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Looking for some starting pitching help, the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a one-year free agent deal with lefty Gio Gonzalez. The deal will guarantee Gonzalez $2 million, plus incentives.
Gonzalez went 10-11 with a 4.21 ERA last season for Washington and Milwaukee. He came to Milwaukee in an August 31st trade and went 3-0 in five starts for the Brewers down the stretch.
The Brewers are off on Thursday and will open a three game series in New York against the Mets on Friday night.
Jhoulys Chacin
Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer and Yadier Molina added a solo shot in the St. Louis 4th inning, sending the Cardinals to a 5-2 win and sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers.
It was the fourth straight loss and seventh in the last eight games for the Brewers, dropping them to .500 (13-13).
The Brewers scored their 23rd straight run via the home run when Eric Thames homered in the first inning. It means of the Brewers’ last 44 runs scored, 39 have come by home run.
The Brewers managed just five hits off of Cardinals pitching for the third straight game. Adam Wainwright picked up the win (2-2), the 150th of his big league career.
The Brewers loaded the bases in the 9th and scored a run on a bases loaded walk. But Jordan Hicks came on to strike out pinch hitter Christian Yelich to end it.
Jhoulys Chacin gave up four runs in four innings to take the loss. After a 15-8 record last season, Chacin is off to a 2-3 start this year with a 6.35 ERA.
The Brewers are done with the Cardinals until August 19th. Thursday is an off day and then it’s on to New York for the start of a three game series against the Mets on Friday night. Chase Anderson (2-0, 3.00 ERA) pitches for the Brewers. Jacob DeGrom (2-2, 3.68) goes for New York.
Orlando Arcia – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Yadier Molina drove in a pair of runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in St. Louis.
Paul DeJong homered for the Cardinals, who have won five of their last six games.
Jordan Hicks allowed the Brewers to cut the deficit to one but held on for the save.
The Brewers hit three more home runs, but all three were solo shots. Two by Travis Shaw and one for Orlando Arcia. The Brewers have now dropped six of their last seven games. The Brewers had just five hits on the night. [Read more…]
The St. Louis Cardinals scored seven runs in the seventh inning and knocked off the Milwaukee Brewers 13-5 in St. Louis on Monday night.
Dexter Fowler went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI. Paul Goldschmidt also had three hits with a home run and three RBI in the win.
Jack Flaherty earned his third straight win on the mound for St. Louis.
The Brewers managed just five hits, but four of them were home runs. Ryan Braun, Hernan Perez, Yasmani Grandal and Travis Shaw all went deep for the Brewers.
Adrian Houser took the loss, the Brewers’ fifth in six games. Jacob Barnes retired only one of the six Cardinals he faced in the seventh, allowing five runs.
Zach Davies pitches game two of the series for the Brewers on Tuesday night.
Yelich honored
Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was named the National League’s player of the week on Monday. Yelich hit .417 with eight home runs and 16 RBI in seven games last week.
Yelich went 0-for-4 in Monday’s loss.
Chase Anderson will start Saturday night against the Dodgers – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
The Milwaukee Brewers sent struggling starting pitcher Corbin Burnes to Class AAA San Antonio on Friday, two days after his fourth tough outing of the season.
Burnes has allowed 11 home runs in just 17 innings of work, but the Brewers have decided they didn’t want to return Burnes to the bullpen which is the role he pitched in last year. Instead, the right-hander heads back to the minors to figure out his game, while continuing as a starter.
Burnes task will be trying to rediscover his fastball command. Poor fastball location led to home runs by the opposition and Burnes leads the league in home runs allowed.
The Brewers also recalled left-handed reliever Donnie Hart from San Antonio and reinstated right-hander Alex Wilson from the paternity list. They optioned right-hander Jake Petricka back to AAA San Antonio.
Chase Anderson will get the start for the Brewers in game three of their series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
Kike Hernandez clubbed a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night at Miller Park.
Pedro Baez got the win after a scoreless two-thirds of an inning for Los Angeles. Kenley Jansen got the save for the Dodgers, who have won six straight.
Hernandez’ blast came off of Brewers closer Josh Hader in the 8th, on an 0-2 pitch. Prior to the long ball, Hader issued a pair of walks, after issuing only two free passes in the previous 10 innings.
Hader came on in the seventh and got out of a bases loaded jam by striking out Cody Bellinger to preserve a 2-2 tie. [Read more…]
Julio Urias fired six shutout innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers knocked off the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 in their series opener on Thursday night at Miller Park.
Urias allowed just one hit and struck out nine for his first win.
Cody Bellinger and Max Muncy homered in a three-run sixth inning for the Dodgers. Christian Yelich gave the Brewers their only run with a ninth inning home run off of Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen. It’s the 10th of the season for Yelich.
Zach Davies tossed five shutout innings for the Brewers, seeing his ERA fall to 1.19. Reliever Matt Albers allowed both Dodger home runs to take the loss. [Read more…]
Craig Counsell
Corbin Burnes allowed two more home runs and made it through just 3 2/3 innings on Wednesday as the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 in their series finale at Miller Park.
Burnes has now surrendered 11 home runs in his four starts and is now 0-2 with an ERA that has climbed to 10.70.
Marcell Ozuna and Matt Carpenter clubbed home runs off of Burnes on Wednesday. The Cardinals as a team, banged out 15 hits in all, nine off of Burnes.
Last season, Burnes was a star in the Brewers bullpen, going 7-0 with a 2.61 ERA in 30 appearances. As a starter this season, Burnes has had nothing but struggles.
The Brewers right-hander has struggled to locate his fastball, leaving the ball out over the plate far too often. Ten of the 11 home runs that he has allowed, have come on fastballs. [Read more…]
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…]
The Milwaukee Brewers made a handful of roster moves on Tuesday, reinstating Jeremy Jeffress from the injured list and placing Freddy Peralta on the injured list.
The Brewers also called up pitcher Aaron Wilkerson from Triple-A San Antonio and sent Jake Petricka was sent to Class-A Wisconsin.
Jeffress was placed on the injured list earlier this season with a right shoulder injury.
Peralta has been placed on the injured list with an SC joint injury. He started four games, but has struggled with an ERA at 7.13.
Wilkerson has appeared in six career games in the majors, all with the Brewers over the last two seasons.
