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Bauers' pinch-hit 2-run double helps Brewers extend winning streak to 7 with sweep of Phillies
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Nick Mears delivers during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Ranger Suarez reacts as he is taken out during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Milwaukee Brewers' Jake Bauers, left, celebrates with Trevor Megill, right, after a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Milwaukee Brewers' Jake Bauers hits a two-run double during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Milwaukee Brewers' Jake Bauers hits a two-run double during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Nick Mears delivers during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Ranger Suarez reacts as he is taken out during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Milwaukee Brewers' Jake Bauers, left, celebrates with Trevor Megill, right, after a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Milwaukee Brewers' Jake Bauers hits a two-run double during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Jake Bauers' go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh inning helped the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep and extend their winning streak to seven. Bauers batted for Eric Haase in Christian Yelich's spot in the lineup after Yelich left with a bruised right hand after being hit by a pitch in the first inning. Advertisement With the game tied at 2 after Phillies shortstop Trea Turner's fielding error allowed a run to score, Bauers doubled down the left-field line off Orion Kerkering (4-2) to put the Brewers ahead. It was Milwaukee's first series sweep in Philadelphia since 2015. Jackson Chourio had two hits an an RBI for his third straight multihit game against the Phillies. Jose Quintana pitched five innings in his return from the injured list with left shoulder impingement. He allowed two runs and four hits with four walks and struck out three. Nick Mears (1-0) pitched a scoreless sixth to earn the win. Jared Koenig and Abner Uribe each threw scoreless innings before Trevor Megill pitched the ninth for his 11th save in 12 opportunities. Advertisement Phillies starter Ranger Suarez exited after giving up Caleb Durbin's double to lead off the seventh. He allowed two runs — one earned — in six innings. J.T. Realmuto and Kyle Schwarber hit RBI singles in the first two innings for the Phillies, who have lost four straight. Key moment Defensive miscues fueled the Brewers' three-run seventh. Weston Wilson misplayed Durbin's liner to left field into a double. With two on and two outs, Kerkering induced a ground ball to shortstop from William Contreras. But Turner committed an error to allow Durbin to score, tying the game at 2 and extending the inning for Bauers. Advertisement Key stat This marks the Brewers' second straight three-game sweep. They won three in a row at home against the Boston Red Sox before heading to Philadelphia. Before this winning streak, the Brewers hadn't swept a series of at least three games all season. Up next Milwaukee travels to Cincinnati to begin a three-game series with Aaron Civale (0-1, 6.00 ERA) scheduled to start Monday night. The Phillies are off Monday before traveling to Toronto for a three-game series. Zack Wheeler (6-2, 2.96 ERA) will start Tuesday's opener. — AP MLB:
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08-04-2025
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Brewers Finally Get Some Good News About Their Pitching Staff
MILWAUKEE, WI - OCTOBER 03: Nick Mears #25 of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches during Game 3 of the ... More Wild Card Series presented by T-Mobile 5G Home Internet between the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Thursday, October 3, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Aaron Gash/MLB Photos via Getty Images) At last, there is some good news for the Milwaukee Brewers' beleaguered pitching staff. Nick Mears and Quinn Priester will join the team in Denver, where the Brewers open a three-game series tonight at Coors Field while right-hander Tobias Myers is heading to Nashville to start a minor-league rehab assignment. The team announced the moves Tuesday afternoon, a day after dealing a minor-league prospect, a draft pick and player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox for Priester, who's expected to make his first start for Milwaukee as early as Thursday. For Mears, his return to the Brewers will also mark a homecoming of sorts. After spending his first three big-league seasons with the Pirates, he spent 2023 and the first part of '24 with the Rockies, who traded him to Milwaukee a few days before the deadline last July. He appeared in 13 games for the Brewers, going 0-1 with a 7.30 ERA but looked sharp in Spring Training when he pitched three scoreless innings in Cactus League play before coming down with an illness that caused some significant weight loss. After regaining his strength – and weight – Milwaukee sent Mears out on a rehab assignment last week and he didn't allow a run in three appearances, including back-t0-back outings last Friday and Saturday. His return will bring a fresh arm to a bullpen that has covered 40 1/3 innings so far this season while compiling a 6.92 ERA through the first 10 games. Like Mears, Myers also hasn't pitched yet this season. He was expected to be part of the season-opening starting rotation after a sparkling rookie season in which he went 9-6 with a 3.00 ERA in 27 appearances (25 starts) and was off to a good start in Spring Training (3-0, 3.38 ERA, four starts) before straining his right oblique in mid-March. The Brewers already had one spot on the active roster open after optioning Grant Wolfram to Triple-A Nashville. He was later designated for assignment to clear space on the 40-man roster for Priester. To clear a spot for Mears on the active roster, Milwaukee placed left-hander Connor Thomas on the 15-day injured list with left elbow arthritis. The Brewers selected Thomas from the Cardinals orginization in last year's Rule 5 draft. He performed well in Spring Training, posting a 2.38 ERA in six appearances with 11 strikeouts in 11 1/3 innings of work, but struggled in his first two major-league outings, allowing an MLB-leading 12 earned runs – including three homers – in 5 1/3 innings. As a Rule 5 pick, Thomas couldn't be sent to the minors unless the Brewers first offer him back to St. Louis. While teams can still place Rule 5 picks on the injured list, the same roster restrictions will apply the following season if the player doesn't spend at least 90 days on a team's active roster. Milwaukee's pitching staff has been decimated by injuries this season. Of the pitchers expected to be in the Brewers' Opening Day rotation, only Freddy Peralta – slated to start the series opener Tuesday night – has managed to avoid injury so far. The Brewers bolstered their rotation by signing Jose Quintana in early March but he wasn't fully built-up when the season began so he remained in Arizona and is expected to make his first start of the season there Friday night when the Brewers open the series against the Diamondbacks. More help could be coming soon. Right-hander Aaron Civale (hamstring) was slated to throw off a mound for the second time on Tuesday and could be back near the end of the month while right-hander Brandon Woodruff, sidelined since having shoulder surgery in Sept. 2023, is with Nashville to start a rehab assignment and on track to return to the Brewers sometime in May. Left-hander DL Hall is scheduled to start throwing off the mound later this month, followed by a live batting practice as he starts his progressing following a lat strain suffered just before camp opened.
