MILWAUKEE BREWERS NOTES:
BREWERS vs. NATIONALS
SUMMARY: Are 89-77 all-time, including 1-1 this season…..are 20-10 in the last 30 games against Washington…..went 3-3 last season.
at MIL: Are 52-32, going 44-25 at American Family Field and 8-7 at County Stadium…..are 17-7 over the last 24 home games against the Nationals, including 2-1 last season.
at WSH: Are 37-45 all-time, going 23-25 at Nationals Park, 3-7 at RFK Stadium, 2-1 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium (Expos) and 9-12 at Olympic Stadium (Expos)…..are 1-1 this season…..went 1-2 in 2022.
Today’s Transactions
LHP Wade Miley was reinstated from the 15-day injured list and will start today’s game…..INF/OF Owen Miller was optioned to Triple-A Nashville.
Gnat to the Nats
Mark Canha is a career .353 hitter (36-for-102) against Washington, the third-highest average among active players (min. 100 PA) behind current Nationals OF Corey Dickerson (.366) and Miguel Cabrera (.360)…..Canha holds a .314 (11-for-35) average with 4 RBI in 10 games against the Nationals this season.
Will I Am
William Contreras is batting .360 (36-for-100) with 11 doubles, 3 HR and 19 RBI in his last 24 games with a .387 OBP/.560 SLG/.947 OPS….. his 11 doubles in that span (since July 1) lead the NL in that span while he ranks among leaders in hits (T3rd) and batting average (4th)…..Contreras has doubled in 5 consecutive games,
the longest such streak of his career.
Providing a Spark
Sal Frelick has reached base safely 16 times (7h, 9bb) in his first 10 career games, matching Danny Thomas in 1976 and Dale Sveum in 1986 for the most times on base by any Brewers player over their first 10 career games…..the franchise record through 11 career games is 18 by Thomas, Randy Ready in 1983 and Doug Loman in 1984.
Devin Sent
All-Star closer Devin Williams, who is unscored upon in 39 of his 42 appearances this season, is among NL relief leaders in saves (3rd, 27), ERA (3rd, 1.52), AVG (3rd, .141), H/9IP (3rd, 4.35), save pct. (4th, 93.1) and K/9 (5th, 13.06)…..his ERA without his 2 blown saves is 0.22 (40.1ip, 1er).
TODAY’S GAME: Is game 6 of a 6-game trip (1-4) to Atlanta (0-3) and Washington (1-1)…..the Brewers are coming off a 3-3 homestand against Atlanta (1-2) and Cincinnati (2-1)…..following today’s game, 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), OF Garrett Mitchell (left shoulder), 1B Darin Ruf (right knee), LHP Bennett Sousa (left shoulder), RHP Julio Teheran (right hip), 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, Sousa and Woodruff are on the 60-day IL.
IN THE STANDINGS (125 days): The Brewers have spent the following number of days alone or tied at each position in the NL Central standings: FIRST: 73, SECOND: 50, 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 18-15-1 in series play.
Game 1: 16-19, Game 2: 20-15, Game 3: 18-15, 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 (4): 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 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 29-26 on the road, going 9-8-0 in series play…..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 25 replay challenges this season, going 11-14…..their last challenge (won) came on 7/31 at Washington a as a safe call on a steal of second base (Alex Call) was overturned.
TODAY’S STARTER: #20 – LHP WADE MILEY (13gs, 6-2, 3.06)
MILEY AT A GLANCE: Wade Miley, 36, is making his 14th start of the season as he returns from the injured list…..Miley last started on 7/9 vs. Cincinnati and earned a 1-0 win (6ip, 4h, 3bb, 8k, 95 pitches)…..the team is 9-4 in his starts…..he has 6 quality starts…..opponents are batting .233 (59-for-253, 8hr)…..he has gone 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in his last 5 starts (26ip, 6er)…..Miley was on the 15-day injured list from 5/17-6/16 with a left lat strain and from 7/17-8/1, retroactive to 7/14, with left elbow discomfort…..he 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 105-96 with a 4.08 ERA in 305 games/298 starts (1685.2ip, 765er)…..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…..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 8-3 with a 3.83 ERA in 19 starts (91.2ip, 39er)…..is 4-1 with a 3.32 ERA in 7 starts this season (38ip, 14er).
CAREER ON THE ROAD: Is 50-51 with a 3.96 ERA in 161 games/159 starts (893ip, 393er)…..is 2-1 with a 2.73 ERA in 6 starts this season (29.2ip, 9er).
CAREER vs. NATIONALS: Is 2-3 with a 3.74 ERA in 8 starts (43.1ip, 18er)…..his last start against Washington came with the Orioles in 2017…..has gone 2-1 with a 1.82 ERA in 5 career starts at Nationals Park (29.2ip, 6er).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS NOTES:
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