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Moustakas returning to Milwaukee

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Mike Moustakas – Photo MLB

After spending the second half of the season with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2018, Mike Moustakas is returning to the team, agreeing to a one-year deal with club and player options for 2020.  The deal is reported to be worth $10-million but can’t be finalized until Moustakas passes a physical.

The signing means Moustakas will take over once again at third base and Travis Shaw will spend most of his time at second.

Moustakas played in 52 games with the Brewers last season, hitting .256 with eight home runs and 33 RBI.  For the entire season, he hit .251 in 152 games with 28 home runs and 95 RBI.

Had the Brewers not resigned Moustakas, second base would have likely been handled by a platoon of players, including Hernan Perez, Tyler Saladino and Cory Spangenberg.

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 overcome slow start to finish off Reds (AUDIO)

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Chase Anderson File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers started slow, falling behind Cincinnati 2-0 but they eventually rallied to beat the Reds 5-2 in their series opener at Miller Park on Monday night.

Chase Anderson coughed up a pair of solo home runs but settled down to pitch six-innings and earn his 8th win (8-7) of the season.

Christian Yelich and Travis Shaw homered in the fifth and sixth innings, while Josh Hader and Jeremy Jeffress tossed three innings of scoreless relief.  Brewers pitchers allowed the Reds just three hits.

Eugenio Suarez and Phillip Ervin clubbed solo homers for the Reds.

The Brewers handed Homer Bailey (1-11) his 11th loss of the season.

Milwaukee added insurance in the 8th off of former Brewer Jared Hughes, who opened the inning by walking Ryan Braun.  Keon Broxton came on to drive home Braun with a run scoring triple.  Manny Pina’s sacrifice fly to center field ended the scoring for the Brewers.

Junior Guerra pitches game two of the series for the Brewers tonight.  Cincinnati will counter with Sal Romano.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell on the Brewers slow start :22

AUDIO: Chase Anderson said this is a confidence builder for him :20

 

Cubs return the favor to the Brewers and earn a 2-game series split

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Junior Guerra – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

One day after being blanked by the rival Milwaukee, the Chicago Cubs responded by beating the Brewers 8-4 on Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

Junior Guerra entered the game with a career 1.74 ERA against the Cubs, but he allowed seven runs and nine hits before departing in the fourth.

Ryan Braun, who clubbed two home runs just one day earlier, left Wednesday’s game with a tight right ribcage.  It comes after Braun had been swinging a hot bat.  He had been hitting .388 with four HR’s and 12 RBI over the last 16 games.

The Cubs scored four runs in the first three innings against Guerra.  Anthony Rizzo lined a two-run home run in the first.  Jason Heyward doubled in a run in the  third, followed by David Bote scoring on a Guerra wild pitch to make it 4-0. [Read more…]

Brewers use long ball to beat Padres

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The Milwaukee Brewers exploded for five runs in the first inning and this time never looked back, knocking off the San Diego Padres 8-4 on Wednesday night at Miller Park.

Jesus Aguilar, Travis Shaw and Eric Thames clubbed back-to-back-to-back home runs in that second inning.  Orlando Arcia and Christian Yelich also homered for the Brewers.

The Brewers poured it on Padres rookie Brett Kennedy, who made his Major League debut after going 10-0 at Class AAA El Paso.  At one point in the first inning, the Brewers collected seven straight hits off of Kennedy.

Jhoulys Chacin went six innings for the win, improving to 11-4.

The Brewers and Padres play the rubber game of the series this afternoon.  Junior Guerra faces Robbie Erlin in the pitching matchup.

The Brewers start the day a game and a half behind the Cubs, who lost in Kansas City last night.

Thames leads Brewers past Dodgers

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Eric Thames

Eric Thames clubbed a three-run homer in the third inning to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chavez Ravine.

Travis Shaw and Jesus Aguilar also drove in runs for the Brewers, who improved to 4-1 on their 8-game West Coast road trip.  Josh Hader pitched two innings of scoreless relief to earn his fourth victory.

Manny Machado’s first home game with the Dodgers was spoiled by the Brewers victory.  Machado did hit a solo homer in his Dodger Stadium debut.

Kenta Maeda didn’t make it out of the fifth inning to get tagged with the loss.

Rookie Freddy Peralta started for the Brewers but pitched out of trouble and allowed a run on three hits in four innings of work.  His pitch count reached 98 pitches in four innings and he was removed in favor of Hader.  Peralta allowed one run and three hits while walking four and striking out six.

The win allowed the Brewers to pull within a single game of the idle Chicago Cubs in the Central Division.  The Dodgers are up just 1/2 game over the Diamondbacks for the top spot in the NL West.

The Brewers will send Wade Miley to the mound in game two of the series tonight.  Miley is 3-0 in six career starts lifetime at Dodger Stadium with a 2.41 ERA.

Brewers miss out on sweep of Giants

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Junior Guerra – File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

The Milwaukee Brewers were denied a four-game sweep following an 8-5 loss to the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park on Sunday.

The Brewers got off to a good start when Christian Yelich singled in the first and Ryan Braun homered for a 2-0 lead.

Junior Guerra held that lead until the third when he walked the bases loaded and served up a bases loaded double.  The Giants would end up scoring four times in the third and three times in the fifth off of reliever Matt Albers.

Hernan Perez and Travis Shaw also homered for the Brewers, who took three of four in the series.

Guerra fell to 6-7, allowing five runs on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

With the Cubs winning in St. Louis on Sunday night, the Brewers trail the Central Division leaders by a game and a half.

The Brewers open a four-game series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles tonight.  Freddy Peralta (4-2, 3.74) pitches for the Brewers.  Kenta Maeda (7-5, 3.27) goes for the Dodgers.  First pitch time is set for 9:10 p.m.

Brewers late rally beats Giants

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The Milwaukee Brewers scored two runs in the eighth inning and three more in the ninth to rally for a 7-5 win over the Giants in San Francisco.

Travis Shaw capped the ninth with a two-run homer for the Brewers, who remain 2 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs for first place in the National League Central division.

Christian Yelich also homered for the Brewers, falling a triple short of the cycle while also scoring three runs.  The Brewers snapped a six-game road losing streak in the opener of the four-game series.

Reliever Josh Hader made his first appearance in a road game since his controversial tweets from 2011 were publicized.  The San Francisco crowd booed Hader’s entrance in the sixth inning, but it quickly went away and that was it. [Read more…]

Brewers Bounce Back Against Cubs

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Chase Anderson File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Chase Anderson and two relievers combined on a two-hitter as the Milwaukee Brewers blanked the Chicago Cubs 4-0 at Miller Park on Tuesday night.  It’s just the second win against the Cubs this season and ended a 7-game losing streak against their rivals to the south.

Anderson gave up just one hit in seven innings to even his record at 5-5.  Anderson walked two and struck out six.

Travis Shaw was the hitting hero for the Brewers, driving in all four runs with a pair of two-run doubles in the first and third innings.

The win moved the Brewers back into first place in the NL Central, by a half game over the Cubs.

The Brewers and Cubs will close out their three game series this afternoon.  Jhoulys Chacin will get the start for the Brewers.  Mike Montgomery gets the nod for the Cubs.  First pitch is set for 1:10 p.m.

Albers on the DL

The Brewers have placed pitcher Matt Albers on the 10-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain.  They recalled pitcher Jorge Lopez from Triple-A Colorado Springs to fill the roster spot.

 

Brewers struggle to score runs, suffer 3rd straight loss

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Craig Counsell

The Milwaukee Brewers racked up nine hits on Wednesday, but managed just one run in a 3-1 loss to the Indians in Cleveland.  The Indians swept the two-game series.

Carlos Carrasco scattered eight hits, seven of them were singles.  He walked just one while striking out 10 Brewers.

The Brewers scored first after Christian Yelich led off the second inning with a double.  He moved to third on a groundout and scored on a Travis Shaw RBI single.  But that would be it for the Brewers offense.

After Cleveland tied the game in the fifth, Brewers manager Craig Counsell removed starter Chase Anderson (4-5), going with Jeremy Jeffress to get out of a jam.  That plan failed after the normally dependable Jeffress surrendered the go-ahead run on a Jose Ramirez RBI double.  Jeffress then walked Edwin Encarnacion and Yonder Alonso, forcing in a third run to close out the scoring.

Counsell was ejected in the eighth inning, his third ejection this season.

The Brewers fell to 1-4 in the month of June.  They’re off today and open a 3-game series in Philadelphia on Friday night.