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Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Corey Hart postponed knee surgery on Tuesday,
Corey Hart / UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt
opting instead for a second opinion.
An MRI performed on Hart’s right knee was being sent to a specialist to see if he agrees with the diagnosis of Brewers team physician William Raasch.
Hart experienced swelling in his knee during offseason workouts. After an MRI revealed a “defect” in the knee as well as a slight meniscus tear, surgery was scheduled. [Read more…]
Milwaukee Brewers 1st baseman Corey Hart will undergo knee surgery tomorrow
Corey Hart / UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt
and miss at least the first six weeks of the 2013 season.
Hart had surgery on his right knee last spring to repair cartilage damage. He then experienced swelling in that same knee during offseason workouts and an MRI revealed damage in the knee.
Hart will have surgery tomorrow and be out of action three to four months.
The Brewers first baseman hit .270 last season with 30 home runs and 83 rbi’s in 149 games. Hart made 97 starts at first base and 49 in right field.
Hart’s injury should allow the Brewers to get a good early look at Mat Gamel who went down with an ACL injury on May 1st last year. At the time, Gamel was hitting .246 with 1 home run and 6 rbi’s in 21 games for the Brewers.
Prior to Hart’s injury, Gamel was expected to get some work in the outfield during spring training. That could still happen, but he should also see more at bats early on, giving the Brewers a better idea of just what they have with Gamel.
John Axford
The Brewers also agreed to a 2013 contract with closer John Axford worth $5-million, avoiding salary arbitration.
Axford made $525,000 last season, his 3rd year in the Major Leagues.
Rickie Weeks homered twice and drove in four runs to help Wily Peralta win
Rickie Weeks
his first Major League start and lead the surging Milwaukee Brewers to a 8-5 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.
Corey Hart also homered and drove in four runs for the Brewers, which has won 13 of the last 16 games to climb to within 6 1/2 games of St. Louis for the second National League wildcard spot.
Peralta worked six innings and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits. He was called up from the minors on Tuesday to take the roster spot of Mark Rogers, who was shut down because he reached his innings limit. Peralta was 7-11 with a 4.66 ERA at Triple-A Nashville.
Corey Hart and Aramis Ramirez hit homes runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday
Corey Hart
night.
Brewers starter Mark Rogers (3-1) gave up just 1-run in 5 1/3 innings to win his third straight outing. He had plenty of offensive support as well. Hart and Ramirez both had three hits. Ramirez drove in four runs and Nyjer Morgan added 3 hits, a walk and a stolen base.
The Pirates remained 1/2 game behind St. Louis for the final NL wild-card spot when the Cardinals fell (10-0) to the Washington Nationals.
Friday nights game may have been the last of the season for Rogers. Team owner Mark Attanasio said on the team’s television broadcast during the game that Rogers would be shut down.
Rogers is at 134 1/3 innings, combining his work with Triple A Nashville and Milwaukee. The most innings he has ever thrown in a season prior to this season is 126 innings back in 2010.
The Milwaukee Brewers turned a close game into a 15-4 rout by scoring 9-runs in the 9th inning to beat the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Ryan Braun, Aramis Ramirez and Corey Hart hit back-to-back-to-back home runs as the Brewers banged out a season high 21 hits in the win.
Ramirez clubbed two of the teams five home runs and Braun had four hits and five rbi’s, including his NL leading 35th home run of the season.
Ramirez is now tied with Gary Gaetti for seventh on the all-time home run list for third basemen with 332.
The Brewers have won 6-straight against the Cubs and will shoot for number-7 tonight. Yovani Gallardo faces Travis Wood in the pitching matchup.
Corey Hart had struck out in his first three trips to the plate, but he was
Corey Hart
eventually rewarded in his 4th trip to bat.
With the Milwaukee Brewers trailing 4-3 in the 8th inning, Hart clubbed a 2-out grand slam to lift Milwaukee to a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Miller Park.
AUDIO: Corey Hart on his grand slam after 3 strikeouts :16
Ryan Braun also homered twice and Aramis Ramirez went deep once.
Livan Hernandez pitched a scoreless 8th for the win and Jim Henderson got the final two outs of the game for his 3rd save.
How bad is the Milwaukee Brewers bullpen? Ron Roenicke turned to Kameron Loe to close out a 5-3 win over the Astros in Houston on Sunday.
That may sound like a shot directed towards Loe. It wasn’t. It’s a shot directed at John Axford and Francisco Rodriguez.
After Axford and Rodriguez have failed so many times, manager Ron Roenicke turned to Loe to mop up at Minute Maid Park on Sunday.
In the process, the Brewers snapped an 11-game losing streak on the road, the second-worst in franchise history. It’s the Brewers first road win since July 8.
It wasn’t easy for Loe, but he did earn his first save of the season. He was previously 0 for 5 in save situations.
Yovani Gallardo earned the win (11-8), beating Houston for a 10th consecutive start. Gallardo allowed 9 hits and struck out 8 over 7 2/3 innings.
Corey Hart also homered in the win for the Brewers. Milwaukee continues its road trip in Denver tonight to open a series against the Colorado Rockies.
The Milwaukee Brewers sent the division leading Cincinnati Reds to their second straight defeat, 6-3 at Miller Park.
Yovani Gallardo pitched 7-innings to earn his 10th win of the season (10-8). It’s the 4th straight year that Gallardo has reached double-digit wins.
Martin Maldonado homered and drove in three runs for the Brewers. Aramis Ramirez and Corey Hart also homered for the Brewers.
John Axford pitched in the 8th, then got the Reds 1-2-3 in the 9th fo rbis 18th save.
The Brewers didn’t score until the 5th, breaking a string of 21-straight scoreless innings. They eventually got to Reds starter and loser Bronson Arroyo for 5 runs on 10 hits.
The Reds lost back to back games for the first time since July 3-4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Game 2 of the series is tonight.
Rookie right-handed pitcher Joe Kelly broke a 3-3 tie with a run scoring single and the St. Louis Cardinals went on to knock off the Milwaukee Brewers 9-3 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Kelly (2-4) broke a 3-start losing streak by allowing 3 earned runs and 10 hits over 5 2/3 innings.
His first-pitch RBI single to left off of Randy Wolf (3-8) capped a 4-run outburst by the Cardinals in the fourth inning.
The Brewers scored 3-times in the second inning, jumping out to a 3-0 lead. Wolf drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single.
Ryan Braun, who entered the game with a NL leading 29 home runs, had three hits including a pair of doubles, but the Brewers tied a season high with four errors, including the first in 51 games at first base for Corey Hart.
Game two of the series is tonight. Mark Rogers makes his second start of the season for the Brewers. The Cardinals will go with veteran Adam Wainwright.
Playing the worst team in baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers opened a lead and
Yovani Gallardo
went on to crush the Houston Astros 10-1 at Miller Park on Tuesday night.
Houston closed out July with just 3 victories during the month.
Yovani Gallardo continued his career domination of the Astros by pitching 7 innings and improving his lifetime record against Houston to 12-2 with a 2.61 ERA.
AUDIO: Yovani Gallardo on his outing :11
Aramis Ramirez had three hits and drove in four runs. He and Corey Hart each clubbed three run homers. It’s home run #20 for Hart.
Houston’s only run came on Chris Snyder’s leadoff homer in the third inning off of Gallardo.
The Brewers will go for the sweep today with an afternoon game at Miller Park.