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Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
CLEVELAND — As his club grapples to find any rhythm in May during its slide down the National League Central standings, Pat Murphy continues to point out that the Milwaukee Brewers need to find their edge.
What they really need to discover, though, isn’t an edge or an identity or anything intangible of the sort. What they need is to find their offense.
The tale of the night of May 13 was torn from a page of a previous night’s story. The Brewers scratched across only three hits and no runs. They nary made hard contact. They squandered their few opportunities with runners in scoring position.
They lost.
For the second time already this month, the Brewers were shut out in consecutive games as the Cleveland Guardians kept them off the board again in a 2-0 win at Progressive Field.
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It’s only the fifth time in franchise history and the second since 1998 that Milwaukee has been shut out in consecutive games twice within the same month. So far in May, the Brewers offense has scored 25 runs in 12 games as they’ve stumbled to a 4-8 record.
Nick Mears escapes a jam
The year of Nick Mears continues.
Inheriting two runners on and one out in the sixth with the Brewers trailing, 1-0, Mears kept the score right there — and did it by retiring two of the most dangerous hitters on the Guardians. Mears won a nine-pitch battle with José RamÃrez by getting him to pop out to short, then induced an inning-ending flyout to left off Kyle Manzardo’s bat.
Mears owns a 0.57 ERA in his 17 outings this year.
Nothing going on offense
For the second straight evening, the Brewers offense has been absent in Cleveland. Following Jackson Chourio’s leadoff single, Guardians left-hander Logan Allen retired 13 straight batters. A Brice Turang single and Andruw Monasterio walk gave Milwaukee its best scoring chance yet but Joey Ortiz grounded softly to short to end the threat.
The offense one-upped itself an inning later, wasting a Chourio leadoff double when Daz Cameron struck out, William Contreras grounded out weakly and Christian Yelich struck out.
Brewers fall behind early again
Quinn Priester did the thing pitchers can’t do against RamÃrez: He fell behind.
After inducing a 6-3 double play for the first two outs of the bottom of the first inning, Priester threw three non-competitive balls to the Guardians third baseman. In a 3-1 count, the Brewers right-hander then tossed a 91 mph sinker right over the plate, and RamÃrez did with it what you would expect him to do, sending it just clear of the fence in right for a solo home run to open the scoring.
What time is the Brewers game today?
Time: 5:10 p.m.
What channel is the Brewers game on today?
TV channel: FanDuel Sports Wisconsin
Brewers lineupJackson Chourio CFDaz Cameron RFWilliam Contreras DHChristian Yelich LFRhys Hoskins 1BBrice Turang 2BEric Haase CAndruw Monasterio 3BJoey Ortiz SSGuardians lineupSteven Kwan LFDaniel Schneemann 2BJose Ramirez 3BKyle Manzardo DHCarlos Santana 1BBo Naylor CGabriel Arias SSWill Brennan RFAngel Martinez CFBrewers schedule
Brewers at Guardians, 12:10 p.m. May 14. Milwaukee TBA vs. Cleveland RHP Gavin Williams (3-2, 4.38). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
Off-day May 15.
Brewers vs. Twins, 7:10 p.m. May 16. Milwaukee RHP Chad Patrick (2-3, 3.19) vs. Minnesota TBA. TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
Brewers vs. Twins, 6:10 p.m. May 17. Milwaukee LHP José Quintana vs. Minnesota TBA. TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
Brewers vs. Twins, 1:10 p.m. May 18. Milwaukee RHP Freddy Peralta vs. Minnesota TBA. TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.