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Braun’s grand slam powers Brewers to comeback win

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Ryan Braun – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers were down to their last strike in the 9th inning on Sunday afternoon before Ryan Braun drove a 3-2 pitch into the left-center field stands for a 7-4 lead and eventual 7-6 victory.

Braun’s blast allowed the Brewers to stay within one-game of the Chicago Cubs for the second National League wild card spot.  They’re 2 1/2 games behind Washington for the top wild card position and just three games behind the Cardinals for the Central Division lead.

The Cubs, who swept the Pirates over the weekend, are just two games behind the Cardinals with the two teams playing each other seven times in the final two weeks of the season.

St. Louis reliever John Gant walked the bases loaded with one out in the top of the ninth and the Cardinals leading 4-3.  Reliever Tyler Webb came on to get Mike Moustakas with a shallow fly ball to center field. [Read more…]

Braun, bullpen power Brewers to 7th straight win

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Ryan Braun – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Ryan Braun clubbed a two-run homer in the third inning and the Milwaukee Brewers held on to knock off the Miami Marlins 3-2 in Miami on Thursday.

Mike Moustakas drove in the first run for the Brewers with a sac-fly in the first as Milwaukee swept the four game series with the Marlins, extending their win streak to seven straight games overall.

Gio Gonzalez started and worked four innings and the Brewers bullpen didn’t allow a single base runner over the final five innings, striking out ten of the 18 batters they faced.

Freddy Peralta picked up the win and Josh Hader posted his 31st save.

Hernan Perez came up with the key defensive play in the bottom of the first.  The Brewers second [Read more…]

Moustakas leads Brewers to 6th straight win (AUDIO)

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Mike Moustakas returned to the Brewers lineup on his 31st birthday and celebrated by clubbing two home runs in a 7-5 Milwaukee victory over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.  It was their sixth straight victory, drawing even with the rival Chicago Cubs for the final wild card playoff spot in the National League.

Chicago fell to the San Diego Padres 4-0 in San Diego.

The Brewers played for the first time without star Christian Yelich, who is sidelined for six weeks with a fractured right kneecap.

Moustakas’ first home run of the night came in the third.  Cory Spangenberg singled to lead off and Yasmani Grandal followed with a walk to bring [Read more…]

Thames powers Brewers past Astros

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Eric Thames

Eric Thames’ three-run homer capped a four-run third inning and the Milwaukee Brewers went on to double up the Astros 4-2 at Miller Park.  Thames homer came off of Houston starter Zach Greinke.  Ryan Braun’s RBI single tied it at one for the Brewers, before Thames long ball.

Jordan Lyles continued his strong performance on the mound, throwing 6 1/3 innings.  Drew Pomeranz followed with  1 2/3 innings of solid relief before Josh Hader finished up in the 9th for his 28th save.

Lyles (10-8), surrendered six hits, struck out two and didn’t issue a walk.  His ERA in seven starts for the Brewers, dropped to 2.56.

With the Brewers leading 4-1 in the sixth, Houston’s Alex Bregman clubbed a solo homer to center to make it 4-2 to close out the scoring.

The Brewers have the day off on Wednesday before opening a crucial four-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park on Thursday night.  Chase Anderson is scheduled to face Jose Quintana in the series opener. [Read more…]

Hiura leads Brewers to much needed win

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Keston Huira – Courtesy of MLB

Keston Hiura homered, doubled and drove in three runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park on Wednesday.

Jordan Lyles allowed one run and struck out nine while pitching into the sixth to earn the victory.  It’s his fourth win since joining the Brewers.

Josh Hader closed out the win with a six-out save, the 26th of the season and first since August 5th.

Kolton Wong had three of the Cardinals seven hits, including a shot home run off of Lyles.

The Brewers got to Cardinals starter and loser Jack Flaherty early, scoring once in each of the first two innings.  Hiura drove in the first run with an rbi groundout.

Ryan Braun scored the second run on a sac fly by Orlando Arcia.

The Brewers increased their lead to 3-0 in the fourth when Hiura homered to left on a 3-0 pitch. [Read more…]

Brewers drop third straight, falling further behind in wild card race

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Craig Counsell

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 won 15 of its last 18 games.

The game was delayed in the seventh inning for nine minutes after the Brewers got caught by a pop-up shower while the roof was open.

Yasmani Grandal drew the Brewers to within 4-3 in the eighth inning, clubbing a two-run homer.  But when the Brewers couldn’t draw even, manager Craig Counsell went to rookie Devin Williams in the 9th, instead of closer Josh Hader.  The Cardinals tacked on two more in the ninth to make it 6-3.

The Brewers put two runners aboard in the bottom of the 9th and for a brief moment looked like they [Read more…]

Twins knock out Hader, Brewers

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Josh Hader File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Josh Hader surrendered a home run for the 13th time this season, in just 52 2/3 innings and the Minnesota Twins came from behind to knock off the Milwaukee Brewers 7-5 at Miller Park on Tuesday night.

Marwin Gonzalez was first pitch swinging in the 8th, taking a poorly located Hader fastball and depositing it over the wall in left-center field.  It was the sixth home run allowed by Hader in 12 2/3 innings since the all-star break.

Hader had allowed just nine home runs in 81 1/3 innings all of last season.

The Brewers had just taken the lead in the 7th inning by scoring four runs to go up 5-4.  Christian Yelich drove in a run with a double and Yasmani Grandal capped it with a  three-run homer.  It was Grandal’s 20th of the season, but his first since July 6. [Read more…]

Brewers pen falters again, lose to Oakland 5-3

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Chase Anderson (file photo) – Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

For the second time in three days Josh Hader gave up a game winning home run, and the Milwaukee Brewers lost to the Oakland Athletics 5-3 Thursday afternoon in Oakland.

Milwaukee got a very strong performance from starting pitcher Chase Anderson, who allowed one run over six innings.  The Brewers built up a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the eighth, when Hader walked the leadoff man and gave up a two-run home run to Matt Chapman.  It was the third straight appearance for Hader, who allowed a game winning home run Tuesday night.

Despite losing two of three games in the series, the Brewers received good starting pitching.  Adrian Houser, Jordan Lyles and Anderson allowed three runs over 16 innings.  The Brewers scored just nine runs in the series and thirteen in their last four games.

On Friday the Brewers open a three game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.  The Brewers enter play two games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Central.  Zach Davies will pitch against Jose Quintana.

Brewers salvage finale with the Reds, lose another starting pitcher (AUDIO)

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Freddy Peralta (file photo)

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 had a solo homer in the fifth, while Ryan Braun clubbed a two-run homer in the first.

Matt Albers picked up the win and Freddy Peralta notched his first save.

Josh VanMeter went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for Cincinnati, which had won three of its previous four.

Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacin struggled early, then left after three innings with a right oblique strain.  Chacin is expected to join Brandon Woodruff on the injured list, leaving the Brewers scrambling for starting pitching help. [Read more…]

Brewers bullpen fails to hang on to victory

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Jeremy Jeffress (File Photo)

Tyler Saladino was looking to play hero for the second straight day, but the Brewers bullpen didn’t allow for it to happen as Milwaukee suffered a 6-5 loss in their series opener against the Cincinnati Reds at Miller Park on Monday night.

Saladino took a first pitch fastball and homered to straight away center, his second grand slam in as many days.  It put the Brewers up 5-4 and their third straight come-from-behind win in sight.

However, Josh Hader wasn’t available to slam the door in the ninth and that proved trouble for the Brewers.  They instead went with Jeremy Jeffress for the third straight day.  Jeffress hung a breaking ball to Eugenio Suarez, who deposited it into the seats in left center, giving the Reds the comeback win. [Read more…]