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Fiers tosses second career no-hitter

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The game was delayed more than 90 minutes because of a lighting malfunction, but the Oakland A’s eventually blanked the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 as starter Mike Fiers tossed his second career no-hitter.

Fiers pitch count was at 109 after seven innings and he was told by manager Bob Melvin that one more baserunner would end his night, even if he still hadn’t allowed a hit.

The former Brewers pitcher managed to breeze through the final two innings for his second no-hitter.  The first came in 2015 when he needed 131 pitches to lead the Houston Astros past the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Fiers is just the 35th pitcher in major league history to toss multiple no-hitters in his career.  It’s the first no-hitter of the 2019 season.

Fiers walked two and struck out six.  He improved to 3-3 on the season.

Fiers no-hits the Dodgers (VIDEO)

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Mike Fiers

Former Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Mike Fiers tossed the second no-hitter in the major leagues in the last nine days, helping the Houston Astros to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Houston.

Astros executive Nolan Ryan, who has recorded seven no-hitters in his outstanding career, looked on from a suite as Fiers finished off the 134 pitch gem.  It was  the 11th no-hitter in Astros history.

Fiers (6-9) struck out Justin Turner to end the game.

Cole Hamels with Philadelphia, Chris Heston with San Francisco, Max Scherzer with Washington and Seattle’s Hisashi Iwakuma have baseball’s other no-hitters this season.

The Astros acquired Fiers in a  trade deadline deal with the Brewers.

Fiers had never retired a batter in he 9th inning in his five-year career.  He finished with ten strikeouts and  three walks and retired the final 21 hitters he faced.

It was the first no-hitter by one Astros pitcher since Darryl Kile blanked the Mets on Sept. 8, 1993.  Six Houston pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter against the Yankees on June 11, 2003.

(Mike Fiers No-hits the Dodgers – video courtesy of Major League Baseball)

Fiers leads Brewers to sixth straight win

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Brewers pitcher Mike Fiers: Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Brewers pitcher Mike Fiers: Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers extended their season best win streak to six games, rolling to a 12-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night at Great American Ballpark.

Five of the six wins have come on the road where the Brewers are hitting .371 with 40 runs scored.  Carlos Gomez had three hits, including a grand slam that broke the game open.

On the mound, Mike Fiers continued his strong pitching of late, holding the Reds to three hits over seven scoreless innings.  The Reds didn’t get a runner past first base on Fiers until the 7th inning.  Fiers improved to 4-7 and lowered his ERA to 3.83.  He walked two and struckout two in the win.

Fiers performance couldn’t have come at a better time.  The Brewers bullpen was out of gas.  Before the game, the Brewers summoned right handed pitchers David Goforth and Tyler Cravy from the minors for help.

To make room on the roster, the Brewers sent pitcher Corey Knebel and infielder Jason Rodgers to Colorado Springs.  The Brewers now have 13 pitchers on their 25-man roster.

Game 2 of the series is in Cincinnati today.

 

Brewers drop 5th straight, fall to Royals

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Mike Fiers: Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Mike Fiers: Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Joe Blanton picked up his first victory in nearly two years to help the Kansas City Royals blow out the Milwaukee Brewers 10-2 on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

The Brewers have dropped five straight overall and three straight to the Royals.

Blanton (1-0) hadn’t won since June 29, 2013, while pitching for the Los Angeles Angels.  He held the Brewers to a run on five hits, striking out four and walking none.

Alcides Escobar equaled his career high with four RBIs and Lorenzo Cain, who had homered in each of the last two games, tripled, doubled and walked twice in last nights win.

Brewers right-hander Mike Fiers (3-7) took the loss, giving up six runs on eight hits and three walks in five innings.

Jimmy Nelson (3-7, 4.60) pitches he series finale for the Brewers tonight.

 

Ramirez powers Brewers past Nationals

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Aramis Ramirez

Aramis Ramirez

Aramis Ramirez doubled three times and drove in five runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 8-4 win over the Washington Nationals at Miller Park on Friday night.

Ramirez put the Brewers up 2-0 in the first with his ninth double of the season.  His 10th drive in a run in the third, then his 11th drove in two runs in the Brewers’ four-run fourth inning.

The Brewers did most of their damage off of Jordan Zimmerman (5-4).  The Auburndale, Wisconsin native allowed six runs and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings.  He walked one and struck out four.  Zimmerman entered the game with a 4-0 record and 2.35 ERA in five career starts against the Brewers. [Read more…]

Brewers fall short of sweeping Twins

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Francisco Rodriguez: Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Francisco Rodriguez: Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers entered Sunday’s series finale at Target Field in Minneapolis with a chance to sweep their first series of the season. Minnesota pitcher Mike Pelfrey had something else in mind.

Pelfrey scattered eight Brewer hits (7 singles) over eight innings, walking one and striking out seven, improving to 5-2 on the season.

Minnesota scored both of its runs in the second inning.  Torii Hunter led off with a walk and scored on Eddie Rosario’s double.  Rosario scored when Eduardo Escobar followed with a triple.

Mike Fiers took the loss for the Brewers, working just 4 1/3 innings.  He allowed seven hits, two runs while walking three and striking out three.  Fiers fell to 2-6.

After Fiers left, Neal Cotts, Michael Blazek and Corey Knebel combined to pitch 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.  The Brewers’ bullpen has now allowed just two runs over the last 35 innings.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell says they had their chances against Mike Pelfrey :17

AUDIO: Mike Fiers on his outing :18

Rodriguez moves into 9th on saves list

Francisco Rodriguez earned his tenth save of the season on Saturday, moving him into a tie for ninth place with Troy Percival on baseball’s all-time save list at 358.

Rodriguez and Percival were teammates in 2002.  They helped the Angels win the 2002 World Series and remained teammates until 2004 when Percival signed a free-agent deal in Detroit.

 

Fiers helps Brewers blank Cardinals (AUDIO)

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Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Mike Fiers delivers a pitch to the St. Louis Cardinals in the second inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Mike Fiers delivers a pitch to the St. Louis Cardinals in the second inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Mike Fiers gave Brewers manager Craig Counsell just what they needed Monday night.  After beating Arizona in 17-innings on Sunday, Fiers not only gave the Brewers a quality start, he held them without a run in six shutout innings.  The Brewers went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 in their series opener at Busch Stadium.

After Fiers, Jonathan Broxton, Neal Cotts, Jeremy Jeffress and Francisco Rodriguez finished up, giving the Brewers pitching staff 18-straight scoreless innings.

The Brewers only run came in the first inning when Jean Segura led off with a single, moved to second on a fielder’s choice from Ryan Braun and scored on a two-out single by Carlos Gomez. [Read more…]

Brewers open series in St. Louis tonight (Video Preview)

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Jonathan Lucroy returns to the Brewers lineup tonight. Photo UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Jonathan Lucroy returns to the Brewers lineup tonight. Photo UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Milwaukee Brewers, coming off of a 7-6, 17-inning win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, open a three city, nine game road trip tonight in St. Louis against the Division leading Cardinals.

St. Louis (33-17) has won six of their last seven games, including a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.  The Cardinals are 6-games up on the Chicago Cubs, 7-games over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10 1/2 games up on Cincinnati, and a whopping 16 1/2 games on the Brewers.  They’re 4-2 against the Brewers this season.

The Cardinals send Jaime Garcia (1-1 3.46 ERA) to the mound tonight against the Brewers Mike Fiers (1-5, 4.53).  Garcia is 6-3 lifetime in 12 career starts against the Brewers. [Read more…]

Brewers swept by Giants, lose 5th straight

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Khris Davis - UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Khris Davis – UPI/Bill Greenblatt

The Milwaukee Brewers managed just six hits and scored just once, a growing trend for the team offensively.  The result was a 3-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants in their series finale at Miller Park on Wednesday.

The Brewers fell to 8-18 at Miller Park and a Major League worst 16-32 for the season.  Not that the Brewers are looking to the top of the division, but they now trail the front-running St. Louis Cardinals by 15 1/2 games.

Without any offensive support, Mike Fiers, while pitching on short rest, held the Giants to two runs, but fell to 1-5 on the season.  He gave up Joe Panik’s 2-run homer in the 5th.

The Giants scored their 3rd run in the 9th, off of Francisco Rodriguez.  San Francisco has now won 11 of their last 13 games. [Read more…]

Garza’s struggles continue in Brewers loss

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Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Mike Fiers delivers a pitch to the St. Louis Cardinals in the third inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on April 16, 2015. St. Louis won the game 4-0. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

 Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers losing streak has reached four games overall and six of their last seven, falling to the San Francisco Giants 6-3 at Miller Park on Tuesday night.

The Giants scored five of their six runs off of Matt Garza in the first four innings.  Garza surrendered home runs to Hunter Pence and Matt Duffy.  Garza has now given up 10 home runs in 10 games this season, falling to 2-7 with a 6.00 ERA.

Madison Bumgarner (6-2) was cruising early and left after allowing three runs in six innings.  The Giants bullpen slammed the door on the Brewers from there.

Mike Fiers pitches the series finale on short rest today.  He goes a day early after Wily Peralta was placed on the 15-day disabled list with an oblique strain.

Lucroy leaves today on rehab assignment

Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy leaves today for Class A Brevard County for a four-day minor-league rehab assignment.

If all goes well, Lucroy will rejoin he Brewers on Monday in St. Louis for the start of a three-game series with the Cardinals.

Segura returns soon

Shortstop Jean Segura will be activated Friday.  He’s been out with a broken right pinkie finger.

AUDIO: Matt Garza says he’s frustrated :14