Brewers Sweep Twins With A 6-2 Win Sunday

The Milwaukee Brewers continued their stellar play at home as they got a 6-2 win Sunday and a series sweep over the struggling Twins. Milwaukee has used the same formula that has worked for them in the past and that is strong pitching and timely hitting. Chris Narveson who has struggled at times came through with a fine performance. Narveson went 6.2 innings giving up just five hits and two earned runs. Along the way he did strike out seven batters. If the Brewers can get Chris Narveson more consistent the Brewers will be awful tough.

Ryan Braun got a hit to extend his hitting streak to 17 games. Yuniesky Betancourt got three hits to help pace a Milwaukee team that has been hitting the ball well at least in the Twins series. Milwaukee's Prince Fielder also added to his RBI total and now stands at 68. Milwaukee is tough at home, but they still need to improve on the road if they want to be considered a real title contender.

Brewers Crush Cubbies 18-1

The Milwaukee Brewers struggled this past weekend against the Houston Astros. In 27 innings the Brewers could only managed 2 runs. Against the Chicago Cubs tonight though it was a different story as the Brewers crushed the Cubbies 18-1. Yovani Gallardo started the game for the Brewers and went six innings allowing just one run and striking out 12 Cubs.

On the offensive side of the game the Brewers pounded out 26 hits against four Cub pitchers. Ryan Braun, Corey Hart, Casey McGehee and Prince Fielder went 16 for 26 with 11 runs scored along with 12 RBI's. The Brewers have a good offensive club and this does not surprise me at all. Gallardo is the only pitcher the Brewers have they can count on these days. It's too bad the Brewers cannot get better outings from other pitchers.

Brewers Finally Find offense In 11-6 Rout Of Dodgers

Brewer fans have been waiting for some offense for awhile and the Brewers bats finally woke up. Prince Fielder and Gregg Zaun homered, while Ryan Braun doubled in a 9 run second inning as the Brewers cruised to a easy 11-6 win over the Dodgers. Brewers hitters pounded out 15 hits with Gregg Zaun leading the way with three hits. The Brewers offense needed a game like this as they have been struggling to hit the ball. It was good to see Prince Fielder hit the ball better as well. It seems he just puts too much pressure on himself to perform at a high level night in and night out.

Pitching has been a problem for the Brewers lately, but they did get a good start from Chris Naverson who was able to go six innings and only give up three earned runs. The bullpen was not bad except for Manny Parra who only went one inning and gave up three runs. That worries me a little, but we will have to see if he continues to pitch that bad. Milwaukee needed this win as they have been struggling and a big win like this can only help the Brewers, Now let's see if they can make it two in a row.

What's Going On With The Brewers?

Everyone is asking what is wrong with the Milwaukee Brewers? Simply put they stink on offense, defense, and pitching. When you stink in all three you get beat plain and simple. Take the weekend series in Sand Diego where the Brewers managed to score only two runs in four games against San Diego pitching. Meanwhile Brewer pitching gave up 21 runs in the losses. Everyone wants the answers and actually it's pretty simple. When you get no pitching it makes it tough to win games. Yes, the offense needs to score runs, but when you give up 21 runs you will not win a lot of ballgames.

The Brewers have a Team ERA of 5.09 and unless that comes down a lot the Brewers will not win a lot of games. Milwaukee is batting .268 as a team if you would take Ryan Braun's number out it would be much worse. The one guy who is really hurting the Brewers is Prince Fielder who is batting just .234 with 2 home runs and just a paltry 9 RBI's. Those numbers are horrible from a guy that usually carries the Brewers. Only Ryan Braun, Casey McGehee, and Jim Edmonds have done anything on the offense side of it. Unless the Brewers get going real soon they will be out of the playoff race by the end of May. Real sad real sad.

Brewers Crush Pirates 20-0

The Milwaukee Brewers found someone that they can beat and boy did they beat them. Milwaukee pounded out 25 hits on the way top an easy 20-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Milwaukee's Ryan Braun was 3 for 5 with 5 RBI's and Prince Fielder went deep for the first time this year. Jim Edmonds also had a good game 4 for 6 and 3 RBI's. Randy Wolf finally pitched a good game as he went six innings giving up no runs to get his second win of the season.

Milwaukee got healthy on Pirate pitching as they scored 36 runs and the pitching staff only gave up one run in the three game series. It's too bad the Brewers could not do this every series, but this was the Pirates so you must also consider that. It was great to get some great hitting and pitching, but don't hold a lot into it. The Brewers take on the Cubs next so we will see if they can keep rolling along or if this was just a fluke.