October 12
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Over the past three weeks, few pitchers in the National League have thrown the ball better than Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Yovani Gallardo and St. Louis ace Chris Carpenter. In that regard, their pitching matchup in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday night at Busch Stadium would seem to assure a tight, low-scoring game. But is that necessarily the case? With the exception of one game on May 7 of this season, when he took a no-hitter into the eighth inning of a 4-0 victory, Gallardo has not fared well against the Cardinals. He is 1-3 with a 5.70 earned run average in four starts this season and 1-7 with a 5.66 earned run average in 11 career appearances."
October 7
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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There's an old saying in baseball that momentum starts and stops 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate. That's where Yovani Gallardo will be standing Friday afternoon at the start of Game 5 of the National League Division Series at Miller Park, and it will be up to the Milwaukee Brewers ace to control an Arizona Diamondbacks offense that ran amok in the desert. The Brewers never knew what hit them in Games 3 and 4 at Chase Field, falling behind early and never recovering. That leaves it to Gallardo, the Game 1 winner and a perfect 6-0 for his career against the Diamondbacks, to restore some normalcy in the early innings. "It's very important," Gallardo said Thursday during a media session at"
October 2
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Slowly but surely, Yovani Gallardo has progressed and matured into one of the best homegrown pitchers the Milwaukee Brewers have produced. Over that past few weeks, however, the 25-year-old right-hander has moved to a new level of excellence. "He's been great his whole career, but if you look at the last month he's really taken a step forward," said leftfielder Ryan Braun. "He has been dominant. He has thrown the ball better probably over the last month than I've ever seen, and I've seen him since we were in (Class) A ball together. "I'd put him up there with any other ace in baseball." The Arizona Diamondbacks certainly were not going to argue Saturday afternoon after Gallardo dominated"
October 1
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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After going out last off-season and making the headline-grabbing trades for Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum, the Milwaukee Brewers entered 2011 with three No. 1-caliber starters. With Yovani Gallardo, of course, being the third. Milwaukee's revamped rotation was among the biggest reasons the Brewers won the National League Central Division title and are hosting the NL Division Series beginning Saturday afternoon at Miller Park. Yet it's Gallardo - the lone home-grown prospect in the Brewers' rotation - who will take the mound for Game 1 against the NL West-champion Arizona Diamondbacks. It's a huge honor for the right-hander, who comes in on the heels of three consecutive strong starts in"
September 28
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The last time Yovani Gallardo was given a Game 1 assignment in the playoffs, he had very little time to prepare. "It was tough," said the Milwaukee Brewers right-hander. "There were a lot of things going on." Such as recovering from a major knee injury. In 2008, Gallardo suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on a fluke play at first base at Wrigley Field on May 1 and didn't return until one week remained in the season. Despite that prolonged absence, there Gallardo was in Game 1 of the National League Division Series in Philadelphia, starting for the Brewers against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Basically, he got the assignment by default. CC Sabathia, the"
September 27
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Without actually announcing it, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke indicated Monday that right-hander Yovani Gallardo will be his Game 1 pitcher in the division series, no matter the opponent or location. Gallardo originally was listed as the probable starter Wednesday for the season finale against Pittsburgh. Earlier Monday, that was changed to "TBA" (to be announced). In his pregame briefing with reporters, Roenicke said he wasn't sure who would start Wednesday but that it wouldn't be Gallardo. That meant he had decided to pitch Gallardo in Game 1, which almost certainly means right-hander Zack Greinke will go in Game 2. "Right now, I don't think 'Yo' is going to pitch (Wednesday)," said"
July 31
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The Great Pitching Revival of 2011 continued Saturday night at Miller Park. Yovani Gallardo kept the conga line going for the Milwaukee Brewers' starting rotation, pitching seven strong innings in a 6-2 victory over Houston that sent an overflow crowd of 44,306 home in good spirits. Gallardo provided the 15th consecutive appearance in which a starter allowed three runs or fewer, a dramatic turnaround from past seasons when starting pitching regularly sabotaged the team. "We all see what the guy in front of us is doing," said Gallardo, who boosted his record to 12-7 with a 3.69 earned run average. "We try to match each other. "That's what good teams do. When the offense is struggling, the"
May 8
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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A lot of demons were exorcised Saturday by the folks wearing the visiting uniforms at Busch Stadium. Yovani Gallardo showed he can still be a dominating pitcher. Carlos Gomez proved he actually can put together good at-bats. And, most important, the Milwaukee Brewers proved they could score a few runs and actually win a ball game. All of those factors converged to allow the Brewers to snap a frustrating seven-game losing streak with a hard-fought 4-0 victory over the first-place St. Louis Cardinals, an outcome that took some pressure off a club that seemingly had forgotten how to hit. The day after St. Louis left-hander Jaime Garcia took a perfect game into the eighth inning, Gallardo"
May 3
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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For five innings, Yovani Gallardo had reason to feel better about himself. Baseball games consist of more than five innings, however. The Milwaukee Brewers' struggling right-hander fell apart in the sixth inning Monday night, extending his string of mediocre / poor outings to five as the Atlanta Braves rallied for a 6-2 victory at Turner Field. It was the third loss in a row after an opening win on this trip for the Brewers, who have scored a total of three runs in those games. Worse yet, Gallardo walked away frustrated yet again. "I haven't been pitching well the last five starts," said Gallardo, 1-2 with an 8.89 earned run average over that stretch. "I should be able to figure it out,"
April 6
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The Milwaukee Brewers weren't going to stumble out to an 0-5 start - Yovani Gallardo made sure of that. The ace right-hander turned in one of the most memorable starts of his young career on Tuesday night, twirling a complete-game two-hitter while also scoring the Brewers' lone run in a 1-0 win over the Atlanta Braves at Miller Park. Starting for a team that had been struggling in just about every facet of the game, Gallardo had plenty of pressure on his 25-year-old shoulders when he took the ball. But, as he's shown in the past, Gallardo was up for the challenge. And after 111 pitches, he'd faced just one batter over the minimum in posting his fourth career complete game. "Coming into"
March 31
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Ron Roenicke was told beforehand how special Yovani Gallardo could be on the mound when on top of his game. But he had to see it to believe it. "He's probably been a little bit more (than expected)," said the Milwaukee Brewers' first-year manager. "I knew this guy was a good pitcher but I just didn't realize the stuff and the command he had with all of his pitches. "Until you see a guy that is a top pitcher, you don't quite get it." Roenicke certainly liked what he saw from Gallardo during the exhibition season. In five starts, the 25-year-old right-hander compiled a 2-0 record and 1.96 earned run average, allowing only 14 hits and five walks in 18 1/3 innings while striking out 23"
August 27
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo and one of the team's clubhouse attendants were robbed at gunpoint overnight on Milwaukee's south side, team officials confirmed Friday. Gallardo was not injured, said Michael Vassallo, the team's director of media relations. WTMJ-AM (620), which first reported the robbery, reported that the clubhouse attendant, Alex Sanchez, was struck in the head with the butt of a handgun. A Milwaukee police spokeswoman confirmed that one of the robbery victims was struck with a gun, causing a bump on his head. Brewers spokesman Tyler Barnes said Sanchez was not in the hospital and that both he and Gallardo are "doing fine." "Both Yovani and Alex have confirmed that it"
August 15
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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As Ryan Braun went back toward the wall, he knew he had a beat on the ball and believed he could make a play on it to save the game. And for a split second, Kameron Loe, the pitcher who served the pitch, and Yovani Gallardo, the starter that got the Milwaukee Brewers into the eighth inning, thought the leftfielder actually came up with the catch. But as Braun fell to the warning track and the crowd paused to determine the ball's location, Troy Tulowitzki rounded the bases and a moment after the initial uncertainty, the crowd erupted and the Brewers were deflated as Tulowitzki hit a three-run home run that bounced off Braun's glove in the eighth inning to win the game for the Colorado"
July 23
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Yovani Gallardo didn't return to the mound a day too soon. Bringing back sanity to a starting rotation that had taken its lumps throughout a crazy week, Gallardo pitched six shutout innings Thursday night to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. "The first couple of innings, I was a little amped up," said Gallardo (9-4, 2.45). "I had a lot of energy. I was able to relax after that." One never would have known that Gallardo spent the previous 17 days on the disabled list, recovering from a left oblique strain. Or that the Pirates had taken apart the Brewers' pitching staff for 26 runs in the previous two games."
July 7
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Choosing to err on the side of caution Tuesday, the Milwaukee Brewers placed ace right-hander and first-time all-star Yovani Gallardo on the disabled list with a strained left oblique. The move is retroactive to Monday. The Brewers activated left-hander Doug Davis to take Gallardo's roster spot, and he is scheduled to pitch Friday. Gallardo will be eligible to come off the DL July 20 for the second game in Pittsburgh. With the all-star break built in, Gallardo will miss two starts. Gallardo saw team physician William Raasch for a second time Tuesday, and he recommended the move. "Dr. Raasch just detected a little more tightness and felt that the 'safety first' approach is the way to go,"
July 6
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Yovani Gallardo wanted to wait on the decision. So did general manager Doug Melvin. But manager Ken Macha saw no need to hold off on it because he knew without a doubt what the answer was. Gallardo, the Milwaukee Brewers' newly anointed all-star right-hander, will not make his next start before the all-star break, and he definitely will not pitch in the All-Star Game next week in Anaheim, Calif., because of his "mild" left oblique strain, suffered Sunday in St. Louis. The Brewers listed Gallardo as day-to-day and no decision on a move to the disabled list has been made yet. "Throwing in the All-Star Game? No," Macha said, somewhat surprised that reporters would even ask the question during"
July 5
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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What a bittersweet day for Yovani Gallardo. Sunday morning brought the news that Gallardo had made his first all-star team, a watershed moment for any player. Before the day was done, he was getting treatment in the trainer's room, wondering if he'd even be available for the midsummer classic. Talk about your highs and lows. "That's the kind of day it was for me, all around," said the Milwaukee Brewers' young ace. "I don't know how to explain it. I'm pretty excited about the All-Star Game, then I had to come out of the game." Gallardo exited with a left oblique strain in what became a disastrous third inning for the Brewers as St. Louis scored five unearned runs and rolled to a 7-1 victory"
June 3
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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In this Year of Awful Pitching for the Milwaukee Brewers, one member of the staff has refused to be stricken by the spreading epidemic. Run support or not, Yovani Gallardo provides a respite from the madness every five days. Fulfilling the role of stopper he had no choice but to embrace, Gallardo came through again Wednesday night to snap the Brewers' three-game skid in a 7-4 triumph over the Florida Marlins at Sun Life Stadium. Not only did Gallardo pitch seven strong innings, he socked a home run in the seventh to tie the score, 2-2. It was Gallardo's second homer of the season and sixth of his career, and the Brewers are 6-0 in those games. "He should hit more homers," joked manager Ken"
April 8
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The Brewers will announce at a 3 p.m. news conference today that right-hander Yovani Gallardo is signing a five-year contract extension with an option for a sixth year. The deal includes tearing up Gallardo's 2010 contract for $450,000 and replacing it, so the five years go through 2014 with an option for 2015. I have not heard the financial terms of the deal yet. Gallardo's first free-agent year is 2014, so the Brewers are buying out all three arbitration years plus that first free agent year. I don't know if the option for 2015 is a club option, mutual option or a vesting option (based on earlier performance). So, the Brewers are tying up their top young pitcher in a deal that probably"
April 8
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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We're getting word that the Brewers are going to call a news conference this afternoon to announce … something. The team hasn't officially announced anything yet. At this point, I don't think it has anything to do with Prince Fielder and we haven't heard anything about a trade or big roster move like that. If the announcement is something having to do with a contract extension, the likeliest player to get a deal done is right-hander Yovani Gallardo, who is eligible for arbitration after this season. Gallardo had his contract renewed this spring, the only player the Brewers were not able to come to an agreement with, giving him $450,000 this season based on the formula the club uses for"
October 28
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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First baseman Prince Fielder and right-hander Yovani Gallardo were named the Milwaukee Brewers' most valuable player and most valuable pitcher, respectively, for 2009 in balloting conducted by the Milwaukee chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Other award winners were closer Trevor Hoffman as top newcomer, reliever Todd Coffey as unsung hero and veteran infielder Craig Counsell as recipient of the "Good Guy" award. Fielder, who received all six first-place votes in ballots cast, had a record-breaking year in Brewers history. With 141 RBI, which tied Philadelphia's Ryan Howard for the major-league lead, he shattered the club mark of 126 established by Cecil Cooper in"
September 21
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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This final outing should leave a sweeter taste on Yovani Gallardo's palate. The Milwaukee Brewers right-hander had a dismal start against the Chicago Cubs last week, and with his innings and pitch count climbing, the decision was made Friday that Gallardo would get one more start before being shelved for the season. So there was one more shot for Gallardo to finish the year smiling. And he took advantage. Gallardo threw five shutout innings and reached the 200-strikeout mark as the Brewers swept the Houston Astros with a 6-0 victory Sunday afternoon at Miller Park. Gallardo (13-12) became the fourth Brewer to get 200 strikeouts in a season, finishing with 204, but just as important as the"
September 17
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Giving Yovani Gallardo nine days of rest didn't work, so the Brewers' decision-makers began discussions Wednesday that could lead to shutting down the young right-hander for the season. "We're not addressing it today," said general manager Doug Melvin. "If we do anything, we'll talk to him first." Because Gallardo missed most of last season with a knee injury and is among the league leaders in pitches thrown (3,125), the Brewers have tried to ease his workload in the final weeks of the season. He was given nearly a full turn off before pitching ineffectively Tuesday night in a 13-7 loss to the Cubs. Unable to find a consistent release point, Gallardo (12-12, 3.84) allowed seven hits, five"