Brewers Week In Review: Brice's Bat (& The Brewers) Bounce Back

[Kyle Ginsbach]

After getting off to a 0-3 start to open the year, a 5-2 home stand has them back to .500. Here's a recap if you missed any of last week's action.

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Weekly Snapshot:
Record Last Week: 5-2  (Overall: 5-5 )
Run Scored Last Week: 28
Runs Surrendered Last Week: 28
Standing: 2nd in NL Central

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Game 4 (3.31) | KC 11, MIL 1
Game 5 (4.1) | MIL 5, KC 0
Game 6 (4.2) | MIL 3, KC 2
Game 7 (4.3) | MIL 1, CIN 0
Game 8 (4.4) | MIL 3, CIN 2
Game 9 (4.5) | CIN 11, C MIL 7
Game 10 (4.6) | MIL 8, CIN 2
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Transactions:

04/06/25 - Placed LHP Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow flexor strain. Move retroactive to April 4, 2025.

04/06/25 - Activated LHP Grant Wolfram. 

04/06/25 - Recalled LHP Grant Wolfram from Nashville Sounds. 

04/01/25 - Activated RHP Abner Uribe. 

04/01/25 - Sent RHP Nick Mears on a rehab assignment to Nashville Sounds.

03/31/25 - Placed RHP Aaron Civale on the 15-day injured list and strained left hamstring. 

03/31/25 - Recalled RHP Grant Anderson from Nashville Sounds.

Breakdown / Highlights
After a dreadful 0-3 start to the season, The Brewers set course back to winning ways by winning five of their seven games to get to .500. It was a week that lived and died by the pitching, with the offense finding their stride over the weekend.

Unfortunately, the Brewers rotation is seemingly down to just one healthy regular, as Nestor Cortes and Aaron Civale both landed on the injured list last week. That leaves Freddy Peralta as the only man left in the rotation who was expected to be there. In the meantime, the Brewers have found something in rookie Chad Patrick. He, Elvin Rodriguez, and Connor Thomas, are eating innings for Pat Murphy. As time progresses, Milwaukee expects Jose Quintana, Tobias Myers, and Brandon Woodruff to be ready for action within the next six weeks, while the injury stints for Cortes and Civale look short-lived.

On the offensive side, the Brewers haven’t received the production they relied on a year ago. Christian Yelich and William Contreras find themselves batting well below the Mendoza line. Contreras had a 0-20 streak last week, which he snapped on Saturday before an off day on Sunday. Sal Frelick found himself swinging a hot stick on the flip side of success. He’s already collected 14 hits on the young season and boasts a .452 OBP.

As for some more traditional highlights:

Jackson Chourio’s second home run of the day:

In the same week that Brice Turang received his Platinum Glove and extended his hit streak to 10 games, he also picked up a walk-off bunt.

3 Stars of the Week

1. Brice Turang (10-29, BB, SB, 2B, HR, 3 RBI)

2. Chad Patrick (10 IP, 5 H, ER, 9 K)

3. Jackson Chourio (10-29, 3 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI)

Looking Ahead:

April 8, 2025 - Brewers vs. Rockies - 7:40 PM

April 9, 2025 - Brewers vs. Rockies - 7:40 PM

April 10, 2025 - Brewers vs. Rockies - 2:10 PM

April 11, 2025 - Brewers vs. Diamondbacks - 8:40 PM

April 12, 2025 - Brewers vs. Diamondbacks - 7:10 PM

April 13, 2025 - Brewers vs. Diamondbacks - 3:10 PM

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