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The Milwaukee Brewers today offered arbitration to first baseman Prince Fielder and pitcher Francisco Rodriguez. The move allows them to gain draft pick compensation if Fielder and Rodriguez sign elsewhere.
The Brewers declined to offer arbitration to shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt.
Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun and first baseman Prince Fielder each earned Silver Slugger awards on Wednesday. The award is presented to the top offensive player at each position in both leagues. It’s the fourth straight Silver Slugger award for Braun, which is a franchise record. Fielder won his second Silver Slugger award. The first came back in 2007.
Braun hit .332 with 33 home runs and 111 runs batted in this season. He led the NL with a .597 slugging percentage and finished in the top six in the NL in 11 different offensive categories. Fielder hit .299 with 38 homers and 120 rbi’s this past season. His 38 homers ranked second in the National League.
The Milwaukee Brewers fell behind 5-2 yesterday and Cardinals lefty Jaime Garcia looked like he was cruising along. Then came the home half of the 5th inning.
The Brewers erupted for 6-runs in the 5th inning, including a pair of two run homers from Prince Fielder and Yuniesky Betancourt to jump in front 8-5 and go on to a 9-6 victory in the National League Championship Series opener. [Read more…]
Prince Fielder clubbed three home runs, the last of which, a 2-run shot in
Prince Fielder
the 7th to break a 4-4 tie and power the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Fielder now has 38 home runs for the season, tying him with Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL lead. His 120 runs batted in left him three shy of tying Kemp for the NL lead.
Rickie Weeks also clubbed his 20th homer in the win. His 470 foot shot kept the Brewers 1-game in front of the Arizona Diamondbacks for the #2 seed in the National League Playoffs. The Brewers still need to win tonight, or get Arizona to lose its final game, to assure the Brewers lock up the #2 seed. [Read more…]
To say you’re worried would be admitting that there’s a problem. So the Milwaukee Brewers are all pretending to not be worried about the team’s recent slide, a slide that has seen them drop 6 of their last 8 and see their lead in the NL Central fall to 5 1/2 games over the St. Louis Cardinals.
With 12-games left, the Brewers magic number to clinch the NL Central remains at 8 after a 6-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies at Miller Park on Wednesday night. [Read more…]
The Milwaukee Brewers were far from perfect on Tuesday night, but after losing some tight games in the series with Philadelphia over the weekend, they found a way to pull out a 2-1 walk off win over the Colorado Rockies at Miller Park.
Starting pitcher Zach Greinke may have said it best after the game. He said the Brewers lost some games last week that they could have won, so it’s only fair that they win one that they perhaps didn’t deserve. [Read more…]
The Milwaukee Brewers put their 3-straight losses to St. Louis behind them, coming from behind to beat the Houston Astros 8-2 on Friday night in Houston.
Prince Fielder had 4-hits, including a 2-run homer in the 9th inning to lead the Brewers. Ryan Braun put the Brewers in front for the first time with a 2-run single in the 7th inning.
Zach Greinke (14-5) earned the win, allowing 2-runs on 9-hits in six innings. He struck out 6.
Corey Hart extended his hitting streak to 15-games.
The Brewers send Chris Narveson (9-6) to the mound against Houston’s Bud Norris (6-8) in game two of the series tonight.
The Milwaukee Brewers 6-game win streak and 7-game home win streak is over, falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 this afternoon.
Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw worked 8-shutout innings for the Dodgers, allowing just 5-hits to earn his 15th win (15-4) of the season. Jerry Hairston is the only Brewer to collect more than 1-hit. He doubled twice in the loss. [Read more…]
The Milwaukee Brewers improved their road record to 26-35 with a 5-1 win
Randy Wolf
over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. It may not sound like much, but the road mark was 21-35 prior to the teams 5-straight road victories.
The Brewers have won 6-straight overall and increased their lead on the Cardinals to 5-games with last nights victory. Milwaukee has won 13 of the last 14 games.
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Randy Wolf pitched 8 solid innings to earn the win for the Brewers. He allowed a run on 5-hits with no walks and one strikeout. [Read more…]
Prince Fielder was booed on Monday during the all-star home run derby after
Prince Fielder - UPI Photo / Bill Greenblatt
not including Arizona’s Justin Upton in his derby selection. Last night, those boos into cheers after the Milwaukee Brewer 1st baseman clubbed a 3-run homer to lead the National League to a 5-1 win over the American League, the NL’s second straight win.
Fielder’s home run helped him earn the games Most Valuable Player award, the first for a Brewer in an all-star game. It’s also the first time a Brewer hit a home run in an all-star game. [Read more…]