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Brewers continue their wildcard push

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People around the office continue to remind me how small the Milwaukee Brewers’ chances are in obtaining the final wildcard spot in the National League.  This pessimism has done little to slow down the Brewers, who have now won 18 of their last 23 games.

Number 18 game last night, a 8-2 win over Atlanta and a 3-game sweep of the Braves.  The Brewers joined the red-hot Philadelphia Phillies in pulling to within 3-games of the slumping St. Louis Cardinals for the final NL Wildcard spot.  The Brewers have 19-games left to play.

Yovani Gallardo went 7-strong innings last night, allowing just 4-hits to earn his 15th win of the season.  Rickie Weeks continued his hot second half hitting by clubbing a line-drive home run.  Travis Ishikawa also added a bases clearing double in the Brewers 8-run fifth.

The Brewers climbed above .500 for the first time since April 12.  They’ll get a well deserved day off today, before opening a 3-game weekend series against the New York Mets.

The bench comes through for the Brewers (AUDIO)

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Travis Ishikawa and Nori Aoki each notched key pinch-hits as the Brewers came from behind to defeat the Miami Marlins 6-5 Monday Night at Miller Park.  The win was the 3rd straight for the Brewers who moved their record to 37-42 on the season.

After falling behind 5-2 in the 3rd inning, the Brewers began to chip away at the lead.  Carlos Gomez hit a solo homer, his 5th of the year, in the 5th inning to make it a 5-3 game.  In the 6th, Ishikawa came through with a 2-out, 2-RBI single to tie the game at 5-5.  Aoki put Milwaukee on top in the 8th with a suicide-squeeze scoring Rickie Weeks to make it 6-5.  Manager Ron Roenicke is ecstatic to have a guy like Aoki for a spot like that…

AUDIO: Ron Roenicke on having Aoki :14

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Brewers fall to Diamondbacks

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The Milwaukee Brewers suffered a 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday in Phoenix and in doing so, dropped their 4th straight series. 

It also marked the first home series win for Arizona since their season opening sweep over the San Francisco.

Jose Veras took the loss in relief, surrendering RBI singles to Ryan Roberts and Henry Blanco.

Ron Roenicke was short another player, placing first baseman Travis Ishikawa (oblique strain) on the disabled list.  Catcher George Kottaras had to leave the game with a hamstring cramp, and reliever Kameron Loe wasn’t available because of elbow soreness.

AUDIO: Ron Roenicke on the loss :15

The Brewers head to Los Angeles to open a 4-game series against the Dodgers tonight.  Shaun Marcum gets the start for the Brewers.

 

Brewers limp home beaten & battered

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The Milwaukee Brewers limped home after a 3-6 road trip and a 4-3, 11-inning

Carlos Gomez

loss to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.

The Brewers fell to 12-16 on the season, tied with the Pittsburgh Pirates for 4th place in the National League Central Division, 5-games behind first-place St. Louis.

AUDIO: Ron Roenicke said pitching has not been their issue :15 [Read more…]

Brewers open series in San Francisco tonight

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The Milwaukee Brewers, after an off day on Thursday, open a 3-game weekend series at San Francisco against the Giants tonight. 

The Brewers have called up utility infielder Brooks Conrad from AAA Nashville to replace injured first baseman Mat Gamel who is out with a torn ACL.  Conrad was hitting .400 in the minors.

Travis Ishikawa is expected to get the first crack at replacing Gamel at first base. 

The Giants are also trying to deal without one of their top players.  Third-baseman Pablo Sandoval suffered a broken hand and is out 4 to 6 weeks.

The Brewers have lost 2-straight and 5 of their last 7 games.

Injuries mounting for the Brewers

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The Milwaukee Brewers have already lost fifth starter Chris Narveson for the season with a torn rotator cuff and fraying in the labrum of his pitching shoulder.   But wait, there’s more.

All-star left fielder Ryan Braun was removed from last night’s 5-0 loss to the San Diego Padres with a right Achilles strain.  It’s not known how long Braun might be out.

The Brewers also learned yesterday that first baseman Mat Gamel could be out for the balance of the season.  Gamel reportedly needs surgery for a torn ACL in his right knee and is expected to miss a significant amount of the season.  Gamel hurt his knee in Tuesday’s loss.  General manager Doug Melvin stopped short of declaring Gamel out for the season.

Without Gamel, the Brewers have Travis Ishikawa to play first base.  Outfielder Corey Hart could get some looks there as well.

 

Brewers miss out on sweep of Houston

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The Milwaukee Brewers had the brooms out, but there would be no sweep over the Houston Astros on Wednesday afternoon at Miller Park.

Houston pulled out a 7-5 win, ending a 11-game slide against the Brewers.

Ryan Braun, Travis Ishikawa and Corey Hart all homered for the Brewers, but Houston put together a 14-hit attack to pull out the victory.

Chris Snyder put the Astros in front for good at 5-4 with an RBI single in the seventh inning off of Jose Veras. [Read more…]

Brewers club 4 home runs in win over Houston

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The Milwaukee Brewers scored 5-runs in the 6th-inning last night, on the way

John Axford

to a 9-6 win over the Houston Astros at Miller Park.

The Brewers clubbed 4 home runs, long balls from Rickie Weeks, Corey Hart, Travis Ishikawa and Carlos Gomez. 

Randy Wolf worked 6-innings for his first win of the season and John Axford notched his 4th save of the season and 47th in a row dating back to last year. 

AUDIO: John Axford came on to record his 47th consecutive save :15

Bud Norris surrendered just two hits over the first four innings while striking out five for the Astros.  Norris finally ran into trouble in the 5th and saw his night end in the bottom half of the sixth. 

The Brewers send Shaun Marcum to the mound this afternoon as they look to sweep the Astros.  Marcum is 1-1 with a 3.79 ERA.  Houston goes with lefty J.A. Happ (1-1, 4.00 ERA).

 

Dodgers avoid sweep, edge Brewers

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Matt Kemp clubbed his 7th home run of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a 3-game sweep by beating the Milwaukee

Randy Wolf

Brewers 4-3 on Thursday afternoon at Miller Park.

Jerry Hairston Jr. made a pair of big late defensive plays and Javy Guerra pitched a scoreless ninth, his 6th save in 7 chances this season to help preserve the victory.

Ryan Braun went hitless for the Brewers and finished 0 for 11 in the series.  He struck out in his final two at-bats today.

Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez is starting to slowly heat up.  After clubbing his first Brewers home run on Wednesday night, he had two more hits on Thursday.  Travis Ishikawa also had two hits and two rbi’s.

Lefty Randy Wolf (0-2) went 6-innings and allowed 4-runs on 7-hits in taking the loss.  Dodger starter Aaron Harang (1-1) also worked 6-innings, allowing 3-runs on 8-hits with a walk and 4-strikeouts to pick up the win.

The Brewers continue their home stand Friday night against the Colorado Rockies.