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After the game, the Brewers made a roster move. #Brewers place @jimhenderson29 on the 15-Day DL with a strained hamstring. Corresponding move to be made tomorrow. — Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) May 25, 2013 This move isn't a surprise, as the strain looked back when Henderson tried to pitch with it yesterday. The Brewers may have caught a break with the injury, as it looked like it was a lot worse yesterday. Considering how much it impacted his ability to pitch, the Brewers will probably make sure Henderson is 100% before bringing him back. The Brewers did not make a corresponding move right away, and will wait until tomorrow to make an announcement. The move may be for a starter rather than a reliever, as the Brewers had to use their planned starter for Tuesday, Alfredo Figaro, in relief on Saturday. There is a lot to consider here and we will have to wait and see what the Brewers decide.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers placed closer Jim Henderson on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring following their 5-2 loss to Pittsburgh. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Milwaukee Brewers News

WP: Jeff Locke (5-1)LP: Mike Fiers (1-3) HR: Carlos Gomez (7,8), Andrew McCutchen (7), Pedro Alvarez (9,10), Neil Walker (2) MVP: Carlos Gomez (+.063)LVP: Mike Fiers (-.186) Box ScoreWin Expectancy Graph It was all about the home runs today. Unfortunately, most of those won't on the Brewers side. All the offense for both teams today came from home runs. The Pirates hit four home runs to score five runs, three of those coming off of Brewers starter Mike Fiers. On the other side, the Brewers only managed two home runs (both from Carlos Gomez) to account for their offense, and neither of those came until after starter Jeff Locke was out of the game. Mike Fiers was pressed into duty as a starter today, and his audition to stay in the rotation didn't go very well. He allowed four runs on five hits, and three of those hits were home runs. He didn't walk anyone, and struck out five. Jeff Locke was strong on the other side, allowing a total of three hits and three walks, while striking out seven. The Brewers have another chance to actually win a series tomorrow afternoon. Yovani Gallardo starts for the Brewers, and Wandy Rodriguez starts for the Pirates. First pitch is at 1:10 pm.

By now, we all likely know the major league story of Mike Fiers (1-2, 5.93 ERA, 6.78 FIP). Great start to his career in 2012, but fell apart in August and seemingly has not been able to get major league batters out since. Started this season in the rotation, but was removed after his first (bad) start. Got sent to the minors, but came back up when Tom Gorzelanny went to the disabled list. Now he's back in the starting rotation with Kyle Lohse having his start skipped due to discomfort in his elbow. It will probably be just a one-start thing, and Fiers has the good fortune of facing the Pirates. Hopefully the last series between the two teams isn't a sign that things are changing. Fiers has yet to face a Pirates hitter at least ten times. For Pittsburgh, Jeff Locke (4-1, 2.73 ERA, 4.49 FIP) is the Pirates' starter who is having a good year but will inevitably falter in the second half of the season. Seriously, for the last few years isn't that how it has gone for the Pirates? They keep making these runs for the NL Central crown, or .500, or whatever and they look really good in the first half. Usually because their pitching is over-performing, especially one specific pitcher (James McDonald 2012, Charlie Morton 2011). Then everything goes to hell in the second half of the season and they fall a few games short of .500 for the xth time in a row. Remember when they Brewers crumbled in the second half of 2007 and missed the playoffs? The Pirates are doing that every year and with a lesser goal. Jeff Locke isn't very good, but he is pitching well right now and probably still will for another, oh, month or two. The guy was never hot stuff in the minors, and he was never that great in brief stints in the majors in the past. He puts up decent peripheral numbers, but gets hit hard. So sure, he threw seven shutout innings with just three hits against him in his last outing. That's nice. It was against the Astros, but that's nice. He had the exact same pitching line against the Cardinals earlier in the year, right down to the same number of walks (2) and strikeouts (4). He gave up two hits in six shutout innings against the Phillies before that St. Louis outing. But he'll regress soon. Locke has never faced a Brewers hitter ten times. As of yet, I have not seen the lineup. If you have, feel free to post it in the comments. In the bullpen: Brandon Kintzler pitched 0.2 innings (12 pitches) last night. Mike Gonzalez pitched 0.1 innings (6 pitches) last night. Jim Henderson pitched 0.2 innings (12 pitches) last night and left the game with an injury. Francisco Rodriguez pitched 0.1 innings (2 pitches) last night. Alfredo Figaro pitched 3.1 innings (60 pitches) on Wednesday. Burke Badenhop pitched two innings (22 pitches) on Wednesday. John Axford last pitched on Tuesday. Tom Gorzelanny was activated off the DL yesterday and hasn't pitched since May 7.

Jim Henderson has pitched really well since taking over the closer role from John Axford in Milwaukee, but he could be headed for an extended absence. Henderson strained his right hamstring in the ninth inning last night while attempting to finish off the Brewers’ victory against the Pirates. He appeared to suffer the injury as… View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Milwaukee Brewers News

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Saturday edition of Brewer Daily News. Yesterday, rookie starting pitcher Hiram Burgos was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder impingement. In the second bit of news, the Brewers (19-27) beat the Pittsburgh Pirates (29-19) last night. (more…)

Nashville Sounds (AAA) 13-33 Lost 10-7 vs Albuquerque Isotopes (LAD) (box / pbp) Huntsville Stars (AA) 21-26 Won 6-2 at Tennessee Smokies (CHC) (box / pbp) Brevard County Manatees (High A) 26-21 Won 5-4 vs Clearwater Threshers (PHI) (box / pbp) Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Low A) 21-22 Lost 4-3 at Quad Cities River Bandits (HOU) (box / pbp) Player/Pitcher Points of Interest Batter Team Pos AB R H RBI BB SO E AVG Notes Blake Davis Nashville SS 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 .259 2B Khris Davis Nashville LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .218 Anderson De La Rosa Nashville C 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .314 Scooter Gennett Nashville 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .312 2B Caleb Gindl Nashville RF 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 .268 Hunter Morris Nashville 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .252 Josh Prince Nashville CF 4 1 1 3 1 0 0 .239 SB, HR Kentrail Davis Huntsville RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .269 SB Brock Kjeldgaard Huntsville LF 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 .255 HR (2) Mitch Haniger Brevard County CF 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .286 2B Gregory Hopkins Brevard County 2B 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 .235 2B (2) Yadiel Rivera Brevard County SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .221 Orlando Arcia Wisconsin SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Victor Roache Wisconsin LF 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 .226 Tyrone Taylor Wisconsin CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .239 Max Walla Wisconsin RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .500 2B Pitcher Team IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Dec Notes Frankie De La Cruz Nashville 3.0 8 7 7 2 1 1 8.14 L, 1-6 WP Jesus Sanchez Nashville 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.04 Daniel Meadows Huntsville 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Ariel Pena Huntsville 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 2.77 W, 4-3 Drew Gagnon Brevard County 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.16 Preston Gainey Wisconsin 3.2 8 3 3 3 1 0 6.75 WP Eric Semmelhack Wisconsin 3.0 0 1 0 1 4 0 3.25 L, 1-1

On this day in 2007 a new era of baseball began in Milwaukee, as Ryan Braun went 1-for-4 with a double and a pair of RBI in the Brewers' 8-6 loss to the Padres at Petco Park. Braun batted second in his major league debut. Braun had been the #5 overall pick in the draft just two years earlier, and had been the heir apparent at third base for nearly all of his time in the minors. He hit .313/.375/.572 while rapidly climbing the ladder, and before joining the Crew he'd hit ten home runs in 34 AAA games. Braun's career took a detour in the field (he was moved from third base to left field in 2008) but at the plate it never veered off course. He's been a .300 or better hitter in six of his seven MLB seasons and has already led the NL in slugging (twice), OPS (twice), home runs, hits and runs scored. He was the NL Rookie of the Year in 2007, has won five consecutive Silver Slugger Awards and was the 2011 NL MVP. Braun is under contract through 2020 on a pair of early-signed extensions, and has a club option for 2021. If the Brewers hadn't worked early to lock him up, he'd be due to be a free agent following this season. He's already among the franchise's all-time leaders in home runs (fourth), stolen bases (fifth), runs (sixth), RBI (sixth), doubles (sixth) and hits (eighth). We also covered Braun's debut anniversary in this space two years ago, but I thought it was worth updating. With help from the B-Ref Play Index, happy birthday today to: 2000-01 Brewer Angel Echevarria, who turns 42. 1997 Brewer Sean Maloney, who turns 42. 1953 Milwaukee Brave Don Liddle, who would have turned 88. Today is also the second anniversary of the Brewers claiming shortstop Josh Wilson off waivers from the Diamondbacks in 2011. We covered that event in this space last year.

MILWAUKEE - Marco Estrada pitched seven innings of four-hit baseball and Alex Gonzalez provided all the offense with a two-run, second inning double to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night at Miller Park. Read more Alex Gonzalez news