MILWAUKEE BREWERS NOTES:
BREWERS vs. BRAVES
SUMMARY: Are 70-96 all-time, including 1-3 this season…..went 3-3 last season…..also went 3-3 in 2019 and 3-3 in 2021…..the teams did not play in 2020.
at MIL: Are 37-45 all-time, going 34-35 at American Family Field and 3-10 at County Stadium…..are 1-2 this season…..went 2-1 last season.
at ATL: Have gone 33-51 all-time, going 6-10 at Truist Park and 27-41 at Turner Field…..are 0-1 this season….. went 1-2 last season.
Today’s Transactions
LHP Justin Wilson was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left lat strain…..RHP Trevor Megill was recalled from Triple-A Nashville…..1B Carlos Santana was added to the active roster…..INF Jahmai Jones was optioned to Triple-A Nashville.
All Hands On Deck
With the addition of Carlos Santana, Milwaukee has now had 54 different players appear on the active roster this season (53 players all of 2022).
Providing a Spark
Sal Frelick has reached base safely 13 times (7h, 6bb) in his first 6 career games, the most by any Brewers player over their first 6 career games, surpassing B.J. Surhoff (12, 1987)….. Frelick has already matched Surhoff (13) for the most times reaching base safely by a Brewers player through their first 7 career games.
Rebel Yeli
In his last 43 games, Christian Yelich has hit .331 (57-for-172) with 33 runs, 8 HR and 32 RBI while he has posted a .404 OBP/.581 SLG/.986 OPS.
A Piece of the Payamps
Joel Payamps has allowed just two baserunners over his last 12 outings, facing 38 batters during this stretch (2-for-38, 0bb, 15k)…..Payamps has not surrendered an earned run over his last 18 appearances (19ip).
Mony, Mony
Andruw Monasterio has 2 hits in 7 of his last 11 games, batting .400 (16-for-40) with 5 doubles, 3 R
TONIGHT’S GAME: Is game 2 of a 6-game trip (0-1) to Atlanta (0-1) and Washington (3g)…..the Brewers are coming off a 3-3 homestand against Atlanta (1-2) and Cincinnati (2-1)…..following this road trip, the team returns to American Family Field for a 7-game homestand against Pittsburgh (4g) and Colorado (3g)
IN THE TRAINER’S ROOM: INF/OF Brian Anderson (lower back), LHP Aaron Ashby (left labrum), LHP Wade Miley (left elbow), OF Garrett Mitchell (left shoulder), 1B Darin Ruf (right knee), LHP Bennett Sousa (left shoulder), 1B Rowdy Tellez (right forearm/left ring finger), LHP Justin Wilson (left lat), OF Jesse Winker (back) and RHP Brandon Woodruff (right shoulder) are on the injured list…..Ashby, Mitchell, Ruf and Woodruff are on the 60-day IL.
IN THE STANDINGS (121 days): The Brewers have spent the following number of days alone or tied at each position in the NL Central standings: FIRST: 72, SECOND: 47, THIRD: 2, FOURTH: 0, FIFTH: 0…..the team is currently in first place, leading the second-place Reds by half a game.
SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Brewers are 18-14-1 in series play.
Game 1: 16-18, Game 2: 19-14, Game 3: 18-14, Game 4: 4-1
Sweep Wins (5): 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)
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 29-24 at home, going 9-7-1 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 28-23 on the road, going 9-7-0 in series play…..are 12-5 in the last 17 road games, including 7-2 in the last 9 contests…..from 7/1-7/16 had a season-high 5-game road 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 23 replay challenges this season, going 9-14…..their last challenge (won) came on 7/25 vs. Cincinnati as an out call at first base (William Contreras) was overturned.
TONIGHT’S STARTER: #49 – RHP JULIO TEHERAN (10gs, 2-4, 3.75)
TEHERAN AT A GLANCE: Julio Teheran, 32, will be making his 11th start of the season and second against the Braves…..Teheran last started last Sunday vs. Atlanta and received no decision in the Brewers’ 4-2 loss (6ip, 3h, 1r, 1er, 0bb, 5k, 1hr, 1hbp, 78 pitches)…..he left with a 2-1 lead…..the team is 3-7 in his starts…..he has 5 quality starts….. opponents are batting .230 (49-for-213, 9hr)…..he signed with Milwaukee as a free agent on May 25 after opting out of his contract with San Diego on May 22…..after pitching in the Atlantic League and Mexican League last season, Teheran signed with San Diego in December as a non-roster invitee…..he went 4-2 with a 5.63 ERA in 8 starts at Triple-A El Paso this season (40ip, 51h, 26r, 25er, 16bb, 45k, 7hr)…..he was born and resides in Cartagena, Colombia…..name is pronounced “teh-RON.”
WELCOME BACK: Prior to his Brewers debut on 5/25 vs. San Francisco, Teheran had not pitched in the majors since a start and win with Detroit on 4/3/21 vs. Cleveland.
LAST SEASON: Teheran began his 2022 season with the Staten Island FerryHawks of the independent Atlantic League and went 1-1 with a 1.60 ERA in 6 starts…..he held
opponents to a .198 batting average with 35 strikeouts in 33.2 innings…..he then pitched in the Mexican League for Toros de Tijuana (6gs) and Sultanes de Monterrey (1gs), going a combined 4-2 with a 4.41 ERA in 7 starts…..he had 35 strikeouts in 32.2 innings in the Mexican League.
CAREER: Is 80-81 with a 3.80 ERA in 250 games/246 starts (1454ip, 614er)…..is in his 12th Major League season with Atlanta (2011-19), Los Angeles-AL (2020), Detroit (2021) and Milwaukee (2023)…..the two-time All-Star (2014 and 2016) made 30+ starts in seven consecutive seasons from 2013-19…..he was the Braves’ Opening Day starter in six straight seasons from 2014-19.
CAREER AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD: Is 1-3 with a 2.98 ERA in 9 starts (54.1ip, 18er)…..is 1-1 with a 2.83 ERA in 6 starts this season (35ip, 11er).
CAREER ON THE ROAD: Is 41-44 with a 3.99 ERA in 118 games/116 starts (688ip, 305er)…..is 1-3 with a 5.16 ERA in 4 starts this season (22.2ip, 13er).
CAREER vs. BRAVES: His last start was his first career appearance against his former team of nine seasons (2011-19).
ATLANTA BRAVES NOTES:
Back-to-back
Austin Riley and Matt Olson connected on back-to-back home runs for Atlanta in last night’s seventh inning, the 11th time this season Braves teammates have hit consecutive home runs. That total is most in the majors. Dating to the 2019 season, no club in baseball has gone deep in back-to-back at-bats more often than Atlanta. The Braves have 51 sets of consecutive home runs in that span, two more than any other team. Olson and Riley have teamed up for back-to-back home runs five times this season, the most by a set of teammates in the majors. Austin Riley and Matt Olson connected on back-to-back home runs for Atlanta in last night’s seventh inning, the 11th time this season Braves teammates have hit consecutive home runs. That total is most in the majors. Dating to the 2019 season, no club in baseball has gone deep in back-to-back at-bats more often than Atlanta. The Braves have 51 sets of consecutive home runs in that span, two more than any other team. Olson and Riley have teamed up for back-to-back home runs five times this season, the most by a set of teammates in the majors.
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Braves and Brewers tonight continue a three-game weekend series in what is the fifth of six scheduled meetings between the clubs this season…Atlanta and Milwaukee met just six days ago in the finale of a three-game series last weekend.
- Atlanta beat Milwaukee, 10-7, last night, and has won three of the four games between the clubs this season.
- The Braves and Brewers split six games last season, as they have for each of the last three years they have played…Atlanta is 12-10 against Milwaukee since 2019 following last night’s win, with the Braves outscoring the Brewers, 108-95 (+13).
- The Braves have not won the season set with the Brewers since 2017, when they went 4-2 over six games…However, in the four seasons since, Atlanta is 15-14 (.500) versus Milwaukee and has outscored the Brewers, 142-130 (+12).
- Atlanta went 2-1 at Truist Park against Milwaukee last season, and is 10-6 (.625) versus the Brewers here since the facility opened in 2017…The Braves have dropped just one of the five series between the clubs here at Truist Park.
- RH Bryce Elder made his first career start against Milwaukee last Sunday, and pitched 6.0 two-run innings in a no-decision…The 6-foot-2, 220- pound right-hander has pitched to a 7.71 ERA (16 ER/18.2 IP) in four starts this month, yet is 7-2 with a 3.30 ERA (42 ER/114.2 IP) in 20 turns on the season for the Braves.
- RH Julio Teheran pitched nine seasons for Atlanta, 2011-2019, and made his first start against his former club last Sunday…He allowed three hits and just one run over 6.0 innings…A two-time All-Star for the Braves, Teheran compiled a 77-73 record with a 3.67 ERA (554 ER/1360.0 IP) for the club, and ranks ninth on the Atlanta-era wins list for the franchise…In 10 starts for Milwaukee this season, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound native of Colombia is 2-4 with a 3.75 ERA (24 ER/57.2 IP).
WIN: Atlanta took the opener from Milwaukee, 10-7, last night…The Braves’ 10 runs were just one fewer than they had managed in their previous four games combined.
- Atlanta’s 10 runs marked the 13th time the club has scored at least 10 runs in a game this season… The Braves have gone 11-2 (.846) in those contests, falling 11-10 to Cincinnati on June 23 and 16-13 to Arizona on July 18…The only clubs with more such games are Texas (21) and Chicago (NL) with 16.
- The Braves improved to 22-6 (.786) against Central division opponents this season, the best mark across the majors…Atlanta has gone 11-2 (.846) against the N.L. Central and 11-4 (.733) against the division in the American League.
- Atlanta moved to 10-7 (.588) on Friday nights with the victory, including wins in five straight dating to June 30 vs. Miami.
TRAILING: Milwaukee scored a pair of runs in the top of the second last night to open the scoring, before Atlanta rallied to win…The Braves have won each of
their last two games when allowing the first run, and are 15-19 (.441) in such games overall.
- From June 7 to July 2, Atlanta won 10 straight games when allowing the first run…The Braves’ 15-19 record overall when doing so is best in the National League, and trails just the Orioles (30-30, .500) and Rangers (25-29, .463) for the best mark in baseball.
- When trailing at any point, regardless of when the runs were scored, Atlanta has compiled a 29-34 (.460) record…Only Baltimore has been better (35-37, .486), and just one other team in baseball has won even 40% of games in which it trails… Cincinnati is 35-47 (.427).
- For reference, teams trailing in the majors at any point this season have played to just a .321 winning percentage collectively, going 712-1,506 in these
games.
CONTRIBUTIONS: All nine members of Atlanta’s starting lineup got a hit last night, as the Braves combined for 10 runs and 15 hits…Six different Braves had multihit efforts.
- Last night was the seventh time this season in which all nine Atlanta starters got a base hit, tied with the Rockies for the most such games in the majors.
- Eddie Rosario and Marcell Ozuna combined to go 4-for-8 with four runs, two doubles, a homer and three RBI…Those two had batted just .154 (19- for-123) collectively in July, with three homers and 10 RBI.
- Ozuna, Austin Riley and Matt Olson homered for Atlanta, the Braves’ majors-most 29th game this season with at least three homers.
HARRIS II STREAKING: Michael Harris II singled in the second inning last night to extend his season-long hitting streak to 10 games… It is the second-longest streak of his major league career, behind a 15-game run from August 22-September 9, 2022.
- Harris II is batting .385/.455/.564 since the All-Star break, with five doubles and a triple in 12 games.
- Dating further, over his last 41 games since June 7, Harris II is batting .367/.394/.612 with 20 extra-base hits (11 doubles, two triples, seven homers), 25 runs scored and 20 RBI…His .371 average since that date is second highest in the majors.
- Harris II has compiled 2.2 fWAR since June 7, 10th most by a position player in baseball…Cleveland’s Jose Ramírez, who ranks second in fWAR in that same span, has compiled 2.5, while Shohei Ohtani leads the majors with 3.4 fWAR in that span.
- Prior to June 7, Harris II hit just .163/.246/.244 with a .490 OPS in his first 38 games of the season… He has raised his average by .111 points (.163 to
.274) and his OPS by .278 points (.490 to .768) over his last 41 games.
Tonight’s Starting Pitcher – #55 Bryce Elder RHP • 6-2 • 220 • 24 yrs
2023 Record: 7-2, 3.30 ERA • 2022 Record: 2-4, 3.17 ERA
vs. RHB: .245 (53-216), 6 HR • vs. LHB: .239 (51-213), 6 HR
Home: 3-1, 3.69 ERA (25 ER/61.0 IP) • Away: 4-1, 2.85 ERA (17 ER/53.2 IP)
Today’s Game
- Set to make his second career start against Milwaukee and 21st on the season.
- In his last start, Elder held Milwaukee to two runs over 6.0 innings pitched with a no-decision.
- Pitched to a 18.00 ERA between his starts on July 9 and July 18.
- Sporting a combined 2.48 ERA in all other starts this season.
- His 3.30 ERA on the season is the seventh lowest in the NL among qualifiers.
- No Braves pitcher was won the ERA title since Greg Maddux (2.22) in 1998.
- Elder’s 5.73 ERA with ROB is tied with teammate Charlie Morton for the third lowest in the NL among qualifiers.
- Opponents are hitting .203 against him with runners on base, the third lowest rate in the National League and third lowest in the majors (among QS).
- Owns a 29.5 left on base percentage.
- His groundball rate of 54.9% of balls put in play is the fourth highest in the majors among qualified starters.
- Has recorded an out on 61.6% of those grounders put in play.
- The average launch angle of balls put in play against Elder is 7.20; fourth lowest in the NL.
- Elder is pitching to a 2.54 ERA while holding opponents to a .232/.294/.359 line the first two times through the lineup.
- Conversely, owns a 5.65 ERA and hitters have a line of .260/.333/.423 the third time through the order.
- Is 8-3 with a 2.93 ERA over his last 25 games started after being recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett for the second time, dating to August 14, 2022.
- His 2.93 ERA is the fourth lowest among pitchers with as many starts during that span.
- He has six starts in his career of at least 6.0 innings without allowing a run, the most such games in Braves franchise history (since 1900) in a player’s first 25 starts…Irv Young (1905), Clif Curtis (1909-’10) and Ian Anderson (’20-21) each had five such starts.
2023 Recap
- Named to the 2023 National League All-Star Team, his first selection.
- Joined Hall-of-Famer John Smoltz and Michael Soroka as the only starters in Atlanta-franchise history to make the All-Star team in their second year playing.
- Joined Hall-of-Famer John Smoltz, Shelby Miller and Julio Teheran as the only Atlanta-era pitchers, age 24 or younger to post a 2.40 ERA or lower through their
first 15 starts to a season. - Elder has 20 games of at least 5.1 innings pitched in 25 career starts; the most in Atlanta franchise history through as many games started.
- Elder’s 2.30 ERA through 20 career starts is the lowest in Atlanta franchise history to begin a career.
- His 117.1 innings pitched through his first 20 games started were the most by an Atlanta player to begin their career since Julio Teheran in 2011-13.
- His 30 earned runs allwed are also the fewest during that span.
- Elder has held opponents to one run or less in nine games this season while pitching at least 5.0 frames in every outing.
- His 13 appearances of at least 5.0 innings pitched while holding opponents to one run or less are the most through a player’s first 25 outings in Atlanta
franchise history.
