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Brewers in the playoffs but want more (AUDIO)

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Josh Hader – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers clinched a wildcard playoff spot on Wednesday night.  After celebrating the victory, they got up Thursday morning and beat the Reds again, this time 5-3.  The Brewers kept pace with Washington for the top wildcard spot and moved to within a game of the idle Cardinals in the Central Division.

With three games to play, the Brewers are hoping to keep winning and get the Cardinals to slip up in the division.  St. Louis closes with three home games against the struggling Cubs.  The Brewers finish with three games in Colorado against the Rockies. [Read more…]

Brewers win 5th straight, reduce magic number to 1

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The Milwaukee Brewers stayed hot, winning their fifth straight game, 4-2 over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark on Tuesday night.  It’s the 16th win in the last 18 games and moved the Brewers to 18-4 in the month of September.

With the Chicago Cubs falling to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2, the Brewers magic number to clinch a wildcard playoff spot is now down to one.

Sonny Gray entered the game for Cincinnati with a 2-0 record and 1.85 ERA in four starts against the Brewers this season.  But the Brewers got three early runs off of him and let their bullpen do the rest.

Cincinnati scored first, on back-to-back doubles from Joey Votto and Aristedes Aquino in the bottom of the first inning.  The Reds increased their lead to 2-0 after Ryan Braun’s attempt at a diving catch failed. [Read more…]

Brewers in position heading to the final week

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The Milwaukee Brewers capped off a stretch of 18-straight games by going 15-3, including Sunday’s 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Miller Park.

The Brewers lost the first of those 18 games, 10-5 to the Cubs and found themselves five games behind Chicago for the second wildcard spot in the National League.

After the Brewers swept the Pirates on Sunday and the Cubs were swept by the Cardinals in Chicago, Milwaukee’s lead in the Wild Card standings is now four games with six games left to play.  The Brewers also drew even with Washington for the top wild card spot after the Nationals fell to Miami 5-3.

If the Brewers and Nationals should finish tied at the end of the week, the Brewers would host the wild [Read more…]

Brewers stumble late, drop second straight to Cardinals

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Junior Guerra – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning over St. Louis on Tuesday night, then the roof caved in, leading to a 9-4 loss to the Cardinals.

The Cardinals tallied four runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to take control of the game.

The meltdown started in the bottom of the sixth when Jeremy Jeffress (3-4) loaded the bases and didn’t retire a batter.  After Alex Claudio came on to strike out Kolten Wong and Craig Counsell turned next to Junior Guerra.

Guerra quickly walked Harrison Bader to force in the tying run before striking out pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter for the second out.  The big blow came next, when Dexter Fowler lifted a broken-bat pop fly [Read more…]

Brewers salvage series finale with Seattle

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Chase Anderson tossed shutout ball into the sixth inning and the offense did just enough to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-2 win over the Seattle Mariners in the series finale at Miller Park on Thursday.

The Brewers needed a strong outing from a starting pitcher.  Brewer starters carried a 6.81 ERA through 22 games in the month of June.  Their victory was just the third in the last ten games.

The Brewers scored four runs in the fourth inning, the first coming when Chase Anderson executed a suicide squeeze bunt to drive in Ryan Braun.  Orlando Arcia followed with a three-run, opposite field home run to right field to put the Brewers in front 4-0.

The Mariners scored twice in the sixth inning to make it 4-2, but the bullpen went to work from there, capped by a 6-out save from closer Josh Hader, his 19th of the season.

The Brewers play their final home series prior to the all-star break this weekend.  They will send Jhoulys Chacin (3-8, 5.88) to the mound against Pittsburgh’s Chris Archer (3-6, 5.56).

 

Woodruff leads Brewers to split with Cincinnati

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Brandon Woodruff struck out a career high 12 batters to help lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their second straight win, 7-5 over the Cincinnati Reds at Miller Park on Sunday.

Woodruff improved to 9-2.  The nine wins ties him with Jyun-Jin Ryu of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the most wins in the National League.

Woodruff  allowed three runs in seven innings to pick up the win.  Jeremy Jeffress allowed two runs in the ninth before closing out the Brewers victory.

Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani struck out all six Brewer batters he faced in the first two innings.  But Travis Shaw clubbed a long home run in the third, setting off a five run outburst by the Brewers. [Read more…]

Brewers sweep Pirates with late-Sunday rally

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Mike Moustakas

The Milwaukee Brewers erased a 2-0 deficit and went on to beat Pittsburgh 5-2 at Miller Park on Sunday, pulling out a sweep of the Pirates with their fourth straight win.

Christian Yelich started the comeback in the sixth with his Major League leading 24th home run of the season.  Ben Gamel followed with a pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh.  Mike Moustakas clubbed a two run homer, his 20th of the season and Orlando Arcia added a sac fly in the eighth to lift the Brewers.

Moustakas entered the game having gone just 3 for 21 (.143) with one double against Liriano over the course of his career.  Overall, Moustakas raised his average to .275 with 20 homers and 43 RBI.  In his last 15 games, he’s hitting .344 with nine homers and 14 RBI.

Moustakas also won a season ticket holder (Mark Gruber) a car when his home run struck the roof of a Toyota RAV4 parked in right-center field.

Moustakas and Yelich are two of only four players that have reached 20 or more home runs at this point in the season. [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…]

Brewers swept by Angels

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Another single bad inning has cost a Milwaukee Brewers starter a chance at a win.

Brandon Woodruff allowed four runs in the third inning and the Brewers fell to the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 in Anaheim on Wednesday night.  It’s the sixth straight win for the Angels, who swept the three-game series from the Brewers.

To make matters worse, the Brewers, after an off day today, will open a three-game series against the Dodgers on Friday night.

The Brewers had won their first three series this season and hadn’t lost a series since last July when they dropped five games in four days to the Pittsburgh Pirates just before the all-star break.

In two innings before the third and three innings after, Woodruff allowed just one hit and no runs.

Christian Yelich gave the Brewers an early 1-0 lead with a run-scoring single in the first.  He struck again in the seventh, scoring Orlando Arcia with another run scoring single.

The Brewers lose third baseman Travis Shaw in the second inning.  He left early after being hit by a pitch on his right hand.  X-rays were negative and Shaw is listed as day-to-day with a bruised hand.

 

Brewers land knockout punch on Quintana

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Jose Quintana entered Friday’s game against Milwaukee with a 6-2 record and a 1.62 ERA in 11 starts.  Seven of those 11 starts came last season, where Quintana went 4-1 with a 2.13 ERA.  The Brewers, for at least one night, made Quintana pay.

The Brewers scored eight runs on eight hits in just three innings, rolling to a 13-10 win over the Chicago Cubs in their series opener at Miller Park.

Ryan Braun, Hernan Perez and Yasmani Grandal all clubbed home runs off of Quintana.  Orlando Arcia and Eric Thames also went yard for the Brewers, who have won nine of their last 12 games against the Cubs dating back to last season. [Read more…]