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16 hours ago
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Brewers overtake Cubs in NL Central with 11th straight win
The post Brewers overtake Cubs in NL Central with 11th straight win appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Milwaukee Brewers are done tormenting the Los Angeles Dodgers but the team kept up its winning ways. After completing a historic six-game sweep in LA, Milwaukee headed up the coast for a three-game tilt against the Seattle Mariners. And the Brewers took the series opener on Monday, extending their winning streak. Milwaukee has now won 11-straight games and 12 of their last 13 contests. The remarkable run has propelled the team past the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central for the first time this season, per MLB. And the Brewers now have the best record in baseball at 60-40. Brandon Woodruff was electric in just his third start of the season. The Brewers' ace allowed two hits and no walks while striking out five in six scoreless innings. Woodruff missed the entire 2024 season after undergoing shoulder surgery in October 2023. But he rejoined the rotation earlier this month and has looked sharp, giving up just three runs and racking up 23 strikeouts in 16 1/3 innings. The Brewers' bullpen completed the shutout against Seattle Monday as Aaron Ashby and Grant Anderson combined for three scoreless innings. The Brewers have battled to the best record in baseball Mariners starter George Kirby got off to a strong start, holding Milwaukee hitless through the first 5 1/3 innings Monday. However, the Brewers touched him up in the sixth. William Contreras, Christian Yelich, Isaac Collins and Jackson Chourio all drove in runs in the inning, putting Milwaukee up 4-0. Chourio topped things off with an RBI single in the eighth as the Brewers won 6-0. While Milwaukee extended its winning streak to 11-straight, Chourio now has a 15-game hit streak. He's batting .373 with 14 RBI and 14 runs scored since the beginning of July. With the Brewers' win and Chicago's 12-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee now has sole possession of first place in the NL Central. Just a little over two weeks ago, the Cubs held a four-game advantage in the division. The Brewers are now one game ahead of them. The team has found different ways to win during the hot streak but pitching has been a key. The entire staff has performed well but the Brewers got standout starts from Quinn Priester and Jacob Misiorowski against the Dodgers. The Brewers' rookie All-Star will attempt to keep the win streak alive when he makes his sixth-career start on Tuesday. Misiorowski will face Mariners' ace Logan Gilbert. Related: Brewers pulls off MLB standings feat not seen in 43 years Related: Top prospects Milwaukee Brewers must trade at 2025 MLB trade deadline
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19 hours ago
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Brewers get great pitching update amid scary NL rise
The post Brewers get great pitching update amid scary NL rise appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Milwaukee Brewers always land on their feet. Even with the roster churn year after year, they find a way to compete for the NL Central crown. And their surge over the past few months have brought them all the way up to the NL Central lead, as they currently own a one-game cushion over the Chicago Cubs. But things may get better for the Brewers yet, especially when they received an incredible injury update for offseason acquisition Nestor Cortes. Cortes was the piece the Brewers acquired in the trade that sent Devin Williams, their All-Star closer, to the New York Yankees. While Williams hasn't been at his best in New York, Cortes has pitched in only two games for his new ballclub — hardly making this trade a huge win for the Brewers. But they will have roster decisions to make soon. The former All-Star lefty recently made his fourth rehab start for the Brewers' Triple-A affiliate in Nashville and threw 93 pitches, as per Adam McCalvy of Cortes allowed just two runs (one earned) in 5.2 innings of work, striking out nine batters while giving a free pas just once. At present, the Brewers already have an established starting rotation that they may not want to mess with while it's working. Freddy Peralta and Jose Quintana have been consistent atop their rotation, with the former sporting a 2.85 ERA across 21 starts (116.2 innings). Quintana hasn't been as good as Peralta, but a 3.49 ERA in 14 starts (77.1 innings) is nothing to scoff at from the 36-year-old lefty. But it's the rest of the Brewers' rotation that is rounding into shape. Brandon Woodruff is back from injury and is better than ever, Jacob Misiorowski has been brilliant for the first six starts of his career, and and it's difficult to remove Quinn Priester from the rotation considering how well he's been pitching this season. Perhaps Cortes is bound for a bullpen role in his return. Brewers' pitching corps set to get Nestor Cortes back from injury With a return to the rotation unlikely (or perhaps the Brewers make room, turning it into a six-man rotation for the meantime?), Cortes may be slated for the bullpen. This should at least help him get back to game speed on the Major League-level. Cortes could be a long reliever for Milwaukee. That seems to be the role he's best suited for, especially when the Brewers' lefties off the bullpen (DL Hall, Aaron Ashby, and Jared Koenig) have been doing their jobs quite well. Related: MLB rumors: Insider goes all in with Brewers' Eugenio Suárez trade pitches Related: MLB rumors: Ken Rosenthal pleas for Brewers to go all out for Eugenio Suarez trade
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20 hours ago
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Pat Murphy drops truth bomb on Brewers' recent hot streak
The post Pat Murphy drops truth bomb on Brewers' recent hot streak appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Milwaukee Brewers have clawed their way to the top of the MLB standings with a red-hot 11-game winning streak. It was a feat they hadn't accomplished since 1982, the year of their lone World Series run. The Mariners snapped the streak, but the Brewers quickly responded. They bounced back in dominant fashion with a 10-2 win in the series finale. Still, Brewers manager Pat Murphy's message remains clear: this team may be on fire, but they're far from household names. 'No one knows who we are,' Murphy reminded reporters. 'But we do. It's like I told the reporters in L.A. No disrespect to the great fans of Japan baseball. But they can't name five players in our lineup.' It's a gut-punch in the age of spotlight-hogging superstars. This Brewers team doesn't swing for the fences nightly or flash on highlight reels, not yet. Their success leans heavily on collective grit, scrappiness, and timely contributions across the roster. 'We're the little engine that could,' Murphy said. 'We have no pop, we have no slug, we don't have a lot of things. But we have a lot of heart.' That heart is manifesting in the stats. Milwaukee's .598 winning percentage through 102 games marks the best in baseball. Their pitching staff, anchored by rookie Jacob Misiorowski and Brandon Woodruff, is rolling, striking out 85+ batters across eight consecutive wins while surrendering fewer than 45 hits and 15 runs, a healthy sign of dominance. Meanwhile, the lineup, though devoid of headline power, has produced clutch performances and solid offensive support. Once they hit the All‑Star Break riding a seven-game winning streak, second in MLB only to Boston's ten‑game run, they kept rolling, going 17–5 since mid‑June. Pat Murphy knows it's hunger, not fullness, fueling this Brewers momentum. He emphasized that these guys are hungry. 'And it's hard to be hungry when you're full,' he added. In other words: no complacency, no self-satisfaction. The Brewers believe in each other. As the trade deadline looms and contenders scramble for splashy additions, the Brewers are rewriting the script with all-wax, underdog authenticity. They might lack the spotlight, but at pace of 61–41 and leading the NL Central, they're commanding attention, one gritty win at a time. Can the Brewers spark another winning streak, climb the MLB standings, and turn their October dreams into reality? They'll look to keep the momentum alive as they host the Marlins next. Related: MLB rumors: Ken Rosenthal pleas for Brewers to go all out for Eugenio Suarez trade Related: Brewers trade proposal lands Eugenio Suarez from Diamondbacks
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2 days ago
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Jackson Chourio injury update: Brewers outfielder leaves win vs. Cubs with hamstring spasm
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio left Tuesday night's 9-3 win against the Chicago Cubs with a right hamstring spasm, the team announced. Chourio hurt his hamstring legging out a triple in the fifth inning. He cruised into third base standing up on the play, but then reached for his hamstrings. After getting checked out by Brewers manager Pat Murphy and the team's trainer, Chourio was pulled from the game and replaced by Blake Perkins. The Brewers' 21-year-old emerging star player had a 20-game hitting streak snapped in Monday night's 8-4 win over the division rival Cubs. Jackson Chourio stats Chourio's 20-game hitting streak — one of the longest in team history — gave his season batting average a healthy boost, which now sits at .276. During the streak, Chourio hit .392 and had four home runs. Chourio is second on the team with 17 home runs, and has 67 runs batted in and 18 stolen bases on the season. In his rookie season in 2024, Chourio hit .275 with 21 home runs, 79 RBIs and 22 stolen bases. He finished third in the National League Rookie of the Year voting behind Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes and San Diego Padres outfielder Jackson Merrill. Brewers outfield depth chart If Chourio were to miss playing time, Perkins — Chourio's replacement on Tuesday night — likely would become the team's regular center fielder in the interim. Isaac Collins has been the Brewers' primary left fielder — with Christian Yelich also playing in that spot. Sal Frelick is the team's regular right fielder.
Hamilton Spectator
23-07-2025
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Raleigh's 39th home run leads Mariners to snap Brewers' 11-game win streak
SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 39th home run of the season, Logan Gilbert tossed 6 1/3 shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners snapped the Milwaukee Brewers' 11-game winning streak, 1-0 on Tuesday night. Raleigh, who hadn't homered since July 11 against the Detroit Tigers, received an elevated fastball from Brewers right-hander Nick Mears (1-3) and hit it well past the right field wall. The switch-hitting catcher, who won the All-Star Home Run Derby, provided all the offense on an evening headlined by the pitchers. Gilbert (3-3) carried a perfect game bid into the fifth inning, and ended up yielding just two singles. The right-hander racked up 10 strikeouts against no walks while needing only 86 pitches to make it into the seventh inning, departing to a standing ovation. Brewers' rookie sensation Jacob Misiorowski was similarly brilliant. The righty struck out seven batters across 3 2/3 innings, yielding three hits while walking one. It wasn't until Misiorowski departed that the Mariners finally pushed a run across and set up closer Andrés Muñoz for his 22nd save of the season. Key moment Muñoz walked William Contreras and Jackson Chourio to put two runners aboard with one out in the ninth inning. But Muñoz struck out Isaac Collins and got Andrew Vaughn to ground out to end the threat. Key stat The Brewers' 11-game win streak was two victories shy of the Minnesota Twins for the longest win streak in the majors this season. The Twins won 13 consecutive games from May 3 to 19. Up next Brewers right-hander Quinn Priester (8-2, 3.33 ERA) will start the final game of the series for Milwaukee. Right-hander Luis Castillo (7-5, 3.21) gets the ball for Seattle. ___ AP MLB:
