Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Jakob Junis, Joe Ross both nearing returns as pitching depth continues to take a hit Brewers rookie left-handed pitcher Robert Gasser is in the process of getting a second opinion after dealing with some tightness and soreness in his throwing elbow following his last start against the White Sox on Saturday, according to Pat Murphy via Todd Rosiak. Pat Murphy said in his pregame session that now Robert Gasser is dealing with "some tightness, soreness" in his left elbow and that he's in the process of receiving a second opinion. So, the beat goes on for the Brewers ..read more

Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich | Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Division leaders face off in Philadelphia The Brewers will face down a fellow division leader when they meet the Phillies Monday night for a three-game series. Milwaukee is fresh off a trio of comeback wins over the White Sox and will look to turn that momentum toward a much more challenging opponent. In this matchup of playoff contenders, the Brewers have Jared Koenig set to start the game in what will be a bullpen game. Koenig has put together a solid campaign with a 2.13 ERA over 25 1⁄3 innings. The lineup starts with Brice T ..read more

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Timber Rattlers, Mudcats maintain leads in divisions with strong weeks Each week, I’ll be bringing you a roundup of the Brewers minor league affiliates, including score updates, key players, and more. Here is the week 10 roundup. Triple-A Nashville The Sounds split the six-game set with the Memphis Redbirds (30-27), moving to 30-27 themselves on the season, in a tie for fourth place in the International League West. Tyler Black had a huge week offensively, collecting eight hits, including two homers, along with 11 RBIs, four runs scored, and two steals, all of w ..read more

Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta | Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Five-game winstreak powers Brewers’ biggest divisional lead Last Week’s Results Monday: Brewers 5, Cubs 1 Tuesday: Cubs 6, Brewers 3 Wednesday: Brewers 10, Cubs 6 Thursday: Brewers 6, Cubs 4 Friday: Brewers 12, White Sox 5 Saturday: Brewers 4, White Sox 3 Sunday: Brewers 6, White Sox 3 Division Standings Brewers: 36-23 Cardinals: 28-29 (7 GB) Cubs: 29-31 (7.5 GB) Pirates: 27-32 (9 GB) Reds: 26-33 (10 GB) Last Week Brewers: 6-1 Cubs: 2-5 Cardinals: 3-3 Pirates: 2-3 Reds: 3-3 Top Pitching Performance of the Week There were severa ..read more

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Division leaders clash in big National League series In a major early-season test for the young Milwaukee Brewers, the National-League-Central-leading squad will take on the National-League-East-leading Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Brewers come in hot: Milwaukee has won five straight and eight of their last ten. The Phillies, though they’ve been good all year, are in a slight downturn—they’re coming off a series in which they won two out of three against St. Louis, but lost two of three on the road to both ..read more

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Chourio homer highlights balanced offensive attack Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers overcame a rough first inning from Freddy Peralta to pick up a 6-3 victory this afternoon, completing a sweep of the struggling Chicago White Sox, who have now lost 11 straight games. It was the fifth straight win for the Brewers, who capitalized on the White Sox’s uninspired play and rough bullpen to win for the third time in this series in a game in which they were losing. Peralta, working on four days rest after throwing a season-high 111 pitches on Tuesday, didn’t get off to a goo ..read more

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Milwaukee aims for the sweep against streaking Sox The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox will wrap up their three-game series this afternoon at American Family Field. The Brewers won the first two games of this series in comeback fashion, though they were very different comeback wins. Today, they’ll look to pick up their third sweep of this adolescent season. On paper, it doesn’t seem a particularly fair fight. Freddy Peralta takes the mound for the Brewers, coming off of two of his better starts of the season; in his last two games, Peralta has allowed two ru ..read more

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Adames with two clutch hits in 4-3 victory Box Score Willy Adames is beginning to develop quite a reputation. After several timely hits over the past week, he came through in the clutch in this one—twice. Adames’s late heroics came after a hyped matchup between two young pitching studs, born within a month of each other in 1999. There isn’t much for White Sox fans to be excited about, but Garrett Crochet is one of those things, as he came into this one with a 0.93 ERA in his last five starts, including 38 strikeouts and just five walks in 29 innings in that stretch ..read more

Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Brewers looks to clinch series against struggling White Sox The Milwaukee Brewers will continue their series against the Chicago White Sox today, with the teams headed in opposite directions. Milwaukee enters June as winners of six of their last eight and have opened up a six-game lead in the National League Central, and are coming off of a season-high 23 hits (including five from Christian Yelich) on Friday evening. The White Sox, meanwhile, have lost nine in a row and have the worst record in the major leagues by a fairly significan ..read more

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Teams traded leads multiple times before Brewers managed to put White Sox away late Box Score The Brewers brought an offensive barrage to American Family Field on Friday night, defeating the Chicago White Sox by a final of 12-5 after both teams took and retook the lead in what appeared to be a back-and-forth battle early before Milwaukee put the game away. The Crew struck first off starter Erick Fedde. After failing to do anything with the bases loaded and one out in the first inning, the Brewers broke through against Fedde in the second as Sal Frelick singled and ..read more