MILWAUKEE BREWERS NOTES:
TODAY’S GAME: Is game 7 (3-3) of a 10-game trip to Arizona (1-2), San Diego (2-1) and Seattle (3g)…..following this trip and an off day next Thursday, the team returns to American Family Field for a 9-game homestand against Boston (3g), Detroit (3g) and Los Angeles-AL (3g).
IN THE TRAINER’S ROOM: RHP Jason Alexander (right rotator cuff), LHP Aaron Ashby (left labrum), RHP Adrian Houser (right groin), OF Tyrone Taylor (right elbow), INF Luis Urías (left hamstring), LHP Justin Wilson (left elbow) and RHP Brandon Woodruff (right shoulder) are on the IL…..Alexander, Ashby and Wilson are on the 60-day IL. IN THE STANDINGS (17 days): The Brewers have spent the following number of days alone or tied at each position in the NL Central standings: FIRST: 15, SECOND: 0, THIRD: 2, FOURTH: 0, FIFTH: 0…..the team is currently in first place, leading the second-place Pirates by 1.0 game.
SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Brewers are 3-1-0 in series play.
Game 1: 3-2, Game 2: 4-1, Game 3: 3-2, Game 4: 0-0
Sweep Wins (1): vs. NYM (3g, 4/3-4/5)
Sweep Losses (-): None
AT HOME: The Brewers are 5-1 at home, going 2-0-0 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 5-4 on the road, going 1-1-0 in series play…..the team went 40-41 on the road last season, going 9-12-5 in series play. MANAGER: Craig Counsell – the longest-tenured active manager in the National League and third in the majors – is in his ninth season as Brewers manager (625-560) and eighth full season…..he has the most wins (625) and games managed (1,185) of any manager in franchise history…..Counsell was named the 19th manager in franchise history on 5/4/15, replacing Ron Roenicke…..he is signed through the 2023 season.
COACHES: First base coach Quintin Berry (3rd season), hitting coach Connor Dawson (2nd season), bullpen coach Jim Henderson (2nd season), pitching coach Chris Hook (5th season), third base coach Jason Lane (8th season, 3rd as 3B coach), associate pitching, catching and strategy coach Walker McKinven (4th season), bench coach Pat Murphy (8th season) and hitting coach Ozzie Timmons (2nd season) all returned from the 2022 staff…..Néstor Corredor, who had previously been bullpen catcher (2021-22), is now a coach.
2022 IN REVIEW: The Brewers went 86-76 last season, missing the postseason for the first time since 2017…..the team was eliminated from NL Central contention on September 27 and eliminated from postseason contention on October 3, snapping their franchise-record four consecutive years of making the playoffs…..the team won at least 86 games for the fifth consecutive full season (since 2017), joining the Dodgers (since 2012), Astros (since 2017) and Yankees (since 2017) as the only teams to accomplish the feat during this stretch (does not include 2020).
LET’S GO TO THE VIDEO TAPE: The Brewers have made three replay challenges this season, going 1-2…..their last challenge (lost) came on 4/12 at Arizona as an out call at first base (Willy Adames) stood.
BREWERS vs. PADRES
SUMMARY: Are 83-86 all-time, including 2-1 this season…..went 3-4 last season. at MIL: Are 47-42 all-time, going 42-34 at American Family Field and 5-8 at County Stadium…..went 1-3 last season. at SD: Are 36-44 all-time, going 28-30 at Petco Park and 8-14 at Qualcomm Stadium…..are 2-1 this season…..went 2-1 last season and are 13-5 in the last 18 games…..had a 4-game winning streak in San Diego snapped yesterday.
TODAY’S STARTER: #20 – LHP WADE MILEY (2gs, 1-1, 2.45)
MILEY AT A GLANCE: Wade Miley, 36, is making his third start…..Miley last started on Monday at Arizona and took a 3-0 loss (5ip, 5h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 3k, 1hr, 90 pitches)…..his other start came on 4/4 vs. New York-NL as he earned his 100th career win in a 9-0 victory (6ip, 5h, 0bb, 3k, 1hbp, 79 pitches)…..opponents are batting .238 (10-for-42, 1hr)….. 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 100-95 with a 4.12 ERA in 294 games/287 starts (1629ip, 745er)…..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)…..he 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 5-2 with a 3.77 ERA in 13 starts (59.2ip, 25er)…..is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 1 start in 2023 (6ip, 0er)…..CAREER ON THE ROAD: Is 48-51 with a 4.01 ERA in 156 games/154 starts (868.1ip, 387er)…..is 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in 1 start this season (5ip, 3er)…..went 0-2 with a 4.85 ERA in 4 starts last season (13ip, 7er).
CAREER vs. PADRES: Is 1-6 with a 5.28 ERA in 15 starts (87ip, 51er), including 1-4 with a 4.76 ERA in 11 starts at Petco Park (64.1ip, 34er)…..Miley faced the Padres once last season and received no decision in a 5-4 loss in San Diego (3ip, 5h, 3r, 3er, 5bb, 1k).
SAN DIEGO PADRES NOTES:
Padres snap 3-game losing skid with a 10-run performance against Milwaukee
• Jake Cronenworth had his 1st-career 2-homer game and drove in a career-high 6 runs yesterday afternoon against the Brewers in San Diego’s 10-3 victory.
• Seth Lugo got the ball and went just 3.2 IP, allowing 3 runs on 8 htis with 5 punchouts and a walk…Steven Wilson followed in relief, securing his 1st win of the season, and the Padres’ bullpen combined for 5.1 innings of scoreless ball.
• At the dish, Trent Grisham doubled and went 2-for-5, Xander Bogaerts had his 2nd 3-hit game as a Padre, going 3-for-4, and Nelson Cruz went 2-for-3 with a walk and 3 RBI.
Batting with runners in scoring position
• In their 4 prior games before Saturday, the Padres had collected just 4 total hits with RISP (were 4-for-37, .108)… yesterday afternoon, they went 4-for-9 in such situations.
• San Diego’s .209 clip this year with RISP is the lowest in the National League and 2nd lowest in the big leagues ahead of just the Royals’ .187 with RISP.
Today is Game 14 in a stretch of playing 18 games in 18 days; 21 games in 22 days
• San Diego had their 1st off day on April 5 and will not enjoy their 2nd one until April 24th, playing 18 games in 18 days from April 6-23 and 21 games in 22 days from April 6-27…their 3rd off day will be on April 28 (in Mexico City)….they had 1 off day on April 5 in Atlanta, they will have their 2nd in Chicago on April 24th, their 3rd on April 28 in Mexico, and they’ll have their 1st off day in San Diego on May 4.
Roster Moves
• The Padres optioned RHP Domingo Tapia and INF/OF Brandon Dixon to Triple-A El Paso and recalled C Brett Sullivan and RHP Reiss Knehr from ELP…Sullivan will wear No. 29 and Knehr will wear No. 33. Tatis to return on April 20 @ AZ
• Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two solo home runs in the first two innings of the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas’ 8-5 win over the Albuquerque Isotopes Saturday night at Southwest University Park…in his 2 two MLB rehab games with El Paso, Tatis is a combined 9-for-11 with 5 home runs and 11 RBI…at one point, he had a hit in 8 consecutive ABs.
• Tatis will be eligible to return to the ML team on April 20 (start of a 4-game series @ AZ)…He’ll serve the final 20 games of his suspension from MLB’s Joint Prevention and Treatment Program to start the season after serving 60 G from Aug. 12 through the Padres’ 12-game 2022 Postseason run.
STARTING PITCHER – YU DARVISH
Davish looks to get in win column vs. Brewers in series finale 36-year-old Yu Darvish looks for his first winning decision and the Padres’ first team win in one of his starts today vs. the Brewers…he is 2-3 with 4 quality outings in his 8 career starts vs. the Brewers with a 2.22 ERA (11 ER, 44.2 IP), 0.90 WHIP and .182 opp. AVG. Christian Yelich is 4-for-19 (.211) with 2 HR in his 19 career at-bats vs. Darvish, while Jesse Winker is in search of his first career hit vs. Yu, having gone 0-for-15 against the righthander…Brian Anderson (.143 vs. Darvish) and William Contreras (.667) both have a long ball vs. Darvish while Luke Voit is 0-for-6, Luis Urias is 0-for-3, Tyrone Taylor is 0-for-2 and Rowdy Tellez is 1-for-3.
Davish tagged with first career loss vs. Mets on Monday
Entered his 2023 road debut vs. the Mets this past Monday with the 5th-lowest opp. AVG among all active pitchers vs. the Mets (.162 AVG – min. 200 batters faced)…but he was tagged with his first career loss vs. NYM in his 9th career start against the club, and is now 5-1 with a 3.05 ERA and .172 opp. AVG
Inside Darvish’s debut
Darvish made his season debut last Tuesday, April 4 vs. ARI and left the contest in line for his 5th consecutive winning decision vs. the D’Backs after 5.0 innings of 1-run, 3-hit ball… but the Padres bullpen surrendered 7 runs as SD lost their opening homestand finale 8-6. Darvish hadn’t walked 4 batters since his 6.0 hitless innings in his Opening Day start @ ARI to kick of the 2022 season….he also hit multiple batters for the 11th time in his career, 1 shy of the career-high 3 he hit in his first matchup vs. the Mets last season on June 7 vs. the Mets at Petco Park.
