Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee’s longest start of the year belongs to…Tobias Myers? For these Brewers, it’s actually fitting.
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DETROIT – Pat Murphy has his Milwaukee Brewers in first place by a healthy margin in the National League Central, but that doesn’t keep him from shying away from his real thoughts about his club.
Not even after a 10-0 win.
After the Brewers offense had staked starting pitcher Tobias Myers to a five-run lead early, the rookie right-hander issued a four-pitch walk to lead off the bottom of the third Friday night at Comerica Park.
“If I had a taser,” Murphy said. “I would’ve tased him.”
Murphy paused.
“Good thing I didn’t. Because he wouldn’t have gone eight (innings).”
BOX SCORE: Brewers 10, Tigers 0
That’s the passion Murphy manages with for the 37-26 Brewers, who are now 6 ½ games up in the division after their dismantling of the Detroit Tigers to snap a three-game skid.
Myers, four-pitch walk aside, matched that aggression on the mound to deliver the best start of his young career as well as the longest outing of any Brewers pitcher this year.
The 25-year-old right-hander threw eight shutout innings while allowing just one hit, a leadoff single to Matt Vierling in the bottom of the first. Myers promptly picked Vierling off and was on his way to the first eight-inning outing of his career.
And not just his professional career, either. His entire career. From Little League to the majors.
“I don’t think I’ve ever gone eight,” Myers said. “Definitely not in pro ball. Probably the first time.”
The math checks out. It was Myers’ first time going eight innings in either the majors or minors, he didn’t go to college and regulation in high school games is seven innings.
Myers would not have been the choice of many to be the first Brewers pitcher to work into the eighth inning this year. Coming into the game, he had done a commendable job of filling in as an unlikely rotation member, making six starts with a 5.40 ERA. But, for as much chase and swing-and-miss as he had gotten, his command had been erratic both in and out of the zone.
That led to outings like his last time out against the league-worst Chicago White Sox, where his hittable fastballs were pounded for seven hits and five runs in 4 ⅓.
Myers had yet to complete six innings at any level – the majors or Class AAA – in 2024.
But against the Tigers, he attacked. While he admitted his command still could have been better, he largely avoided flashing-red mistake pitches and made sure to be the aggressor.
“I think you’re talking about somewhere around 20 out of 25 first pitch strikes,” Murphy said. “That’s crucial.”
From Myers to Murphy to pitching coach Chris Hook, catcher William Contreras was credited for getting the righty through eight innings.
“I thought he got in a good groove,” Hook said. “To me the turning point in the game was when he picked the guy off. He got settled from that. From then it was just a good tempo. In between pitches, I think Wiliam did a fantastic job. It was just the tempo. I think we have to force that with him and that was the big thing tonight.”
Of the 27 batters he faced, Myers struck out five and walked three, meaning there were lots of balls in play.
That’s precisely what Myers wanted. In recent games he was seeking out swing and miss too much, he thought, and trying to be too perfect rather than attacking batters, relying on his stuff and trusting his defense.
“That was one thing I got away from when I first go the call up and debuted, was it’s pitch by pitch,” Myers said. “Then the next start came around and the next start came around, and I think I got into trying to force results. Today was literally just one pitch at a time. All I was thinking about was next.”
It helped having Contreras guiding him through the outing, too. The fastball wasn’t getting any whiffs, but it was working for pop ups and called strikes when in the zone, so the Brewers catcher kept going to it, mixing in a healthy dose of sliders, too, to keep the Tigers’ eye levels off-kilter.
And, though it’s probably for the best that the manager isn’t allowed to keep a taser in the dugout, he has a different weapon at his disposal to send the same message: Contreras’ cannon.
“He’ll let you know if you’re not executing a pitch, which he does a really good job at,” Myers said. “And I like it. I like when he throws the ball hard back and tells you, ‘Hey let’s go. Let’s execute these pitches.’ For me, I love it. My whole time I’ve shaken him off once. One pitch, that’s it.”
Myers didn’t have any strikeouts between a called punch out of Justyn Henry-Malloy for the second out of the fifth and a Javy Baez special – a futile wave at a slider in the other batter’s box – for the second out of the eighth.
But Myers was getting ample weak contact to make up for the swing-and-miss, something that because of his tempo, conviction and pitch location was actually a positive sign for the Brewers.
Between Baez’s flyout in the third and the conclusion of the seventh inning, Myers induced five batted balls with an expected batting average between .000 and .040, three more under .200 and none higher than .290.
“It’s a different look,” Myers said. “It’s coming from a different slot. Fill the zone up. Any time there’s a new guy who hasn’t been in the league that long, the first time you see him it’s always a bit difficult. Now, if that young guy who doesn’t throw strikes, he doesn’t maintain his advantage then in those situations. Situations like today, throwing strikes, it just leads to good things.”
It sure does.
Ashes, dog stolen in Milwaukee break-in
A Milwaukee woman is asking for help after she said her puppy and a red heart containing her sister’s ashes were stolen during a May 27 apartment break-in.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee woman is asking for help after she said someone broke into her apartment and stole several items, including her puppy and her sister’s ashes.
What we know:
The break-in happened May 27 at a first-floor apartment near 45th and Hampton.
Treneicia Baker said she got her puppy to help her grieve after her older sister, Keisha, died of heart failure in early March. Baker said she and her sister lived together and never spent a day apart.
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She said the puppy, a teddy bear bichon, had become a major source of comfort.
“I got her because the house was too quiet. I was lonely,” Baker said. “She kept me company, and she kept my mind at ease when things were rough when I was missing my sister.”
Baker said the person who broke into her apartment stole several items, including a laptop, towels, credit cards, a gaming system and food from her kitchen.
The Milwaukee Police Department said no one is in custody.
What they’re saying:
“They tore up the whole house literally from the front door to the bathroom was tore up,” she said.
But Baker said the biggest losses were her puppy and a red heart containing her sister’s ashes.
“I just want my sister’s ashes back and my puppy,” Baker said. “What would you want with someone’s ashes? That’s irreplaceable. You can’t get that back.”
As Milwaukee police investigate, Baker is asking for help getting back what she says cannot be replaced.
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“It would mean everything to me,” she said. “Literally everything.”
Baker said she believes the break-in was random.
What you can do:
Anyone with any information is asked to contact MPD at 414-935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS or use the P3 Tips app.
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Johnson pleas for “something” to be done about gun violence
Mayor Cavalier Johnson makes a plea for “something” to be done about gun violence after a Milwaukee shooting that left police and suspect injured.
One person was injured in a shooting Tuesday morning, June 9, near a day care center and two schools, Milwaukee police said.
The shooting occurred just before 8 a.m. on the 2700 block of North 44th Street. A 31-year-old suffered unspecified injuries in the incident and was transported to a local hospital, police said.
No additional information about the victim was immediately available. Police are seeking unknown suspects.
The location of the shooting is blocks away from Washington High School of Information Technology, Milwaukee Math and Science Academy and Gregory’s Little Helpers child care center.
Washington High School did not go into lockdown, according to a WISN-TV (Channel 12) report. However, principal Jose Frias sent a note to families saying the school was safe and classes would continue normally, the news station reported.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting remain under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-Tips or P3 Tips.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee tenants react after landlord makes first public remarks since being sued by city, Common Ground
MILWAUKEE — Leaking ceilings, cracked walls and big holes are the conditions Carolyn Ferguson has been living in for years at the home she rents from Highgrove Holdings, LLC.
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“It rains in here, it rains in the dining room in there,” Ferguson said.
Ferguson is one of several tenants working with community nonprofit Common Ground and the city of Milwaukee to sue her landlord over alleged neglect, code violations, vacancy and unpaid property taxes.
The mother of 17 is raising her last daughter and is fighting cancer. The condition of her home is another burden.
“I’ve got to worry about that, and worry about the surgery, and all this other stuff and I mean he’s just making it even worse for me than it is,” Ferguson said.
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On Monday, during an unrelated press conference by Common Ground, Highgrove Holdings owner David Tomblin made a surprise appearance and faced questions from TMJ4 chief investigative reporter Jenna Rae. While he didn’t answer many of them, he did say the group has made progress.
Watch: Milwaukee tenants react after landlord makes first public remarks since being sued by city
Milwaukee tenants react after landlord makes first public remarks since being sued
When asked about the city of Milwaukee’s lawsuit over issues at his properties that he is not addressing, Tomblin responded.
“Well, we are addressing them, but in the proper time,” Tomblin said.
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Ferguson said she has not seen any of those fixes.
“He hasn’t fixed anything, like I said, out of the nine years I’ve been here, he’s had at least seven years and nothing, nothing at all,” Ferguson said.
The issues are impacting multiple generations of the Ferguson family. Carolyn’s daughter used to live at the property until she moved out after poor conditions were never addressed. More than a year later, that unit is still boarded up.
“When is he going to fix my momma’s ceiling? When is he going to do something about the roof? When are you going to do something about that basement downstairs? I would ask him a lot of questions,” Edwina Ferguson said.
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TMJ4 reporter Brendyn Jones called Tomblin Monday night. He picked up and requested to know the names of the tenants who were interviewed. Jones said that information would be available after the story was published, so he declined to answer questions.
While Tomblin said there will be a press conference with tenants soon, he did not commit to a date or time.
Common Ground’s Kevin Solomon said the pressure on Tomblin is working.
“It’s political, and it shows that our pressure is clearly getting under his skin. The lawsuit will play out; Common Ground will stay on it,” Solomon said.
The next court date for the lawsuit is at the end of July.
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