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Misirowski is the leader by a slight margin to win the award despite only starting six games this season, at -115. Atlanta Braves catcher and Madison native Drake Baldwin is second at -110.

Back home after their West Coast swing to open the second half, the Milwaukee Brewers were quiet offensively ahead of a postgame alumni home run derby in a 5-1 loss to the Miami Marlins at American Family Field that featured a seventh-inning bullpen implosion.

Former Brewers pitcher Drew Rasmussen, now with Tampa Bay, threw a perfect fifth for the American League. Former Brewers minor leaguer Shane Smith, pitching for the White Sox in the eighth, retired one of the two batters he faced.

While Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder were the favorites, it was Keon Broxton who walked away the winner in the Brewers alumni home run derby.

The Brewers, the best team in baseball over the past month or so, could get a boost soon on the pitching front in the form of Nestor Cortes.

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick returned from the injured list Saturday after recovering from a left hamstring issue. Frelick was leading off and playing right field for the Brewers against the Miami Marlins.

Is it defensible to refer to the defending National League Central champs as "upstarts?" It is, and such is the state of the expectations -- and the baseball -- in Milwaukee these days. The Brewers on Saturday night in L.

The Milwaukee Brewers blazed into the All-Star break having won seven in a row, then rattled off four more out of the gate and took their first two series over the Dodgers and Mariners on the road.