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Brewers blow late lead and fall to the Cardinals

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Ryan Braun is taunted by Cardinal fans after striking out. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Ryan Braun is taunted by Cardinal fans after striking out. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

A late inning defensive miscue likely cost the Milwaukee Brewers a chance at victory in St. Louis last night, dealing the Brewers a major blow in their pursuit of a post season playoff spot.

Mark Reynolds committed the mental error at first base in the eighth inning.  With one out and a runner aboard, A.J. Pierzynski grounded to first base.  Reynolds fielded the ball cleanly, but instead of throwing to second to start a 3-6-3 double play, he simply turned and stepped on first base, thinking they had two outs already.

That error cost the Brewers a pair of runs and sent the game to extra innings.  Eventually, Tony Cruz provided the game winning rbi single in the 13th and sending the Brewers home with a 3-2 loss.

The Brewers dropped 6-games behind the Cardinals in the NL Central and 3 1/2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Wildcard race. [Read more…]

Brewers break out and beat the Reds

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Mark Reynolds - UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Mark Reynolds – UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Milwaukee Brewers banged out 15-hits and got home runs from rookie Matt Clark and Mark Reynolds in a 9-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds before another sold out crowd (41,870) at Miller Park on Sunday.

The win allowed the Brewers to stay a game and a half behind Pittsburgh in the race for the final National League Wildcard.  The nine runs were the most in a game since the Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 10-1 on August 25th at Petco Park.

Matt Garza (8-8) pitched six solid innings, allowing one run on four hits, walking three and striking out six.  It’s his first victory since July 24th.

The Brewers sent eleven hitters to the plate in the seventh.  Clark clubbed a three run homer to extend the 3-1 lead to 6-1.  Scooter Gennett also singled in a run and Ryan Braun drew a bases-loaded walk as the Brewers jumped in front 8-1.  It’s the third home run for Clark in as many starts since being called up from the minors earlier this month.

Mark Reynolds closed out the scoring with his first home run since Aug. 14.

The Brewers get the day off today, then start a three-city, nine-game road trip in St. Louis tomorrow night.  The trip also takes them to Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.

Fiers dominates in Brewer victory

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Making just his second start in place of the injured Matt Garza, 29-year-old right hander Mike Fiers blanked the Chicago Cubs on 3-hits while striking out a career high 14 batters in six innings as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cubs 6-2.  The Brewers salvaged a split of the four game series and remain 2-games in front of the Cardinals and 2 1/2-games in front of the Pirates atop the NL Central Division.

Fiers (2-1) struck out the side in three different innings and became the first Brewers pitcher to record double-digit strikeouts since Sept. 30, 2012.

The 14 strikeouts tied Yovani Gallardo and Moose Haas for the second-most strikeouts in franchise history, behind Ben Sheets’ 18.

Fiers ERA, which includes four relief appearances from earlier this season, fell to 1.29. [Read more…]

Gallardo bounces back as Brewers beat Cubs

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Mark Reynolds - UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Mark Reynolds – UPI/Bill Greenblatt

After making it through just four innings in his previous outing, Yovani Gallardo bounced back last night, holding the Chicago Cubs to a run on six hits in seven innings as the Milwaukee Brewers grabbed game one of the four-game series 3-1 at Wrigley Field.

Mark Reynolds go the Brewers going with a solo home in the second, his team-leading 20th of the season.  Khris Davis drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the seventh and Scooter Gennett singled in an insurance run with two outs in the ninth as the Brewers took a 2 1/2 game lead on the Pirates and 3 games on the St. Louis Cardinals atop the Central Division.

Gallardo improved to 7-6 on the season and 9-3 lifetime against the Cubs.

Jake Arrieta (6-4) worked 7 1/3 innings, holding the Brewers to a pair of runs on five hits.

Will Smith worked a 1-2-3 eighth inning for the Brewers and Francisco Rodriguez worked a scoreless ninth for his 36th save.

Wily Peralta (14-6, 3.42) pitches game two for the Brewers tonight.  Kyle Hendricks (3-1, 2.10) goes for the Cubs (7:05pm).

 

 

Garza hurt, Brewers fall to Cardinals

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Matt Garza was mowing down the St. Louis Cardinals through six innings, but had to leave with a left oblique strain.  The Cardinals rallied with

Mark Reynolds - UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Mark Reynolds – UPI/Bill Greenblatt

three runs against the Milwaukee Brewers bullpen to pull out a 3-2 win in St. Louis, taking 2 of 3 in the series.

Garza suffered a similar injury during spring training with the Chicago Cubs in 2013 and missed the first seven weeks of the season.  Manager Ron Roenicke can only hope that Garza (7-7, 3.58) won’t miss that much time for the Brewers.

After the game, Garza said he didn’t think this injury was as bad as the one last year, but we’ll see what happens once he’s evaluated today by team physician William Raasch.

Once the Brewers went to the bullpen, left-handed pitcher Zach Duke gave up a one-out home run to Matt Holliday.

Right-hander Jeremy Jeffress then took over and allowed three straight singles.

The Brewers got single runs in the first and second innings, the latter of which came on a long home run by Mark Reynolds.

The win pulled the Cardinals to within one game of the Brewers atop the NL Central.  Pittsburgh is just 1 1/2 games back.

The Brewers are off tonight.  They’ll open a series against the San Francisco Giants at Miller Park on Tuesday night.

AUDIO: Matt Garza said it’s tough to leave with an oblique injury :14

AUDIO: Mark Reynolds said they had their chances :12

Brewer bats quiet in loss to Rays

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Former Milwaukee prospect Jake Odorizzi worked seven solid innings, holding his former employer to just three hits to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 2-1 win over the Brewers at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida Monday night.

The only Brewer run came on Mark Reynolds solo home run in the third inning.  It’s the only run the Brewers have scored in the last two games and it leaves them 1 1/2 games in front of the St. Louis Cardinals for the NL Central Division lead.

The Brewers drafted Odorizzi (7-8) with the 32nd overall selection in the 2008 baseball draft.  They eventually traded him to Kansas City in the Zach Greinke deal in 2010 before the Royals shipped him to Tampa.

Kyle Lohse (11-5) took the loss for the Brewers, allowing four hits and two runs in six innings.  Lohse walked three and struck out six on the night.

Odorizzi struck out five Brewers and didn’t allow a single walk.  Brad Boxberger and Jake McGee then held the Brewers hitless in the final two innings, striking out five of the six Brewers they faced.

Matt Garza (7-7, 3.87) pitches game two of the series for the Brewers tonight.  They’ll face Tampa Bay’s Alex Cobb (6-6, 3.76).

 

Brewers pull away late to beat the Mets

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After blowing a late lead the night before, the Milwaukee Brewers bounced back on Saturday night to knock off the New York Mets 5-2 at Miller Park.

Francisco Rodriguez was back on the hill to close out the 9th inning for the Brewers and this time he did, retiring the Mets for his 30th save of the season.  Rodriguez was the last of our relievers that held the Mets to a pair of hits and no runs over the final 3 1/3 innings.

The Mets jumped out to a 2-0 lead.  The second of the two runs came on Curtis Granderson’s solo home run to right, his 15th of the season.

The Brewers finally got their offense going in the bottom of the 5th.  Jean Segura scored on a wild pitch and Jonathan Lucroy’s double scored Carlos Gomez to tie the game.  Ryan Braun gave the Brewers the lead when he singled to right to drive in Lucroy.

The Brewers added to the lead when Mark Reynolds clubbed his 17th home run of the season to make it 4-2 in the 6th and Khris Davis drove in a run with an RBI double in the 8th.

Wily Peralta (12-6) earned the win for the Brewers, who close out the 4-game series against the Mets at Miller Park today.

 

Jeffress has peaked the Brewers curiosity (AUDIO)

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Jeremy Jeffress

Jeremy Jeffress

The Milwaukee Brewers relief corp has been solid from the left side with Will Smith, Zach Duke and now Tom Gorzelanny.  From the right side,

closer Francisco Rodriguez has been rock solid, but injuries to Jim Henderson and Tyler Thornburg and inconsistency from Brandon Kintzler and Rob Wooten has left a once rock solid bullpen a bit short.

Enter newly recalled Jeremy Jeffress who made Brewers 2014 debut on Wednesday.  He pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to close out the Cincinnati Reds
5-1 at Miller Park.  Jeffress opened some eyes with fast balls clocked at 97, 98, 99 and eventually 100 miles per hour.

It’s the second tour with the Brewers for Jeffress, who was the teams first-round draft pick in 2006.  He’s been held back by control issues on the mound and drug-related suspensions.  He pitched in 10 games for the Brewers in 2010, but was traded to Kansas City in the Zach Greinke deal.  [Read more…]

Brewers get sweep over Cincinnati (AUDIO)

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The Milwaukee Brewers seem to have things turned back around after stumbling into the all-star break and then losing a series at Washington coming out of the break.

Cincinnati came to town missing two of its top players, Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips and the Brewers took advantage.  They held the Reds to six runs in three games, sweeping the Reds with a 5-1 win on Wednesday afternoon.

Kyle Lohse (11-4) worked 6 2/3 innings to earn his 11th win of the season.

First baseman Mark Reynolds came out from a nearly 2-month long slump and had three hits, including a pair of home runs to lead the offensive attack.  In the month of July, Reynolds is hitting .091.  Prior to his two home runs yesterday, Reynolds last left the yard back on June 2nd. [Read more…]

Ramirez & Gomez nearing all-star starts

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With less than a week left before the close of all-star balloting, Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez and outfielder Carlos Gomez

Aramis Ramirez - UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Aramis Ramirez – UPI/Bill Greenblatt

are close to gaining starts in the upcoming MLB All-star game on July 15th at Target Field in Minneapolis.

Ramirez (1,790,777 votes) maintains his first place lead among National League third basemen, while outfielder Carlos Gomez (3,169,748) is second among National League outfielders.  The balloting closes this weekend and the squads will be announced on Sunday.

Other Brewers are in the mix as well.  First baseman Mark Reynolds, shortstop Jean Segura and catcher Jonathan Lucroy are both second at their positions, while Ryan Braun is 5th among outfielders.

The Brewers have had at least one Brewers player elected to start in five of the last seven All-Star Games since 2007.