Gallardo to have knee surgery Tuesday (PA SportsTicker)
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo will undergo knee surgery Tuesday.
Posted: May 11th, 2008.
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Braun hits 2 HRs, Brewers hold on for 5-3 win (AP)
Ryan Braun hit a pair of solo home runs, Jeff Suppan pitched seven solid innings and the Milwaukee Brewers’ new closer-by-committee held on for a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. With Eric Gagne out as the closer, the Brewers turned to Salomon Torres and Brian Shouse in the ninth. Torres recorded the first two outs, but allowed two baserunners.
Posted: May 11th, 2008.
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Brewers to give Gagne “mental break” (PA SportsTicker)
Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost announced Sunday that Eric Gagne will be temporarily removed from the closer’s role.
Posted: May 11th, 2008.
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Brewers starter Gallardo to have surgery Tuesday (AP)
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo will have surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ligament in his right knee and will likely miss the rest of the season. Gallardo said there was no chance he could avoid having surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament and he will complete his rehabilitation in Milwaukee.
Posted: May 11th, 2008.
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Brewers pull Eric Gagne from closer’s role (AP)
The Brewers yanked Eric Gagne from the closer’s role on Sunday after the reliever called his latest performance embarrassing and said he didn’t feel he deserved to pitch the ninth anymore. Manager Ned Yost said he read Gagne’s comments and will use a closer by committee approach while Gagne takes what Yost called a “mental break.” “He’s really pushing himself really, really hard and taking it…
Posted: May 11th, 2008.
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Ryan Ludwick’s 2-run single lifts Cards past Brewers 5-3 (AP)
Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning, and St. Louis’ shaky bullpen held on Saturday for a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that snapped the Cardinals’ season-long three-game skid. Prince Fielder hit a tying homer in the eighth for Milwaukee, and Ben Sheets set a franchise record for strikeouts with 1,086.
Posted: May 10th, 2008.
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Sheets sets Brewers’ strikeout mark (PA SportsTicker)
Milwaukee Brewers righthander Ben Sheets broke Ted Higuera’s franchise record for career strikeouts in Saturday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Posted: May 10th, 2008.
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Brewers ace Ben Sheets sets franchise record for strikeouts (AP)
Brewers ace Ben Sheets set a franchise record for strikeouts in the first inning of Saturday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Sheets, the longest-tenured member of the 2008 Brewers, fanned Albert Pujols on an 0-2 breaking ball to reach 1,082 career strikeouts and surpass Teddy Higuera, who pitched for Milwaukee from 1985-91 and 1993-94.
Posted: May 10th, 2008.
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Brewers running out of time to make decision on Weaver (AP)
The Brewers must decide soon if they plan to add veteran Jeff Weaver to their rotation. Weaver, who’ll make his third Triple-A start for Nashville on Sunday in Las Vegas, struggled in his first outing, but pitched seven innings in his most recent performance on Tuesday, giving up a run off four hits.
Posted: May 10th, 2008.
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Weeks’ 2-run single wins it for Brewers, 4-3 (AP)
Rickie Weeks hit a bases loaded, two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give Milwaukee a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night and snap the Brewers’ six-game losing streak. After looking lethargic most of the game, the Brewers came alive after Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen recorded two outs on the first two pitches in the ninth.
Posted: May 9th, 2008.
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