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#450794560 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while considering the candidates. The Milwaukee Brewers are 2-0 on their current road trip largely thanks to the heroics of Jonathan Lucroy, whose second homer of the game was a grand slam in a 7-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field Tuesday night. Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. Lucroy’s seventh-inning slam was all the more satisfying after Diamondbacks pitcher Evan Marshall was ejected from the game for throwing back-to-back pitches at Ryan Braun, the previous batter. The Diamondbacks celebrated the incident and the…

#450740814 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while sending out the drones. The Milwaukee Brewers opened a trip out west with a nice win Monday night, scoring three runs in both the eighth and ninth to pick up a 9-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. The Brewers are already a man short on the bench and had to play a little shorter on Monday night when Carlos Gomez was held out of the lineup with a hamstring issue. Gomez is not expected to need to go to…

#450662076 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while making a blanket statement. The Milwaukee Brewers are headed west this morning after playing three back-and-forth games against the Cincinnati Reds over the weekend. The final game got out of hand in the late innings Sunday, though, with the Brewers losing 13-4 and losing the series 2 games to 1. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. This is the first time the Brewers have lost a series since dropping three of four to the Braves May 19-22. Three Brewers pitchers allowed multiple runs on Sunday,…

#450529030 / gettyimages.com  Some things to read while getting buried. It took 13 innings and more than four hours, but the Milwaukee Brewers clinched another series victory with a 5-1 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field Thursday night. Tim Healey of MLB.com has the recap, if you missed it. The Brewers have won each of their last five three-game series. The win will likely lead to a happy 28th birthday for Jonathan Lucroy, who hit a two-run home run to give the Brewers the lead not long before his birthday officially began at midnight. It was the…

#450462726 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while dealing with an epidemic. The Milwaukee Brewers have been pretty good at avoiding extended slumps this season, and Wednesday night’s game was a case in point. A night after an ugly loss, they beat the New York Mets 3-1 at Citi Field. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. Wily Peralta gave the Brewers a strong start in the victory, working 6 1/3 innings and allowing a single run on four hits with four strikeouts. After the game, @Todd_Rosiak reported that he’s headed back to the Dominican…

#450401936 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while feeling old.   The Milwaukee Brewers played their first of 20 games in 20 days on Tuesday and didn’t exactly get off on the right foot, losing 6-2 to the New York Mets at Citi Field. Jordan Mader of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it.   Marco Estrada was the big story last night, as he continues to be plagued by home runs. The six runs he allowed last night all scored on a pair of long balls, including a grand slam for catcher Taylor Teagarden, who was…

#450202066 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while getting your frustration out. The Milwaukee Brewers were off on Monday but got some good news anyway in the latest update to Major League Baseball’s All Star vote totals. Carlos Gomez, who was sixth among outfielders just two weeks ago, has climbed all the way to third and now projects to start the game. Gomez leads Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates by just 1,658 votes. This would be Gomez’s first All Star start, but one of his best friends opened the Midsummer Classic in the outfield six times. Caitlin Swieca of MLB.com…

#450295128 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while visiting. The margin for error was slim but the Milwaukee Brewers were up to the challenge on Sunday, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 at PNC Park and completing the game before forecasted rain might have washed the contest away. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. The Brewers won on Sunday behind a pretty remarkable performance from Yovani Gallardo, who worked seven scoreless innings and allowed just four hits, walking one and striking out eight. He threw 121 pitches in the game, though, becoming the first…

#450144988 / gettyimages.com By Eric Nehm Some things to read while figuring out if you can throw an alley-oop to an outfielder. After losing by the exact same score for two straight days against the exact same team, the Brewers beat the Twins 8-5 Thursday night to split their four-game home-and-home series. Noah Jarosh of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. Things did not look good for the Brewers in the early going, as Wily Peralta gave up a third-inning grand slam to Oswaldo Arcia to put the Brewers down 4-0. But they’d fight back behind…

#450081630 / gettyimages.com Some things to read while coming back. There’s something ironic about playing identical back-to-back games against the Minnesota Twins. That’s what happened to the Milwaukee Brewers, who lost 6-4 for the second consecutive day. Derek Harvey of Brew Crew Ball has the recap, if you missed it. The Brewers got back into the game briefly when Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run home run in the seventh to tie the game at 4. Ramirez batted fifth for the first time as a Brewer, and Patrick Donnelly of MLB.com says the Brewers’ performance during his recent absence showcased their…