The Milwaukee Brewers are back in the win column. After a season-long eight-game losing streak, the Brewers were able to pull off a 4-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon. The win was Craig Counsell’s 563rd as manager, tying him for the most in franchise history. Counsell is still the leader in all-time win percentage as a manager for the Brewers.
The Milwaukee Brewers were led on offense by shortstop Willy Adames. Despite a slow start to the season at the plate, Adames went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs on Sunday.
Demostración del poder de Willy Adames. #MangúPower pic.twitter.com/xhGGgCwnNm
— MLB Dominicana (@MLBDominicana) June 12, 2022
Adames now leads the Milwaukee Brewers with 11 home runs on the season. After the game was over, though, he gave all the credit for the win to the Brewers’ pitching staff:
Willy Adames wanted to point out before he did this interview it was the five-man pitching performance today that led the Brewers: pic.twitter.com/ptlCscBjcP
— Todd Rosiak (@Todd_Rosiak) June 12, 2022
Rookie starter Jason Alexander made his third start of the season for the Brewers. While he did not get his first MLB win, he did enough to limit the Nationals. Alexander pitched 4.2 innings allowing seven hits, three walks, one run and two strikeouts. He lowered his ERA to 2.16. This mark is the third-lowest in team history after a pitcher’s first three starts to start out their career:
Lowest ERAs in franchise history through first three @MLB appearances, all coming in starts (minimum 15 IP):
Bill Parsons (1971)
1.42 (25.1 IP, 4 ER)@B_Woody24 (2017)
1.62 (16.2 IP, 3 ER)@_Jay_Alexander (2022) 2.16 (16.2 IP, 4 ER)#ThisIsMyCrew— Mike Vassallo (@MikeVassallo13) June 12, 2022
The Brewers had lost eight games in a row. While some of the losses were due to poor offense, there were some definite struggles from the pitching staff as well. That was not true today, though, as four Brewers relievers combined to allow just one hit and no runs in 4.1 innings of work:
Brewers have an off-day on Monday before heading to New York to play the Mets. Adrian Houser (3-6, 3.92 ERA) will pitch for Milwaukee against Chris Bassitt (4-4, 4.35 ERA) of the Mets.
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