MILWAUKEE BREWERS NOTES:
BREWERS vs. MARLINS
SUMMARY: Are 90-81 all-time, including 3-1 this season…..went 3-4 last season.
at MIL: Are 49-39 all-time, going 43-36 at American Family Field and 6-3 at County Stadium…..are 3-1 this season…..went 1-3 last season.
at MIA: Are 41-42 all-time, going 17-12 at loanDepot park and 24-30
at Dolphin Stadium…..went 2-1 last season and are 8-2 over their last 10 games in Miami.
Brewers’ magic number to clinch the NL Central is 2…..a combination of Brewers wins and Cubs losses totaling 2 will clinch the division…..a win over the Marlins tonight will clinch a postseason berth.
The Hunt for October
The Brewers are looking to qualify for the postseason for the fifth time in the last six seasons…..the team made the postseason in a franchise-record four consecutive years from 2018-21 and missed the postseason by just a single game in both 2017 and 2022.
Brewing Consistency
The Brewers have won 86+ games in each of the last six seasons, not including 2020…..during this stretch (2017-23), the Brewers and Dodgers
are the only teams in the majors that have 86+ wins each season.
Season Record
2017 ……………………………………………. 86-76
2018 ……………………………………………. 96-67
2019 ……………………………………………. 89-73
2021 ……………………………………………. 95-67
2022 …………………………………………… 86-76
2023 …………………………………………… 87-66
Close Calls
The Brewers are 22-9 (.710) in their last 31 games, the best record in the Major Leagues (since August 18)….. all 9 losses during this stretch have come by just one (6) or two (3) runs….. overall, the team’s last 10 losses have come by one (7) or two (3) runs.
Best MLB Records – Since August 18
Team Record
Milwaukee ……………………… 22-9 (.710)
Tampa Bay ………………………. 21-10 (.677)
Baltimore …………………………..21-11 (.656)
Fine ‘Penmanship
The Brewers bullpen has a 0.96 ERA in its last 13 games (56.1ip, 6er) with a 0.92 WHIP and .161 opponent AVG (31-for-193)…..the Brewers (3.43) lead the National League and are trailing only the Yankees (3.36) in the majors in bullpen ERA this season.
Where There’s a William There’s a Way
William Contreras, who is currently on a 9-game hitting streak, is looking to become the first Brewer since Norichika Aoki (2012) to have four
hitting streaks of at least 10 games in a season…..Contreras has had hitting streaks of 11, 10 and career-high 14 games, respectively, in 2023.
Santana’s Greatest Hits
Carlos Santana needs 1 HR for 300 in his career…..his 299 HR rank 10th in MLB history by switch-hitters.
TONIGHT’S GAME: Is game 5 (3-1) of the final road trip of the season to St. Louis (3-1) and Miami (3g)…..following this trip and an off day on Monday, the team returns to American Family Field to end the regular season vs. St. Louis (3g) and Chicago-NL (3g).
N THE TRAINER’S ROOM: LHP Aaron Ashby (left labrum), RHP J.C. Mejía (right shoulder), OF Garrett Mitchell (left shoulder), RHP Elvis Peguero (right elbow), 1B Darin Ruf (right knee), RHP Thyago Vieira (right calf), LHP Justin Wilson (left lat) and OF Jesse Winker (back/right quad) are on the injured list…..Ashby, Mejía, Mitchell, Ruf and Wilson are on the 60-day IL.
IN THE STANDINGS (176 days): The Brewers have spent the following number of days alone or tied at each position in the NL Central standings: FIRST: 123, SECOND: 51, THIRD: 2, FOURTH: 0, FIFTH: 0…..the team is currently in first place, leading the Cubs by 8.0 games…..a Brewers win plus a Cubs loss clinches the NL Central for Milwaukee.
SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Brewers are 28-19-2 in series play.
Game 1: 27-22, Game 2: 30-19, Game 3: 24-23, Game 4: 6-2
Sweep Wins (9): 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), at TEX (3g, 8/18-8/20), vs. MIN (2g, 8/22-8/23), vs. SD (3g, 8/25-8/27)
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 45-30 at home, going 15-7-2 in series play…..the team is 13-3 in its last 16 home games…..from 8/9-9/2 had a season-high 8-game winning streak…..went 46-35 at home last season, going 15-8-4 in series play.
ON THE ROAD: The Brewers are 42-36 on the road, going 13-12-0 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 30 replay challenges this season, going 14-16…..their last challenge (won) came on 9/14 vs. Miami as an out call at home plate (Tyrone Taylor) was overturned.
TONIGHT’S STARTER: #39 – RHP CORBIN BURNES (30gs, 9-8, 3.56)
BURNES AT A GLANCE: Corbin Burnes, 28, will be making his 31st start of the season and first against the Marlins…..he is looking for his first win since 7/20 at Philadelphia, a span of 10 starts during which he is 0-3 with a 3.69 ERA (63.1ip, 26er)…..Burnes last started last Saturday vs. Washington and received no decision in the Brewers’ 9-5 win (5.2ip, 5h, 4r, 4er, 3bb, 9k, 1hr, 100 pitches)…..he left with a 5-4 lead…..the team is 16-14 in his starts…..he has 19 quality starts…..opponents are batting .200 (134-for-671, 22hr)…..he was named NL Pitcher of the Month for July (6gs, 4-1, 1.85era)…..Burnes was selected in the fourth round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of St. Mary’s (CA) College…..he is under club control through 2024.
TRIFECTA!: Burnes is the fifth player in franchise history to make three straight All-Star Games, joining Ryan Braun (5), Josh Hader (4), Dan Plesac (3) and Don Money (3).
CY BURNES: Burnes won the 2021 National League Cy Young Award after going 11-5 with a Major League-best 2.43 ERA in 28 starts…..he became the third pitcher in franchise history to win a Cy Young Award, joining Rollie Fingers (1981) and Pete Vuckovich (1982)…..he became the first pitcher in franchise history to lead his league in ERA.
CAREER: Is 44-27 with a 3.30 ERA in 165 games/104 starts (700.1ip, 257er)…..is in his sixth Major League season, all with the Brewers (2018-23)…..is 37-23 with a 3.11 ERA as a starter (618.1ip, 214er) and 8-3 with a 4.72 ERA in relief (82ip, 43er)…..Burnes is a three-time All-Star (2021-23) and was a 2021 All-MLB First Team selection.
CAREER AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD: Is 21-15 with a 3.69 ERA in 79 games/52 starts (348.2ip, 143er)…..is 4-3 with a 4.50 ERA in 13 starts this season (76ip, 38er).
CAREER ON THE ROAD: Is 23-12 with a 2.92 ERA in 86 games/52 starts (351.2ip, 114er)…..is 5-5 with a 2.90 ERA in 17 starts this season (108.2ip, 35er).
CAREER vs. MARLINS: Is 1-1 with a 2.38 ERA in 5 games/3 starts (22.2ip, 6er), including 1-0 with a 0.60 ERA in 2 starts last season (15ip, 1er).
MIAMI MARLINS NOTES:
No team release available.
