Wednesday Sports 6/19/19
19 June 2019 Sports
The Brewers’ offense suddenly has gone dormant, and it lost a power bat from the middle of the order Tuesday night at Petco Park.
All-Star candidate Mike Moustakas left the Brewers’ 4-1 loss to the Padres with a left hand bruise in the sixth inning, one inning after he was hit by a pitch. Manager Craig Counsel said X-rays were negative, but how long Moustakas might miss is uncertain. Counsel said Moustakas was hit on the first three fingers and will be out for today’s game. He was unavailable to reporters after the game.
The Brewers have scored only one run in the first two games of the three-game series, none against Padres starters. Lefty Joey Lucchesi tossed seven scoreless innings in the opener Monday. In his Major League debut on Tuesday, Logan Allen picked up the win. He kept the Brewers off the scoreboard for seven innings, allowing three hits and two walks while striking out five. Allen, the Padres’ No. 7 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, had only two clean innings, but he induced three double-play grounders to thwart potential rallies. When Allen departed, the Brewers were on a streak of 19 innings without a run. The Brewers broke the scoreless streak in the eighth when Jesus Aquilar scored on a wild pitch by reliever Trey Wingenter. Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff took the loss and drops to 8-2. He went seven innings and gave up all four runs. He struck out six and walked one while giving up a two-run homer in the sixth to Francisco Mejia. Woodruff had half of Milwaukee’s hits, going to 2-for-2. Christian Yelich extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a single.
The team’s close out their series this afternoon at Petco Park. Zach Davies, 7-1, goes against lefthander Matt Strahm, who’s 2-6. First pitch is at 2:40 and the game can be heard on AM11100/98.3FM, WISS.
Elsewhere in the N.L. Central, the White Sox beat the Cubs 3-1, the Tigers edged the Pirates 5-4, the Reds nipped the Astros 4-3 and Miami shutout St. Louis 6-0. The Brewers still lead the Cubs by a half-game in the division while the Cardinals are two games back.
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