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Broxton returns to Brewers

December 9, 2019 By Bill Scott

Milwaukee Brewers Hernan Perez, Keon Broxton and Domingo Santana celebrate a 7-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on May 1, 2017. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers added to their outfield depth by signing Keon Broxton to a minor league deal with an invitation to major-league spring training.

Broxton played three seasons for the Brewers before being traded to the New York Mets in January 2019.  In 269 games with the Brewers, Broxton batted .222 with 33 homers, 79 RBI and 49 stolen bases.

Broxton played in 34 games with the Mets last season before trading him to the Baltimore Orioles.  He was waived in late July and signed and signed by the Seattle Mariners.

Broxton had 228 plate appearances for the three teams combined, hitting just .167 with six homers, 16 RBI and 104 strikeouts.

Guerra signs with Diamondbacks

Veteran right-handed pitcher Junior Guerra, who was non-tendered by the Brewers, agreed to a one-year deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks worth $2.55 million with a club option for 2021.

Guerra went 9-5 with a 3.55 ERA in a career-high 72 appearances for the Brewers last season.  Overall, Guerra went 25-21 with a 3.78 ERA in 144 appearances with the Brewers, including 60 starts.

Simmons elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Former Milwaukee Brewers catcher Ted Simmons was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Sunday.  He joins former union leader Marvin Miller.

Simmons was an eight-time all-star during a 21-year career.  He hit .285 with 248 homers and 1,389 RBI for St. Louis, Milwaukee and Atlanta.

 

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Junior Guerra, Keon Broxton, Marvin Miller, Milwaukee Brewers, Ted Simmons

2019 Milwaukee BBWAA Award Winners announced

October 14, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Brewers announced their postseason award winners today as selected by a panel from the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA).

Outfielder Christian Yelich earned Brewers Most Valuable Player honors for the second straight season after hitting .329 with 44 HR, 97 RBI and 30 stolen bases in 130 games.  He led the Major Leagues in slugging percentage (.671) and OPS (1.100) and the National League in batting average and on-base percentage (.429).  The batting title was his second in as many seasons, the first to accomplish this feat in the National League since the Rockies’ Larry Walker in 1998 and 1999.

Brandon Woodruff, a first time All-Star, was voted Brewers Most Valuable Pitcher after going 11-3 with a 3.62 ERA in 22 starts.  Woodruff was the team leader in wins, strikeouts (143) and quality starts (10). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Brandon Woodruff, Chase Anderson, Christian Yelich, Junior Guerra, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, Yasmani Grandal

Brewers late heroics fall short against Astros (AUDIO)

September 3, 2019 By Bill Scott

Craig Counsell

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 Grandal also homered for the Brewers other run.

Yelich was called out on strikes in the bottom of the tenth for the second time in the game.  The other came in the sixth inning.  Both calls by home plate umpire Ben May were high and out of the strike zone and it had the Brewers plenty mad.

“It’s two awful calls,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.  “I have to say it.  It’s the magnitude of the spot, it’s the hitter.  It’s bad calls.  It’s bad umpiring.”

With reporters surrounding Yelich’s locker after the game, the Brewers right-fielder avoided going off on the umpire to avoid a fine by the league. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Brent Suter, Christian Yelich, Craig Counsell, Houston Astros, Junior Guerra, Milwaukee Brewers

Brewers stumble late, drop second straight to Cardinals

August 21, 2019 By Bill Scott

Junior Guerra – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

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 started in the bottom of the sixth when Jeremy Jeffress (3-4) loaded the bases and didn’t retire a batter.  After Alex Claudio came on to strike out Kolten Wong and Craig Counsell turned next to Junior Guerra.

Guerra quickly walked Harrison Bader to force in the tying run before striking out pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter for the second out.  The big blow came next, when Dexter Fowler lifted a broken-bat pop fly [Read more…]

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Craig Counsell, Gio Gonzalez, Hernan Perez, Jeremy Jeffress, Junior Guerra, Orlando Arcia, Ryan Braun, St. Louis Cardinals

Hiura’s power leads Brewers to sweep of Pirates

August 8, 2019 By Bill Scott

Keston Huira – Courtesy of MLB

Keston Hiura had two home runs and three RBI to help the Milwaukee Brewers knock off the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.

Hiura’s home runs were numbers 12 and 13 on the season.  He broke out of a small slump that saw him hitting just .143 on the road trip.

Eric Thames drove in a pair of runs with a single in the third as the Brewers jumped out to a 5-0 lead.  Lorenzo Cain extended the Brewers lead to 8-1 in the sixth with a two-run single.

Junior Guerra tossed two scoreless innings in relief of Drew Pomeranz to get the win.  The Brewers have won three straight and remain three games behind the Cubs in the Central Division.  They also moved past the Cardinals and back into second place in the Central.

Trevor Williams entered the game with a career 3-1 record and 1.38 ERA against the Brewers in six career outings.  On Wednesday night, Williams went five innings and allowed six runs to take the loss.

The Pirates have now dropped 21 of the last 25 games.

The Brewers have an off day on Thursday and will open a weekend series against the Texas Rangers on Friday night at Miller Park.

 

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Drew Pomeranz, Eric Thames, Junior Guerra, Keston Hiura, Lorenzo Cain, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates

Late defensive lapse cost Pirates

August 7, 2019 By Bill Scott

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Elias Diaz was called for base runner interference in the ninth, allowing a run to score, as the Milwaukee Brewers knocked off the Bucs 4-3 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

Yasmani Grandal went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and an RBI as Milwaukee played without Christian Yelich, who was held out of action with a sore back.

Junior Guerra got the win while Matt Albers nailed down his second save.  It gave the Brewers their second straight win.

Bryan Reynolds hit  his second home run in as many games while Jose Osuna had an RBI double.  Pablo Reyes doubled in a run in the ninth, but was stranded at second base.  Francisco Liriano fell to 4-and-3 with the loss.  The Pirates have lost three straight.

 

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Christian Yelich, Junior Guerra, Matt Albers, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Yasmani Grandal

Brewers struggling to score runs, fall again to Cubs

August 4, 2019 By Bill Scott

Ryan Braun (file photo)

There’s been considerable talk about the Milwaukee Brewers starting pitching rotation, but the teams offense has been the biggest disappointment of late.

The Brewers fell to 1-4 on their 9-game road trip after falling to the Chicago Cubs 4-1 at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon.  In the teams four losses on the road trip, the Brewers have scored a total of eight runs.

In three straight losses, the Brewers have gone 3-for-21 (.143) with runners in scoring position.  During the last six games (one win), the Brewers have played a total of 16 runs, a little more than 2 1/2 runs a game on average.

Ryan Braun knocked in the lone Brewers run on Saturday, a run scoring single in the sixth off of Cubs reliever David Phelps.

Gio Gonzalez was pulled before reaching five full innings, but he had pitched well to that point, allowing only a single run.

Cubs lefty Cole Hamels was solid in his return from the injured list, pitching five shutout innings before giving way to the bullpen.

Albert Almora, Jr., snapped a 1-1 tie in the seventh with a home run against Junior Guerra.  The Cubs scored two more runs in the eighth off of Freddy Peralta for the 4-1 win.

The Brewers will try to avoid the sweep on Sunday afternoon, sending Adrian Hauser to the mound against Chicago’s Yu Darvish.

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Adrian Hauser, Gio Gonzalez, Junior Guerra, Milwaukee Brewers, Ryan Braun

Brewers struggle going into break (AUDIO)

July 8, 2019 By Bill Scott

Josh Hader – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers head into the Major League Baseball All-Star break with two straight losses and five of their last six.  The Brewers fell Sunday to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-5, dropping two of three in the series.

Junior Guerra coughed up a three run home run to Pittsburgh’s Bryan Reynolds in the seventh inning and the Pirates held on for the victory, their 5th in the last seven games.

The Brewers go into the break trailing the Chicago Cubs by a half game, while the Pirates are just two behind the Brewers and 2 1/2 games off the lead.

Jesus Aguilar homered twice for the Brewers, his 7th and 8th of the season in the loss.  Keston Hiura also [Read more…]

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Brandon Woodruff, Christian Yelich, Craig Counsell, Jesus Aguilar, Josh Hader, Junior Guerra, Keston Hiura, Lorenzo Cain, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tyler Saladino

Brewers salvage final game against the Giants

June 17, 2019 By Bill Scott

Eric Thames File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Eric Thames and Jesus Aguilar both homered as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Sunday, salvaging the final game of their three-game series.

Chase Anderson lasted only four innings but allowed just three runs.  Matt Albers picked up the win out of the bullpen as the Brewers avoided being swept in the series.

Junior Guerra and Jeremy Jeffress followed Albers with a scoreless inning each before Josh Hader retired the last six hitters to record his 17th save of the season.

Kevin Pillar, Brandon Belt and Jeff Samardzija all notched an RBI for the Giants.  Samardzija took the loss, allowing four runs over five innings for the Giants, who saw their four-game winning streak come to an end.

The Brewers open a three game series in San Diego against the Padres on Monday night.  Jhoulys Chacin (3-7, 5.74) returns from the disabled list to pitch for the Brewers.  Joey Lucchesi (5-4, 4.11) goes for the Padres.

 

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Chase Anderson, Eric Thames, Jeremy Jeffress, Jesus Aguilar, Jhoulys Chacin, Josh Hader, Junior Guerra, Matt Albers, Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants

Brewers win in extra’s, despite 24 K’s

June 13, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Brewers went down via the strikeout 24 times on Wednesday night, yet still hit four home runs to pull out a 6-3 win over the Houston Astros in 14-innings at Minute Maid Park in Houston.

Mike Moustakas clubbed a go-ahead, two-run homer in the 14th inning, his 21st of the season, to send the Brewers to victory.

Ryan Braun, Yasmani Grandal and Eric Thames also clubbed solo home runs for the Brewers.  Thames blast in the 7th pulled the Brewers into a 3-3 tie.  All three solo homers came off of Houston ace Justin Verlander, who struck out a career high 15 Brewers in seven innings of work. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Adrian Houser, Alex Claudio, Brandon Woodruff, Eric Thames, Houston Astros, Jeremy Jeffress, Josh Hader, Junior Guerra, Mike Moustakas, Milwaukee Brewers, Ryan Braun, Yasmani Grandal

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