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The Milwaukee Brewers declined to offer contracts to reliever Todd Coffey and utility-man Joe Inglett for the upcoming season. Both players become free agents immediately.
Coffey went 2-4 last season with a 4.76 ERA. Inglett hit .254 in 102 games for the Brewers last season.
The Brewers will have six players eligible for arbitration; Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, Carlos Gomez, Manny Parra, Carlos Villanueva and Kameron Loe.
The Milwaukee Brewers 4-game winning streak game to an end on Sunday,
Manny Parra - UPI Photo/Bill Green Blatt
dropping the series finale to the San Diego Padres 7-3. All 7-runs were charged to starting and losing pitcher Manny Parra, who hasn’t had a quality start in a month. Yesterday, Parra said he couldn’t locate his fastball.
AUDIO: Manny Parra on struggling with his fastball :13
Adrian Gonzalez and Chase Headley homered for the homer Padres, who increased their lead in the NL West to 6-games over the San Francisco Giants.
The Brewers lacked clutch hitting, leaving several runners stranded with two outs. The Brewers will take the day off today and open a 3-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.
The Milwaukee Brewers jumped out to a 4-run lead after just two innings, but the Houston Astros came from behind to pull out a 9-5 win at Miller Park on Monday night.
Pedro Feliz’s RBI double gave the Astros the lead in the 7th to cap off the comeback. [Read more…]
The Milwaukee Brewers stranded 12 base runners last night, falling to the Florida Marlins 3-2 in Miami, dropping 3 of 4 in the series.
Josh Johnson extended his streak of innings without allowing an earned run to 31 before finally allowing one in the 7th inning.
The loss spoiled the return of lefty Chris Capuano to the mound. Capuano was making his first start since September of 2007 after a second Tommy John surgery. Capuano went 3 2/3 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits and he’s glad it’s over. [Read more…]
Chris Capuano will make his first start for the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday since September of 2007. Capuano had a second Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery in May 2008 and has been on the mend every since.
Capuano made 7-starts in the minors, between Class A and Class AAA. He was 3-1 with a 1.59 ERA, with four walks and 33 strikeouts in 39 2/3 innings.
Capuano will take Manny Parra’s spot in the starting rotation. He had his contract purchased by the Brewers on Friday night. [Read more…]
Five Milwaukee pitchers, none of them in the starting rotation on opening day, combined to lead the Brewers to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins, salvaging the final game of the series.
Manny Parra worked two scoreless innings to pick up his first win of the season. Parra worked out of a jam in the 5th, facing runners at 2nd and 3rd with nobody out and getting out of it. [Read more…]
Jonny Gomes’ three-run homer completed a five-run rally in the 7th inning and the Cincinnati Reds stayed in first place in the Central Division with a 6-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Gomes’ homer off of Todd Coffey sent the Reds to their 8th victory in the last 9 games.
Cincinnati moved into first place on Sunday. The Reds haven’t been there this deep into the season since 2006. [Read more…]
The Atlanta Braves pulled out a 3-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on Wednesday. The Braves broke open a close game in the 7th and cruised to a 9-2 win over the Brewers.
Brooks Conrad homered, doubled and drove in four runs for the Braves, who came into the series with the worst road record in the National League. The Brewers own the majors worst home record, falling to 4-11. Casey McGehee said getting swept only adds to their home woes.
AUDIO: Casey McGehee says getting swept adds to their woes :09
After the Brewers had tied the game at 2 in the 6th, Manny Parra quickly gave it right back in the 7th. Manager Ken Macha said he’s trying to rest the pen because they’re fried.
AUDIO: Mgr. Ken Macha said his bullpen needs some rest :20
The Brewers are off today. They’ll host the Phillies starting Friday night.
The Milwaukee Brewers dropped their 2nd straight to the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Trevor Hoffman blowing his fourth save of the season.
Hoffman was on to start the 9th, trying to protect a 4-3 lead. He served up a leadoff home run to pinch hitter Ryan Doumit and the Brewers eventually fell 6-5 in 14-innings. Hoffman also served up a grand slam to Doumit in a Pirates victory the day before. Hoffman has now allowed 6-home runs in his four blown saves this season. [Read more…]
The Milwaukee Brewers placed veteran right handed pitcher Jeff Suppan on the 15-day disabled list with neck pain retroactive to March 26.
Suppan went 7-12 with a 5.29 ERA for the Brewers in 2009. He was in the mix for the fifth starting spot in the rotation or would be considered for long relief. He’s 1-1 with a 7.71 ERA in five appearances over 16 1/3 innings this spring.
Brewers tie Angels
Chris Narveson worked three scoreless innings, running his string to 12 consecutive innings. Narveson was followed by Manny Parra, who worked two scoreless innings and allowed just 1-hit as the Brewers and Angels played to a 1-1 tie in Tempe. The Brewers face the Cubs in Cactus League action today.
(UPI Photo / Bill Greenblatt)