Hours before the Milwaukee Brewers walked off with a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the teams completed a trade … with each other.
Early in Wednesday’s series finale, the Dodgers announced they traded outfielder Steward Berroa to the Brewers for cash considerations.
Berroa was recently designated for assignment by the Dodgers, who acquired him from the Toronto Blue Jays in May. While the 26-year-old Berroa made his MLB debut with the Blue Jays last season, he didn’t play in the majors during his stint with the Dodgers organization.
The Dominican Republic native played in 27 games for Triple-A Oklahoma City, slashing .330/.424/.433 with 7 doubles, 1 home run, 11 RBI and 11 stolen bases with 22 strikeouts. Before that, he appeared in 24 games for Triple-A Buffalo. There, he hit .195 with a .501 OPS.
In 28 games and 45 plate appearances with the Jays last season, Berroa struggled, posting a .189 average with 1 double, 1 home run and 6 stolen bases.
The Brewers DFA’ed righty Elvin Rodríguez to make room for Berroa in Triple-A, where Rodríguez was previously pitching.
The timing of the announcement of the minor trade between the Dodgers and Brewers was humorous, and the transaction made the rounds on social media as a pitching duel commenced.
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Making his first Dodgers appearance since April 27, Tyler Glasnow returned to Los Angeles’ starting rotation. He didn’t allow an earned run in the five innings he pitched. That said, he walked three, including one in the fifth that ultimately scored after a balk, stolen base and throwing error from Dodgers All-Star catcher Will Smith.
Los Angeles took a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning, and that’s when Milwaukee plated a game-tying run, thanks to a clutch single from pinch-hitting first baseman Andrew Vaughn, who has now logged at least one RBI in each of his first three games with the Brewers.
In the bottom of the 10th, Milwaukee center fielder Jackson Chourio authored his first career walk-off, driving home automatic runner Sal Frelick with a hard-hit single to left field.
At that point, the clubs’ midgame trade was an afterthought, as the defending World Series champion Dodgers saw their losing streak extend to six games.
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