  Luis Urias had three hits and five RBI and Jacob Nottingham added a two-run homer.

Jeff Gyorko hit a pair of solo home runs and Ryan Braun homered and drove in three runs.

The offense was just half of the winning equation.  Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes put together his best outing of what is becoming a rock solid shortened season.  Burnes allowed just one hit over seven innings with no walks and 11 strikeouts.  He improved his record to 3-0 and saw his ERA drop to 1.99.

The Brewers are off on Thursday and open a big weekend series against the rival Cubs at Miller Park.

Brewers drop third straight, fall to Tigers

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Adrian Houser

Starting pitchers that struggle to get through the fourth and fifth innings and an offense that struggles to produce in the clutch.  If you were playing Jeopardy, the correct answer would be:  Who are the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Brewers saw their losing streak reach three-games on Tuesday night, falling 8-3 to the Tigers in their series opener in Detroit.

Adrian Houser allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings to take the loss.  He fell to 1-4 with a 5.48 ERA this season and 0-4 with a 7.45 ERA in his last six starts.  Houser was cruising along early, but found trouble in the fifth, when the Tigers put five runs on the board to break the game open.

The Brewers struggling offense was 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position until breaking through with a three-run ninth inning.  By that time, the Tigers had built a 8-0 lead.

The Brewers collected 10 hits on the night, but scored just three times.  The Brewers put their leadoff man aboard in four of the first five innings, but they grounded into double plays in the third, fourth and fifth.

Tigers starter Spencer Turnbull, who blew a lead last week in Milwaukee, held the Brewers scoreless for six innings before turning the [Read more…]

Brewers break up Maeda’s no-hit bid but fall to Twins

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Eric Sogard

The Milwaukee Brewers foiled Kenta Maeda’s bid for a no-hitter in the 9th inning, then scored three runs to force extra innings.  But the rally fell short as the Brewers dropped their series opener to the Minnesota Twins 4-3 in 12 innings on Tuesday night at Target Field.

Jorge Polanco’s slow infield roller scored the winning run in the bottom of the 12th to win it for the Twins.

Maeda took a no-hitter into the 9th, having struck out 12 and retiring 20 Brewers in a row at one point.  That’s when Eric Sogard led off the ninth with a single to right-center field to end Maeda’s night.

The Twins went to Taylor Rogers out of the bullpen and Milwaukee’s Avisail Garcia greeted him with a double to put runners at second and third.  After Christian Yelich walked, Keston Hiura drove in a run with a single to center.

Jedd Gyorko followed with a ground ball up the middle to drive in Garcia, but in an attempt to turn a double play, the Twins Ildemaro Vargas threw wildly, allowing Yelich to score to tie the game 3-3.

The Brewers had a chance to go ahead in the top of the 12th.  They had runners at 1st and 3rd with nobody out but [Read more…]

Offense picking up, Brewers win third straight against Cubs (AUDIO)

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Orlando Arcia

After losing the series opener last Thursday, the Milwaukee Brewers were involved in three tight games with the Chicago Cubs, closing out the 4-game series with a 6-5 win on Sunday at Wrigley Field.  It gave the Brewers three of four in the series, including three straight wins.

Josh Hader came on in relief to get the save, but needed a 13-pitch at bat by Chicago’s Nico Hoerner with two outs in the ninth inning to close it out.  Hader has now appeared in six games for the Brewers and hasn’t given up a hit.

The three straight wins pulls the Brewers record for the season at 10-10.

The Brewers had 12 hits on the day, six of them coming from the eight and nine hitters.  In the eight spot, Luis Urias had his second straight three hit game.  In the nine-spot, Orlando Arcia had three hits, including a triple and a two-run homer.

Keston Hiura, who had struggled all season with the bat, had two hits, including a three-run homer off of Jon Lester in the third inning.

The Brewers have Monday off and continue their road trip in Minneapolis to face the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.  Corbin Burnes will get the start on the mound for Milwaukee.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell on another come from behind win on Sunday :23

AUDIO: Craig Counsell said it’s great to get the offense going :19

 

Brewers offense struggles in loss to Cubs (AUDIO)

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Justin Smoak

The Milwaukee Brewers have struggled offensively this season and their issues continued on Thursday night, in a 4-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs in their series opener at Wrigley Field.

Cubs starter Yu Darvish took a no-hitter into the seventh inning.  His no-hit bid ended with one out in the inning after Justin Smoak homered to right to cut the Cubs lead to three.  Darvish would finish the inning and call it a night.  He surrendered the one hit, two walks with 11 strikeouts to improve to 3-1 on the season.

Orlando Arcia singled in the eighth but was rubbed out on a double play.  The Brewers then closed the gap in the 9th when Avisail Garcia singled, made his way to third and scored on a Justin Smoak double.  Omar Narvaez ended the threat by popping out to left to end it, giving the Cubs three wins against their rivals to the north in four meetings this season.

The Cubs improved to 13-3 with the win, the best record in the majors so far this season.

Brett Anderson (0-2) got the start for the Brewers and surrendered two runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings of work but suffered the loss.  He walked two and struck out five.  One of the five hits allowed by Anderson was a solo home run off the bat of Kyle Schwarber in the second inning.

Corbin Burnes came on in relief, pitching 3 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

Game two of the series is Friday night (7:15) at Wrigley Field.  Brandon Woodruff (1-1, 2.53) gets the start for the Brewers.  Tyler Chatwood (2-1, 5.40) goes for the Cubs.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell says the Brewer pitchers are doing their job :23

AUDIO: Craig Counsell said despite a short season, there’s still time :23

AUDIO: Justin Smoak says they’re battling offensively :18