Milwaukee Brewers News

Despite the fact the Cubs ranked first in National League pitching in June with a 3.18 earned-run average, while the Milwaukee Brewers were last at 5.37, the Cubs gained no ground in the divisional race.

Even before the Milwaukee Brewers closed out their eventful nine-game homestand, Ken Macha had judged it a success.

To quote Al Michaels, "Do you believe in miracles?" The New York Mets actually won a baseball game on Wednesday, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on the shoulders of a tremendous performance by Mike Pelfrey.

It's no great secret J.J. Hardy is a streaky hitter. The good news for the Milwaukee Brewers is their shortstop is in the midst of a hot streak.

MILWAUKEE - The popularity of the Milwaukee Brewers franchise continues to rise.

If the Chicago Cubs are going to win a third straight National League Central title, they are going to have to pick it up offensively.

Derrek Lee hit a grand slam and a three-run homer Thursday night for a career-high seven RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs opened an 11-game homestand by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 9-5. Lee drove his 10th career grand slam off reliever Chris Smith in the fourth after connecting for a three-run shot off starter Seth McClung in the first.

So this is what it must have felt like to watch the '62 Mets. Last night's 6-3 loss to the Brewers at Miller Park not only was the ReplaceMets' fifth straight defeat, but Jerry Manuel's reeling club made the fourth inning look like something right out of "The Bad News Bears." WHEW! BELTRAN DOES NOT KNEE'D SURGERY NO DEAL AMID METS' ORDEAL From ...

MILWAUKEE - The Mets already are riddled with injuries and struggling to win. Now former teammate John Franco is piling on - but Mets third baseman David Wright said that's the least of the team's problems.

Last year, the Milwaukee Brewers made a trade in July that proved to be the key in their 2008 postseason run, a deal which brought ace pitcher CC Sabathia to Milwaukee.

A general view of the Milwaukee Brewers hat and glove. The Milwaukee Brewers are not alone atop the National League Central division, but hope to be after this three-game series versus the New York Mets at Miller Park.

The Milwaukee Brewer' pitching staff has been inconsistent, to say the least. But Milwaukee has another issue that probably needs addressing if a fruitful postseason berth is going to happen.

Following his closed-door team meeting after yet another loss Tuesday night, Mets manager Jerry Manuel decided his players should ride the bus to Miller Park late Wednesday morning instead of taking taxis.

So much for giving David Wright a day off. Mets manager Jerry Manuel scrapped his plan to rest Wright on Wednesday after the team lost its fifth game in a row Tuesday to the Brewers.

For the record, Trevor Hoffman has no problem coming into a tied game in the ninth inning.

Thirteen. The number of games left to go before the 2009 All-Star break. Most Brewers fans are hoping for the best, but you wouldn't blame them if they expected the worst... by Dane Curley 21 reads Stats Thirteen.

Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen has been ejected by plate umpire Jim Wolf for arguing in the fourth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers .

Some enjoy a page-turning mystery. Others are lured by sci-fi or fantasy. Me? I loooove a good baseball story - particularly the talking kind, when one guy's doing all the yakking and I'm doing all the listening.

That's what tainted an otherwise workmanlike outing from Jeff Suppan and kept prompting questions about the Milwaukee Brewers' struggling - and patchwork - starting rotation.

The gold standard for relief pitching has been escalating for some time, but Mariano Rivera still has it both covered and defined.