The Brewers (49-68) have won two straight and six of eight at home but still remain nine games under.
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The Blue Jays, winners in 12 of 14, come to town Tuesday for a two-game series. We’re not this team. “As a reliever you can go out there the next day”. I think this is one of those valleys right now. “He’s going to be the guy we probably lean on to be able to pitch big games”.
“I’m going to do everything that I can to get back before the season is over, because I want to finish on a more positive note than this”, Blazek said. He allowed three hits in 61/3 innings.
“He has an actual good curveball”, Phillies supervisor Pete Mackanin stated of Jungmann. He somehow managed to snare a line drive by Blanco in the seventh. He pitched into the seventh, recording the first out on a liner right back into his glove by Blanco. From his rookie 2007 campaign through 2012, he averaged 34 long balls a year.
Aaron Harang allowed six runs in 42/3 innings. The Phillies then loaded the bases with two outs on singles by catcher and pinch-hitter and a stroll to Darin Ruf. Over an 8-6 span, the rotation has a 6.75 ERA and. Justin Nicolino (1-1, 4.86 ERA) starts for Miami. Then he unraveled. “I went out to about 200 feet, tried to throw through it, see if it would loosen up, but it kept getting tighter and more swollen”.
Milwaukee tacked on a pair of runs in the third inning, as third baseman Hernan Perez led off with a double and scored on a one-out single to left-center field by Segura. Jungmann reached on a bunt after the Phillies were too slow to cover first base. Melvin said the Astros wouldn’t take Go-Go without Fiers, and he made the right decision with the plethora of talented young pitchers that are now in the organization.
Ryan Braun entered Sunday’s game against the Phillies knowing his next home run would tie him with Robin Yount for the all-time Brewers career home run mark. It put the Phillies in a six-run hole, which proved to be an impossible task to overcome.
There was a baseball game on Sunday, too, as the Phillies had a getaway day in sunny Milwaukee.
Peralta got some early help from the offense, started by a solo Khris Davis homer in the second inning. He is batting. 213 overall. With a pair of scouts reportedly in attendance from the Los Angeles Angels, and with the Halos’ division rivals Houston Astros reportedly now joining the pursuit, Utley is now being closely watched by at least a half-dozen contenders including those two clubs and the Cubs, Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees.
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With the year Parra was having under a one-year contract, freeing up a little cash and bringing in a budding star with potential in Zach Davies while the team’s playoff chances were out the window was the obvious move.
