MILWAUKEE BREWERS NOTES:
BREWERS vs. ROCKIES
SUMMARY: Are 82-88 all-time, including 0-2 this season…..went 4-3 last season.
at MIL: Are 50-34 all-time, including 3-1 last season…..have gone 41-29 at American Family Field and 9-5 at County Stadium…..the Brewers have won 6 of the last 7 games at AmFam.
at COL: Have gone 32-54 all-time at Coors Field, including 0-2 this season…..went 1-2 last season…..are 3-9 in the last 12 games in Denver with 4 straight losses
TODAY’S GAME: Is game 3 (0-2) of a 6-game trip to Colorado (0-2) and San Francisco (3g)…..the team returns to American Family Field following this trip for 6 games in 7 days against Los Angeles-NL (3g) and Kansas City (3g).
IN THE TRAINER’S ROOM: RHP Jason Alexander (right rotator cuff), LHP Aaron Ashby (left labrum), RHP Matt Bush (right rotator cuff), RHP Adrian Houser (right groin), OF Garrett Mitchell (left shoulder), INF Luis Urías (left hamstring), RHP Gus Varland (right hand), LHP Justin Wilson (left elbow) and RHP Brandon Woodruff (right shoulder) are on the injured list…..Alexander, Ashby, Mitchell, Urías and Wilson are on the 60-day IL.
IN THE STANDINGS (35 days): The Brewers have spent the following number of days alone or tied at each position in the NL Central standings: FIRST: 22, SECOND: 11, THIRD: 2, FOURTH: 0, FIFTH: 0…..the team is currently in second place, trailing the first-place Pirates by 1.5 games…..the team has been in second place for 11 straight days.
SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Brewers are 6-4-0 in series play, including this series.
Game 1: 5-5, Game 2: 7-3, Game 3: 5-4, Game 4: 1-0
Sweep Wins (2): vs. NYM (3g, 4/3-4/5), at SEA (3g, 4/17-4/19)
Sweep Losses (-): None
AT HOME: The Brewers are 9-6 at home, going 3-2-0 in series play…..the team went 46-35 at home last season, going 15-8-4 in series play.
ON THE ROAD: The Brewers are 9-6 on the road, going 3-2-0 in series play, including this series…..the team went 40-41 on the road last season, going 9-12-5 in series play.
LET’S GO TO THE VIDEO TAPE: The Brewers have made four replay challenges this season, going 1-3…..their last challenge (lost) came on 4/28 vs. Los Angeles-AL as an out call at second base (Blake Perkins) stood.
TODAY’S STARTER: #20 – LHP WADE MILEY (5gs, 3-1, 1.86)
MILEY AT A GLANCE: Wade Miley, 36, is making his sixth start of the season…..Miley last started last Friday vs. Los Angeles-AL and received no decision in the Brewers’ 2-1 win (6ip, 7h, 1r, 1er, 0bb, 2k, 84 pitches)…..the team is 4-1 in his starts…..he has made 3 quality starts…..opponents are batting .227 (25-for-110, 2hr)…..Miley signed as a free agent with Milwaukee on January 9…..he is signed through the 2023 season with a mutual option for 2024.
WELCOME BACK!: Miley returned to Milwaukee, where he pitched in 2018 for the National League Central champions and went 5-2 with a 2.57 ERA in 16 starts…..he went on to make 4 starts during the postseason, posting a 1.23 ERA (14.2ip, 2er), as the team went on to advance to the seventh game of the NLCS against Los Angeles.
LAST SEASON: Miley went 2-2 with a 3.16 ERA in 9 games/8 starts with Chicago-NL last season…..he missed most of the season while spending time on the injured list on three occasions: 4/7-5/9 (left elbow inflammation), 5/29-6/9 (left shoulder strain) and 6/11-9/5 (left shoulder strain).
CAREER: Is 102-95 with a 4.09 ERA in 297 games/290 starts (1647ip, 748er)…..is in his 13th Major League season with Arizona (2011-14), Boston (2015), Seattle (2016), Baltimore (2016-17), Milwaukee (2018, ‘23), Houston (2019), Cincinnati (2020-21) and Chicago-NL (2022)…..was an All-Star with the Diamondbacks in 2012…..he threw a no-hitter with the Reds on 5/7/21 at Cleveland…..Miley was selected by Arizona in the supplemental first round (43rd overall) of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of Southeastern Louisiana University.
CAREER AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD: Is 6-2 with a 3.57 ERA in 15 starts (70.2ip, 28er)…..is 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in 3 starts this season (17ip, 3er).
CAREER ON THE ROAD: Is 49-51 with a 3.98 ERA in 157 games/155 starts (875.1ip, 387er)…..is 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA in 2 starts this season (12ip, 3er).
CAREER vs. ROCKIES: Is 9-3 with a 4.25 ERA in 17 games/16 starts (101.2ip, 48er), including 4-2 with a 5.79 ERA in 7 games/6 starts at Coors Field (37.1ip, 24er).
COLORADO ROCKIES NOTES:
THAT’S A WRAP
• The Colorado Rockies finish their series against Milwaukee Brewers and their six-game homestand this afternoon … dropped two of three to Arizona before winning the first two vs. Milwaukee to secure their second series victory of the season, first at Coors.
• The Rockies have won three games in a row for the first time this season … for the first time since Oct. 2-4 of last season at Dodger Stadium, and three in a row at home for the first time since winning four straight Sept. 6-10, 2022 (also against Milwaukee and Arizona).
• Following today’s game, the Rockies will embark on a six-game road trip to New York-NL (Friday-Sunday) and Pittsburgh (May 8-10).
TRENDING
• The Rockies have are 5-3 through their last eight, a .625 winning percentage that is tied for the fourth-best mark in the NL since April 24.
• Overall, the Rockies .355 winning percentage is second-to-last in the National League, ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals (.323), and is tied for the second-lowest in franchise history through 31 games with the 1993 club, ahead of the 2005 Rockies (9-22, .290).
ZING BOOM TARARREL
• The Rockies are 5-1 in their last five matchups against the Brewers after snapping an eight-game losing streak against the club that spanned from June 19, 2021-July 24, 2022.
• Colorado is 9-3 against the Brewers at Coors Field since the start of 2019 and 54-32 overall at home against the club, outscoring the Brew Crew 560-428 (+132) across that span.
• OF Yonathan Daza is 18-for-50 (.360) in 14 career games against Milwaukee, hitting safely in 13 contests with an at bat across that span … of his four career home runs, three have come against the Brewers (two at Coors Field and one at American Family Field).
APRIL SHOWERS
• Colorado finished the month of April with a 9-20 record, their first time in franchise history recording 20 losses in the month of April … have lost 20 games in a month six times in franchise history prior to April 2023: three times in May (1993, 22 games; 2011, 21 games; 2005, 20 games), once in June (2014, 20 games), once in July (2000, 22 games) and once in Sept. (2012, 20 games).
LITTLE TOE
• Ezequiel Tovar recorded his first home run of the season Tuesday, his first career home run at Coors Field (second overall) … over his last nine games, Tovar has gone 10-for-32 (.313) with two doubles, one triple and one home run.
GRICH ITCH
• Randal Grichuk went 2-for-4 in each of his first three games of the season after being reinstated from the injured list on April 29, tied for the longest multi-hit streak of his career … underwent offseason surgery on a bilateral sports hernia, missing all of Spring Training … it was the seventh time in franchise history that a Rockies player has begun his season with three-straight multi-hit games, the first time since Mark Reynolds did so April 3-5, 2017.
• Went 1-for-2 with two walks last night and is 7-for-14 with a .500/.563/.643 slash line overall.
CHUCK (STILL) NAZTY
• With his one run scored on Sunday, Charlie Blackmon broke his tie with Larry Walker for second on the all-time Rockies runs scored list at 893 … Todd Helton ranks first in Rockies history with 1401.
• Blackmon’s 293 career doubles are four short of tying Walker for the second-most in franchise history.
• Blackmon’s home run in the first inning on April 25 at Cleveland was his 40th career lead-off home run … his 40 lead-off home runs rank ninth all-time (Brady Anderson’s 44 rank eighth) … his 463 ft. home run last night was the third-longest of his career in the Statcast era (longest: 477 ft, Sept. 7, 2017 vs. Chicago-AL).
SPRING CLEANING
• Colorado’s 21 errors are the fourth-most in the Majors this season and their .981 fielding percentage is also the fourth-lowest … have allowed 20 unearned runs through its first 31 games, tied with the Los Angeles Angels for the most in baseball.
• The Rockies have no committed an error in three-straight games, their second such streak of the season (also: March 31-April 2).
COAT OF ARMS
• Jake Bird ranks second in the Majors with 22.0 relief innings pitched (first in the NL) and is tied for fifth among relievers with 22 strikeouts (second in the NL) … has posted a 0.55 ERA (16.2 IP, 1 ER) with four walks and 18 strikeouts over his last 10 appearances since April 11 … career-high 13.0 innings without an earned run snapped on Sunday.
• Brent Suter tossed a scoreless inning of relief last night … his 0.98 ERA (18.1 IP, 2 ER) is the ninth-lowest in franchise history through a player’s first 12 games (min. 10 IP) to begin their Rockies career and lowest since Adam Ottavino’s 0.69 ERA (13.0 IP, 1 ER) in 2012.
ROCKIES STARTING PITCHER – #43 CONNOR SEABOLD RHP
STARTING THINGS OFF
• Laguna Hills, Calif., native is in his seventh professional season, his first with the Rockies organization.
• Selected by Baltimore in the 19th round of the 2014 First Year Player Draft but did not sign.
• Selected by Philadelphia in the third round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of Cal. State Fullerton.
• On Aug. 21,2020 was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Nick Pivetta to the Boston Red Sox for Heath Hembree and Brandon Workman.
• Designated for assignment by Boston, Jan. 12, 2023 … acquired by Colorado via trade for cash considerations or a player to be named later, Jan. 17.
• Rated by Baseball America as having the best changeup in the Red Sox system in 2021 and best control in 2022 … also ranked by Baseball America as one of the Red Sox top prospects in 2021 (No. 11) and ‘22 (No. 21).
• Made his Major League debut with the Red Sox on Sept. 11, 2021 vs. Chicago-AL.
COLORADO CONNECTION
• Lived in Colorado for five years during his youth.
• During that stretch, he pitched once at Coors Field while attending Castle View High School in Castle Rock (less than an hour south of Denver) before moving back to California.
ARM BARN
• Has made seven appearances for the Rockies in 2023, all out of the bullpen, compiling a 5.27 ERA (13.2 IP, 8 ER) … never had a Major League relief outing prior to this season.
• Has allowed 0.66 home runs per nine on the year.
• Opponent’s hitting .310 (18-for-58) against the righty.
• Made his first career Opening Day roster before being optioned on April 18 … recalled on April 28.
SPRING FLING
• Appeared in seven Cactus League games for the Rockies, posting a 6.17 ERA (11.2 IP, 8 ER).
• Walked just one during Spring Training while recording 14 strikeouts.
START ME UP
• Has made six Major League starts in his career dating back to his Major League debut on Sept. 11, 2021 … 0-4 with a 10.55 ERA (21.1 IP, 25 ER) in his six career starts.
• Last started in the Majors on Sept. 26, 2022 when he allowed five runs (four earned) to the Orioles, taking the loss.
• In his six Major League starts, is 0-4 with a 10.55 ERA (21.1 IP, 25 ER), striking out 19 and walking 10 while allowing six home runs.
• Overall has started 67 of 73 games in his Minor League career dating back to 2017.
DOING THE SPLITS
• Has posted a 3.86 ERA (9.1 IP, 4 ER) with two walks and six strikeouts over his career at Coors Field, allowing zero home runs.
• Right handers have hit .344/.400/.583 against him in his career while lefties have slashed .390/.471/.695.
• In his career the first time through the lineup, opponents are hitting .315 compared to .423 for the second time through and .455 for the
third.
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-TWO (2022)
• Allowed 23 earned runs over 18.1 IP (11.29 ERA) with Boston, walking eight and striking out 19.
• Went 8-2 with a 3.32 ERA (86.2 IP, 32 ER) across 19 starts with Triple-A Worcester, walking 19 and striking out 89 while holding opponents to a .237 average (79-for-333).
• Allowed three or fewer earned runs in 15 of his 19 starts with the WooSox.
• On the 15-day injured list Sept. 9-26 (right forearm extensor strain).
WHAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO?
• Made his Major League debut and lone start of the season on Sept. 11, 2021 vs. the White Sox, allowing two runs over 3.0 IP with two walks.
• Spent most of the year with Triple-A Worcester, his first experience at the Triple-A level … went 4-3 with a 3.50 ERA (54.0, 21 ER), 19 walks and 52 strikeouts.
• In his final nine starts with theWooSox ,went 4-1 with a 2.76 ERA (45.2 IP, 14 ER).
• Named Triple-A East Pitcher of the Week twice for the weeks of Aug. 2-8 and Aug. 30-Sept. 5.
• From his Triple-A debut on July 23 through the end of the season, ranked among Triple-A East leaders in ERA (8th, 3.50), opponent average (T-6th, .215) and WHIP (10th, 1.15).
• Made two rehab starts in the Florida Complex League on July 12 and July 17 after recovering from right-elbow inflammation … allowed two
runs over 5.2 IP (3.18 ERA) with three walks and 12 strikeouts.
• With Worcester, held left-handed hitters to a .146 average and .547 OPS (14-for-96).
DID YOU KNOW
• Has two younger brothers, Cade and Carson, who are both youth baseball coaches.
• Has two dogs: Chloe (Australian Shepherd mix) and Lou (lab mix).
• His sports hero growing up was Tim Salmon.
