
The Brewers rotation was a major concern in the first week but the starters have settled down, turning in four consecutive quality starts. The offense, expected to be robust, has been a disappointment, however. Through 12 games, the Brewers were batting only .224 and had scored only 49 runs. LF Ryan Braun (.222) and 1B Prince Fielder (.175), the Nos. 3 and 4 hitters in the lineup, have to get going or the Brewers will continue to struggle to score runs. SS J.J. Hardy (.114) and C Jason Kendall (.129) are off to woeful starts as well.
PLAYER NEWS: --2B Rickie Weeks left the game Tuesday night in Philadelphia in the second inning with dizziness after a first-inning collision with SS J.J. Hardy. The infielders converged on Chase Utley's grounder up the middle, and Weeks was clipped across the face by Hardy. Weeks went down on his knees and was attended to. He tried to stay in the game but was removed an inning later.
--LHP R.J. Swindle's bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning Tuesday night in Philadelphia was the seventh issued by Brewers pitchers in 13 games this season. Swindle also wild-pitched a run home, with a second runner scoring when C Jason Kendall's flip back to the plate was errant.
--LF Ryan Braun put his unusual combination of power and speed on display in the Brewers' 11-4 loss Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Braun socked two home runs but also beat out three infield hits to finish with the first five-hit night of his career while driving in all four Milwaukee runs.
MEDICAL WATCH:
2B Rickie Weeks (dizziness) left the April 21 game.
RHP David Riske (right elbow tightness) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 10.
RHP Trevor Hoffman (right oblique strain) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 27. He began a rehab assignment with Class AAA Nashville on April 21.
ROTATION:
RHP Jeff Suppan
RHP Yovani Gallardo
LHP Manny Parra
RHP Braden Looper
RHP Dave Bush
BULLPEN:
RHP Carlos Villanueva (closer)
RHP Seth McClung
LHP Mitch Stetter
RHP Todd Coffey
RHP Jorge Julio
RHP Mark DiFelice
LHP R.J. Swindle
CATCHERS:
Jason Kendall
Mike Rivera
INFIELDERS:
1B Prince Fielder
2B Rickie Weeks
SS J.J. Hardy
3B Bill Hall
INF Craig Counsell
INF Casey McGehee
OUTFIELDERS:
LF Ryan Braun
CF Mike Cameron
RF Corey Hart
OF Chris Duffy
OF Brad Nelson