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14 Former Mallards Selected in 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft

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MADISON, Wis. – 14 former Madison Mallards will continue their baseball dreams into the professional ranks after being chosen in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft. No team in the competing Great Lakes West division had more former players selected than the Mallards.

“That’s what it’s all about for me – strictly,” Mallards’ manager Donnie Scott said. “That’s what I’m here for, I want to try and help these guys prepare for pro ball and hopefully they get the opportunity.”

Tyler Dyson (2017) was the first Mallard off the board. The Florida product was selected 153rd overall by the Washington Nationals in the fifth round. Dyson pitched for the Mallards during the 2017 season and finished with a perfect 4-0 record on the mound with a stellar 1.58 ERA. Dyson also picked up a win during the 2017 Major League Dreams Showcase in Madison that year. [Read more…]

Brewers drop second straight to Cardinals

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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…]

U.S. edges the World in MLB futures game

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MLB Futures Game, which also included Waupaca native Nate Tomlinson, who was the crew chief and home plate umpire.

The United States knocked off the World team, 7-6, in the Major League Baseball All-Star Futures Game on Sunday.

The U.S. team had nine hits by the time the game reached the fourth inning, one for every starter.  They built a 7-0 lead by the fifth, earning their seventh win in the last eight games.

The showcase of top minor league talent included 16 first-round picks.

Tampa Bay prospect Brent Honeywell was the only pitcher to go more than one inning.  He struck out four in two scoreless frames and earned the victory, as well as the MVP award.

The Brewers had three prospects in the game.  Lewis Brinson doubled home a run, his only hit of the game.  Corey Ray went o for 2.  Maurico Dubon was 1 for 3 for the World team.

The Major League All-Star game will be played on Tuesday night in Miami.  The league’s annual home run derby is set for Monday night.

Brewers have three picks on day 1 of 2017 MLB draft

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The Milwaukee Brewers have three picks on day one of the Major League First-Year Player Draft, which starts Monday night (6 p.m. CT).  The Brewers own the ninth overall selection, as well as pick number-34 (Competitive Balance Round A) and number-46 (Second Round) that same night.

The First-Year Player Draft covers three days from Monday through Wednesday and will take place at the MLB network Studio 42 in Secaucus, New Jersey.

The Brewers have selected ninth overall only once before in team history.  Milwaukee selected Geoff Jenkins from USC with the ninth overall pick in the 1995 First-Year Player Draft.  Jenkins spent 10 years with the Brewers and hit .277 with 287 doubles, 212 homers and 704 RBI.

The Draft, which is comprised of 40 rounds, will continue on Tuesday at noon (CT) for Rounds 3-10 and then again on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. CT for rounds 11-40.

Aguilar, Broxton power Brewers past Cards for first time since 2014

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It had been nearly three years since the Milwaukee Brewers won a series over the rival Cardinals, but a major league milestone helped end that streak. Jesus Aguilar broke a tie game in the seventh inning with a solo home run to give the Brewers a 5-4 win Thursday night in St. Louis.

Aguilar’s homer was the first of his career, and happened in his 100th career at-bat. Keon Broxton had carried the Brewers offense to that point, driving in two runs on 4-of-5 hitting with a home run in the fifth inning off Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright. Broxton finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.

Milwaukee took two of three from the Cards in a rain-shortened series, ending a run of 17 consecutive head-to-head series without a win. The Brewers were 0-15-2 in that stretch. [Read more…]

Brewers end April with .500 record thanks to Domingo Santana

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Domingo Santana – Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers reached the month of May with a .500 record, and avoided a sweep at the hands of the Braves, thanks to the efforts of Domingo Santana. The young right fielder hit two home runs and accounted for all of Milwaukee’s runs in a 4-3 defeat of the Braves at Miller Park on Sunday.

Santana, who had been hitting .169 coming into the weekend series, crushed a solo home run off the video board in deep center to tie the game at one in the fifth. An inning later, Santana snuck his second homer of the day, a three-run shot, over the wall in right-center to hand the Brewers a 4-2 lead. After also hitting a home run in Friday’s loss to Atlanta, the 24-year-old Dominican now has five on the season.

Milwaukee finishes the season’s first month at 13-13, a win total that equals the number of April wins in the last two seasons combined.

The win also saw starter Matt Garza pick up his first win of the season in just his season start since opening the year on the disabled list. [Read more…]

Brewers set 2017 schedule, open at home

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miller-parkThe Milwaukee Brewers will open the 2017 Major League Baseball season at home.

For the fourth time in the last seven years, the Brewers will open up their season against the Colorado Rockies.  The opener is set for April 3, the first of a four game series against the Rockies.  The Brewers will follow that series with a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs

The Brewers interleague schedule features games against teams from the American League East, as well as the traditional four games against the Minnesota Twins.

The Brewers will face the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles at Miller Park.  On the road, the Brewers will face Toronto, the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Brewers will end the 2017 season against the St. Louis Cardinals from Sept. 29 – Oct. 1.

Brewers return from All-Star Break, fall to Reds

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Scooter Gennett

Scooter Gennett

A three-run sixth inning cost the Brewers in their first game back from the All-Star break.

Milwaukee led 3-1 thanks to RBI singles by Jonathan Lucroy and Jonathan Villar, as well as a solo home run from Scooter Gennett.

But the Reds got to starter Matt Garza in the home half of the sixth to take the lead and would go on to win 5-4. Garza allowed four runs on six hits in five plus innings to fall to 1-3.

Villar and Gennett each finished with two hits. Chris carter had a home run taken away from him in the fourth thanks to a leaping catch by Jay Bruce.

The series continues Saturday with a 6:10 p.m. first pitch in Cincinnati. Jimmy Nelson opposes John Lamb.

Brewers falter in finale with Cardinals, enter All-Star break at 38-49 (AUDIO)

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Junior Guerra

Junior Guerra

The Milwaukee Brewers have no answers for the St. Louis Cardinals, and that was especially true Sunday against starter Mike Leake.

The Brewers struck out ten times against Leak, marking the 42nd time this season they have amassed ten or more K’s in 87 games played this season. They finished the game with a dozen strikeouts in a 5-1 loss at Miller Park.

Brewers rookie Junior Guerra (6-2) had a three-game win streak snapped after allowing three runs on seven hits. It marks just the third Brewers loss in the 12 games started by Guerra this season.

Milwaukee took a 1-0 lead in the first when Jonathan Lucroy singled in Jonathan Villar. That duo combined to go 4-for-8 in the game.

The Cardinals then scored five unanswered runs, hitting two home runs off Guerra in the process. [Read more…]

Kenosha’s Lux snaps state drought, Brewers select OF Corey Ray 5th overall

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Gavin Lux

Gavin Lux

A 37-year state drought ended last night when the Los Angeles Dodgers selected Kenosha Indian Trail shortstop Gavin Lux with the 20th pick overall.

Lux becomes the first Wisconsin high schooler to be selected in the first round since Nekoosa’s Kevin Brandt was taken by the Twins in 1979.

Already committed to play at Arizona State, Lux entered the draft as the second ranked high school shortstop in the nation.

In the second round, Verona catcher Ben Rortvedt was selected 56th overall by Minnesota. He’s committed to play collegiately at Arkansas.

Meanwhile, the Brewers added three players to their organization via the MLB First-Year Player Draft Thursday night.

Milwaukee chose Louisville outfielder Corey Ray with the fifth overall pick. Ray, a Chicago native, batted .319 with 55 runs, 15 home runs, 60 RBI, and 44 stolen bases his junior year with the Cardinals.

The Brewers also selected third baseman Lucas Erceg out of Menlo College with the 47th pick and catcher Mario Feliciano from the Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy.

The draft resumes at noon Friday with rounds three through ten, and the remaining 30 rounds set for Saturday.