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Braun’s grand slam powers Brewers to comeback win

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Ryan Braun – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers were down to their last strike in the 9th inning on Sunday afternoon before Ryan Braun drove a 3-2 pitch into the left-center field stands for a 7-4 lead and eventual 7-6 victory.

Braun’s blast allowed the Brewers to stay within one-game of the Chicago Cubs for the second National League wild card spot.  They’re 2 1/2 games behind Washington for the top wild card position and just three games behind the Cardinals for the Central Division lead.

The Cubs, who swept the Pirates over the weekend, are just two games behind the Cardinals with the two teams playing each other seven times in the final two weeks of the season.

St. Louis reliever John Gant walked the bases loaded with one out in the top of the ninth and the Cardinals leading 4-3.  Reliever Tyler Webb came on to get Mike Moustakas with a shallow fly ball to center field. [Read more…]

Thames powers Brewers past Astros

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Eric Thames

Eric Thames’ three-run homer capped a four-run third inning and the Milwaukee Brewers went on to double up the Astros 4-2 at Miller Park.  Thames homer came off of Houston starter Zach Greinke.  Ryan Braun’s RBI single tied it at one for the Brewers, before Thames long ball.

Jordan Lyles continued his strong performance on the mound, throwing 6 1/3 innings.  Drew Pomeranz followed with  1 2/3 innings of solid relief before Josh Hader finished up in the 9th for his 28th save.

Lyles (10-8), surrendered six hits, struck out two and didn’t issue a walk.  His ERA in seven starts for the Brewers, dropped to 2.56.

With the Brewers leading 4-1 in the sixth, Houston’s Alex Bregman clubbed a solo homer to center to make it 4-2 to close out the scoring.

The Brewers have the day off on Wednesday before opening a crucial four-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park on Thursday night.  Chase Anderson is scheduled to face Jose Quintana in the series opener. [Read more…]

Hiura leads Brewers to much needed win

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Keston Huira – Courtesy of MLB

Keston Hiura homered, doubled and drove in three runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park on Wednesday.

Jordan Lyles allowed one run and struck out nine while pitching into the sixth to earn the victory.  It’s his fourth win since joining the Brewers.

Josh Hader closed out the win with a six-out save, the 26th of the season and first since August 5th.

Kolton Wong had three of the Cardinals seven hits, including a shot home run off of Lyles.

The Brewers got to Cardinals starter and loser Jack Flaherty early, scoring once in each of the first two innings.  Hiura drove in the first run with an rbi groundout.

Ryan Braun scored the second run on a sac fly by Orlando Arcia.

The Brewers increased their lead to 3-0 in the fourth when Hiura homered to left on a 3-0 pitch. [Read more…]

Brewers drop third straight, falling further behind in wild card race

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Craig Counsell

Yadier Molina hit two home runs and the St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to six games with a 6-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on Tuesday night.

Miles Mikolas struck out 10 without a walk to earn the win for St. Louis, which has now won 15 of its last 18 games.

The game was delayed in the seventh inning for nine minutes after the Brewers got caught by a pop-up shower while the roof was open.

Yasmani Grandal drew the Brewers to within 4-3 in the eighth inning, clubbing a two-run homer.  But when the Brewers couldn’t draw even, manager Craig Counsell went to rookie Devin Williams in the 9th, instead of closer Josh Hader.  The Cardinals tacked on two more in the ninth to make it 6-3.

The Brewers put two runners aboard in the bottom of the 9th and for a brief moment looked like they [Read more…]

Brewers fall to Diamondbacks in series finale

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Christian Walker clubbed a two-run homer in the first inning off of Zach Davies to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on Sunday.

Eduardo Escobar added a solo shot for Arizona, which avoided a three-game sweep.  It also put an end to the Brewers three-game winning streak.

Robbie Ray fired five shutout innings to earn the win in his return game from the injured list, improving to 11-7 for the Diamondbacks.  Archie Bradley got the final four outs for his seventh save.

Manny Pina  homered in the seventh and Ryan Braun knocked in the other run in the eighth on a sac-fly for the Brewers.  Zach Davies allowed four runs in four innings to take the loss, falling to 8-7 on the season. [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 avoid being no-hit, fall to Cardinals

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The Milwaukee Brewers were flirting with being no-hit in their Monday night series opener with the Cardinals in St. Louis.  But Yasmani Grandal doubled down the right-field line to end the Cardinals no-hit bid.  St. Louis still pulled out a 3-0 victory.

Dakota Hudson held the Brewers without a hit for 6 2/3 innings before he was removed from the game.  Giovanny Gallegos came out of the bullpen to get the final out in the 7th.

Andrew Miller took over for Gallegos with two outs in the 8th and the Brewers rallying.  But the Cardinals [Read more…]

Cardinals sweep Brewers in St. Louis

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Jhoulys Chacin

Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer and Yadier Molina added a solo shot in the St. Louis 4th inning, sending the Cardinals to a 5-2 win and sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers.

It was the fourth straight loss and seventh in the last eight games for the Brewers, dropping them to .500 (13-13).

The Brewers scored their 23rd straight run via the home run when Eric Thames homered in the first inning.  It means of the Brewers’ last 44 runs scored, 39 have come by home run.

The Brewers managed just five hits off of Cardinals pitching for the third straight game.  Adam Wainwright picked up the win (2-2), the 150th of his big league career.

The Brewers loaded the bases in the 9th and scored a run on a bases loaded walk.  But Jordan Hicks came on to strike out pinch hitter Christian Yelich to end it.

Jhoulys Chacin gave up four runs in four innings to take the loss.  After a 15-8 record last season, Chacin is off to a 2-3 start this year with a 6.35 ERA.

The Brewers are done with the Cardinals until August 19th.  Thursday is an off day and then it’s on to New York for the start of a three game series against the Mets on Friday night.  Chase Anderson (2-0, 3.00 ERA) pitches for the Brewers.  Jacob DeGrom (2-2, 3.68) goes for New York.

 

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 drop series opener in St. Louis

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The St. Louis Cardinals scored seven runs in the seventh inning and knocked off the Milwaukee Brewers 13-5 in St. Louis on Monday night.

Dexter Fowler went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI.  Paul Goldschmidt also had three hits with a home run and three RBI in the win.

Jack Flaherty earned his third straight win on the mound for St. Louis.

The Brewers managed just five hits, but four of them were home runs.  Ryan Braun, Hernan Perez, Yasmani Grandal and Travis Shaw all went deep for the Brewers.

Adrian Houser took the loss, the Brewers’ fifth in six games.  Jacob Barnes retired only one of the six Cardinals he faced in the seventh, allowing five runs.

Zach Davies pitches game two of the series for the Brewers on Tuesday night.

Yelich honored

Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was named the National League’s player of the week on Monday.  Yelich hit .417 with eight home runs and 16 RBI in seven games last week.

Yelich went 0-for-4 in Monday’s loss.