by Bill Scott | Jul 27, 2020
Tyler Chatwood tossed three-hit ball over six innings to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the series finale at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Sunday. Willson Contreras, Anthony Rizzo and Ian Happ all homered for the Cubs, who sent Brewers...
by Bill Scott | Jul 16, 2020
Milwaukee right-handed pitcher Corbin Burnes is trying to land a spot in the Brewers starting rotation and his performance on Wednesday night moved him in that direction. Burnes retired all 12 batters he faced, striking out seven, to lead Team Gold to a 3-0 victory...
by Bill Scott | Jul 13, 2020
The Milwaukee Brewers are looking to spice things up for the final week-plus of summer camp. The team will play a best-of-seven “Blue and Gold World Series,” starting Tuesday evening at Miller Park. Manager Craig Counsell told reporters on Monday that he...
by Bill Scott | Jul 13, 2020
Newly acquired left-handed pitcher Eric Lauer is one of three players on the Milwaukee Brewers injured list, joining former San Diego teammate Luis Urias and left-handed pitcher Angel Perdomo, all related to COVID-19. Urias and Perdomo both tested positive for the...
by Bill Scott | Mar 10, 2020
The Milwaukee Brewers made their first round of roster reductions, including prospects Corey Ray and Trey Supak who are both on the team’s 40-man roster. The Brewers reassigned to minor-league camp were right-handers Jesus Castillo, Thomas Jankins, Drew...
by Bill Scott | Feb 26, 2020
The Milwaukee Brewers have reached agreement on a five-year contract extension with pitcher Freddy Peralta that guarantees him $15.5 million with team options for 2025 and 2026 that could take the deal to $30 million. The deal was first reported by Ken Rosenthal of...
by Bill Scott | Nov 13, 2019
Despite getting more first-place votes, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell finished second in the National League Manager of the Year balloting. Counsell received 13 first-place votes to 10 for St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt, but the Brewers skipper...
by Bill Scott | Nov 5, 2019
The Baseball Writer’s Association of America’s MLB awards finalists are out and the Milwaukee Brewers have two finalists. Christian Yelich, despite missing the final two weeks of the season with a broken kneecap, was named a finalist for the National...
by Bill Scott | Oct 2, 2019
The Milwaukee Brewers jumped out to a 3-0 lead and dominated the National League wildcard game until the eighth inning. Manager Craig Counsell had his pitchers lined up just the way he wanted with Josh Hader coming on for a six-out save. But a little wildness, a...
by Bill Scott | Sep 30, 2019
The Milwaukee Brewers missed a golden opportunity to tie or win the National League’s Central Division and capped the regular season by being swept by the Colorado Rockies in Denver. The Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis twice on Friday and Saturday, but the Brewers...
by Bill Scott | Sep 26, 2019
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...
by Bill Scott | Sep 26, 2019
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...
by Bill Scott | Sep 23, 2019
The Milwaukee Brewers capped off a stretch of 18-straight games by going 15-3, including Sunday’s 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Miller Park. The Brewers lost the first of those 18 games, 10-5 to the Cubs and found themselves five games behind Chicago...
by Bill Scott | Sep 11, 2019
Milwaukee Brewers standout Christian Yelich will miss the rest of the season after fracturing his right kneecap in Tuesday’s 4-3 win over the Marlins in Miami. Yelich is scheduled to return to Milwaukee on Wednesday for additional tests. At this point,...
by Bill Scott | Sep 9, 2019
Tyler Austin’s pinch-hit three-run homer snapped a 3-all tie in a five-run fourth inning, sending the Milwaukee Brewers to a 8-5 win over the Chicago Cubs in the series finale at Miller Park on Sunday. Eric Thames also homered as Milwaukee took 3-of-4 in the...
by Bill Scott | Sep 3, 2019
Christian Yelich clubbed a game-tying home run in the ninth inning, but Milwaukee reliever Junior Guerra gave up a solo homer to George Springer in the top of the 10th as the Houston Astros pulled out a 3-2, 10-inning win in the series opener at Miller Park. Yasmani...
by Bill Scott | Aug 28, 2019
Yadier Molina hit two home runs and the St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to six games with a 6-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on Tuesday night. Miles Mikolas struck out 10 without a walk to earn the win for St. Louis, which has now...
by Bill Scott | Aug 21, 2019
The Milwaukee Brewers took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning over St. Louis on Tuesday night, then the roof caved in, leading to a 9-4 loss to the Cardinals. The Cardinals tallied four runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to take control of the game. The meltdown...
by Bill Scott | Jul 25, 2019
The Milwaukee Brewers salvaged the final game of their three game series with Cincinnati, but they lost another starting pitcher in the process. Yasmani Grandal’s two-run single capped a three-run fifth inning as the Brewers pulled out a 5-4 win. Keston Hiura...
by Bill Scott | Jul 24, 2019
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...