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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…]

Brewers Open season against Rockies today (AUDIO)

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The Milwaukee Brewers, in the second season of their current rebuild, open the 2017 campaign against the Colorado Rockies at Miller Park (1:10 p.m.) today.

By the numbers, the Brewers are 25-22-1 all time on opening day, including a 10-8 home mark (4-4 Miller Park).  They’re opening at home for the sixth straight season and for the fourth time against the Rockies.  All three previous opening matchups against the Rockies have also come at Miller Park and the Brewers are 1-2 in those matchups.

The Brewers went 5-1 against Colorado last season, including a 3-0 record at Miller Park.

Ryan Braun will become the fourth player in franchise history to start at least 10 openers.  Robin Yount started 19, Paul Molitor 12 and Jim Gantner 11.

Junior Guerra gets the opening day nod for the Brewers.  He went 9-3 with a 2.81 ERA last season.  The Rockies counter with Jon Gray, who finished 10-10 with a 4.61 ERA last season. [Read more…]

Anderson’s strong outing leads Brewers past White Sox

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Chase Anderson (file photo) – Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Chase Anderson capped off a solid spring with five-innings of one-hit, shutout ball to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-2 exhibition win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night at Miller Park.

Anderson allowed one hit and one walk with six strikeouts, seeing his spring ERA drop to 2.79 in six starts.  He finished 9-11 with a 4.39 ERA in 31 games (30 starts) last season, but he went 6-1 with a 2.56 ERA over his final 12 starts.

Tyler Cravy, Rob Scahill and Jacob Barnes combined to allow just one hit over three shutout innings in relief.

Travis Shaw, hitting in the cleanup spot, had a RBI single and a home run for the Brewers.  The long ball was the fifth of the spring for Shaw.

The White Sox scored both of their runs in the 9th inning off of Carlos Torres, who allowed a walk and two hits.

Jimmy Nelson will pitch for the Brewers this afternoon (1:10 p.m.) in their final exhibition against the White Sox.

The Brewers will open the regular season on Monday against the Colorado Rockies at Miller Park.

 

Brewers go 2-4 on trip out west

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Brewers logoJimmy Nelson’s problems continued on Sunday as the Milwaukee Brewers dropped a 9-3 decision to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Nelson failed to make it through the fifth inning for the third straight outing, lasting just 4 1/3 innings on Sunday.

Nelson allowed 7 runs (6-earned) on seven hits, walking three and striking out four.

The Brewers did jump out to a 2-0 lead.  Jonathan Villar scored on a wild pitch and homered, accounting for both runs early.

With Arizona up 3-2, the Brewers tied it in the fifth when Villar scored on Orlando Arcia’s single.  But the Diamondbacks took the lead right back, scoring twice in the bottom half of the inning. [Read more…]