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Brewers open 2020 season at home against the Cubs

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The Milwaukee Brewers will open the 2020 Major League Baseball season against the rival Chicago Cubs on Thursday, March 26 at Miller Park.  After taking Friday off, the two teams will wrap up the series on Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29.  The St. Louis Cardinals then comes to town for three games to complete the six-game home stand.

Next season will mark the eighth time in the last nine years that the team will open the regular season at Miller Park and the second time that they will begin a campaign against the Cubs.

The Brewers will enjoy three off days on Friday next year, including back-to-back weeks to open the season. [Read more…]

Hiura named NL Rookie of the Month

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Keston Huira – Courtesy of MLB

Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Keston Hiura was named the National League Rookie of the Month for July.

Hiura  hit .355 (33-for-93) with 17 runs, 10 doubles, 2 triples, 6 home runs, 18 RBI, 6 steals and a 1.127 OPS in 25 games.  He led all Major League rookies in runs, hits, doubles, extra base hits (18), total bases (65), batting average, OBP (.429), SLG (.699) and OPS and tied Victor Robles (Wash) for the lead among rookies in steals in the month.

Hiura became the sixth player in franchise history to earn NL Rookie of the Month honors, joining Ben Sheets (June 2001), Scott Podsednik (August 2003), Prince Fielder (April 2006), Ryan Braun (June 2007), Ryan Braun (July 2007) and Casey McGehee (September 2009).

Hiura is hitting .370 (30-for-81) in his last 22 games.  During that stretch, he has scored 15 runs, adding 17 extra-base hits, 17 RBI and a 1.174 OPS.  During this span, Hiura leads the entire National League in doubles, extra-base hits, SLG (.728) and OPS.  He is tied for the league lead in hits and ranks second in batting average and third in OBP (.446).

Hiura named NL Player of the Week (AUDIO)

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Keston Huira – Courtesy of MLB

Milwaukee Brewers rookie second baseman Keston Hiura has been named the National League Player of the Week.

Hiura earned his first career NL Player of the Week Award and is the second different Brewers player (third time) to take home weekly honors this season, joining his All-Star teammate Christian Yelich, who captured the weekly award twice.  The last Brewers player to accomplish the feat other than Yelich was Aramis Ramirez on July 5, 2015.

Hiura is the first and only rookie to win the weekly award in team history.

Hiura hit .517 (15-for-29) with seven runs scored, six doubles, two triples, a home run, eight RBI, two walks and two stolen bases in seven games this past week.

Among National League leaders, Hiura finished the week first in hits, extra-base hits (9), doubles and slugging percentage (.966); tied for first in triples; second in total bases (28); third in batting average and on-base percentage (.548); and tied for third in stolen bases.

Hiura enter’s Monday night’s game against Cincinnati riding a 11-game hitting streak.  He has eight multi-hit games and a trio of three-hit performances during that stretch.

AUDIO: Keston Kiura on being the first Brewers rookie to earn Player of the Week honors in MLB :15

 

Brewers blow lead late and fall to Reds 5-4

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Chase Anderson – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Cincinnati – The Brewers bullpen let a 4-2 seventh inning lead get away Tuesday night and fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 5-4.

Milwaukee led 4-2 through six innings thanks to more home runs, as Christian Yelich, Mike Moustakas and Eric Thames all went deep off Reds starter Tanner Roark.  It was in support of starter Chase Anderson, who allowed two runs over 5.2 innings and just 72 pitches.

Freddie Peralta allowed a run over 1.1 innings, and Cincinnati tied it with a two out RBI double from Joey Votto in the eighth off Matt Albers.

The Reds winning run scored in the eleventh.  With two outs Yasiel Puig singled to center.  Jose Iglesias singled to right, sending Puig to third.  Yelich’s throw to the infield short hopped Thames at first base, as the ball bounced off his glove and rolled through the infield.  Puig took off and scored from third to give the Reds a 5-4 win.

Yelich’s homer was his 31st.  Moustakas’s was his 24th.  The Brewers are 45-40 and lead the Cubs by a game in the N. L. Central

 

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…]