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Reds 5, Brewers 4: Milwaukee’s injury-thinned pitching staff suffers another blow
Christian Yelich is back, feeling better and continuing the rehab process
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich is batting and fielding again, feeling better and continuing the rehab process
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – If anyone needed another reminder of how important pitching depth is to the Milwaukee Brewers, it came on Monday night.
Five batters into what should have been a routine two-inning start for Aaron Ashby, the left-hander exited the game with an injury, marring a 5-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Goodyear Ballpark.
“Looks like an oblique. Got an MRI tomorrow,” said manager Pat Murphy. “It’s our sixth pitching injury. That’s not good.
“Doesn’t seem like it’s three months, but you never can tell.”
Ashby, who was making his third spring appearance while vying for a spot in the starting rotation, had command issues throughout his 22-pitch outing. He hit leadoff batter TJ Friedl, walked Elly De La Cruz and twice nearly hit Gavin Lux before being pulled during the Kenosha native’s at-bat.
“He said he felt it early,” Murphy said. “He’s been struggling with his command, anyway. He’s not a pinpoint guy.”
Ashby’s premature departure came on the same day the Brewers reportedly agreed to terms with veteran left-hander José Quintana.
Ashby, of course, traveled a long road to return from April 2023 shoulder surgery and after extended struggles became an effective reliever down the stretch for the Brewers in 2024.
Following his outing, Ashby’s Cactus League ERA sits at 18.00 and his WHIP at 3.00 as he walked six and hit three batters in three total innings.
In brighter news for the Brewers (4-6-1), Vinny Capra continued his torrid spring as he followed a leadoff home run by Caleb Durbin with his fourth of the spring – a total that leads the major leagues.
Capra also made a nice defensive play at third base, charging in on a soft grounder to register a bang-bang out at first base an inning later. In seven games, Capra is hitting .412 with an OPS of 1.629 and leads Milwaukee with eight runs batted in.
Among the other notables: Tyler Black flipped over the dugout railing catching a foul pop-up to end the second inning (he was OK); Milwaukee pitchers picked off three baserunners (and could have had a fourth, but Tyler Alexander was called for a balk); and Cincinnati took the lead in the seventh when it scored two runs on no hits while stealing five bases.
Pat Murphy, unplugged
“I’ll take a righty or a lefty, if they’re good,” Murphy, speaking in generalities on if it might help the Brewers to add a starting pitcher like Quintana. Murphy can’t comment on the Quintana deal until his physical is finalized.
Prospect watch
KC Hunt, the Brewers’ co-minor-league pitcher of the year in 2024 along with Craig Yoho, replaced Ashby and tossed a scoreless inning with a walk (after assuming the Lux at-bat).
Cooper Pratt entered at shortstop in the eighth inning but didn’t get an at-bat.
Brewers spring training schedule
Off day Tuesday.
Brewers vs. White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Wednesday. Milwaukee RHP Freddy Peralta vs. Chicago RHP Bryse Wilson. Webcast – Brewers.com. Brewers at A’s, 2:05 p.m. Wednesday (split squad). Milwaukee RHP Tobias Myers vs. Oakland LHP Martín Pérez.
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Police Department requested the public’s help to find 11-year-old Sir’Charles Bason, a critically missing boy who was last seen near Teutonia and Kiley at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.
Police described Bason as 4 feet, 5 inches tall with a slim build, brown eyes and black, low-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket with green lines, dark-colored jeans, tan sandals and carrying gray Nike Jordan shoes.
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What you can do:
Anyone with information on Bason’s whereabouts is asked to call Milwaukee Police District 4 at 414-935-7242.
The Source: The Milwaukee Police Department released information.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man, previously named one of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted, has been sentenced to prison for shooting and killing his cousin in 2020.
In court
What we know:
A Milwaukee County jury found 39-year-old Brandon Gladney guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firm by a felon earlier this year.
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Judge Michelle Havas sentenced Gladney to 29 years in prison on Friday, April 17. He was granted credit for more than a year’s time served and further sentenced to 14 years of extended supervision.
Arrested in Arizona after years on the run, court records show Gladney has also been ordered to pay the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office more than $1,800 for extradition costs.
Homicide investigation
The backstory:
The shooting happened in May 2020. Investigators said Gladney was captured on video apparently arguing with the victim, his cousin, outside a Milwaukee convenience store near 21st and Meinecke.
“It’s all on video, and it’s devastating for that family,” the marshal on the case told FOX6 when Gladney was profiled on Wisconsin’s Most Wanted. “You have a family member that shot and killed another family member.”
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Prosecutors said Gladney walked away but then returned with a gun pointed directly at the victim and shot him. The victim died from his gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital. Multiple bullet casings were found at the scene.
Gladney went on the run for years. He was arrested in Arizona in January 2023, years after he was charged.
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the U.S. Marshals Service, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage.
Brice Turang slides to home plate to score during a game between the Miami Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers on April 17. (Photo by Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MIAMI – Garrett Mitchell went 2 for 4 with three RBIs including a two-run double in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.
By the numbers:
Miami’s Calvin Faucher (1-2) entered a 4-all game in the 10th and walked Gary Sánchez with Brice Turang on second. Jake Bauers hit a single to load the bases.
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Luis Rengifo reached first on a throwing error by second baseman Xavier Edwards, allowing Turang to score. Mitchell followed with his double.
The Marlins scored one run in the bottom of the 10th when Jakob Marsee came home on Trevor Megill’s wild pitch. Megill settled in for his fourth save.
Coleman Crow, who made his debut on the mound for the Brewers, threw 77 pitches over 5 1/3 innings. He threw four strikeouts, gave up two earned runs and a walk.
The right-hander was 2-0 with a 4.07 ERA in two starts with the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate in Nashville. He missed part of the 2023 season and all of 2024 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
The Brewers scored three runs in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Mitchell hit an RBI single, Bauers scored on a forceout at first and Rengifo scored on a throwing error by catcher Agustín Ramírez.
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Miami’s Otto Lopez hit a triple to center field in the fourth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Owen Caissie. Lopez hit a two-run homer in the sixth to pull Miami within 4-3 and Ramírez doubled in the eighth to tie the game at four.
Abner Uribe (1-0) earned his first win of the season, coming on in the ninth inning.
Marlins third baseman Graham Pauley left the game in the seventh inning with right oblique discomfort after spinning out of the way of a pitch.
What’s next:
The Brewers and Marlins continue their 3-game series on Saturday, with Brandon Woodruff (1-0, 4.36 ERA) taking the mound for Milwaukee and Sandy Alcantara (2-1, 2.67) for Miami.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.
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