It was an exciting weekend in Milwaukee as the Brewers battled the Athletics. Here is a complete recap of the series and what to expect next from the Brew Crew.
Brewers vs. Athletics Game One:
Final Score: 5-2 Athletics
Adrian Houser was on the bump in game one and continued his hit-or-miss ways, after coming off his best start of the season the sinkerballer allowed five earned runs in just four innings of work. Unfortunately, Milwaukee did not bail out Houser with any run support. Milwaukee’s lone two runs of the game came in the second inning courtesy of RBI doubles from Blake Perkins and Luis Urias.
Brewers vs. Athletics Game Two:
Final Score: 2-1 Athletics
Julio Teheran was on the bump for Milwaukee and went up against the Oaklands’ Paul Blackburn. It was an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel in this one, Teheran tossed seven innings of one-run ball and Blackburn tossed six shutout innings.
Once again Milwaukee was not able to provide Teheran enough run support, all that was mustered was a game-tying home run from William Contreras in the eighth inning. The game went into extra innings knotted up at 1-1. An unearned run allowed by Joel Payamps in extra innings ended up being the dagger, and the Brewers dropped game two.
Brewers vs. Athletics Game Three:
Final Score: 8-6 Athetlics
Freddy Peralta got the ball for the final game of the series and went up Oakland’s JP Sears. Both starters had relatively pedestrian outings, Peralta allowed four earned runs over five innings and Sears allowed two earned runs over five innings.
Milwaukee was able to get a little going offensively. That could be to the credit of Pat Murphy who was filling in as Manager for Craig Counsell. Murphy shook some things up with the lineup, specifically with Christian Yelich, Yelich was the one to talk with the umpires and submit the lineup card in which he was listed batting fifth (a spot he doesn’t typically bat in). The result was positive, Yelich had two hits including a home run in the second inning.
After Yelich’s solo blast in the second inning, Owen Miller followed with an RBI single in the third inning, and Blake Perkins had an RBI single in the sixth. After that, Milwaukee remained quiet until the ninth inning when Victor Caratini had an RBI walk and Abraham Toro had a two-run single. Unfortunately, the ninth-inning rally fell just short and the Brewers dropped the series finale 8-6.
Takeaways:
This was a very poor series for Milwaukee, a point that could be looked at as the low point of the season. The pitching was poor with the exception of game two, and the offense was unable to get anything going until the final game of the series. Oakland has the worst record in Major League Baseball and has even been argued as one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball history. This is not a good look for Milwaukee. Let’s hope they figure out these struggles before their next series in Minnesota.
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