The Cats go into the massive game unchanged, naming Zach Tuohy and Esava Ratugolea as emergencies. The Crows lose Josh Rachele (suspension) and Rory Laird among a host of outs, while Matt Crouch has been named on the ball in his return.īrisbane has also been dealt a big injury blow, with Zac Bailey (calf) to miss his side’s massive clash with Geelong. Melbourne initially named Brodie Grundy in an extended squad along with Adam Tomlinson, Michael Hibberd and Kade Chandler for the club’s crucial showdown with Adelaide at the MCG on Sunday, before confirmation the ruckman will not play. Worryingly the Blues say Cripps is a test for next week’s blockbuster against Collingwood. The Giants tacked on an unearned run against Joel Payamps in the seventh, but after Peter Strzelecki recorded two outs and gave up one hit in the eighth, Devin Williams worked a four-out save to ensure the Brewers would remain in first place heading into Memorial Day.Elsewhere, Carlton will be without skipper Patrick Cripps (cork) in its bid to win a fifth-straight game when it hosts West Coast at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.Ĭripps joins Harry McKay and Adam Cerra (both injured) on the sidelines in three huge outs, while the club has also confirmed Jack Martin (calf tightness) won’t play after failing a late fitness test. Rea was burned by a bad 0-2 pitch thrown to Blake Sabol in the seventh, a hanging 0-2 splitter that the Giants catcher hit for a three-run homer to draw the Giants within 7-4.Īll in all, Rea has put together a pair of strong outings since returning from Triple-A and replacing the injured Wade Miley’s spot in the rotation, going 11 1/3 innings allowing just four runs.

From Mookie Betts to Trea Turner to Cody. He retired 16 of 17 batters at one point, beginning with a lineout off the bat of Mitch Haniger to end the first, with the lone blemish during that stretch a two-strike, two-out solo homer by Mike Yastrzemski in the third. Aside from avoiding walks, the Giants can’t afford to make errors or mental mistakes that allow Dodgers players to reach base or take an extra base. Rea had to escape a first inning jam with two men on, but pitching with a big lead from that point on, shifted into cruise control and kept the Giants at bay through six. Meanwhile, opposite Cobb, Colin Rea was excellent before running into late trouble. In the second inning, Owen Miller plated Joey Wiemer and Yelich to continue his hot month at the plate and put Milwaukee up, 5-0.Ĭontreras followed with a towering blast to the bleachers in left for his fifth home run of the year.Ĭobb allowed seven runs – all earned – over four innings on seven hits, four walks and one hit by pitch as his season ERA shot up from 2.17 to 3.05. View Gallery: Brewers vs Giants game photos at American Family Field in Milwaukee William Contreras drove in Christian Yelich with a single before Cobb had recorded a single out, then Brian Anderson sliced a two-run double to right to raise his team-leading RBI total to 30.

Milwaukee put seven runs up in the first two innings against Cobb, who had allowed eight runs total over his last six starts, as the Brewers started strong and hung on late for a 7-5 win at American Family Field to avoided a four-game sweep at the hands of the Giants.Ĭobb shut the Brewers down over seven scoreless innings on May 6 at Oracle Park, but he was tagged from the jump the second time around.

Naturally, the Brewers offense busted out of its slump. On the mound opposite the Brewers was San Francisco Giants starter Alex Cobb, who’s been one of the best pitchers in baseball this year, taking on an offense that had scored two runs in its previous three games. On paper, Sunday afternoon was shaping up to be a long one for the Milwaukee Brewers. Watch Video: Colin Rea gets called up, makes first start for the Brewers memorable

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