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Brewers swept by Reds, fall into 3rd place in Central

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Matt Garza (File) Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers were swept in three games by the last place Cincinnati Reds, dropping the series finale 7-1 on Wednesday at Great American Ball Park.

Reds rookie Luis Castillo allowed a run on four hits over eight innings, striking out 10 and walking nobody to earn his third win of the season.  The only run allowed came in the first on a Neil Walker home run.

The Brewers were outplayed and out scored (21-8) in the series, which saw them fall in to third place in the Central Division, a half game behind the second place St. Louis Cardinals and 4 1/2 games behind the division leading Cubs.  Had the Cubs not dropped the first two games of their series in Pittsburgh, the division may have been out of reach.  Fortunately for the Brewers, they still have plenty to play for between the wild card and the division, despite their laying down in Cincinnati. [Read more…]

Gennett powers Reds past Brewers

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Scooter Gennett clubbed a three-run home run during a five-run seventh inning to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park.  It pushes Gennett’s home run total to 24 for the season.

Robert Stephenson improved his record to 4-4, allowing one run with seven strikeouts in six-plus innings for the Reds.  Raisel Iglesias got six outs for his 25th save as the Reds have taken the first two games in the series.

Travis Shaw clubbed a two-run home run for the Brewers.  Zach Davies saw his record drop to 16-8, despite giving up just one earned run in 5 2/3 innings.

The Brewers did catch a break when the Chicago Cubs lost for the second straight game at Pittsburgh.  It means the Brewers still trail Chicago by 3 1/2 games in the Central Division.  But the Brewers dropped 2 1/2 games behind Colorado in the National League wildcard race after the Rockies won at San Francisco last night. [Read more…]

Reds beat Brewers in walk-off (AUDIO)

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Craig Counsell

The Milwaukee Brewers got home runs from Ryan Braun and Orlando Arcia to forge a 4-4 tie with momentum on their side.  But Cincinnati leadoff hitter Billy Hamilton clubbed a two-out home run in the ninth inning off of rookie left-hander Josh Hader, giving the Reds a 5-4 walk-off victory.

Hamilton’s game winner came off of Brewers rookie reliever Josh Hader, who also allowed Washington to score twice in the eighth inning on Saturday in a 3-2 Nationals victory at Miller Park.

Hader, who primarily throws fastballs, got beat with his best pitch as Hamilton jumped on an inside corner fastball  for his first home run from the right side of the plate.

Braun’s home run for the Brewers was his first since August 12.  After Travis Shaw and Domingo Santana singled, Arcia ripped a hanging slider for a three-run homer to tie the game.

Chase Anderson got the start for the Brewers but was knocked out of the game in the 6th after Tucker Barnhart’s two-run double made it 4-0 Cincinnati with one out in the sixth.

The question is, will back-to-back losses hurt Josh Hader’s confidence?  First and foremost, he’ll need to see that the team still believes he can get the job done. [Read more…]

Santana leads Brewers to victory

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Domingo Santana celebrates one of his 24 home runs this season. (File) Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Domingo Santana clubbed two home runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-2 win over the Washington Nationals at Miller Park on Sunday.

Left-hander Brent Suter pitched three shutout innings and was followed out of the bullpen by Jeremy Jeffress, Jacob Barnes, Anthony Swarzak and Junior Guerra as the Brewers grabbed 3 of 4 in the series and finished their home stand with a 4-2 record.

Washington didn’t score until the ninth inning when Ryan Zimmerman clubbed a two-out, two-run homer off of Guerra.

Suter and company filled in for Matt Garza, who was passed over for his start on Sunday.

Santana’s home runs came in the second and fourth innings and gives him a career high 24.  He hit just 11 last season.  The Brewers now have 195 home runs for the season, surpassing last season’s total for eighth-most in franchise history.

The Brewers moved a game closer to the division leading Cubs, now 3 1/2 games back.  But even more important, the Brewers are just a half-game behind Colorado for the 2nd and final National League wild card spot.

The Brewers now open a 3-game series in Cincinnati against the Reds this afternoon (12:10).  Chase Anderson (8-3, 2.96) pitches for the Brewers.  Homer Bailey (4-7, 7.51) gets the call for the Reds.

Brewers will play meaningful baseball in September

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Jonathan Villar (File) Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers wrapped up the month of August with a 6-3 win over the Washington Nationals at Miller Park on Thursday.

Zach Davies pitched seven strong innings to pick up his 16th win of the season, tying Arizona’s Zach Greinke for the major-league lead.

Jonathan Villar had three hits, including a two run home run in the fifth, giving the Brewers a 5-2 lead at the time.  The long ball came from the right side of the plate, just his second of the season.

The Brewers go to Gio Gonzalez, who had a 0.79 ERA over his last five starts.  He left after six innings, having allowed 5 runs on 8 hits.  It was the most runs he has allowed since May 8 against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.

Jimmy Nelson (10-6, 3.75) pitches game two of the series for the Brewers tonight.  Washington counters with Tanner Roark (11-8, 4.63).

Matt Garza

Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Thursday that right-handed starter Matt Garza will not make his next scheduled start on Sunday against the Nationals.  The Brewers didn’t announce a replacement at this point, but lefty Brent Suter would appear to be a strong candidate after he made a rehab start for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers this week.

AUDIO: Zach Davies on being in the playoff picture :13

AUDIO: Craig Counsell on playing meaningful games in September :12

Garza struggles in Brewers loss to Cardinals

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Eric Thames (File) Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Matt Garza didn’t get any help from his defense, but he also didn’t do himself any favors with his control and the Milwaukee Brewers dropped their series opener 10-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park.

Garza allowed six runs, but only three of them were earned.  Yet he walked five hitters, needing 87 pitches to make it through just 3 1/3 innings.  He fell to 6-8 with a 4.77 ERA.

The loss, coupled with a Chicago Cubs 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, dropped the Brewers 3 1/2 games back in the NL Central Division race.

The Brewers had momentum after taking two of three from the Los Angeles Dodgers on the weekend, but some sloppy defense from the start on Tuesday night doomed the Brewers.

Travis Shaw booted a ground ball in the first and Manny Pina dropped an underhand toss from Garza at the plate with a walk sandwiched in between, [Read more…]

Offense is quiet in Brewers loss to Giants

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When the Brewers don’t hit home runs, they usually struggle to win.  They finally got their first long ball of the series, a solo shot by Stephen Vogt in the 9th inning, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a 4-2 loss to the Giants in San Francisco.

The Brewers dropped two of three in the series and fell 3 1/2 games behind the division leading Chicago Cubs in the Central.  The Brewers are 3-3 on their nine-game road trip and will open a three game series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Friday night.

Travis Shaw drove in the Brewers first run in the first with a double.  But Shaw would later foul a pitch off of his foot in the ninth inning.  Xrays performed after the game were negative and Shaw is listed as day to day.

The Giants snapped a 1-1 tie in the seventh on Jarrett parker’s two-out, check-swing double off of Brewers reliever Jacob Barnes.

Matt Garza allowed a single run in the first inning while pitching out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam.  That is all he would allow in five innings.

The Brewers will send Chase Anderson to the mound against the Dodgers in game one of the series on Friday night.  Anderson is 7-2 with a 2.83 ERA.  The Dodgers will counter with Kenta Maeda (11-5, 3.88).

Brewers fall in series opener with Rockies

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Nolan Arenado put Colorado up for good with a two-run triple in the third inning and the Rockies cruised past the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 in the series opener in Denver.

Charlie Blackmon, Gerardo Parra and Carlos Gonzalez clubbed home runs for the Rockies, who knocked Matt Garza out of the game in the fifth.  Garza (6-7) pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing 8 runs (7 earned) on 9 hits.

German Marquez (10-5) tossed 5 2/3 innings of four-run ball to pick up the win.

Keon Broxton (20th), Domingo Santana (20th) and Orlando Arcia (12th) went yard for the Brewers, who saw their four-game win streak come to an end.

The Cubs and Cardinals both won yesterday, which dropped the Brewers into third place in the NL Central.  They trail the Cubs by 2 games.  The Cardinals are 1 1/2 games back but a half game in front of the Brewers.

Rookie Brandon Woodruff (1-1, 1.50) gets the start in game two of the series for the Brewers tonight (7:10 p.m.).  Chad Bettis (0-0, 0.00) foes for the Rockies.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell isn’t giving up on Matt Garza :09

AUDIO: Keon Broxton confident the Brewers will bounce back :10

Home run ball leads Brewers to comeback win (AUDIO)

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Keon Broxton celebrates one of his two home runs.

The Milwaukee Brewers clubbed five home runs to come-from-behind and beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 at Miller Park on Thursday.

All seven runs came via the home run.  Centerfielder Keon Broxton clubbed two of the five home runs, giving him 19 for the season.  Neil Walker and Travis Shaw also went yard.  Manny Pina added the biggest of them all in the eighth.  After the Brewers fell behind in the top half of the inning, Pina clubbed a 2-run, opposite field homer to put the Brewers back in front and eventually pull out the win.

The Brewers fell behind 4-0 with Jimmy Nelson struggling early.  But Broxton and Walker clubbed home runs in the bottom half to make it a 4-3 game and the Brewers were right back in it.

Travis Shaw’s 26th home run of the season in the sixth inning pulled the Brewers back to even at 4-4.

The Pirates went up 5-4 in the seventh, but Broxton’s second home run of the game tied the game 5-5. [Read more…]

Brewers get the bats going, win series over Reds

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Domingo Santana – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers came out of their offensive slump and capped off a series win with a 7-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

The Brewers scored three runs in the first inning and never trailed.  It’s the 29th time this season that the Brewers have scored two or more runs in the first inning this season, which tops the majors.

The Reds entered the series with the worst pitching staff in bats and the slumping Brewers scored 23 runs on 36 hits in the series.  Newcomer Neil Walker had a pair of singles in his Brewers debut.

Cincinnati did pull within 3-2 when Adam Duvall clubbed a two-run homer off of Matt Garza in the third.

Eric Sogard then tripled into the right-field corner with one out in the fourth and Hernan Perez dropped down a squeeze bunt with a 96-mph fastball coming right at his head.

The Brewers made it 7-2 in the fifth when Domingo Santana clubbed a three run home run, his 19th of the season.

Walker didn’t arrive in Milwaukee until late Saturday night and was penciled into the lineup on Sunday.  The Brewers put lefthander Brent Suter on the 10-day disabled list with a strained left rotator cuff, making room for Walker on the 25-man roster.  To make room on the 40-man roster, the Brewers designated reliever Michael Blazek for assignment.

AUDIO: Neil Walker preferred to get thrown right into the fire :14

AUDIO: Neil Walker on doing whatever it takes to win :13

AUDIO: Neil Walker says it’s good for the Brewers to be within striking distance :11