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Brewers drop second straight, bullpen collapses

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Chase Anderson – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers bullpen has been leaking water.  That leak got bigger on Sunday as the Brewers dropped their second straight to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 11-1 at Chase Field.

Chase Anderson allowed just one run on four hits in six innings of work, striking out eight for the Brewers.  The bullpen coughed up 10 runs in three innings as the Diamondbacks broke the game open.

Carlos Torres and Neftali Feliz gave up three homers and five runs in the seventh.  Rob Scahill and Wily Peralta then combined to allow five more runs in the eighth, including a grand slam by Paul Goldschmidt off of Scahill.

Torres has now allowed 16 hits in his last 6 1/3 innings, including four home runs with a 14.22 ERA over that period.  Feliz saw his ERA jump to 5.88 with seven homers allowed in 26 innings.

Brewers top prospect Lewis Bronson made his major league debut on Sunday, going 0-for-2 with a pair of walks and was credited with his first stolen base.  In his first at-bat against left-hander Robbie Ray, D-backs shortstop Nick Ahmed made a diving stop and throwing out Brinson at first base. [Read more…]

Red Sox salvage final game with Brewers (AUDIO)

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Jimmy Nelson

The first two games of the series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Boston Red Sox at Miller Park were filled with offense.  Thursday afternoon’s series finale was just the opposite.

The Red Sox broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth inning when Mookie Betts clubbed a three-run home run off of Brewers closer Neftali Feliz to pull out a 4-1 win.  The Red Sox pulled out the final game of the series after losing the first two games.

Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson struck out a season-high-tying eight over 6 2/3 innings and Corey Knebel followed him with 1 1/3 innings of solid relief before Feliz got into trouble in the 9th.

Feliz has now allowed five home runs in 16 innings this season and falls to 0-4. [Read more…]

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 cough up lead, fall to Cubs on walk-off homer

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As it is, the Milwaukee Brewers finished their nine-game road trip with a 6-3 record, but it could have been better.

The Brewers got early home runs from Travis Shaw and Jett Bandy and jumped out to a 3-0 lead over Chicago.  But the Cubs came back to win 7-4.

Carlos Torres, Corey Knebel and Neftali Feliz all issued walks in the final four innings.  Those base runners came around to score.  Addison Russell provided the walk-off, game winning three-run home run off of Feliz to pull out their second straight come from behind win. [Read more…]

Brewers beat Cubs, improve to 6-1 on road trip

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Eric Thames

The Milwaukee Brewers pushed their record to 6-1 on their current nine-game road trip, knocking off the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Monday night at Wrigley Field.

Ryan Braun, Jett Bandy and Eric Thames all homered for the Brewers in the win.

Thames went 3 for 4 and has now homered six times in his last five games, to move into a tie for the major league lead with seven for the season.  As a team, the Brewers have hit a big league leading 25.

Ryan Braun clubbed a two run homer in the first inning, driving in Thames who had doubled.  Jett Bandy led off the second with his second homer of the season.

After the Cubs tied the game 3-3 on Albert Almora Jr.’s two-run double in the bottom of the second, Thames put the Brewers back in front for good.  With home runs in five straight games, Thames tied Jeromy Burnitz for the longest such streak in franchise history.  As a team, the Brewers now have home runs in nine straight games. [Read more…]

Brewers play spoiler in Toronto’s opener

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The Milwaukee Brewers got off to a good start and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 before 48,456 fans in Toronto’s home opener at the Rogers Centre.  It was the sixth consecutive home opening loss for the Blue Jays, who are tied with Philadelphia for the longest active streak.

The Brewers and Blue Jays hadn’t played in Toronto since July 2, 2014, with Wily Peralta and J.A. Happ starting for their respective teams.  That turned out to be the same matchup last night.

The Brewers scored two runs in the first inning on Keon Broxton’s first home run of the season.  Travis Shaw tripled to center and Domingo Santana added an RBI single.

Troy Tulowitzki had a pair of run-scoring doubles for the Blue Jays, but Wily Peralta held Toronto in check for six innings to earn his second win of the season.

Domingo Santana also clubbed his second home run of the season in the fifth inning to give the Brewers their fourth run, the eventual game winner.

Neftali Feliz pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to record his second save of the season.

Chase Anderson pitches the series finale for the Brewers tonight.

Peralta leads Brewers to first win of the season

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Wily Peralta – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Wily Peralta pitched five innings of three-hit, shutout ball to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their first win of the season, a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night at Miller Park.  Peralta walked one and struck out five hitters and left after five with a rising pitch count.

Eric Thames led off the fourth inning with a home run to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.  Ryan Braun followed with an infield single and Travis Shaw added another round-tripper to put the Brewers up 3-0.

Jonathan Villar also homered for the Brewers in the victory, but the turning point may have been the sixth inning.  The Rockies had runners at 1st and 2nd with nobody out and Carlos Gonzalez hit a sharp grounder that looked like trouble,  but Thames made a diving stop and got a force out at second base.  Villar and Orlando Arcia combined to turn a double play to get the Brewers out of the jam. [Read more…]

Brewers add potential closer

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The Milwaukee Brewers have reached a deal with free agent right-handed reliever Neftali Feliz on Thursday.  The one-year deal is worth a reported $5.35 million and includes additional incentives.

Feliz had Tommy John surgery back in 2012 and missed time late last season with arm fatigue.

The Brewers had been searching for late-inning relief help after trading closer Tyler Thornburg to Boston at the Winter Meetings in December.  Thornburg took over the closer duties when Jeremy Jeffress was traded to Texas on August 1st and lefty Will Smith was traded to San Francisco.

Feliz compiled 40 saves with the Texas Rangers in 2010 at the age of 22 and captured American League Rookie of the Year honors.

Feliz spent 2016 with the Pittsburgh Pirates where he went 4-2 with a 3.52 ERA and 2 saves in 62 relief appearances.  The 28-year-old owns a career record of 19-14 with a 3.22 ERA and 99 saves in 308 games during his Major League career with Texas (1009-15), Detroit (2015) and Pittsburgh (2016).