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The downhill Milwaukee Brewers are looking to get out of the funk when they host the Tampa Bay Rays in their two-game series opener on Tuesday night.
The Brewers have dropped six of their last seven games, dropping them from the lead in the National League Central. They are 1-5 since trading near-San Diego Padres Josh Hader for many years.
Current NL Cy Young Award winner Corbyn Burns doesn't think tying club issues to trades is the right way to go.
"It's an easy way to make excuses for how we played last weekend and blame it on someone else," Barnes said, adding that the Brewers had his 3rd. He talked about dropping two of them to the Cincinnati Reds. "But I need to point the finger at myself here. Get back on track. Play better baseball."[24][25] Milwaukee's slump has been reinforced by St. Louis, where his Cardinals won his seventh straight to win the division. It happened when I regained the lead. The Brewers are fourth in his NL wildcard standings, with the top three qualifiers qualifying for the playoffs. Milwaukee has made the postseason in all of the past four seasons.
The Rays now own one of his three wild card spots in the American League and recently came out of a slump.
Tampa Bay has won four of its last five games, and he has lost eight of his last 10.
The Rays started his six games in three of his four in Detroit. trip. They scored seven runs in the ninth inning for a 7–0 win over the Tigers on Sunday after being blanked in 8 2/3 innings. The first two runs of the inning were crossed on a bases-loaded walk.
"When he comes up in the ninth in a scoreless game, the first impulse is to want to do something big," Rays manager Kevin Cash said after the game. "It's not easy to maintain the patience to hold off on close quarters, but we did it. It was a fun inning." Randy Arozarena hit a two-run double before Roman Quinn stopped the explosion with an RBI single.
"I think I'm getting better at-bats with the guys on base," Lowe said. "I think I'm starting to play really good Rays baseball."
Tampa Bay dominated two home series games against the Brewers in late June, losing each game 5-3. Outgoing Hader earned saves for Milwaukee in both games. Starting Tuesday, Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff said he missed a month to strike out his 10th inning in his fifth inning against Tampa Bay on June 28. recovered from injury. In his two career starts with the Rays, he improved to 2-0 with an ERA of 0.79 and no walks.
Woodruff (9-3, 3.49 ERA) has been undefeated since his return, going 4-0 with his 2.18 ERA in seven starts, and he has finished 41 1/3 innings. He had 51 strikeouts.
A two-time All-Star appearance, Thursday against the Pirates in Pittsburgh, he allowed three runs (two earned) and eight hits in 1/3 innings against the Pirates. did.
The Rays are expected to field right-hander Jimmy Yakabonis (1-1, 9.00 ERA) in Tuesday's opener, with left-hander Ryan Yarbrough expected to do most of the innings, according to Tampa Bay. . times.
Yakabonis will make his second appearance for the Rays on Thursday, claiming he was waived by the Marlins in Miami. He made one career appearance in 2017 against the Brewers as a member of the Baltimore Orioles, giving up one run in 3 1/3 innings.
– Field Level Media
