The Milwaukee Brewers’ 5-1 loss to the Miami Marlins on Friday resulted from a disastrous seventh inning, and now, a postgame revelation has make clear the supply of the collapse. Reliever Nick Mears, who was tagged with two earned runs in simply 0.2 innings, suffered a again harm whereas warming up within the bullpen however selected to pitch by it.
“Nick Mears wrenched his again on his last warmup pitch within the bullpen, Pat Murphy mentioned, and tried to pitch by it as we speak. It is going to require additional testing however prognosis is TBD proper now,” Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on X (previously Twitter).
Mears entered in aid of Aaron Ashby with one out and a runner on second in a 1-1 tie. He instantly issued back-to-back walks, loading the bases earlier than surrendering a bases-clearing double to Otto Lopez. The ball was mishandled in heart area by Blake Perkins, permitting a 3rd run to attain and Lopez to advance to 3rd.
Mears exited with two earned runs and noticed his ERA leap from 2.54 to 2.95 in his forty fifth look of the season, third-most amongst Brewers relievers behind Abner Uribe (49) and Jared Koenig (48).
The loss was additionally Milwaukee’s first series-opening defeat since June 23. The Brewers dropped to 61-42 on the season as Miami outplayed them throughout the board. Milwaukee dedicated three errors, managed only one run on 4 hits, and stranded six runners.
Freddy Peralta gave Milwaukee an opportunity early with a gritty five-inning begin. The suitable-hander allowed one run on 5 hits and two walks whereas placing out 9. His lone blemish got here within the third inning when Kyle Stowers crushed a two-out solo homer, his twenty third of the 12 months, on a two-strike changeup.
Jackson Chourio supplied the Brewers’ solely offense together with his seventeenth dwelling run of the season, a 405-foot blast to heart within the fourth inning. It prolonged his hitting streak to 18 video games, throughout which he’s batting .367 (26-for-71) with 4 homers and 16 RBIs.
Marlins starter Cal Quantrill pitched 5 innings, permitting three hits and one run and not using a stroll. Miami’s bullpen, Josh Simpson, Anthony Bender, Ronny Henriquez, and Calvin Faucher, mixed for 4 scoreless frames, stranding 5 Brewers runners in scoring place.
Otto Lopez completed 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored. He’s now batting .300 in July. Liam Hicks added a sacrifice fly within the seventh, finishing Miami’s four-run outburst.