Brewers’ Misiorowski, Murphy talk about pitching in win over Pirates
Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski and manager Pat Murphy talk about Misiorowski’s pitching performance in a 4-2 victory over the Pirates.
The Milwaukee Brewers head back home to wrap up the first half of the season beginning with a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The series gets underway July 7 at American Family Field as all-stars Freddy Peralta and Yoshinobu Yamamoto face off on the mound.
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Freddy Peralta delivers one of his best outings of the year
In attack mode early and often was Peralta to deliver not only one of his top performances of the season to date but also one of his biggest statements.
With a loud grunt, Peralta unleashed what would be his final offering of the night on pitch number 98 and induced a tapper back to the mound off the bat of Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages. As Peralta flipped the ball to first for the out, he let out another yell and pounded his chest, six innings of shutout work against the National League’s best offense complete.
Peralta walked only one and scattered five hits while striking out seven, delivering his third start of at least six shutout innings.
Peralta lowered his season earned run average to 2.74, eight-best in the NL. He also ranks 10th with 111 strikeouts.
Christian Yelich tacks on
For good measure, Christian Yelich ballooned the Brewers’ lead to 9-0 with a two-run shot to left in the seventh inning.
The homer, which came off right-hander Julian Fernandez, was Yelich’s 18th of the year, putting him within two more swings of his first 20-homer campaign since 2019.
Two more insurance runs against the Dodgers bullpen
You can never have enough runs when Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith are on the other side. The Brewers made good on that in the fifth by scrapping together a two-out rally against Dodgers reliever Will Klein.
With two outs and one on, Vaughn drew a walk and Isaac Collins singled to load the bases, setting up Brice Turang to rope a 100.1 mph rocket to left for a two-run single that pushed the lead to 7-0.
Andrew Vaughn’s first Brewers at-bat is one to remember
With the team from Tinsel town in the building, the script for Andrew Vaughn couldn’t have been written much better.
Acquired from the White Sox via trade earlier in the month and called up to make his Brewers debut before the game, Vaughn stepped to the plate with two on and two outs in the first inning and capped his first at-bat with Milwaukee by crushing a 407-foot blast to left field.
Vaughn struggled mightily in his time with the White Sox this year before being sent over to the Brewers for starting pitcher Aaron Civale, who requested a trade when he was bumped from the rotation. But that all went out the window with one swing against Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a National League all-star selection, who didn’t make it out of the first inning after throwing 41 pitches.
Milwaukee pushed its lead to 4-0 on pitch number 37 thanks to some shoddy defense from a superstar. After Isaac Collins singled and Brice Turang walked, Caleb Durbin rolled a lazy grounder to shortstop, but Mookie Betts’ throw was short and first baseman Freddie Freeman couldn’t pick it, leading to a ricochet that allowed Collins to scamper home from second.
Andruw Monasterio followed by dumping a blooper into right to push the lead to five and spur Dave Roberts out of the Dodgers dugout and to the mound to take the ball from his ace righty, who entered the day with a 2.51 ERA.
What time is the Brewers game today?
Time: 6:40 p.m. CT.
What channel is the Brewers game on today?
TV channel: FanDuel Sports Wisconsin.
Brewers lineupSal Frelick RFWilliam Contreras CJackson Chourio CFChristian Yelich DHAndrew Vaughn 1BIsaac Collins LFBrice Turang 2BCaleb Durbin 3BAndruw Monasterio SSDodgers lineupShohei Ohtani DHMookie Betts SSFreddie Freeman 1BWill Smith CAndy Pages CFMichael Conforto LFHye-Seong Kim 2BMiguel Rojas 3BJames OutmanBrewers schedule
Brewers vs. Dodgers, 6:40 p.m. July 8. Milwaukee RHP Jacob Misiorowski (3-1, 3.20) vs. Los Angeles LHP Clayton Kershaw (4-0, 3.43) TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin/TBS. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
Brewers vs. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. July 9. Milwaukee LHP José Quintana (6-3, 3.44) vs. Los Angeles RHP Dustin May (5-5, 4.52) TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
Off day July 10.