Rickie Weeks Jr. is still playing baseball and he's hitting bombs pic.twitter.com/Xyk3HLNeXa
— Matt Johnson (@MattJ_Sports) April 12, 2017
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Brewers win 5-1. Braun with a 2 run homer, Nelson goes 7 innings. 3-0 on the road trip so far.
Another great pitching performance by the Brewers. That's the most impressive thing in the last week or so.
Yup. And the defense ain't bad either.
Good combination of solid pitching which has been quite surprising so far and some good production at the plate. Braun and Thames with HR's, Arcia with 3 hits. Back to .500 for the first time since April 15, 2016.
RHP Oliver Drake has been acquired from Baltimore in exchange for a player to be named or cash.
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) April 14, 2017
RHP Damien Magnifico has been traded to Baltimore in exchange for International Signing Bonus Slot #15.
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) April 14, 2017
Need to get Matt Garza back and healthy! Any semblance of success too.
Brew Crew do it again. 10-3 over Cincy. That's 4 in a row folks. How 'bout those Brewers?
Kicking ass
334? Nuckin futs!
#Brewers win 10-4 and move above .500 (6-5) for first time since end of 2014 season. Snap 334 game streak of .500 and below.
— Tom (@Haudricourt) April 15, 2017
On the post game show they mentioned the Brewers were over .500 for the first time since the last game of the 2014 season and I couldn't believe it. That 334 game streak of below .500 was the longest in team history. Great to see Pina have a hot bat and Thames again with his 3rd HR on the year. This is fun winning 4 in a row on the road. Keep turning up the heat !
Milone had his moments but it's the timely and clutch hitting that stood out to me in this game.
I was not aware of the 334 stat but who knows maybe this team is actually better than I thought? I'm just going to enjoy it as long as it lasts.
Watching Arcia take an first pitch to right field for a single was incredible. Kid is learning how to hit big league pitchers. Thames way more athletic than Carter with good power! Pitching has been good without our two studs from last year.
And final question, how do we get a decent bull pen with rejects, retreads, and unwanted lately?
Thames is a middle linebacker
"Milwaukee (6-5) has won four straight games and is above .500 for the first time since finishing the 2014 season 82-80"
youre right. wow. so we were never 1-0 or 3-2 or anything like that?
2014? that is a telling stat. im hoping this team can stay close to .500 into July. At least would make things fun to watch.
Hard to believe we could never even get a 1-0 or 2-1 start or so the last two seasons. I would like to know what our "high water mark" was in both the last two seasons or how close did we actually get to the .500 mark at any given time throughout each season.
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El-Ka-Bong posted:Thames is a middle linebacker
No, it's a river in London.
Shut up goalya
Pitching struggles today. Davies gives up 3 earned runs in 5 innings and Torres gave up 3 more in 1 inning. Also Villar picked off 2nd with 1 out in the 1st and a runner on 1st. Another BB and then a double by Perez drives in 2 which should have been 3. On the bright side Thames, (not the river) had 2 home runs.
Torres blew it. We had the lead when he came in and gave up 3 quick. Lost by 2.
At least it was a fun day following competitive Milwaukee sports
Thames,(not the river), does it again. Also Braun and Shaw hit back to back homers in the 3rd. Willie Peralta pitched 6 innings for his 3rd win. Brewers win 4-2.
Wildcard!
Brewers went from 2-5 to 7-6. Last place, to second place and ahead of the Cubs. Thames has a Brewer record with 5 hr's in a single series. What a week its been.
It's really encouraging to see Peralta and Nelson pitch well. They both have shown flashes of talent but if they can finally put it together this team should be competitive.
The Thames story is pretty amazing
Willie, Nelson, Anderson continue this streak of solid pitching and Stearns will be considering trading away our kids. Or maybe not.
Anybody notice how I started this post with a Willie Nelson reference?
Thames is making me forget about Cris Carter.
If the pitching ever catches up with the hitting, could be a pretty special team...
Two weeks ago this was a horrible team to watch, this week they are special. Baseball is all about not overreacting to small samples, but yet...
What I do know is they are young, volatile and it is fun to watch baseball. I still see this as a 75 win team, but would still love to see them beat up on the Cards and Cubs as much as possible.