Eric Yardley

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The Milwaukee Brewers earned a split of their Wednesday doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park, dropping the opener 4-2 before rebounding to win the nightcap 6-0.

Using a bullpen by committee in the game two victory, four relievers combined to blank the Cardinals on just two hits. The Brewers scored four runs in the first inning, led by Ryan Braun’s 3-run homer. It was the 350th home run in Braun’s career.

The Brewers also scored a pair of runs in the first inning of game one, giving them six in the opening frame in the doubleheader. That’s one more first inning run than the five that the Brewers accumulated in the opening frame the first 46 games of the season.

Lefty Brent Suter started game two and tossed three scoreless innings. Freddy Peralta earned the victory, pitching the fourth and fifth before Devin Williams and Eric Yardley closed out the shutout. [Read more…]

The Milwaukee Brewers fell behind 4-0 and 5-1 on Wednesday night before rebounding for a 8-5 win in their series finale with the Detroit Tigers at Miller Park. The loss snapped Detroit’s six-game winning streak.

Brewers manager Craig Counsell improved his career record to 422-400 and tied Tom Trebelhorn for third place on the Brewers’ all-time list for wins by a manager.

Tiger pitchers issued a season high 10 walks, four of the ten to Christian Yelich. The Tigers also hit two batters. Six of those walks turned into runs for the Brewers.

Keston Hiura clubbed a three-run homer, his 9th of the season. Jace Peterson gave the Brewers some insurance with a two-run home run in the eighth.

The win gave the Brewers a 6-4 record on their 10-game homestand.

Eric Yardley (2-0) got the win in relief of Adrian Houser. Yardley pitched two solid innings of relief. Houser gave up five runs and nine hits in five innings.

Devin Williams worked a perfect eighth and Josh Hader finished off the Tigers in the ninth with his ninth save. In 12 appearances and 11 2/3 innings, Hader still hasn’t allowed a base hit. Williams has allowed just four hits and one run in 16 innings, forming a rock solid 1-2 punch for the Brewers in the bullpen.

The Brewers have the day off on Thursday. They’ll open a three-game series in Cleveland against the Indians on Friday night.