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Reds blank Brewers in series opener

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Keston Huira’s first game at Miller Park

Milwaukee Brewers starter Gio Gonzalez surrendered three runs in the first inning and the Cincinnati Reds made that hold up.  The Reds pulled out a 3-0 victory in the series opener on Tuesday night at Miller Park.  It’s the first time the Brewers have been blanked on the scoreboard this season.

Sonny Gray blanked the Brewers for six innings, striking out nine and securing his first win of the season.  Three Reds relievers finished the victory for Gray as the Brewers went down via the strikeout 14 times on the night.  They were 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position.

Right-fielder Christian Yelich was scratched from the lineup before the game with back spasms.  He’s not in the lineup for Wednesday’s series finale either.

The Brewers best chance came in the first inning when Lorenzo Cain led off the inning with a double. [Read more…]

Brewers fall to Phillies for third straight loss

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Craig Counsell

The Milwaukee Brewers squandered several opportunities to score runs in their series opener in Philadelphia on Monday night, falling 7-4 to the Phillies.

“Collectively, we didn’t play well enough to win,” said manager Craig Counsell after the game.  “We didn’t play good enough defense, we didn’t pitch well enough and we left too many guys out there (on the bases).  We didn’t do enough to get this one, and (the Phillies) deserved it.”

Lorenzo Cain, who had been scuffling himself, had a five hit night, and Mike Moustakas hit his 10th home run of the season.  But the Brewers still left 15 runners on base on the night.

Freddy Peralta got the start for the Brewers but a high pitch count led to him pitching just four innings.  Peralta allowed two runs. [Read more…]

Brewers blank Nationals for fifth straight win

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Lorenzo Cain – File Photo / Bill Greenblatt UPI

Lorenzo Cain broke a scoreless tie with a three-run double off of Stephen Strasburg in the seventh inning to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-0 win over the Washington Nationals at Miller Park.

Adrian Houser made his second spot start of the season for the Brewers, but this time his outing was only to get the ball rolling before giving way to Freddy Peralta.  Houser pitched two scoreless innings and Peralta followed with five scoreless frames for the win.

The Brewers employed the pitching strategy after Peralta gave up nine runs in four innings in his last start.  He improved to 2-1 with the win.

Strasburg (3-2) struck out 11 before the Brewers got him in the seventh.  They scored all six of their runs in that frame.

Cain’s double ended the night for Strasburg and reliever Dan Jennings gave up an RBI single to Mike Moustakas.  The Brewers then added two more runs in the seventh on Ben Gamel’s bases-loaded walk and Jesus Aguilar’s RBI single off Justin Miller.

The Brewers and Nationals wrap up their three-game series this afternoon at Miller Park.  Brandon Woodruff (4-1, 4.71 ERA) gets the nod for the Brewers.  Jeremy Hellickson (2-0, 5.33) goes for the Nationals, who have dropped three straight.

Davies delivers solid outing in Brewers victory

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Craig Counsell

Just when the Milwaukee Brewers needed a solid pitching performance the most, Zach Davies delivered.

The Brewers needed 18-innings to beat the New York Mets on Saturday night and their bullpen was running on empty.  So Craig Counsell asked his starter on Sunday to go the extra yard to help that bullpen.

Davies threw 7 2/3 innings and 118 pitches to lead the Brewers to a 3-2 victory on Sunday as the Brewers pulled off the three-game series sweep.

Lorenzo Cain drove in the games first run with a sacrifice fly.  Christian Yelich returned to the lineup after missing five games and clubbed his league leading 15th home run of the season.

Cain had to leave the game after being struck on the hand by a pitch.  X-rays were negative.

The Brewers normally don’t take their starting pitchers beyond the 100 pitch mark.  Davies was at 108 after seven innings, but manager Craig Counsell still sent him out for the 8th. [Read more…]

Brewers domination of Cardinals continues

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Christian Yelich homered again, his fourth in two nights against St. Louis, helping the Brewers to a 8-4 win over the Cardinals at Miller Park.

Yelich clubbed his third three-run shot in the last two games in the fifth inning.  It gives him nine home runs for the season, which ties him for the National League lead.  Eight of the nine have come against the Cardinals.

Yelich has driven in 10 runs in the first two games of the series, which sets a Brewers series record against the Cardinals.  The previous mark was nine, but Casey McGehee in a three-game series at St. Louis in 2009. [Read more…]

Yelich leads Brewers past Cubs

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Christian Yelich (File Photo)

Christian Yelich clubbed a two-run homer and drove in three as the Brewers doubled up the Chicago Cubs 4-2 in their series finale at Miller Park on Sunday.

Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning for Chicago, which cut the Brewers lead in half.  But that’s all Chicago would get off of the Brewers, who won their third straight series to start the season and improved to 8-2.

The Brewers jumped out early as Lorenzo Cain singled in the first and scored on Yelich’s two-run home run.  The home run was the 100th of Yelich’s career.  Yelich also drove in the Brewers final run in the fourth with a sacrifice fly.

Zach Davies pitched into the sixth for the win.  Josh Hader, who was celebrating his 25th birthday, came on and got the final eight outs in relief for his fifth save.

Kyle Hendricks dropped to 0-2, allowing four runs as the Cubs fell to 2-7.

The Cubs return home to Wrigley for their home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates today.

The Brewers open a 3-game road series in Los Angeles against the Angels of Anaheim.  Jhoulys Chacin (2-0, 4.22 ERA) shoots for his third win of the season for the Brewers.  The Angels will counter with Trevor Cahill (0-1, 3.75).

 

Yelich picking up where he left off

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Christian Yelich (File Photo)

After winning the National League MVP award last season, Christian Yelich has picked up right where he left off, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 record to start the season.  It was Yelich who led the Brewers to a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, driving in three runs on the day.

Yelich homered for a fourth straight game to start the season, becoming just the sixth player in Major League history to do so.  Then, with the Brewers trailing in the 9th, Ben Gamel lead off with a double.  Lorenzo Cain reached on an infield hit and Yelich doubled to left center to drive in two runs in the walk off win.

Corbin Burnes made his first major-league start.  He tied a franchise record by fanning nine batters in the first three innings.  He ended up striking out 12 in five innings before giving way to the bullpen.

Burnes left trailing 4-1 after allowing home runs to Paul DeJong, Matt Carpenter and Paul Goldschmidt.

Matt Albers came on to retire the Cardinals in the sixth and seventh without allowing a run.

The Brewers chipped away with a pair of runs to rail 4-3 heading to the 9th when the fireworks began.

The Brewers and Cardinals tied the Miller Park record for combined homers in a series with 18.  Each team finished with nine.

The Brewers hit the road for the first time this season, opening a series in Cincinnati against the Reds.  Zach Davies faces Tanner Roark in the pitching matchup.

 

 

Counsell missed out on NL Manager of the Year

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Craig Counsell – Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell led the Brewers to their first playoff berth since 2011, winning the National League Central crown.  But Counsell fell short in the voting for National League Manager of the Year, as the Baseball Writers gave the honor to Atlanta’s Brian Snitker.

Snitker picked up 17 of 30 first-place votes to 11 for Counsell.  Counsell is the fourth Brewers manager to finish runner-up, joining Tom Trebelhorn, Phil Garner and Ron Roenicke.  No Brewer manager has ever captured the honor.

Snitker helped take the Braves from 72 wins a year ago, to 90 wins this past season.

Counsell’s Brewers won eight straight games to finish out the regular season, overtaking the Chicago Cubs for the Central Division title. [Read more…]

Brewers facing elimination after game 5 loss to Dodgers

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Milwaukee Brewers manager went with another bullpen game on Wednesday afternoon, but this time, they ran into a dominating pitching performance as Clayton Kershaw led the Dodgers to a 5-2 win in Los Angeles.

Kershaw held the Brewers to a run and three hits in seven innings as the Dodgers took a 3-2 lead in the NLCS.  It puts the Brewers in a must win scenario in game six on Friday night at Miller Park.

Kershaw’s outing came after he didn’t make it out of the fourth inning in game one of the series at Miller Park.

Wade Miley started for the Brewers but faced just one batter before Craig Counsell went to Brandon Woodruff out of the bullpen.  After Miley walked the first hitter, Woodruff hit Justin Turner but struck out David Freese and got Manny Machado to ground into an inning-ending double play. [Read more…]

Brewers grab NL Central Division title in a playoff

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Craig Counsell’s celebration interrupted by questions from a reporter.

The Milwaukee Brewers finished the season with eight-straight wins and the eighth is the one that won the Central Division title over the Chicago Cubs.  It was a battle like many others this season between the two teams and when the smoke cleared, it was the Brewers coming out on top, 3-1 over the rival Cubs.

The win gave the Brewers the best record in the National League at 96-67 and guarantees them home field advantage throughout the National League playoffs.  The Cubs, with a 95-68 record, the second best in the National League, but it gets them nothing more than a spot in Tuesday nights wildcard game.

If the Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies in tonight’s wildcard game, they would meet the Brewers in Milwaukee in the first round NLDS starting Thursday night at Miller Park.

The Brewers went 20-7 since the first of September and trailed the Cubs by five games on Labor Day and 3 1/2 games on Sept. 18.  At that point in time, most followers believed the Brewers were playing for a wildcard.  But the Brewers themselves never gave up on the division.

The Cubs hosted game number 163 because they won the season series 11-8.  Chicago fans invested heavily in their team by purchasing tickets at Miller Park during the regular season.  Brewers fans did the same for game 163 on Monday.  They were plentiful and boisterous throughout the game. [Read more…]