Last Week’s Results
- Monday: Brewers 16, Giants 2
- Tuesday: Brewers 8, Giants 3
- Wednesday: Giants 1, Brewers 0
- Thursday: Giants 12, Brewers 9
- Friday: Brewers 9, Rockies 7
- Saturday: Brewers 7, Rockies 1
- Sunday: Brewers 12, Rockies 4
Division Standings
- Brewers 40-23
- Cardinals 35-28 (5 GB)
- Cubs 34-32 (7.5 GB)
- Pirates 34-32 (7.5 GB)
- Reds 31-33 (9.5 GB)
Last Week
- Brewers: 5-2
- Cardinals: 4-2
- Cubs: 2-4
- Pirates: 2-4
- Reds: 1-5
Top Pitching Performance of the Week
Several Brewer pitchers performed well this week, but in what is becoming a frequent occurrence, this “award” needs to go to the Brewer ace, Jacob Misiorowski. On Saturday night in Denver, Miz wasn’t quite as sharp as we’ve seen him at times in the last month-and-a-half, but he threw seven innings with only an unearned run allowed while striking out eight and working around three walks. His staredown of his manager, who was contemplating taking him out of the game with two on and one out in the seventh,
became a signature moment of the season when Misiorowski struck out the next two batters.
In what is also becoming a weekly tradition, we need to acknowledge Kyle Harrison in this space. Against the Giants team that traded him for Rafael Devers just under one year ago, Harrison struck out 12 batters — including Devers three times — in just 5 2/3 innings while allowing one run in what was eventually an 8-3 Brewers win. Special mention also to Chad Patrick, who pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen across three games this week.
Top Hitting Performance of the Week
It was quite a week for the Brewer offense. Colorado helps, of course, but six different Brewers had an OPS of at least 1.075 this week. At the top of that list, and the recipient of the prestigious Brew Crew Ball Week in Review Hitter of the Week Award for the second straight week, is Jake Bauers. In six games, Bauers went 5-for-17 (.294) with two homers, two doubles, and seven RBIs… but he also walked 10 times. He had an OBP of .556 on the week and slugged .765, and he’s now up to a 149 wRC+ on the season.
A quick rundown of those other five 1.075+ OPS Brewers:
- Brice Turang broke out of his slump in a big way: he played in all seven games and went 11-for-27 (.407) with two doubles, a triple, two homers, four walks, and eight RBIs
- Jackson Chourio was 11-for-29 (.379) with two homers and four doubles
- Garrett Mitchell was 6-for-16 with three doubles and a triple
- David Hamilton hit .348 and hit his second and third homers of the season
- Gary Sánchez went 3-for-8 with a double, a homer, a walk, and three RBIs
Injury Notes & Roster Moves
- The Brewer bullpen was hit with some injury trouble this week. First, on Thursday, DL Hall and Grant Anderson both had to leave the game with injuries; Hall was diagnosed with a pectoral strain and landed on the 15-day injured list. Anderson was hit on the pitching arm with a baseball, and while it looked pretty nasty, he was able to get back into game action after a day off.
- Then, Brian Fitzpatrick, who was recalled from Triple-A Nashville to take Hall’s roster spot, suffered what unfortunately appears to be a serious elbow injury while warming up between innings on Friday.
- The Brewers also cut ties with Jake Woodford on Friday after a rough outing in the last game of the Giants series. He was designated for assignment. Craig Yoho was called up to replace him on the major league roster.
- After Fitzpatrick was placed on the IL, Drew Rom was recalled from Triple-A Nashville and made his Brewers debut on Saturday.
- Milwaukee also acquired reliever Joel Kuhnel from the Athletics. To make room for him on the 40-man roster, Quinn Priester was switched over to the 60-day injured list. (That move doesn’t make any functional difference; Priester has already served more than 60 days on the 15-day IL, and those count toward the 60-day count.) Kuhnel will presumably report to Triple-A Nashville, though Rom or Yoho could be sent back there before the series in Las Vegas against Kuhnel’s former team this week.
- Earlier in the week, Rob Zastryzny, who’d just been activated from the injured list on May 31, strained his trapezius and found himself back on the injured list before appearing in a game. He has yet to pitch for the Brewers this season.
- Priester, who has struggled badly on his rehab assignment, had that assignment shifted from Nashville to Phoenix, where he’ll pitch in the Arizona Complex League.
On Deck
- Monday: @ Athletics (in Las Vegas, not Sacramento) (9:05 p.m.)
- Tuesday: @ Athletics (9:05 p.m.)
- Wednesday: @ Athletics (8:05 p.m.)
- Thursday: Off Day
- Friday: vs. Phillies (6:40 p.m.)
- Saturday: vs. Phillies (6:10 p.m.)
- Sunday: vs. Phillies (1:10 p.m.)
