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Fielder & Weeks in Home Run Derby tonight

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Milwaukee Brewer stars Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks will start for the

Prince Fielder - UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt

National League in tomorrow night’s Major League Baseball All-Star game.  Tonight, they’ll compete in the All-Star Home Run Derby.

Fielder is making his 3rd derby appearance, previously winning it in St. Louis back in 2009.  Weeks is making his first all-star and derby appearance.  The Brewer second baseman would like to win it, but he said there’s no side bets with Fielder.

AUDIO: Rickie Weeks said no side bets with Fielder :07 [Read more…]

Fielder adds Weeks to the NL Home Run Derby Team

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When Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder was named the Captain of the Nation League Home Run Derby Team, Milwaukee second baseman said he would participate if asked.  That wish came true Tuesday for Weeks.

Fielder chose Weeks along with Dodgers Of Matt Kemp and Cardinals OF Matt Holiday to represent the NL in Monday’s Home Run Derby at Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ.  Fielder won the event in 2009.

As for the American League, Captain David Ortiz of Boston picked Red Sox teammate Adrian Gonzalez, Toronto third baseman Jose Bautista, and Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano.  Ortiz won the competition last season.

Brewers lose again without Braun in the line-up

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All-Star OF Ryan Bruan missed his third straight game Tuesday night as the Brewers fell at home to Arizona 7-3.  Braun has been out since injuring a calf muscle Saturday in Minnesota.  He is still listed as day-to-day.

On the field, the Brewers got behind early as they lost back-to-back home games for the first time this season.  Starting pitcher Randy Wolf gave up 4-runs in the 1st and 3-runs in the 3rd putting Milwaukee in a hole they couldn’t dig out of.  Manager Ron Roenicke isn’t pointing the finger at Wolf…

AUDIO: Ron Roenicke won’t point a finger at Randy Wolf :17 [Read more…]

Weeks moves into 2nd base lead

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Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks has moved into the lead among National League second baseman in the 5th round of All-Star voting results for the 2011 Major League All-Star team.  Weeks, who trailed Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips by 191,876 votes last week, now has a 78,397 vote lead.

Weeks is looking to make his first career All-Star selection.  He leads all N.L. second basemen in runs (56), hits (92), doubles (20), walks (31), on-base percentage (.360) and slugging percentage (.498).  He’s also tied for first in home runs (14).

Prince Fielder currently ranks second among National League first basemen moving ahead of Cincinnati’s Joey Votto.  Fielder trails injured St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols.

Ryan Braun continues to lead all National League players in All-Star voting with more than 3.9-million votes.

Knuckleball is too much for Brewers!

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Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball did in the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.  Wakefield held the Brewers to 3-hits over 8-innings as the Boston Red Sox pulled out a 12-3 win at Fenway on Sunday.

Wakefield had little worries after the Red Sox scored 6-times off of Yovani Gallardo (8-4) in the first inning.  Gallardo was hit for 8-runs in all, on 9-hits.  He struck out only 4 in three-plus innings. [Read more…]

Brewers sweep Cardinals; lead NL Central

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The Milwaukee Brewers (38-28) completed the sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals (38-29) with a 4-3 victory over the Red Brids Sunday at Miller Park.  Milwaukee now sits on top of the NL Central for the first time since July 4th of the 2009 season.

Prince Fielder continued his hot streak.  His 19th home run of the season capped off a 4-run 6th inning for the Crew to take the lead for good.  Fielder still not worried about personal gain, only winning:

AUDIO: Prince Fielder worried about winning not homers :12

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Morgan & Fielder lead Brewers to comeback win (AUDIO)

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Nyjer Morgan didn’t even know he won the game with his 9th inning walk off hit.  Morgan’s 2-out, run-scoring double in the 9th plated Craig Counsell from second and sent the Milwaukee Brewers to a come-from-behind 7-6 win at Miller Park.  Morgan admitted afterwards that he thought the game was only in the 8th inning.

AUDIO: Nyjer Morgan thought he was batting in the 8th :20

The Brewers led 2-1 heading to the 8th.  But Kameron Loe promptly gave up 5-runs to the Mets and things looked bleak with the Brewers down 6-2.  But the Brewers didn’t give up.  Prince Fielder tied the game 6-6 with the second of his two, 2-run homers.  Fielder now has 17 home runs and 54 rbi’s on the season.  Fielder moved past Gorman Thomas into 3rd place on the Brewers all-time home run list (209).  [Read more…]

Capuano beats his former team

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Chris Capuano pitched with the Milwaukee Brewers from 2004 through last season.  Last night, he returned in a New York Mets uniform, facing his old team.  Capuano tossed six solid innings and beat the Brewers 2-1 at Miller Park.

The only blemish for Capuano came on a sixth inning solo home run off the bat of Prince Fielder.  That blast put the Brewers in front, but Jose Reyes answered in the top of the 7th, tripling in two runs to wrap up the scoring. [Read more…]

Brewers sweep Marlins

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The Milwaukee Brewers finished off a 4-game sweep of the Florida Marlins with a 7-2 in Miami on Monday night.

Prince Fielder homered and drove in 4-runs as the Brewers pulled to within a game and a half of the first place Cardinals in the NL Central.  It’s the first four game sweep for the Brewers since 2008.

The win also gives the Brewers a boost with their road record (13-19) which stood at 9-19 going into the 4-game set with the Marlins. 

Zach Greinke allowed 2-runs in 7-innings for his 5th win.  The Brewers are back home to host the New York Mets at Miller Park tonight.

Braun leads NL All-Star vote getters

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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun is the leading vote-getter among

Ryan Braun

all National League players. 

Braun is batting .306 with 13 home runs, 42 rbi’s and 13 stolen bases in 59 games this season.  He ranks among the NL league leaders in numberous categories, including slugging percentage (3rd, .565), home runs (T3rd, 13), runs (T3rd, 41) total bases (4th, 122), walks (T5th, 32), on-base percentage (6th, .398), RBI (6th, 42), extra-base hits (T6th, 27), triples (T8th, 3) and stolen bases (T9th, 13).

Rickie Weeks remains in second place among National League second baseman, trailing Cincinnati’s Brandon Phillips. 

Prince Fielder, who is hitting .287 with 13 home runs and 45 RBI’s, ranks third at first base.

The 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star game will be played Tuesday, July 12 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.