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Brewers Start Season With 4-2 Record

Posted on February 11, 2015 at 03:59 PM.

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After the first week of the MLB Season, the Milwaukee Brewers have started 4-2 with series wins over the Braves and Red Sox. On Opening Day, the Brewers clawed back into the game with late game heroics by red hot shortstop Jean Segura hitting his first home run of the season to give the Brewers the lead in the 8th inning. The Crew would overcome the slow start with timely hitting and the bullpen late in the game. Will Smith picked up his first win of the season.

In the second game it was the exact opposite with the Brewers taking a 7-0 lead going into the 7th inning and Jared Jeffress and Johnny Venters combined to allow 8 runs as the Brewers fell 7-9.

The series finale was dominated by Wily Peralta as he pitched 7.1 shutout innings only to have his shutout snapped by an inside the park home run by Chris Johnson after Carlos Gomez miss played a line drive in center field. John Axford made his return to Milwaukee, picking up his first save of the year with 1.2 lights out innings.

The Crew then traveled to Boston and snagged the first game of the series with a solid outing by rookie, Yasmani Hernandez. Only to struggle late in game 2 again with the bullpen dropping the lead on a home run by David Ortiz. The Brewers then took victory on an odd day as both starting pitchers were pulled after the fifth with the Brewers in the lead and it would stay that way with Kyle Lohse getting the win and Jonathan Broxton notching his first save.

Overall the bullpen seems to be a Jeckyl and Hyde group as they are unhittable some days and knocked around the pack on others. Jon Axford, Jonathan Broxton and Tyler Thornburg have been solid while Jared Jeffress and newcomer Johnny Venters have struggled.

The offense has been steady and able to put up runs with and without the long ball. Segura is off to a hot start along with Gomez, Braun, Lucroy and Scooter Gennett. Adam Lind and Aramis Ramirez seem to be an early cause for concern as Lind is under .200 and Ramirez is struggling with runners on base.

The Crew now travels to Philadelphia for 3 games before returning home for the Pirates and Cardinals.