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Washington Post
2 days ago
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- Washington Post
Brewers' Brandon Woodruff leaves rehab appearance after a line drive hits his right elbow
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Milwaukee Brewers right-handed pitcher Brandon Woodruff took a line drive to his throwing elbow during a rehabilitation appearance with Triple-A Nashville on Tuesday. Woodruff left the game after getting struck by a batted ball from Gwinnett's Cade Bunnell that had a 108-mph exit velocity. Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy said after the Brewers' 4-2 loss in Cincinnati on Tuesday night that his understanding was that X-rays on Woodruff were negative. Murphy added that Woodruff would undergo a CT scan on Wednesday. The incident could cause one more delay in Woodruff's long-awaited return to the majors. The two-time All-Star last pitched in a major league game on Sept. 23, 2023. Woodruff missed the Brewers' 2023 postseason with a shoulder injury that required surgery and prevented him from pitching last year. He was pitching for Nashville and getting ready to get back to the big leagues last month when tendinitis in his right ankle slowed his return. ___ AP MLB:
Associated Press
2 days ago
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- Associated Press
Brewers' Brandon Woodruff leaves rehab appearance after a line drive hits his right elbow
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers right-handed pitcher Brandon Woodruff took a line drive to his throwing elbow during a rehabilitation appearance with Triple-A Nashville on Tuesday. Woodruff left the game after getting struck by a batted ball from Gwinnett's Cade Bunnell that had a 108-mph exit velocity. Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy said after the Brewers' 4-2 loss in Cincinnati on Tuesday night that his understanding was that X-rays on Woodruff were negative. Murphy added that Woodruff would undergo a CT scan on Wednesday. The incident could cause one more delay in Woodruff's long-awaited return to the majors. The two-time All-Star last pitched in a major league game on Sept. 23, 2023. Woodruff missed the Brewers' 2023 postseason with a shoulder injury that required surgery and prevented him from pitching last year. He was pitching for Nashville and getting ready to get back to the big leagues last month when tendinitis in his right ankle slowed his return. ___ AP MLB:
Associated Press
3 days ago
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- Associated Press
Bruised hand? No problem as NL Player of the Week Christian Yelich and Brewers continue momentum
CINCINNATI (AP) — A bruised right hand didn't have any effect on Christian Yelich. The Milwaukee Brewers designated hitter — named the National League's Player of the Week before Monday night's game against the Cincinnati Reds — was back in the lineup and continued his hot streak with a solo home run in the third inning to lift the Brewers to a 3-2 victory. 'Sore hand or not, he crushed two balls tonight. So, he's living up to his Player of the Week (honor),' manager Pat Murphy said. Yelich left Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies during the third inning after being hit by a sinker from Ranger Suarez in the first inning. Once he found out X-rays were negative, the 2018 NL MVP was preparing to make sure he wouldn't have to take a day off. 'Worked on it the rest of the game (yesterday) did some stuff on the flight (from Philadelphia to Cincinnati) and came in early today. It was fine,' he said. 'Once I knew it wasn't broken it was like yeah, we'll get back out there. It's something we all take pride in, showing up for each other and being able to play.' Yelich is a pivotal reason why the Brewers have won eight straight games. He has a nine-game hitting streak — the second-longest active run in the majors — and is batting .450 (18 for 40) with six home runs and 14 RBIs. It is the sixth time Yelich has been the NL Player of the Week, but the first since April 2019. He had three homers last week, including his first walk-off with a grand slam on May 27 against the Boston Red Sox. Yelich extended his hitting streak when he drove Brady Singer's slider on a full count 417 feet to straightaway center and off the batter's eye. 'It was a 3-2 count, not really knowing what was going to happen there. He threw a couple sliders that I swung over, so I knew there was a chance it could show up,' Yelich said. Yelich also lined a ball to center in the sixth inning that looked like might fall for extra bases, but Cincinnati's TJ Friedl made a leaping grab. The 33-year-old is a two-time NL batting champion, but missed 81 games last season due to a lower back injury. Yelich was batting .184 on May 21 but has raised his average 49 points during his streak. He has 13 homers on the season, which is tied for eighth-most in the National League. 'I know he's worked at it. I mean, he takes it really personally,' Murphy said. 'He's been doing it a long time. He feels that responsibility to his teammates. He never gives himself enough credit.' While Yelich is on one of his best streaks in six years, he is trying to maintain his focus on the present. 'Each year is its own year, they're all different,' he said. 'You just try to stay focused on your work in the day-to-day. You know, flush the previous day whether it is good or bad, and have good focus on what you want to do and your approach that day. Kind of stay locked in and put blinders on.' ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Brewers 5, Phillies 2: An all-around impressive sweep runs Milwaukee's win streak to seven
PHILADELPHIA – Did a pair of Sundays in Pennsylvania save the Milwaukee Brewers? With four months yet to go in the season, perhaps that's a bit to declare at this point. But, at the very least, if the Brewers continue to roll like they are now, those games will serve as indicators of when the Brewers found their edge. Advertisement Sitting in his office at Citizens Bank Park prior to his club's series finale the morning of June 1, Pat Murphy spoke of the Brewers' comeback win in Pittsburgh seven days prior, the skipper gave a Sunday sermon about how Milwaukee's tides shifted in the aftermath of that victory. "That was an indicator," Murphy said. "That day was an indicator. After the game I'm like, 'Hell yeah. We did that.' And it wasn't supposed to happen. Last day of the series, day game, everything was going right for them. Every ball they hit (was falling). "Everything was going wrong. Sure enough, we came back and it kind of felt like something turned." BOX SCORE: Brewers 5, Phillies 2 Advertisement Hours later, the Brewers went out and did it again. Jake Bauers, on the shelf for the last four days, delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers came from behind to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2, to sweep the series and push their winning streak to seven. "This is kind of the style of play that we in this clubhouse have been waiting for, where we're applying pressure," Bauers said. "Over the course of nine innings you can see it manifest in different ways...I think the other teams feel that. I really like where we're at right now." José Quintana returned from a stay on the 15-day injured list to give the Brewers five innings on the mound and the bullpen quartet of Nick Mears, Jared Koenig, Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill finished it off with four scoreless innings. Joey Ortiz had two hits and reached base three times. Brice Turang reached three times as well and made a dazzling catch in the eighth inning. Advertisement "This is a really good team," Murphy said. "Best record in the National League. It was really a nice series. Different guys stepped up." The Brewers seem to have found their edge, but, more importantly, they have stumbled upon more than just that. Their offense is heating up along with the weather, striking a much better balance of damage and gritty, contact-oriented at-bats than they did through much of the first two months. They didn't hit any more homers in the series finale after hitting four through the first two games in Philadelphia but reached base 14 times safely. Phillies pitchers managed only 12 strikeouts over the final two games of the series, as well. "If you want to be a good team, you have to stay relentless throughout the game and look for opportunities," Murphy said. "Every pitch counts. It really does." Advertisement The pitching and defense remain steady. With Quintana's outing, it's now been 15 games since a Brewers starter (or bulk pitcher on days they've used an opener) allowed more than three runs. The gloves, meanwhile, have played much more like they were expected to this season of late. "It's important for our team," Ortiz said. "We came in and got a sweep and it shows playing every part of the game the way we do is important to winning." Jun 1, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras (24) celebrates after scoring run with first base Rhys Hoskins (12) during the seventh inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images Brewers take the lead in the seventh The Phillies gave the Brewers an inch in the top of the seventh inning, and the visitors turned it into a lead. Milwaukee pushed across three runs, all unearned, to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. While Jake Bauers delivered the big swing with a pinch-hit, two-out, two-run double, it was the Phillies defense that put the Brewers in an advantageous spot to begin with. Advertisement Left fielder Weston Wilson misplayed a Caleb Durbin fly ball to lead off the inning, turning a ball with a 90% catch probability into a double. Then, with Durbin on third and two outs, shortstop Trea Turner botched a routine grounder off the bat of William Contreras to tie the score. Bauers last appeared in a game May 28, when he homered and reached base three times. He had been dealing with a bit of a shoulder issue – which, funny enough actually kept him from pitching in a 17-2 game May 31 – but was needed to pinch-hit against reliever Orion Kerkering in the designated hitter spot after Christian Yelich left the game with an injury. "Same as it always is," Bauers said of his approach. "Try and read the report. Think about what I do well, what I don't do well, what he might attack me with, what I want to go after and went up there committed to the plan I came up with." Through the first two months of the year, Bauers is batting .263 with a .366 on-base percentage and .475 slugging percentage. Advertisement More: Grab a coffee, meet Sal Frelick and support a cause close to the red-hot Brewers outfielder's heart Christian Yelich exits the game, but X-rays negative Just as he was beginning to get hot at the plate, Christian Yelich exited the game with a right hand contusion after being struck in by a pitch from Phillies lefty Ranger Suarez in the first inning. The positive news for Milwaukee was that X-rays were negative and Yelich is considered day-to-day. Phillies take advantage of wildness in first two innings, but Quintana settles Jun 1, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jose Quintana (62) throws a pitch during the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images Quintana threw 28 pitches in the first inning, 14 of which were taken for balls. He threw another 16 in the second, 11 of which were balls. Advertisement The Phillies parlayed that into a four walks and two runs to open the scoring. J.T. Realmuto lined a changeup down and away for a two-out single that plated Trea Turner after he led the first off with a four-pitch free pass. Kyle Schwarber's check-swing infield hit then pushed the lead to 2-0. "A little rust," Quintana said. "I was battling with my delivery. I didn't feel a firm landing on a couple of those pitches. After the first inning, I checked my videos and it gave me a better idea of where I was. Bad luck on the base hit to Schwarber. "Walks are a cancer. Walks always get you in trouble. But I kept pitching." Quintana, however, settled down from there, allowing only one hit over his final three innings to provide the Brewers with five innings of two-run ball. Advertisement He also avoided a potentially more severe injury when a batted ball from Edmundo Sosa smacked a 99 mph line drive off Quintana's knee in the third inning. He remained in the game, though, and felt better between innings, which allowed him to complete five frames. "It got me really hard," Quintana said. "I was lucky it didn't hit me right in the bone. I was a little sore. My legs were shaking." What time is the Brewers game today? Time: 12:35 p.m. CT. What channel is the Brewers game on today? TV Channel: FanDuel Sports Wisconsin Brewers lineup Jackson Chourio CF William Contreras C Christian Yelich DH Rhys Hoskins 1B Daz Cameron LF Sal Frelick RF Caleb Durbin 3B Joey Ortiz SS Brice Turang 2B Phillies lineup Trea Turner SS Kyle Schwarber DH Alec Bohm 1B Nick Castellanos RF JT Realmuto C Edmundo Sosa 3B Weston Wilson LF Bryson Stott 2B Johan Rojas CF Brewers schedule Brewers at Reds, 6:10 p.m. June 2. Milwaukee RHP Aaron Civale (0-1, 6.00) vs. Cincinnati RHP Brady Singer (6-3, 4.60). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin/FS1. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ. Advertisement Brewers at Reds, 6:10 p.m. June RHP Freddy Peralta (5-3, 2.77) vs. Cincinnati RHP Hunter Greene (4-3, 2.63). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ. Brewers at Reds, 11:40 a.m. June 4. Milwaukee TBA vs. Cincinnati LHP Andrew Abbott (5-0, 1.51). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers vs Phillies score: Milwaukee wins seventh straight game
Washington Post
4 days ago
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- Washington Post
Christian Yelich exits the Brewers' game against the Phillies with a hand injury
PHILADELPHIA — Milwaukee Brewers designated hitter Christian Yelich left Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies after being hit by a pitch in the first inning. Yelich suffered a right hand contusion when he was hit by a 90 mph sinker from Ranger Suarez. He initially remained in the game but was lifted for pinch hitter Eric Haase in the third inning. X-rays were negative. 'It'll be a day-to-day thing,' manager Pat Murphy said. 'He's rolling so well, I hate it for him that he's got to take a day off.' Yelich is batting .233 this season with a team-leading 12 home runs and 39 RBIs. He had four hits in Saturday's 17-7 win over the Phillies and homered twice Friday night. 'Just really was a swelling thing and not being able to grip the bat,' Yelich said. 'It wasn't too much pain when I was taking swings in the bottom of the first, so I wanted to keep going. It just ended up being a grip thing.' Jake Bauers, hitting in Yelich's spot, delivered the go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh to help the Brewers beat the Phillies 5-2 to complete the three-game sweep. Yelich missed 81 games last season because of a lower back injury. ___ AP MLB:
