The Brewers bounced back from their first real adversity of the season by taking two of three games from the Philadelphia Phillies over the weekend. They emerged from their mini-slump with an offensive explosion, scoring twelve runs on both Friday and Saturday. Those twelve runs equaled their combined total from the Chicago and Cleveland series. […]
Author: Andrew Salzman
Weekend Recap: Suter and Cain
Another week, another chance to mention that the Brewers are in in first place. After starting the week by winning a home series against the Cardinals, the Brewers did suffer a setback to start their road trip. The interleague schedule granted Milwaukee three winnable games against a terrible Chicago White Sox team, and the Brewers […]
Weekend Recap: Anderson HR
The Brewers blitzed through another week, plus Memorial Day, going 7-1 at home against the Diamondbacks, Mets and Cardinals. They scored fifty-one runs and allowed twenty three over the eight games, outpacing their seasonal averages of 4.31 runs scored and 3.70 runs allowed per game. While three teams in the National League have a better run […]
Weekend Recap: Logan, Villar
The Brewers completed their successful road trip, taking series in both Arizona and Minnesota to go 4-2 for the second consecutive week and maintaining their lead in the NL Central. The name of the game this week was run prevention: the pitching staff allowed only sixteen runs. Milwaukee is currently 14th in MLB in DRA, […]
Weekend Recap: Peralta’s Stunning Debut
The Brewers had another successful week, going 4-2 against Cleveland and Colorado. Since both teams are currently over .500, those will count as Quality Wins, showing that the Brewers have earned their spot as leaders of the NL Central. Other than a Coors Field slugfest on Friday night, the pitching provided the backbone of the […]
Weekend Recap: Beating Bad Teams
While the ending was bittersweet, the Brewers had another successful week. They won four of their six games, with three wins in Cincinnati. However, they only took one of three games from Pittsburgh at home. Unfortunately, this performance seems to have created a schism on Brewers Twitter. Some look at the Brewers, a team with […]
Weekend Recap: Santana and Jeffress
The Brewers’ eight-game winning streak against some of the worst teams in MLB ended abruptly in Chicago, as the Brewers were swept by the Cubs in a four-game series over the weekend. The sweep was particularly disappointing because the pitching stood toe to toe with the vaunted Cubs offense and held them in check all […]
Weekend Recap: Aguilar and Thames
The Brewers took care of business last week. After treading water against their National League Central competition, the Milwaukee Nine had an opportunity to bank some wins and they did not disappoint. After losing the opening game of their series against the Cincinnati Reds, the Brewers closed out that series with two straight wins, then […]
Weekend Recap: Guerra, Hader
The Brewers spent the past week on the road with tests against both the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets. While they started the week well with two wins against the Cardinals, the Brewers dropped two games in New York: a poor performance from Zach Davies and a walk-off home run by Wilmer Flores […]
Weekend Recap: Yelich and Barnes
Last week the Brewers faced an early gauge of how they measured up with their main opposition in the National League Central Division, as the Cardinals and Cubs both visited Milwaukee. Unfortunately, the results failed to match expectations, as the team went 2-5, including getting shut out three times. Cubs Brewers Thursday April 5 […]