Week In Review: Taking It To Chicago

[Kyle Ginsbach]

Is there anything more satisfying as a Wisconsin sports fan than taking it to the city of Chicago? Last week's slate saw the Brewers take on both the Cubs and the White Sox at home, providing the opportunity for crushing defeats or satisfying victories. Here's a recap of the action.

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Weekly Snapshot

Record Last Week: 6-1 (36-23 Overall)
Runs Scored: 46
Runs Surrendered: 28
Standing: 1st in NL Central (7.0 GA)

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Game 53 | MIL 5, CHC 1
Game 54 | CHC 6, MIL 3
Game 55 | MIL 10, CHC 6
Game 56 | MIL 6, CHC 4
Game 57 | MIL 12, CHW 5
Game 58 | MIL 4, CHW 3
Game 59 | MIL 6, CHW 3
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Transactions

06/01/24 Milwaukee Brewers optioned RHP Tobias Myers to Nashville Sounds. 
06/01/24 Milwaukee Brewers recalled RHP Janson Junk from Nashville Sounds.
05/31/24 Milwaukee Brewers activated 1B Rhys Hoskins from the 10-day injured list. 
05/31/24 Milwaukee Brewers optioned SS Owen Miller to Nashville Sounds. 
05/30/24 Milwaukee Brewers designated RHP Mitch White for assignment. 
05/30/24 Milwaukee Brewers recalled RHP Kevin Herget from Nashville Sounds. 

Breakdown

The week would start against the Cubs. Robert Gasser and Justin Steele would match up on the pitching front, and both would turn in scoreless efforts. The Cubs bullpen would implode, surrendering 5 runs rather quickly, allowing Milwaukee to take game one. The Cubs would bounce back in game two behind Ben Brown, throwing seven no-hit innings. The Cubs bullpen would blow another lead, allowing the game to go to extra innings, but an injury scare with Trevor Megill saw the Cubs score five runs in the tenth inning and win 6-3. It looked like Milwaukee would be in for another low-scoring affair in game three, with the Cubs sending out league leader in ERA Shota Imanaga. That wouldn’t be the case. The Brewers offense would hang seven runs in 4.1 innings on the blossoming ace and would eventually win the game 10-6. The final game would be won by Milwaukee 6-4, behind yet another solid start from Colin Rea and another poor effort from the Cubs bullpen.

Next into town would be the struggling White Sox. It was apparent right out of the gate. Game one saw the Brewers collect 23 hits, a season high not just for them but for any team in the league. Shockingly, they’d only score 12 runs but win 12-5. White Sox ace Garret Crochet would toe the slab in game two, calming the Brewer's offense. Willy Adames would drive in the last three runs of the game, including a walk-off single to win game two 4-3. The final game would see Freddy Peralta struggle early and exit the game early with a high pitch count. 

Highlights

Jackson Chourio hasn’t seen the most consistent playing time, but he’s been quietly showing signs of improvement. Plus, it’s always nice when a hanging slider gets crushed.

The Brewers' third walk off of the year belongs to Willy Adames

How good has Joey Oritz been?

A slick diving grab from Jackson Chourio.

When an offense puts up 23 hits, there are bound to be a few standout performances

There’s something about Gary Sanchez in clutch spots this year.

Seek out the game Blake Perkins had in game 3 of the Cubs series. Might be one of the best single-game performances the Brewers have ever seen.

How about this great throw from Christain Yelich?

3 Stars of the Week

Honorable Star - Blake Perkins (His performance against the Cubs in game three is worth a mention alone)
3rd Star - Joey Ortiz (8 H, 4 BB, 4 2B, 3 RBI)
2nd Star - Christain Yelich (9 H, 4 BB, 2 2B, 8 RBI)
1st Star - Willy Adames (10 H, 5 BB, 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI)

Looking Forward

Monday, 6/3 - Brewers @ Phillies (5:40 pm CDT) - TBD vs. TBD

Tuesday, 6/4 - Brewers @ Phillies (5:40 pm CDT) - TBD vs. TBD

Wednesday, 6/5 - Brewers @ Phillies (3:05 pm CDT) - TBD vs. TBD

Friday, 6/7 - Brewers @ Tigers (5:40 pm CDT) - TBD vs. TBD

Saturday, 6/8 -  Brewers @ Tigers (3:10 pm CDT) - TBD vs. TBD

Sunday, 6/9 -  Brewers @ Tigers (12:40 pm CDT) - TBD vs. TBD

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[gregmag]

Unless you’re counting in some way other than adding up the seven game scores, you’re a little off on the total runs scored and allowed. It’s 49-25, not 46-28.

[gregmag]

Also, while I’m nitpicking here, I have a grammatical question / gripe . . .

So first: Thank you for these recaps. They’re fun and informative. I imagine they take a bunch of time to write, and I’m grateful!

Okay . . . Why do you use “would” forms to describe simple past events: “Contreras would drive in the runner” rather than just “Contreras drove in the runner”?  Normally “would” only works in the past tense either to describe a repeated past event (“we would go on vacation every summer”) or to describe a past event in relation to an earlier past moment (“he thought he had a bright future, but he would end up disappointed”).  You aren’t doing either of those things. It isn’t just you — sportswriters seem to do this a lot. I can’t see any reason not to use the simple past tense, which reads much more smoothly.
 

That’s it. Sorry. Walk on my lawn all you want. Go Brewers.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, gregmag said:

Also, while I’m nitpicking here, I have a grammatical question / gripe . . .

So first: Thank you for these recaps. They’re fun and informative. I imagine they take a bunch of time to write, and I’m grateful!

Okay . . . Why do you use “would” forms to describe simple past events: “Contreras would drive in the runner” rather than just “Contreras drove in the runner”?  Normally “would” only works in the past tense either to describe a repeated past event (“we would go on vacation every summer”) or to describe a past event in relation to an earlier past moment (“he thought he had a bright future, but he would end up disappointed”).  You aren’t doing either of those things. It isn’t just you — sportswriters seem to do this a lot. I can’t see any reason not to use the simple past tense, which reads much more smoothly.

That’s it. Sorry. Walk on my lawn all you want. Go Brewers.

I did the editing on this piece and I tend to use a light hand on editing in favor of letting the writer's voice stay at the fore. Personally, I'd write "Contreras drove..." but given the "eh, whatever" nature of the English language, "Contreras would drive..." is fine too because everyone understands what is being said (and that's the real goal here).