Brewers' William Contreras: Leads charge in comeback win
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Contreras went 1-for-4 with a walk, a solo home run, a second run scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's 7-3 win over the Cardinals.
After the Brewers fell behind 2-0 in the first inning, Contreras sparked the comeback by taking Drew Rom deep in the third. The 25-year-old backstop has hit safely in seven straight games and 12 of the last 13 as Milwaukee tries to lock up the NL Central title, slashing .314/.400/.451 over the latter stretch with two homers, three steals, eight RBI and 10 runs.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Swipes third bag
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Contreras went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 5-4 loss against the Pirates.
Contreras walked in his first at-bat and then came around to score on a Willy Adames home run as the Brewers took an early 3-1 lead. The catcher then added an infield single in the fifth before swiping his third bag of the season, and the second in his last seven games. Contreras has now hit safely in 15 of his last 16 contests, racking up 12 RBI over that stretch to go along with 17 runs scored.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Homers in win
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Contreras went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk and two RBI in Sunday's 10-6 win over the Padres.
Contreras launched a solo shot in the first inning and added an RBI double in the seventh, accounting for the Brewers' first and last runs of the game. He's riding a seven-game hitting streak, batting .385 (10-for-26) with two homers, nine RBI, 10 runs scored and seven walks in that span. The catcher has maintained a .278/.355/.459 slash line with 14 long balls, 63 RBI, 63 runs scored, 31 doubles and a stolen base through 109 contests overall.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Steps out of lineup Sunday
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Contreras is not in the lineup for Sunday's game at Texas.
Contreras went 4-for-10 with two doubles, three RBI and three runs in the first two games of the series versus the Rangers, but he'll receive a well-deserved day off for the finale after making 36 straight starts. Victor Caratini will take over behind the plate and bat seventh Sunday.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Three hits in win
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Contreras went 3-for-5 with one double, three RBI and two runs scored in Friday's victory over the Rangers.
Contreras' third-inning double put the Brewers on the board. He entered the game mired in a 4-for-29 slump, while the Brewers entered the contest coming off a three-game sweep against the Dodgers in which they'd only scored three runs. However, Contreras and the rest of his teammates broke out of their funk with nine runs and 14 hits in the winning effort.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Scorching July continues
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Contreras went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI in Wednesday's 5-3 win over the Phillies.
He also contributed defensively, throwing out Bryson Stott attempting to steal second base in the ninth inning to help squelch Philadelphia's last-gasp rally. Contreras has been on fire at the plate in July, producing eight multi-hit performances in 12 games and slashing .412/.436/.627 with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and nine RBI.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Clubs 10th homer
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Contreras went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's victory over the Reds.
Contreras clubbed his second long ball of July on Saturday via a solo homer off lefty Andrew Abbott in the fourth inning. The catcher extended his hit streak to nine games. Over that stretch, Contreras is batting 17-for-38 (.447) with seven RBI and seven runs scored. Entering Saturday's tilt, Contreras owned a massive .277 ISO against southpaws in 2023.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Powers Milwaukee in win
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Contreras went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in Sunday's win over the Pirates.
Contreras got the Brewers on the board with a three-run, 435-foot shot off Rich Hill, giving Milwaukee a 3-2 lead in the third inning. It was Contreras' first homer since June 10 and his ninth of the season. The 25-year-old backstop has gone 6-for-20 (.300) over his last five games, boosting his slash line to .247/.337/.421 with 29 RBI and 34 runs scored across 267 plate appearances this season.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Resting Saturday
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Contreras will sit Saturday against the Pirates.
Contreras finds himself on the bench for the second time in three games, which follows a stretch in which he started seven out of eight games behind the plate. His OPS has trended down each month this season, going from .779 in April to .746 in May and finally .710 in June, though producing in line with that latter mark for the rest of the season would still be perfectly acceptable for a backstop. Victor Caratini starts behind the plate Saturday.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Not starting Sunday
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Contreras is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Cleveland.
Contreras has a .766 OPS through 17 games in June and will receive a breather Sunday after starting the previous four games. Victor Caratini will step in to catch for Corbin Burnes.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Not starting Saturday
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Contreras isn't in the Brewers' lineup Saturday against Pittsburgh.
Contreras is 3-for-17 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored over his last five contests. He'll sit Saturday in favor of Victor Caratini, who holds a 1.033 OPS since the beginning of June and will bat eighth.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Sitting Tuesday
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Contreras is not in the starting lineup Tuesday versus the Twins.
Contreras will get a breather after he went 1-for-9 while a solo homer and two runs scored while starting twice over the team's three-game series with the Athletics. Victor Caratini will catch for Corbin Burnes and bat eighth in the series opener with Minnesota.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Ties game with solo blast
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Contreras went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Saturday's 2-1 loss against the Athletics.
Victor Caratini started the game at catcher and went 1-for-4 with a stolen base, but Contreras pinch-hit for Rowdy Tellez in the bottom of the eighth and smoked a game-tying solo home run off left-hander reliever Richard Lovelady. Contreras was hitting just .207 with only one home run over his first 29 at-bats in June, so his pinch-hit heroics Saturday could turn things around for the 25-year-old, who's taken over as the primary catcher during his first campaign in Milwaukee.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Sitting Saturday
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Contreras is not in Saturday's lineup against the Athletics.
Contreras is hitting .207 with one home run in 29 at-bats this month. Victor Caratini will start behind the dish and hit eighth.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Sitting out Wednesday
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Contreras is out of the lineup Wednesday versus the Orioles.
Victor Caratini is starting at catcher and Jon Singleton will serve as the Brewers' designated hitter against the O's and right-hander Dean Kremer. This looks to be a routine day off for Contreras, who caught all 10 innings of Tuesday night's 4-3 win for Milwaukee.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Swats sixth homer
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Contreras went 1-for-2 with two walks and a two-run home run in Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Blue Jays.
The 25-year-old gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning by taking Yusei Kikuchi deep, but it was all the offense Milwaukee could muster. Contreras is up to six homers on the season, but half of them have come in his last six starts -- a stretch in which he's gone 6-for-20 (.300) with seven RBI.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Heads to bench
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Contreras will sit Saturday against the Rays.
Contreras will get a rest after starting seven of the last eight games. His numbers have taken a hit from his .278/.354/.506 line last season, but his .246/.340/.381 triple-slash in his first year as a Brewer is still perfectly acceptable for a catcher. Victor Caratini starts behind the plate in his absence.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Receives breather Sunday
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Contreras is out of the lineup for Sunday's game versus the Royals.
Contreras is mired in a 1-for-12 mini-slump and will take a seat Sunday after starting the previous three games. Victor Caratini will step in behind the plate to catch Colin Rea.
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Brewers' William Contreras: Slugs third homer
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Contreras went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 8-1 loss to the Dodgers.
He was the only Milwaukee batter to solve Clayton Kershaw on the afternoon, connecting for his third homer of the year in the fourth inning before the game got out of hand. Contreras has hit a bit of a lull at the plate, batting .216 (8-for-37) over his last 10 games, but five of those hits have gone for extra bases (three doubles and two home runs.)
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Brewers' William Contreras: Gets breather Tuesday
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Contreras is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Dodgers.
Victor Caratini will start at catcher and bat sixth versus the Dodgers and right-hander Noah Syndergaard. Contreras is slashing .321/.424/.536 this year off lefties but just .260/.333/.356 against righties.
