Interleague Preview from The Sports Network
Tuesday, June 19th
(All times Eastern)
Toronto Blue Jays (34-33) at Milwaukee Brewers (31-36), 8:10 p.m.
Probable Starting Pitchers: Toronto - Jesse Chavez (0-0, 5.40)
Milwaukee - Tyler Thornburg (0-0, 0.00)
(Sports Network) - The Milwaukee Brewers barely got by the Toronto Blue Jays
in the opener of their series and look to make it two in a row tonight at
Miller Park.
Milwaukee was aided by a replay review when Aramis Ramirez clubbed the go-
ahead home run in the bottom of the seventh inning in Monday's 7-6 victory.
The ball was originally thought to have gone foul, but after further review
the slugging third baseman was given the green light to round the bases.
Ramirez spoke of the instant replay option after the game.
"That means they're going to get the call right," Ramirez said. "That's what
it's all about. Because of that, we won the game tonight. ... I think it was a
homer, because if that hit the wall [in foul territory], it would have come
back a little harder. That hit the wall and stayed right there, so I figured I
had a home run."
Ramirez went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs, while Rickie Weeks had two hits
and two RBI for Milwaukee, which has won three of its last four games. Ryan
Braun had a hit to extend his streak to 13 games (23 during interleague play).
He is 19-for-57 with five homers and 12 RBI in the past 13 contests.
Randy Wolf started for the Brewers and was reached for four runs over 6 1/3
innings in a no-decision. Kameron Loe got the last two outs of the seventh for
the win and John Axford closed the door in the ninth for his 12th save.
The Brewers were scheduled to send Shaun Marcum to the mound Tuesday, but
tightness in his right elbow will prevent him from making the start. Milwaukee
could go with Tyler Thornburg from Double-A. He is 8-1 with a 3.00 ERA and 71
strikeouts in 13 starts.
The Blue Jays opened a nine-game trek last night and had their three-game
winning streak come to an end. Brett Lawrie, Jose Bautista and Edwin
Encarnacion all homered for the Jays, who swept Philadelphia in three games
over the weekend. Bautista's blast was a three-run shot in the seventh.
Henderson Alvarez allowed six runs in four innings, while Robert Coello gave
up Ramirez's home run to suffer the loss.
"He gave up a number of two out hits with runners in scoring position," Blue
Jays manager John Farrell said of Alvarez. "We've got to get him straightened
out because of the situation with our pitching right now. We've got to get
more than four innings from him and not have an adverse effect on our
bullpen."
Bautista owns eight homers in his last 15 games and has reached base safely in
the previous 18.
Toronto's rotation is currently decimated by injuries, opening the door for
Jesse Chavez in Tuesday's middle portion of this series. Chavez will make his
first major league start and is 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA in one relief appearance
this season at Texas back on May 27.
Chavez, a right-hander, was called up Monday and is 7-2 with a 3.84 ERA in 12
starts with Triple-A Las Vegas this season. In 12 career relief outings
against the Brewers, Chavez is 0-2 with a 14.29 ERA.
Milwaukee swept the Jays in three games the last time these two clubs met from
June 17-19, 2008 at Miller Park.
06/19 11:13:34 ET

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