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Brewers land spot in playoffs for first time since 2011

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The Milwaukee Brewers swept the St. Louis Cardinals with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.  The win clinched the top wildcard spot in the National League as the Brewers a post season playoff spot for the first time since 2011.

The Brewers celebrated with champagne in the locker room after the game, but there’s still more to do.  The Brewers trail the Chicago Cubs by one-half game in the Central Division title race.  The Brewers have the day off today and close out the regular season with a three game home series against the Detroit Tigers.  The Cubs have four games left, starting with the series finale against the Pirates on Thursday and three games against the St. Louis Cardinals in Chicago this weekend.

It means the Brewers will go into Friday either tied with the Cubs for the division lead, or they’ll be one game back. [Read more…]

Brewers hold off late Cardinal rally for win

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Hernan Perez: File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Hernan Perez and Eric Thames clubbed solo home runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 win in the rubber game of their three-game series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Wednesday.

Jonathan Villar’s RBI groundout in the fifth proved to be the difference.

Junior Guerra was called up from the minors and pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing a run on four hits for his first win of the season.  Matt Albers got the final two outs for his first save.

The Cardinals made it interesting in the ninth inning.  Trailing 3-1, Tommy Pham led off the inning with a solo home run off of Brewers left-handed reliever Josh Hader.  Hader then struck out Matt Carpenter before giving way to Albers.

Adam Wainwright gave up three runs in seven innings but fell to 0-2.  He entered the game with a 15-8 record and 2.31 ERA against the Brewers in his career.

The Cardinals played without starting catcher Yadier Molina who decided to accept the one-game suspension levied against him for his role in a skirmish with Arizona manager Torey Lovullo on Sunday.

The Brewers get Thursday off before opening a 3-game weekend series in New York against the red-hot Mets.  New York has won eight straight and entered the day on Thursday with a 10-1 record.

 

Brewers fall to Cardinals in extra innings

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For the second night in a row, the Brewers and Cardinals needed extra innings to decide the outcome.  On Tuesday night, it was Matt Carpenter clubbing a two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to beat the Brewers 5-3 in St. Louis.

Twice, the Brewers had late leads but couldn’t hold them.

Domingo Santana singled home Eric Thames to give Milwaukee a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning, only to see Tommy Pham score from second on a pair of wild pitches by Jacob Barnes to tie the game 2-2.

One inning later, Orlando Arcia singled in a run to put the Brewers up 3-2, but Greg Garcia’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th would tie the game at 3. [Read more…]

Brewers cap off season with win over Cardinals

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The Milwaukee Brewers played 161 games of meaningful baseball, falling to the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on Saturday, blowing a 6-0 lead.

Game number 162 meant nothing more than finishing out with a win, heading into the offseason with a good taste in their mouth and that’s exactly what happened.

Rookie outfielder Brett Phillips clubbed a three-run home run in the first inning to give the Brewers the lead for good.  First baseman Jesus Aguilar would add another long ball in the 6-1 victory on Sunday.

Another rookie, pitcher Aaron Wilkerson picked up his first major league victory with seven solid innings of 1-run, two hit ball.  Wilkerson took a no-hitter into the sixth.

The win allowed the Brewers to finish 10 games over .500 at 86-76, finishing a game out of the final wildcard in the National League.  Certainly expectations will grow for next season.  That will be year three of the teams rebuild.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell says they had a solid year, despite missing the playoffs :14

Thames 9th inning HR lifts Brewers to victory (AUDIO)

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Milwaukee Brewers (L to R) Hernan Perez, Keon Braxton and Domingo Santana celebrate their 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on June 15, 2017. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

It’s June 16 and the Milwaukee Brewers are still in first place atop the National League Central.

Eric Thames broke a 4-4 tie in the ninth with a two-run home run with two outs to help the Brewers pull out a 6-4 win over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium.  After the Brewers lost the first game of a doubleheader on Monday, they won three straight, taking three of four in the series.

The Cardinals scored twice in the first inning off of Brewers starter Zach Davies, picking up five hits and sending Davies pitch count (34) up the charts from the beginning.  A pair of nice defensive plays by Keon Broxton and Eric Sogard prevented the Cardinals from doing more damage.

The Brewers got those two runs back in the second when Broxton clubbed a 489 foot home run, the longest home run in the new Busch Stadium, which opened in 2006.

The Brewers bullpen did the job, throwing four hitless and scoreless innings.  With Corey Knebel off limits, Oliver Drake pitched the ninth, striking out a pair and collecting his first save of the season.  [Read more…]

Brewers wait through delays to hold off Cardinals (AUDIO)

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Milwaukee Brewers Eric Thames is congratulated by Eric Sogard at home plate after hitting a two run home run in the first inning against the St. Louis Cardinals. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first two innings, then held off the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday night.  The two teams sat through a pair of rain delays that totaled 1 hour 50 minutes.

Matt Garza was reinstated from the disabled list earlier in the day and was able to get through five innings for his third win.  He was staked to a big early lead.

Eric Thames two-run homer made it 2-0 in the first.  Eric Sogard’s two-run double in the second made it 4-0, then Thames doubled in Sogard and Travis Shaw singled in Thames to make it 6-0.

The Cardinals had an answer for Garza and the Brewers in the bottom of the second, scoring four runs.  But Garza and Cardinals starter Mike Leake both settled down from there.  Leake left after six innings, trailing 6-4.

The Brewers added an insurance run in the 7th when Domingo Santana doubled and Hernan Perez singled to right with two outs to drive him in. [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…]

Nelson struggles as Brewers fall to Cardinals

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Control issues are not something Jimmy Nelson hasn’t dealt with before, but after a couple of solid outings to start the season, the Milwaukee Brewers were hoping those issues were behind their right-hander.

But Nelson’s command problems returned on Sunday as he issued six walks in 5 1/3 innings as the Brewers fell to the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4.

After winning the series opener on Thursday night, the Brewers dropped three straight games and are now 0-3 in home series this season. [Read more…]

Wainwright leads Cardinals past Brewers

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Adam Wainwright had struggled to an 0-3 start for the St. Louis Cardinals.  He started his turn-around in Milwaukee last night and held his own cause with the bat in a 6-3 Cardinals victory over the Brewers.

Wainwright clubbed a two run home run in the third inning, then added a two run single in the fourth, driving in four of the Cardinals six runs.

On the mound, Wainwright held the Brewers to a pair of runs on six hits while striking out nine over five innings.

Wily Peralta (3-1), off to a 3-0 start this season, departed after four innings, surrendering all six runs on nine hits.  He walked only one, but failed to record a strikeout. [Read more…]

Long ball lifts Brewers past Cardinals in series opener

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The Milwaukee Brewers opened a 10-game home stand with a 7-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park on Thursday night.

Travis Shaw, Eric Thames and Jett Bandy clubbed home runs to push the Brewers league leading total to 32 for the season.  The Brewers have hit at least one home run in 12 straight games.

Zach Davies picked up his first win (1-2) of the season, but he needed the offensive help.  Davies reached 99 pitches after just 5 1/3 innings.  He surrendered three runs in the second on a bases-loaded triple by Kolten Wong and served up Matt Carpenter’s 425-foot homer to right-center in the fifth. [Read more…]