MILWAUKEE BREWERS NOTES:
BREWERS vs. RANGERS
SUMMARY: Are 189-161 all-time, including 8-9 in Interleague Play and 1-0 this season.
at MIL: Are 89-82 all-time, going 4-4 at AmFam Field and 85-78 at County Stadium…..went 4-2 as the Seattle Pilots at Sick’s Stadium (1969).
at TEX: Are 91-64 all-time, going 1-0 at Globe Life Field, 14-15 at The Ballpark in Arlington and 76-49 at Arlington Stadium…..went 5-13 at RFK Stadium (Washington) from 1969-71.
Spanning the Globe
The Brewers are officially visiting Globe Life Field for the first time….. the team did play a pair of exhibition games here from 3/29-3/30, 2021, winning both contests.
Right Said Fred
Freddy Peralta has gone 3-0 with a 1.44 ERA in his last 4 starts (25ip, 4er), all quality starts, holding opponents to a .172 AVG (15-for-87) and 0.80 WHIP with 5 walks and 39 strikeouts.
Rebel Yeli
In his last 62 games, Christian Yelich has batted .323 (80-for-248) with 46 runs, 9 HR and 41 RBI while he has a .402 OBP/.524 SLG/.926 OPS.
1,500
Christian Yelich is 16 hits away from 1,500 for his Major League career….. there are currently 22 active players with 1,500+ hits.
THIS AFTERNOON’S GAME: Is game 8 (4-3) of a 9-game, 10-day trip to Chicago-AL (3-0), Los Angeles-NL (0-3) and Texas (1-0)…..following this trip and an off day on Monday, the team returns to American Family Field for 5 games in 6 days vs. Minnesota (2g) and San Diego (3g).
IN THE TRAINER’S ROOM: LHP Aaron Ashby (left labrum), RHP J.C. MejÃa (right shoulder), OF Garrett Mitchell (left shoulder), OF Blake Perkins (left oblique), 1B Darin Ruf (right knee), RHP Julio Teheran (right hip), LHP Justin Wilson (left lat) and OF Jesse Winker (back) are on the injured list…..Ashby, Mitchell, Ruf and Wilson are on the 60-day IL.
IN THE STANDINGS (142 days): The Brewers have spent the following number of days alone or tied at each position in the NL Central standings: FIRST: 89, SECOND: 51, THIRD: 2, FOURTH: 0, FIFTH: 0…..the team is currently in first place, leading the Reds by 2.0 games and Cubs by 3.0 games.
SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Brewers are 20-17-2 in series play.
Game 1: 20-20, Game 2: 21-18, Game 3: 21-17, Game 4: 4-2 Sweep Wins (6): 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), at CIN (3g, 7/14-7/16), at CWS (3g, 8/11-8/13)
Sweep Losses (5): at COL (3g, 5/2-5/4), vs. OAK (3g, 6/9-6/11), at MIN (2g, 6/13-6/14), at ATL (3g, 7/28-7/30), at LAD (3g, 8/15-8/17)
AT HOME: The Brewers are 33-27 at home, going 10-7-2 in series play…..went 46-35 at home last season, going 15-8-4 in series play.
ON THE ROAD: The Brewers are 33-30 on the road, going 10-10-0 in series play…..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 27 replay challenges this season, going 11-16…..their last challenge (lost) came on 8/6 vs. Pittsburgh as an out call at third base (William Contreras) stood.
TODAY’S STARTER: #51 – RHP FREDDY PERALTA (23gs, 9-8, 4.08)
PERALTA AT A GLANCE: Freddy Peralta, 27, will be making his 24th start of the season…..Peralta last started last Sunday at Chicago-AL and picked up a 7-3 victory (6ip, 4h, 0r, 3bb, 6k, 103 pitches)…..he is 3-0 with a 1.44 ERA in his last 4 starts (25ip, 4er)…..the team is 13-10 in his starts…..he has 13 quality starts and four in a row…..opponents are batting .218 (104-for-477, 19hr)…..Peralta was acquired from Seattle, along with RHP Carlos Herrera and RHP Daniel Missaki, in exchange for 1B Adam Lind on 12/9/15…..on 2/28/20, he signed a 5-year contract through the 2024 season with club options for 2025 and 2026.
LAST SEASON: Peralta went 4-4 with a 3.58 ERA in 18 games/17 starts…..he held opponents to a .190 batting average with 86 strikeouts in 78.0 innings…..the team went 8-9 in his starts…..he produced 4 quality starts…..he was on the injured list twice last season: 5/23-8/2 (right posterior shoulder strain) and 9/9-9/24 (right shoulder inflammation).
CAREER: Is 39-25 with a 3.88 ERA in 139 games/90 starts (543ip, 234er)…..is in his sixth Major League season, all with the Brewers (2018-23)…..is 31-23 with a 3.88 ERA as a starter (459ip, 198er) and 8-2 with a 3.86 ERA in relief (84ip, 36er)…..was an All-Star in 2021.
CAREER AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD: Is 23-14 with a 3.45 ERA in 75 games/47 starts (295ip, 113er)…..is 5-4 with a 3.79 ERA in 13 starts this season (71.1ip, 30er).
CAREER ON THE ROAD: Is 16-11 with a 4.39 ERA in 64 games/43 starts (248ip, 121er)…..is 4-4 with a 4.45 ERA in 10 starts this season (56.2ip, 28er).
CAREER vs. RANGERS: His only career outing against the Arlington, Texas Rangers came in relief on 8/9/19 at American Family Field (0.2ip, 0h, 1r, 1er, 3bb, 0k).
TEXAS RANGERS NOTES:
WINS AND LOSSES: Texas dropped last night’s series opener with the Brewers, 9-8, dropping to 2-2 on this 7-day, 6-game homestand vs. LAA (2-1) and MIL (0-1 + 2 G)…club has 72 wins, already most since 2019 (78)…TEX has won 4 of 7 and 12 of its last 16 G, including a season-best 8-G win streak (8/1-8), longest for club since going 10-0, 5/9-19/17… Rangers are 12-4 (.750) in Aug., T2nd-best in MLB (LAD: .882, 15-2; SEA/TEX: .750, 12-4)…have gone 13-8 in last 21 G and 14-11 in last 25 G since a 6-G win streak (7/14-19) out of the break…team is an 20-11 (.667) in the 2nd “half”, 2ndbest in A.L./3rd-best in MLB (LAD: .719, 23-9; SEA: .667, 22- 11), and 20 wins are T4th in MLB (23-LAD, 22-SEA, 21-BAL, 20-CHC/HOU/TEX/WAS)…TEX is 21-13 in last 34, 22-17 in last 39 G, and 23-19 in last 42 G…team was 12-19 over a 31-G span from 6/7-7/9 to end the 1st “half”…TEX is 58-39 in last 97 G, 62-44 in last 106 G and 67-46 last 113 G (beg. 4/9).
- At 72-50 (.590), TEX owns the 3rd-best record in the A.L., 5th-best in MLB (.653-ATL, .615-BAL, .612-LAD, .597-TB, .590-TEX)…72 wins rank 3rd in the A.L., 5th-most in MLB (79-ATL, 75-BAL, 74-LAD/TB, 72-TEX).
- The 72-50 mark is tied for the best 122-G start to a season in Washington/Texas franchise history (see chart below).
STANDINGS: Texas owns a lead of at least 2.5-games in A.L. West over 2nd-place HOU for a 3rd straight day, as team was 3.5+ G for 2 days from 8/14-15…held leads of 2.0+ G in the division for 64 consecutive days from 5/23-7/24 before it dropped to 0.5 G for 3 straight days 7/31-8/2…season-best 6.5-G lead in West after win 6/23 at NYY, which was largest division lead since winning the West by 9.0 G in 2016…TEX has had sole possession of 1st place for 104 straight, 111 of 112, and 124 of the last 126 days beg. 4/14.
- TEX has been alone or tied atop the division for 140 of the season’s first 141 days (exception: 4/8).
SERIES STUFF: After securing a series win this week vs. LAA, the Rangers have won 5 straight series, 2nd-best streak in ’23 (6-0-0, 5/19-6/7)…club is now 7-3-0 in series since break, going 5-1-0 at home in 2nd “half”…the 7-3-0 span follows a 2-6-1 stretch to end the 1st “half”…is now 24- 13-2 overall in series this year, going 13-5-2 at home and 11-8-0 on the road.
AT HOME: TEX is A.L.-best 42-22 (.656) at home in ’23, 2nd-best in MLB (ATL: .672, 41-20; LAD: .661, 41-21)…marks T2nd-best 64-G home start in team history (see chart)…team is A.L.-best 15-4 (.789) at home in 2nd “half”, 2nd in MLB (WAS is 13-3, .813), and owns a 20-9 mark in Arlington beg. 6/17…club won 9 straight games at home from 7/23-8/15, TEX’s longest win streak ever at Globe Life Field.
VS. MILWAUKEE: This weekend’s series marks the 1st meeting between the Rangers and Brewers since Milwaukee took 2 of 3 from 8/9-11/19 at American Family Field…this is the Brew Crew’s first ever “official” visit to Globe Life Field (regular or postseason), as club won both contests in a 2-G exhibition series here from 3/29-30/21 at TEX…Texas is 143- 171 all-time vs. MIL, incl. 64-91 lead in Arlington.
- Interleague: Texas is 20-19 vs. National League clubs this season, losing 2 straight…has still won 5 of 7, 6 of 11, and 4 of last 25 G vs. N.L…TEX is 14-7 in Interleague games at Globe Life Field this season vs. 6-12 away from Arlington.
EXTRA LUV: The Rangers’ totaled 4 doubles in last night’s loss, including 3 2B as part of a 4-run rally in the 9th inning… Texas leads MLB with 268 doubles this season, and ranks 2nd in extra-base hits (454) to only Atlanta (458 in 121 G)… the 454 XBH are the most-ever through 122 games in Washington/Texas franchise history (Stathead), and most by any A.L. team thru its first 122 G since 2019 MIN (498).
- TEX has recorded at least one extra-base hit in 81 straight games (beg. 5/16), 3rd-longest XBH streak in franchise history (93, 6/8-9/24/01; 89, 4/24-8/1/02; 81, 5/16/23-current) and 2nd-longest in MLB this season (84 G-HOU, 5/14-current).
SEAGS: Corey Seager is batting .333/.400/.796/1.196 (18- 54) with 7 HR, 4 2B, 15 RBI, and 6 BB/8 SO over 13 G in August, ranking among A.L. leaders for the month in HR (1st), SLG (1st), R (1st, 15), and OPS (2nd)…despite appearing in just 79 of Texas’ 122 G in 2023, Seager still ranks among the A.L.’s full-season leaders in 2B (T3rd, 33), XBH (T3rd, 55), bWAR (4th, 5.4), HR (T11th, 22), and RBI (12th, 73).
- According to Stathead, Seager (55 XBH in 79 G) is the fastest player in Washington/Texas history (by games) to reach 55 XBH in a season (prev. 80 G, Iván RodrÃguez in 2000).
GREAT DANE: Today’s scheduled Rangers starter, Dane Dunning, has gone 1-0, 2.18 ERA (5 ER/20.2 IP) with 29 SO/4 BB and a .197 opp. BA (15-76) over 3 starts in August…he has posted 10+ strikeouts in 2 of his last 3 G, incl. a career-high 12 SO in his last outing on Sun. at SF (7.0 IP, 1 R-ER, 12 SO)…29 K’s this month are 3rd-most in MLB, and as many as his previous 7 starts combined (29 SO from 6/23-7/28)…per Baseball Savant (Statcast), Dunning’s 50 swings-and-misses induced in August rank 9th in MLB, 2nd among Rangers (54-Scherzer), and are already just 5 shy of matching his single-month career high (55 in June 2022).
NEEDS A LITTLE GARVSAUCE: Mitch Garver went 1-for3 with a solo HR and BB last night, and is now slashing .396/.473/.729/1.202 (19-48) with 4 HR, 4 2B, and 12 RBI
in 14 G this month…his 1.202 OPS figure in August leads A.L. qualifiers and ranks 2nd in MLB to LAD’s Mookie Betts (1.217)…Garver has hits in 6 straight and 14 of his last 16 G at .382 (21-55) to raise his season BA from .250 to .293.
GLOBETROTTERS: The Rangers lead MLB in both runs (399) and runs per game (6.23) at home this season, well ahead of 2nd-place Atlanta in both figures (364 R, 5.97
R/G)…though TEX has played just 64 of its 81 scheduled games at Globe Life Field in ’23, the 399 R are already club’s most in Arlington since 2019 (454)…team is currently on pace to finish with 504.6 R at home this season, which would be 2nd-highest mark in WSH/TEX franchise history (508-1996).
- TEX has 2+ HR in 9 of 10 G at GLF this month (23 total HR), and A.L.-high 112 HR at home in ’23 are 2nd in MLB (118-ATL)…already club’s most-ever at GLF (prev. 101 in ’22) and T10th-most ever in Arlington (most since 114 in ’19).
DAY MEN: Texas is 30-18 (.625) in day games this season, 3rd-best day-game record in A.L. to NYY (.643, 27-15) and BAL (.638, 30-17)…TEX leads MLB in R (303) and R/G (6.31) in daytime contests.
ON THE AIRWAVES: Live television broadcasts of today’s game will be carried on Bally Sports Southwest (regional) and Fox Sports 1 (national), with Wayne Randazzo and Dontrelle Willis on the call for FS1…English radio coverage of the contest featuring Eric Nadel, Jared Sandler, and Mike Peasley will be simulcast on 105.3 The Fan and KRLD 1080 AM.
SHORTS: TEX is 14-6 (.700) on Saturdays this season, club’s highest win pct. on any day of the week in ’23…each of the Rangers’ last 5 losses (beg. 7/30) have been by one-or-2 runs, as well as 7 of last 9 losses beg. 7/24…the Rangers’ 6 pitchers used last night match the most in any game in ’23, also 6/12 vs. LAA, 7/6 at BOS, and 7/21 vs. LAD.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER – #33 Dane Dunning, RHP (9-4, 3.10)
TODAY: The 28-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 27th appearance/19th start of the season today…has posted quality starts in each of his 3 outings this month: 1-0, 2.18 ERA, (5 ER/20.2 IP), 29 SO/4 BB, and a .197 opp. BA, to lower his season ERA from 3.28 to 3.10, 4th-lowest among A.L. qualifiers… his 29 SO in August rank 3rd in MLB, and are the most by any TEX pitcher over a single-season 3 G span since Lance Lynn from 9/17-29/19 (30 SO)…is still 1-3, 4.14 (19 ER/41.1 IP) over his last 7 games/starts to raise his season ERA from 2.61…produced a career-high 12 strikeouts over 7.0 innings on Sunday at SF, although he did not factor into the decision in a 3-2 loss (ND, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R-ER, 0 BB, 12 SO, 1 HR, 106 pitches/76 strikes)…became the 8th pitcher (11th instance) in WSH/TEX franchise history to post 12+ SO and 0 walks in a game, joining Jon Gray on 6/7 vs. STL (9.0 IP, 0 BB, 12 SO) as the 2nd Ranger to do so in ’23… Dunning has logged at least 7.0 IP in 5 of his last 10 starts, and has pitched 5.0+ innings in 17 of 18 starts this season…has made 18 starts since joining the rotation on 5/5, going 7-4, 3.35 (40 ER/107.1 IP) with 29 BB/86 SO…has allowed just 12 HR this season, as 0.85 HR/9 figure is 3rd-lowest in A.L…established career highs in many categories last season, ranking 2nd on the Texas staff in starts (29), innings (153.1), and strikeouts (137)…had season-ending surgery on 9/26/22 for a right hip labral repair, with the surgery performed by Dr. William Robertson in Arlington…is 18-22 with a 4.04 ERA (179 ER/398.2 IP) for the Rangers over the last 3 seasons (2021-23) since being acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a 3-player trade involving RHP Lance Lynn on 12/8/20…pitched 3 seasons at the University of Florida, helping the Gators to College World Series appearances in both 2015 and 2016…Texas has gone 10-8 over Dunning’s 17 starts this season.
AMONG THE LEADERS: Dunning enters today’s start ranked 4th among A.L. qualifiers with a 3.10 ERA, and his career-high 9 wins are T11th-most in A.L…his 17 GIDP induced this season are 2nd-most in the A.L. behind only BAL’s Kyle Gibson (18), and his 1.20 GIDP per 9.0 innings figure is the highest among A.L. qualifiers…has held right-handed batters to a .211/.260/.318/.578 (55-261) slash line in 2023, the 5th-lowest opp. OPS vs. RHB in the A.L.
LAST START: Did not factor into the decision in his last start on Sunday at San Francisco (ND, 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R-ER, 0 BB, 12 SO, 1 HR, 106 pitches/76 strikes)… produced a career-high 12 strikeouts over 7.0 innings, but left the game with a 0-1 deficit, as he received 0 runs of support for the 2nd time in his last 4 starts… became the 8th pitcher (11th instance) in WSH/TEX franchise history to post 12+ SO and 0 walks in a game, joining Jon Gray on 6/7 vs. STL (9.0 IP, 0 BB, 12 SO) as the 2nd Ranger to do so in ’23
VS. MILWAUKEE / INTERLEAGUE: Has never faced the Brewers…owns a lifetime 5-4 record and a 4.10 ERA (39 ER/85.2 IP) in 18 games/15 starts against N.L. clubs, and has gone 2-3, 4.40 ERA (21 ER/43.0 IP) over 10 G/7 GS in Interleague play this season…is currently riding a 3 game losing streak against National league opponents (in last 4 starts, dating back to 7/9 at WAS), with a 5.66 ERA (13 ER/20.2 IP) during that time frame.
AS A STARTER: Has gone 7-4, 3.35 (40 ER/107.1 IP) with 29 BB/86 SO in his 18 starts for Texas in 2023 (spanning his last 18 outings)…has logged at least 7.0 IP in 5 of his last 10 starts, and has pitched 5.0+ innings in 17 of 18 starts this season…no more than 3 ER allowed in 15 of 18 GS, as his 10 quality starts are T2nd-most on club (11-Eovaldi, 10-Dunning/Gray)…has exited 10 of 18 starts with the Rangers holding a lead…made 8 straight relief app. to open the year, but a majority of Dunning’s Major League appearances (79 of 89) have come as a starter…he owns a lifetime 18-22 record and 4.16 ERA (189 ER/409.1 IP) in those 79 career starts…he went 4-8, 4.46 ERA (76 ER/153.1 IP) in 29 starts for Texas in 2022, registering an A.L.-high 17 no-decisions…Dunning’s 72 starts for TEX last 3 seasons (beg. 2021) are the most among Rangers.
AT HOME / GLOBE LIFE FIELD: Dunning is 6-1, 3.23 ERA (22 ER/61.1 IP) in 12 G/8 GS at Globe Life Field this season…took his 1st loss at GLF this season on 7/22 vs. LAD (L, 3.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R-ER, 2 BB, 2 HR, 1 SO)…started the season undefeated (5-0) with a 2.84 ERA (16 ER/50.2 IP) in 10 G/6 GS in Arlington this season…Texas has gone 9-3 in his appearances here, and he has earned wins 5 of his last 8 starts at home…throughout his career, has seen far better results in his outings at home (16-6, 3.37 ERA in 46 G/41 GS) than on the road (4-16, 4.83 ERA in 43 G/38 GS)…Dunning is the facility’s all-time leader (including 2020 postseason) in wins (15), starts (37), innings (216.1), and strikeouts (198).
SO CLOSE: Earned win in Rangers’ 10-2 victory on 6/28 vs. DET (W, 8.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R-ER, 0 BB, 10 SO, 1 HR, 100 pitches/75 strikes)…was within one out of a CG shutout, but gave up a 2-R HR after Nathaniel Lowe could not make a play on a popup with 2 outs in the 9th…still set a career high for innings and 10 SO remain
T2nd-most in any outing…his 78 game score is 3rd-highest of his career (80 GS on 8/6/22 vs. CWS, 79 GS on 8/2/23 vs. CWS).
2023: Opponents have batted .237/.295/.362/.657 (112-473) with 34 extra-base hits (12 HR, 21 2B, 1 3B)…opp. BA by time thru the order: 1st (.216, 43-199), 2nd (.246, 41-167), 3rd (.255, 26-102), 4th (.400, 2-5)…9 wins are T2nd-most on club (11-Eovaldi, 9-Dunning/Heaney)…20.1 relief innings still rank 8th for TEX…has 3 relief app. of 3.0+ SHO IP…earned win on 4/17 at KC (4.1 SHO IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 5 SO), as he and Jacob deGrom (4.0 SHO IP) became just the 2nd Rangers duo in the last 40 years (beg. 1984) to each have at least 4.0 SHO IP in the same game (also 5.0-Kameron Loe, 4.0-C.J. Wilson on 8/26/05 vs. MIN)…his win on 5/10 at SEA ended a span in which he had gone winless in 27 consecutive road starts with CWS and TEX, the 2nd-longest winless road span as a starter in modern era behind only COL’s Scott Elarton (29 from 2001-05)…tossed a career high 12 SO on 8/13 at SF, becoming the 8th pitcher (11th instance) in WSH/TEX franchise history to post 12+ SO and 0 walks in a game.
