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Brewers climb to within one game of Cubs in Central

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Mike Moustakas scored on a wild pitch in the sixth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 in Chicago on Monday night.

Jonathan Schoop and Orlando Arcia also drove in runs for the Brewers, who climbed to within one-game of Chicago for the Central Division lead.

The Brewers have now won four straight games and 10 of their last 12, while the Cubs have dropped three straight.

After a slow start for Cubs starter Jon Lester, he was in control, retiring the first two hitters in the sixth inning.  But that’s when Lester started to suffer lower back stiffness, allowing a single to Moustakas and a double to Erik Kratz.

The Cubs went to Carl Edwards Jr., who uncorked a wild pitch on the very first pitch, allowing Moustakas to score what turned out to be the game winning run.

Josh Hader took over for the Brewers in the seventh inning and struck out all six batters he faced.  Jeremy Jeffress came on to save it for the Brewers in the ninth.

The Brewers and Cubs play game two of their series at Wrigley Field tonight.  Jhoulys Chacin (14-6, 3.59) goes for the Brewers.  Jose Quintana (12-9, 4.14) gets the nod for the Cubs.

 

Brewers use long ball to blank the Cubs

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Ryan Braun File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

With the wind blowing out at Wrigley Field, the Milwaukee Brewers clubbed four home runs to shutout the Cubs 7-0 on Tuesday.

Lorenzo Cain and Ryan Braun homered in the first inning to push the Brewers out to a 3-0 lead.  Braun would homer again in the third and Erik Kratz also went deep as the Brewers finally beat Cubs left hander Jose Quintana.

Braun continued his hot offensive play at Wrigley Field.  In 78 career games there, he is hitting .338 with 17 home runs, 55 runs and 67 RBI.

Jhoulys Chacin held up his end of the bargain as well, pitching seven scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and striking out 10.  Chacin improved to 12-4 in securing the victory.  He improved to 2-0 against the Cubs and hasn’t allowed an earned run in 13 innings in two starts.

Corey Knebel and Dan Jennings pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth to close out the shutout victory.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon was ejected by home-plate umpire Phil Cuzzi in the sixth inning after a called third strike on Ben Zobrist.  Zobrist would later get ejected for the same reason, the first time he’s been kicked out of a game in his career.

Junior Guerra pitches the final game of the series for the Brewers today, against Chicago’s Kyle Hendricks.

 

Brewers use long ball to beat Padres

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The Milwaukee Brewers exploded for five runs in the first inning and this time never looked back, knocking off the San Diego Padres 8-4 on Wednesday night at Miller Park.

Jesus Aguilar, Travis Shaw and Eric Thames clubbed back-to-back-to-back home runs in that second inning.  Orlando Arcia and Christian Yelich also homered for the Brewers.

The Brewers poured it on Padres rookie Brett Kennedy, who made his Major League debut after going 10-0 at Class AAA El Paso.  At one point in the first inning, the Brewers collected seven straight hits off of Kennedy.

Jhoulys Chacin went six innings for the win, improving to 11-4.

The Brewers and Padres play the rubber game of the series this afternoon.  Junior Guerra faces Robbie Erlin in the pitching matchup.

The Brewers start the day a game and a half behind the Cubs, who lost in Kansas City last night.

Brewers blow lead and fall to Padres

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The Milwaukee Brewers jumped out to a 4-0 lead but Chase Anderson couldn’t get out of the fifth inning and the Brewers fell to the San Diego Padres 11-5 on Tuesday night at Miller Park.

The Padres scored at least one run in each of the final seven innings and all four Brewers relievers gave up at least one run.  Josh Hader took the loss, his first since September of last season.

Chase Anderson retired the first six batters, then walked Franmil Reyes to start the third as the downward trend began.  Anderson struggled to get control of his curve ball and left too many pitches out over the plate.

Jesus Aguilar and Mike Moustakas each clubbed two-run homers to stake the Brewers to the early lead.

It’s the second straight loss for the Brewers, who fell 2 1/2 games behind the Central Division leading Chicago Cubs, who blanked Kansas City.

Jhoulys Chacin gets the nod in game two of the series for the Brewers on Wednesday night.

Brewers throttled by Dodgers in series finale

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The Milwaukee Brewers finished their eight game road trip out west with a 5-3 record and they’ll take it.  But they finished with two straight losses, including Thursday nights 21-5 blowout loss to the Dodgers.

The Dodgers had 18 hits and clubbed seven home runs.  Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacin (10-4) gave up three of the long balls, allowing eight earned runs and not making it out of the fifth.

The 21 runs scored by the Dodgers is the most ever scored against a Brewers team.  With the hits and runs piling up, manager Craig Counsell once again went to a couple of position players to mop up, Hernan Perez and Erik Kratz.

The Brewers did score first after Christian Yelich doubled and eventually scored on a pair of wild pitches from Clayton Kershaw. [Read more…]

Dodgers beat Brewers in a walkoff

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Matt Albers gave up a two-run homer to Yasmani Grandal in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Milwaukee Brewers lost 6-4 to the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

The Brewers trailed 4-2 in the eighth inning before drawing even.  Mike Moustakas clubbed a run scoring double to make it 4-3 and Manny Pina’s rbi single tied the game 4-4.

The Dodgers missed chances to take the lead in the bottom of the 8th and then a chance to win it in the 9th.  But in the 10th, Matt Kemp singled and Grandal followed with the walk-off home run.

Pina and Lorenzo Cain both had three hits for the Brewers in the loss.

Chase Anderson retired the first 12 batters he faced before surrendering solo home runs to Grandal and newly acquired infielder Brian Dozier.

The Brewers dropped to 5-2 on their current eight-game road trip out west.  They also dropped a game behind the Chicago Cubs in the Central Division standings after the Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2 earlier.

The final game of the series is tonight at 8 p.m.  Jhoulys Chacin (10-3, 3.45) gets the call for the Brewers.  Clayton Kershaw (4-5, 2.52) goes for the Dodgers.

 

Brewers win, but Suter is headed for Tommy John surgery

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Junior Guerra – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers improved to 2-2 since the all-star break, knocking off the Washington Nationals 6-1 in their series opener at Miller Park on Monday.

Christian Yelich clubbed a three-run triple in the sixth inning to bust open a close game.  Erik Kratz also drove in a pair of runs to back Jhoulys Chacin, who improved to 9-3.  Chacin allowed a run on two hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out nine and walking nobody.  It’s the second straight outing for Chacin without issuing a free pass.

Washington’s only run came on a Daniel Murphy home run to start the second inning.

Josh Hader, Brandon Woodruff, Dan Jennings and Jacob Barnes combined for 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to close out the win.

Suter headed for surgery

The Brewers and left hander Brent Suter received bad news earlier in the day.  An MRI revealed Suter has a torn ulnar collateral ligament that will require Tommy John surgery. [Read more…]

Brewers suffer ugly loss in series finale with L.A.

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Brent Suter File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Matt Kemp homered twice to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 11-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday at Miller Park.  The loss for the Brewers is their 9th in the last 11 games, as they dropped two of three in the series.

The Dodgers hit Brewers starter Brent Suter hard and continued their assault on reliever Taylor Williams.  Suter left after three innings with a left forearm strain, the same injury that landed him on the 10-day disabled list previously.  Manager Craig Counsell said Suter is headed back for another stint on the DL.

“It’s a really disappointing setback,” said Suter.  “I’m really disappointed for letting the team down today.  I didn’t pitch well and then I got hurt to boot.  It was just a real disappointing day.

Suter allowed six earned runs on eight hits.  His replacement, Taylor Williams allowed five runs, three of which were earned, in just one inning of work.  In two outings since the all-star break, Williams has allowed nine hits and seven runs (5 earned) in two innings. [Read more…]

Cardinals earn split with the Brewers

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Domingo Santana – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

After winning the first two games in the series, the Milwaukee Brewers dropped the last two, including Sunday’s 8-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park.

The Cardinals scored five runs in the fourth inning as they sent Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacin to an early shower.  Chacin (6-3) allowed all eight runs in 4 1/3 innings to take the loss.

Prior to Sunday, Chacin and Junior Guerra had been the teams two most reliable starting pitchers.  But Chacin started things off by walking leadoff man Matt Carpenter on four pitches and dealt with traffic on the bases in every inning he pitched.

Chacin continued his struggles against St. Louis, falling to 0-7 with a 6.90 ERA in nine career appearances.  He dropped to 0-2 with an 8.59 ERA in three starts against the Cardinals this season.

The Brewers lead early (2-1) as Christian Yelich belted a solo home run to left-center field.  But Lorenzo Cain and Jesus Aguilar were given the day off and third baseman Travis Shaw left in the third while still struggling with a sore right wrist.

The Brewers scored 11 runs in the series opening win over the Cardinals last Thursday, but they’ve scored just two runs in the last three games, losing the last two. [Read more…]

Brewers Blank Cubs For Second Straight Day

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Lorenzo Cain – File Photo

Jhoulys Chacin combined with three relievers on a six-hitter to give the Milwaukee Brewers their second straight shutout win, 1-0 over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon.

Chacin (6-1) allowed four hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking four to win his sixth straight decision.  Jeremy Jeffress pitched the seventh, Josh Hader struck out the side in the eighth and Cory Knebel worked a perfect ninth inning for his sixth save.

Lorenzo Cain provided the games only run with a third inning home run, his eighth of the season.

Mike Montgomery (2-2) took the loss, allowing just two hits in six innings, both by Lorenzo Cain.  He struck out four and walked only one in his fourth start since replacing injured Yu Darvish in the rotation.

The Brewers improved to 3-8 this season against the Cubs and moved 1 1/2 games in front of the second-place Cubs atop the NL Central.

The Brewers are off on Thursday and will open a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night at Miller Park.