BrewCap Weekend: Jimmy Good, Wily Bad

Weekends are real busy for me in the coming weeks meaning the blog posts will not be as frequent as I would like them to be therefore look forward to posts such as these ones where we are recapping what the Brewers did on Saturday and Sunday. 

Sunday: Brewers 3 Astros 2
Milwaukee won their first series of the year by taking down Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros. Jimmy Nelson struck out nine batters in six innings of work only allowing three hits with two of them unfortunately being home runs. Nelson had Houston guessing for his entire outing, and the Brewers bullpen held the 3-2 lead with three scoreless innings. Milwaukee showed great patience at the plate as Keuchel walked six batters with three in the first inning which led to two runs off an Aaron Hill single. Brewers are a scrappy little bunch.

Saturday: Astros 6 Brewers 4
It's two games, but Wily Peralta is looking like the pitcher we saw in 2015 where he struggled mightily and gives up long balls like it's his job. Peralta got crushed by Colby Rasmus who took him twice in the game plus a long sac fly which could have resulted in a grand slam. Milwaukee made an admirable comeback as Scooter Gennett hit another home run and Kirk Nieuwenhuis added one himself to pull Milwaukee within two runs. I can't defend Peralta too much, but he isn't facing the bottom of the barrel when it comes to lineups.

Next Up: Milwaukee hits the road for their first divisional matchups as they play St. Louis for three games and Pittsburgh for the weekend. The forecast does not look promising for Cardinals-Brewers today.