MILWAUKEE BREWERS NOTES:
Today’s Transactions
LHP Thomas Pannone was selected from Triple-A Nashville…..the team has optioned RHP Peter Strzelecki to Triple-A Nashville…..Pannone is the 47th player to appear on the active roster this season.
Road Work Ahead
The Brewers (3-2) are currently playing their second season-long 10-game road trip as they are visiting Cleveland (2-1), New York-NL (1-1) and Pittsburgh (3g)…..the team went 7-3 on its last 10-game road trip to Arizona (1-2), San Diego (3-1) and Seattle (3-0) from April 10-19.
Fine ‘Penmanship
Brewers relievers have a 1.85 ERA over the last 10 games (34ip, 7er)….. the bullpen has tossed 9.1 consecutive scoreless innings.
A Slice of Devin
Devin Williams has posted a sterling 1.69 ERA this season (26.2ip, 5er)….. he surrendered 4 runs without retiring a batter in his lone blown save of the season on 6/13 at Minnesota….. without that outing, his season ERA drops to 0.34 (26.2ip, 1er).
It’s Milner Time!
Hoby Milner is unscored upon in each of his last 15 appearances (13ip) to lower his ERA from 4.50 to 2.61.
Rebel Yeli
Since June 6, Christian Yelich has hit .338 (24-for-71) with 2 HR and 9 RBI in 19 games while he has produced a .434 OBP/.563 SLG/.997 OPS.
Take Me To Your Leader
Christian Yelich is the team leader in runs (53 – 9th in NL), hits (76), walks (40 – T9th in NL), SB (17 – T6th in NL), doubles (15), total bases (120), OBP
(.368), SLG (.429) and OPS (.797) and is tied for the team lead in XBH (25).
Four Goodness Sake!
The Brewers are a Major League-best 36-6 (.857) when scoring 4+ runs.
One and Done
The Brewers are 13-4 (.765) in 1-run games…..the Marlins (19-5, .792) are the only MLB team with a better mark
TONIGHT’S GAME: Is game 6 (3-2) of a 10-game trip to Cleveland (2-1), New York-NL (1-1) and Pittsburgh (3g)….following this trip, the team returns to American F Family Field for 7 games against Chicago-NL (4g) and Cincinnati (3g) leading into the All-Star break.
IN THE TRAINER’S ROOM: RHP Jason Alexander (right rotator cuff), LHP Aaron Ashby (left labrum), RHP Jake Cousins (right shoulder), OF Garrett Mitchell (left shoulder), 1B Darin Ruf (right knee), LHP Bennett Sousa (left shoulder), OF Tyrone Taylor (right elbow), LHP Justin Wilson (left elbow) and RHP Brandon Woodruff (right shoulder) are on the injured list…..Alexander, Ashby, Mitchell, Ruf, Wilson and Woodruff are on the 60-day injured list.
IN THE STANDINGS (90 days): The Brewers have spent the following number of days alone or tied at each position in the NL Central standings: FIRST: 53, SECOND: 35, THIRD: 2, FOURTH: 0, FIFTH: 0…..the team is currently in second place, trailing the first-place Reds by half a game.
SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Brewers are 12-13-0 in series play.
Game 1: 12-14, Game 2: 15-11, Game 3: 12-12, Game 4: 2-1
Sweep Wins (4): vs. NYM (3g, 4/3-4/5), at SEA (3g, 4/17-4/19), vs. KC (3g, 5/12-5/14), vs. PIT (3g, 6/16-6/18)
Sweep Losses (3): at COL (3g, 5/2-5/4), vs. OAK (3g, 6/9-6/11), at MIN (2g, 6/13-6/14)
AT HOME: The Brewers are 22-18 at home, going 7-6-0 in series play…..the Brewers went 46-35 at home last season, going 15-8-4 in series play.
ON THE ROAD: The Brewers are 19-20 on the road, going 5-7-0 in series play…..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 16 replay challenges this season, going 7-9…..their last challenge (lost) came on 6/25 at Cleveland as an out call at first base on a pickoff attempt of Blake Perkins stood.
TONIGHT’S STARTER: #20 – LHP WADE MILEY (10gs, 5-2, 2.91)
MILEY AT A GLANCE: Wade Miley, 36, is making his 11th start of the season and second against the Mets…..Miley last started last Friday at Cleveland and earned a 7-1 win (6ip, 3h, 0r, 0bb, 3k, 67 pitches)…..the team is 7-3 in his starts…..he has made 5 quality starts…..opponents are batting .219 (43-for-196, 6hr)…..he was on the 15-day injured list from 5/17-6/16 with a left lat strain…..he has gone 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 2 starts since coming off the IL (11ip, 0er)…..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 104-96 with a 4.09 ERA in 302 games/295 starts (1670.2ip, 759er)…..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 7-3 with a 3.90 ERA in 17 starts (80.2ip, 35er)…..is 3-1 with a 3.33 ERA in 5 starts this season (27ip, 10er).
CAREER ON THE ROAD: Is 50-51 with a 3.96 ERA in 160 games/158 starts (889ip, 391er)…..is 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA in 5 starts this season (25.2ip, 7er).
CAREER vs. METS: Is 2-1 with a 3.19 ERA in 7 starts (42.1ip, 15er), including 0-0 with a 4.01 ERA in 4 starts at Citi Field (24.2ip, 11er)…..Miley earned a 9-0 win against the Mets this season on 4/4 at American Family Field (6ip, 5h, 0bb, 3k, 1hbp).
NEW YORK METS NOTES:
METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets defeated the Brewers, 7-2, last night…Tonight, the Mets continue a seven-game homestand (1-1) against the Brewers (1-1) and Giants (three games).
IN JUNE: New York is now 7-16 (.304) in June…The team has posted 4.49 ERA and has slashed .225/.398/396.
SENGA GENESIS: Kodai Senga has recorded 93 strikeouts through his first 14 career major league games, that is the fourth-most by a Mets pitcher in franchise history…Only Dwight Gooden (107), Nolan Ryan (103) and Matt Harvey (102) recorded more in their first 14 career starts…His 93 strikeouts are tied for the fourth-most by a Japanese born pitcher through 14 career games…He trails only Hideo Nomo (129), Masahiro Tanaka (113) and Yu Darvish (96)…Daisuke Matsuzaka also struck out 93 through his first 14 career games.
CITI SENGA: Kodai Senga has posted a 2.52 ERA (11 ER/39.1 IP) in seven home starts, going 3-2…He has struck out 49 and issued 20 walks in those games.
THIS IS 200!: Francisco Lindor launched his 200th career home run in the fourth inning last night…He is now the 11th shortstop in major league history to reach the 200-career home run mark (Min. 60% career games at SS)…He became the 14th player to hit his 200th career home run in a Met uniform (last: Todd Frazier, June 20, 2019 at Chicago-NL)…He was the seventh Met to accomplish the feat at home (Last: David Wright, August 24, 2012 vs. Houston).
PICK SIX: Lindor is on a six-game hitting streak, batting .400 (8-20) in that span with four runs, one double, two home runs, four RBI, four walks, two steals with a .462 OBP, a .750 SLG and a 1.212 OPS.
GIRL DAD POWER: Over the last 10 games, Lindor is batting .355 (11-31) with eight runs, two doubles, four home runs, 10 RBI, six walks, three steals with a .450 OBP and an .806 SLG…Over the last 20 games, Lindor has posted a .998 OPS, batting .277 (18-65) with 13 runs, four doubles, six home runs, 14 RBI, 12 walks, five steals with a .383 OBP and a .615 SLG…He has posted a 2.4 fWAR this year, which ranks 14th in the National League…His 35 extra-base hits are tied for the ninth most in the National League.
INVADER NIM: Brandon Nimmo recorded his fourth career multi-homer game last night…He has recorded four home runs over his last 10 games… Nimmo is batting .330 (32-97) with 10 extra-base hits against left-handed pitchers this year…His .330 average is the fourth-highest mark by a southpaw against fellow southpaws this season…It is second in the National League behind Miamis Luis Arraez (.371).
PHAM-TASTIC: Tommy Pham has safely hit in 15 of his last 18 games…Over the last 18 games, Pham is batting .286 (20-70) with 10 runs, seven doubles, two home runs, 14 RBI, five walks, three steals with an .800 OPS…Since May 17, Pham is batting .302 (29-96) with 14 runs, nine doubles, one triple, four home runs, 21 RBI, nine walks, six steals with a .900 OPS in 29 games.
MILWAUKEE: Brandon Nimmo has hit .323 (32-99) with 18 runs, six doubles, five triples, four homers, five RBI, 10 walks with a .396 OBP and a .606 SLG in 29 career games against Milwaukee…Starling Marte has appeared in 120 games against the Crew and is a .290/.330/.473 hitter with 25 doubles, five triples, 16 home runs and 58 RBI…Daniel Vogelbach, who played for the Crew, is a .293/.398/.507 hitter with eight XBH and 14 RBI in 22 games vs. the Brewers.
BACK IN THE CITI: The Mets are 18-16 at home this year and have posted a 4.01 ERA…The Mets went 28-15 at home before the All-Star break last season.
STEAL THIS BASE: The Mets have stolen a franchise-record 33 consecutive bases without being caught…The last time a Mets player was thrown out attempting a stolen base was on May 10 (Francisco Lindor at second)…The Mets are first in the major leagues with a 90.8% stolen base success rate this season…Starling Marte has swiped 21 bags this year, tied for sixth in the majors and tied for third in the National League…His 335 career stolen bases rank second among active players…Elvis Andrus is the active leader with 341 steals.
NIFTY FIFTY: Pete Alonso has recorded 55 RBI, while and Francisco Lindor has recorded 54 RBI this year…Alonso ranks tied for second in the NL, while Lindor is tied for fourth…The Mets are one of four teams in the majors with two players who have each recorded at least 50 RBI…They join the Braves (Ozzie Albies – 55 and Matt Olson – 60) as the only other team in the National League.
KEEP THE CAR RUNNING: The Mets are 6-10 when both teams score six or more runs this year…They are 3-6 when both score seven or more runs and 2-3 when they both score 8 or more runs.
IF YOU START ME OFF: New York is 22-3 when their starter goes at least 6.0 innings…The Mets are 8-1 when the starter goes at least 7.0 innings.
FIRST IS THE BEST: The Mets are 23-9 (.719) when scoring first this season…The Mets are 13-34 (.277) when their opponent scores first.
FIRST IS THE WORST: The Mets have been outscored 56-23 in the first inning this year…New York has posted a 5.92 ERA (52 ER/79.0 IP) in the first inning this season…That is the fifth-highest first inning ERA in the majors…Last year, the Mets posted a 4.39 ERA (79 ER/162.0 IP) in the first frame.
DR. ROBERTSON: David Robertson has posted a 2-1 record with 11 saves, and a 1.59 ERA (6 ER/34.0 IP) in 30 appearances this season…He has walked eight, while striking out 41…He ranks fourth in the NL and 10th in the majors in ERA among relievers…He is tied for 17th in the NL with 41 punchouts…He is holding left-handed hitters to a .169 (11-65) average this year.
STARTING PITCHER – KODAI SENGA RHP #34
2023 STATS: 6-5, 3.52 ERA
SENGA’S PITCH ARSENAL
Pitch Type Usage Rate vs. LHB vs. RHB Avg. Velocity
Four-Seam Fastball 40.7% 43.3% 38.2% 95.8 mph
Forkball 22.2% 21.9% 22.5% 83.7 mph
Cutter 22.1% 24.7% 19.7% 90.4 mph
Sweeper 9.4% 5.2% 13.4% 81.8 mph
Slider 4.1% 2.8% 5.4% 84.8 mph
Curveball 1.5% 2.1% 0.9% 72.2 mph
LAST TIME OUT: Suffered his fifth loss of the year on June 23 against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park…Tossed 5.1 innings and allowed four runs on five hits, twhree walks and six strikeouts.
STRIKE ‘EM OUT: Has 93 strikeouts this season to lead all NL rookies…Are the fourth-most by a Met through their first 14 career game behind Dwight Gooden (107), Nolan Ryan (103), and Matt Harvey (102)…Are the fourth-most by a Japanese-born pitcher through their first 14 games trailing only Hideo Nomo (129), Masahiro Tanaka (113) and Yu Darvish (96).
PUTTING THE K IN FORK: Senga’s “ghost fork” has accounted for 52 of his 93 strikeouts through 14 starts…The pitch has a 58.4 percent whiff rate and a 28.1 percent putaway rate… Opponents have managed just eight hits in 76 at-bats ending with the forkball, a .118 batting average.
SHUT ‘EM OUT: On May 30 against the Phillies, Senga became the 10th rookie in franchise history to throw 7.0 or more innings, while one hit or less and was the first Met since Steven Matz did so on August 14, 2016…Joins Jonathon Niese, who tossed a complete game shutout on June 10, 2010, as the only Mets rookie to accomplish the feat without allowing a walk.
