MILWAUKEE BREWERS NOTES:
Advantage – Brewers
With a win tonight, the Brewers would clinch the season series and any possible tie-breaker against the Reds.
Taking Care of Business
The Brewers are 18-9 (.667) within the NL Central this season…..the Braves are the only team in the majors with a better divisional record…..they have gone 22-6 (.786) against the NL East.
On a Series Note
The Brewers have played five straight series without a series loss (4-0-1): 2-1 at CLE, 3-1 at NYM, 2-1 at PIT, 2-2 vs. CHC, 2-1 vs. CIN…..the team looks for another series victory tonight.
One and Done
For the first time in franchise history, the Brewers have played consecutive games with both resulting in 1-0 wins.
By the Slimmest of Margins
The Brewers last night improved to 17-7 (.708) in 1-run games this season…..the Marlins (21-6, .778) are the only MLB team with a better mark.
Get a Whiff of This
Brewers pitchers had 18 strikeouts last night, tying the franchise record for a 9-inning game (4x)…..it was the sixth game in franchise history with at least 18 strikeouts…..the team record is 19 on 4/28/10 vs. PIT (14 innings).
That’s Korbin With a “K”
Corbin Burnes last night notched his first 10+ strikeout game of the season and 22nd of his career, extending his franchise record…..it was his fifth career 13+ strikeout performance:
Date/Opponent K
6/6/21 vs. Arizona …………………………… 13
8/11/21 at Chicago-NL ……………………. 15
9/11/21 at Cleveland ……………………….. 14
9/8/22 vs. San Francisco ……………… 14
7/14/23 at Cincinnati ……………………… 13
Where There’s a Willy, There’s a Way
Willy Adames is second in HR (16) and RBI (46) from the shortstop position in the National League, trailing only the Mets’ Francisco Lindor (19/60), and has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games, batting .304 (14-for-46) with 4 HR and 12 RBI.
Don’t Mess With Bill
William Contreras is on an 8-game hitting streak in which he is batting .412 (14-for-34) with 1 HR and 6 RBI. Advantage – Brewers With a win tonight, the Brewers would clinch the season series and any possible tie-breaker against the Reds.
TONIGHT’S GAME: Is game 2 (1-0) of a 6-game, 7-day road trip to Cincinnati (1-0) and
Philadelphia (3g) to open the second half of the season…..following this trip, the team returns to American Family Field for a 6-game homestand against Atlanta (3g) and Cincinnati (3g).
IN THE TRAINER’S ROOM: 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), 1B Rowdy Tellez (right forearm), LHP Justin Wilson (left elbow) and RHP Brandon Woodruff (right shoulder) are on the injured list…..Ashby, Mitchell, Ruf, Wilson and Woodruff are on the 60-day injured list.
IN THE STANDINGS (107 days): The Brewers have spent the following number of days alone or tied at each position in the NL Central standings: FIRST: 58, SECOND: 47, THIRD: 2, FOURTH: 0, FIFTH: 0…..the team is currently tied with the Reds for first place.
SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Brewers are 15-13-1 in series play.
Game 1: 15-15, Game 2: 16-13, Game 3: 15-13, Game 4: 4-1
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 26-21 at home, going 8-6-1 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 24-21 on the road, going 7-7-0 in series play…..are 8-3 over their last 11 road games, including a current 3-game winning streak…..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 20 replay challenges this season, going 7-13…..their last challenge (lost) came on 7/8 vs. Cincinnati as an out call at second base (William Contreras) to end the game stood.
TONIGHT’S STARTER: #51 – RHP FREDDY PERALTA (17gs, 5-7, 4.70)
PERALTA AT A GLANCE: Freddy Peralta, 27, will make his 18th start of the season and first against the Reds…..Peralta last started on 7/6 vs. Chicago-NL and received no decision in the Brewers’ 6-5 win (5.1ip, 4h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 10k, 1hr, 1hbp)…..he left the game with a 4-3 lead…..his 10 strikeouts tied a season high (also 5/2 at Colorado)…..the team is 8-9 in his starts…..he has 8 quality starts…..opponents are batting .234 (82-for-351, 16hr)…..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 35-24 with a 3.98 ERA in 133 games/84 starts (507ip, 224er)…..is in his sixth Major League season, all with the Brewers (2018-23)…..is 27-22 with a 4.00 ERA as a starter (423ip, 188er) and 8-2 with a 3.86 ERA in relief (84ip, 36er)…..was an All-Star in 2021.
CAREER AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD: Is 22-13 with a 3.44 ERA in 72 games/44 starts (277ip, 106er)…..is 4-3 with a 3.88 ERA in 10 starts this season (53.1ip, 23er).
CAREER ON THE ROAD: Is 13-11 with a 4.62 ERA in 61 games/40 starts (230ip, 118er)…..is 1-4 with a 5.82 ERA in 7 starts this season (38.2ip, 25er).
CAREER vs. REDS: Is 4-2 with a 3.41 ERA in 17 games/11 starts (66ip, 25er), including 2-0 with a 2.84 ERA in 3 starts last season (12.2ip, 4er)…..has gone 2-1 with a 3.34 ERA in 8 career games/7 starts at Great American Ball Park (35ip, 13er).
CINCINNATI REDS NOTES:
REDS HALL OF FAME
- RHP Bronson Arroyo (2006-2013, 2017), RHP Danny Graves (1997- 2005) and general manager Gabe Paul (1951-1960) will be inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame during 6:30 p.m. on-field ceremonies.
TONIGHT’S GAME
- Is Game 2 (0-1) of the season’s second half, Game 2 (0-1) of a 3-game series vs Michael Vassallo’s Brewers and Game 2 (0-1) of a 10-game homestand (0-1 vs Mil, 4g vs SF, 3g vs Ari).
- The Reds finished the first half with a 5-2 road trip (4-0 at Wsh, 1-2 at Mil).
- Will follow this homestand with an 11-day, 10-game road trip (3g at Mil, off day & 3g at LAD, 4g at Chc)…won 7 of their last 8 road series.
SERIES NOTES
- For the first time in franchise history, the Brewers have played consecutive games that resulted in 1-0 wins…Reds batters were shut out in consecutive games for the second time this season (4/18 & 4/19 vs TB, 10-0 & 8-0 losses)…haven’t been shut out in 3 straight games since 4/3- 4/5, 2019 (0-1 vs Mil, 0-2 at Pit, 0-2 at Pit).
- Brewers pitchers have held Reds batters scoreless for 18 consecutive innings…is the Reds’ second-longest scoreless streak of the season (24 innings, 4/18-4/20).
- The Brewers won each of this season’s first 2 series (3-1 at Cin, 2-1 at Mil).
- In 2022, the Brewers won 4 of the 6 series and 13 of the 19 games.
- Beginning in 2018, the Brewers’ .702 winning percentage (33-14) at GABP is the best of any NL Central Division team in that span.
- For the second time in 3 seasons, the Reds and Brewers are meeting in the series on each side of the All-Star Game
FIRST-PLACE REDS
- With a 50-42 record the Reds are in first place (tied) this late in a full season for the time since the end of the 2012 season, when they most recently won the Central Division (97-65, +9.0).
- Last season, the Reds were 35-57 after 92 games.
RUNNING MEN
- The Reds lead the Major Leagues with 112 stolen bases, their highest total since 2017 (120sb)…recorded 58 stolen bases all of 2022…are trying to lead the National League in stolen bases for the first time since 2015 (134sb).
- With Elvis Peguero pitching, Elly De La Cruz on Sat at Mil became only the fourth Reds batter ever to steal second, third and home in the same inning (Hans Lobert 9/27/1908, Dode Paskert 5/23/1910, Greasy Neale 8/15/1919)…became the first Major League batter to steal second, third and home in the same inning since Mia’s Jon Berti did it on 8/25/2020 at NYM…became the first Reds batter with a straight steal of home since Brandon Phillips did it on 7/10/2009 at NYM.
- The Reds recorded 50 stolen bases in June, their highest steals total in a calendar month since September 1912 (53sb).
- 5 times this season recorded at least 5 stolen bases in a game (6sb on 6/2 vs Mil, 9sb on 6/3 vs Mil, 5sb on 6/25 at Bal, 6sb on Tue at Wsh, 5sb on 7/8 at Mil)…prior to 6/2, the Reds hadn’t recorded 5 stolen bases in a game since 4/10/17 at Pit.
- Their 9 stolen bases on 6/3 vs Mil (Jake Fraley 3, Spencer Steer 2, Jonathan India 2, Will Benson, Stuart Fairchild) was their highest single-game total since 5/30/1976 vs LAD (9sb)…the Reds’ single-game record since 1900 for stolen bases in a game remains 10 (5/29/1913 at StL).
BIG ROAD MACHINE
- The Brewers’ 2-1 series win to end the season’s first half snapped a streak in which the Reds won 7 consecutive road series…won 7 straight road series for only the third time in their history…won 8 straight road series in 1976 (6/25-8/12) and 1923 (7/2-8/25)…courtesy @EliasSports.
- Beginning 5/26, the Reds are 20-5 over their last 4 road trips covering 8 road series.
- The Reds’ 27 road wins (27-20) was their highest total prior to the All-Star Game break since 1999 (29-13).
- Went 8-1 on their road trip to StL (2-1), KC (3-0) and Hou (3-0)…for only the second time ever, won 8 games on a road trip of 9 games or fewer (8-0, 9/21-9/27, 1964)…was their first road trip of any length with at least 8 wins since 5/28-6/9, 1999 (9-3)…courtesy @EliasSports.
- The 10-3 loss on 6/26 at Bal snapped the Reds’ 8-game road winning streak, tied for the second-longest streak in the Major Leagues this season.
RED HOTS
- The Reds’ 12-game winning streak from 6/10-6/23 tied their modern club record (5/16-5/27, 1939 & 4/30-5/12, 1957).
- From 6/14-7/8 Reds batters established a new franchise record for consecutive games with at least 1 home run (22g, 45hr), a streak snapped in the 1-0 loss at Mil in the final game heading into the All-Star Game break…the 1956 Reds held the team record by homering in 21 consecutive games.
- The Reds have used 51 players…in 2022 used a club record 66 players.
- Reds baserunners in 70 attempts have scored 69 runs from second base on singles…both lead the Major Leagues.
- The Reds are the first team in Major League history to move into first place alone in 9 games or fewer after falling 5 or more games under .500 while facing a deficit of at least 5 games…on 6/9 were 29-35 and trailed the first-place Pirates by 5.0 games…beginning 6/10 won 9 straight games to move into first place alone on 6/19…courtesy @OptaSTATSand @EliasSports.
- The Reds went 18-9 in June, their highest victory total in any month since June 2014 (18-10).
- Elly De La Cruz and Spencer Steer on 7/4 at Wsh became the first set of rookie teammates in Major League history to finish in the same game 4-for-4 with at least 1 RBI (since RBI became an official statistic in 1920)…courtesy @EliasSports.
- 11 Reds players have made Major League debuts this season (RHP Casey Legumina, RHP Levi Stoudt, IF Matt McLain, LHP Brandon Williamson, RHP Eduardo Salazar, OF TJ Hopkins, LHP Andrew Abbott, IF Elly De La Cruz, RHP Ricky Karcher, RHP Randy Wynne, RHP Jake Wong)…15 rookies played in at least 1 game for the Reds.
Tonight’s Pitcher – #41 Andrew Abbott, LHP
- Tonight is making his eighth Major League appearance and start…already will be his third start vs the Brewers.
- In his first 7 career apps stopped team losing streaks of 4, 2 and 3 games…in 4 starts overall following losses is 3-0, 0.71.
- Since 1912, when earned runs became an official statistic in the National League, his 1.21 ERA was the second-lowest by a Reds pitcher after 6 career starts (LHP Tom Browning, 0.95, 1984-85)…courtesy @EliasSports.
- In his seventh start, on 7/7 at Mil, allowed 6 earned runs in 4.1 innings, his shortest start of the season…allowed 5 runs total in his first 6 career starts and 37.1 IP.
- In his 4-3 win on 7/2 vs SD recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts, tied for the most by a Reds pitcher this season (Nick Lodolo, 4/8 at Phi)…following consecutive 1-out singles in the first inning retired 15 consecutive batters…allowed only a solo HR to Ha-Seong Kim, his final batter…left leading, 2-1, but was the victim of a blown save when Fernando Tatis Jr. tied it with a solo HR off Lucas Sims.
- Is 1 of only 4 Reds pitchers since 1893, when the mound was moved to its current distance, to begin his career with 4 or 5 wins without a loss in his first 5 career starts (Mel D. Queen, 4-0 in 1967; Pat Zachry, 4-0 in 1976; Santo Alcala, 5-0 in 1976)…courtesy @EliasSports.
- Since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893, is the only Major League pitcher to begin his career with 3 consecutive scoreless starts of at least 5.0 innings…@EliasSports.
- Began his career with 17.2 scoreless innings, a new club record since 1893, until Col’s Brenton Doyle hit a leadoff HR in Abbott’s fourth start…the previous team record was held Wayne Simpson, who in 1970 began his Major League career with 15.0 scoreless innings…@EliasSports.
