Brewers have chance for team HR record vs. Reds
The Cincinnati Reds have allowed the most home runs of any team in major-league history. The Milwaukee Brewers have done their fair share contributing to that total.
The Brewers have hit 29 home runs against the Reds this season. That is the third-most for Milwaukee against any team during a single season in franchise history. The Brewers hit 33 round-trippers against Houston in 2007 and again against Pittsburgh in 2010.
Can Milwaukee match or break that single-season record in this weekend's three-game series?
Milwaukee and Cincinnati have played 16 times thus far in 2016. The Brewers have homered in 13 of those. On May 7 in Cincinnati, Milwaukee hit five homers, which is tied for the most in a game this season (the Brewers also hit five against the Mets on June 11).
In the six games played at Milwaukee, the Brewers have cranked out 10 home runs, hitting two homers in a game three times and another with three.
Of the 29 homers hit, 13 belong to players no longer on the team (since-traded Aaron Hill and Jonathan Lucroy each had five; the former had three in that May 7 game) and one more belongs to a player out for the year (Keon Broxon).
Here's the complete list of Brewers who have homered against the Reds in 2016:
| Player | HR |
| Ryan Braun | 5 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 5 |
| Aaron Hill | 5 |
| Scooter Gennett | 2 |
| Chris Carter | 2 |
| Hernan Perez | 2 |
| Alex Presley | 2 |
| Domingo Santana | 1 |
| Keon Broxton | 1 |
| Jonathan Villar | 1 |
| Martin Maldonado | 1 |
| Ramon Flores | 1 |
| Manny Pina | 1 |
Other notes:
-- Milwaukee has the second-lowest bullpen ERA in the majors since Sept. 11, at 1.29. Only Boston (1.13) is better.
-- Brewers starter Zach Davies has the most wins in 2016 for a pitcher who is 23 years old or younger, with 11.
-- The Reds have 89 losses. They'll need to finish the season unbeaten to avoid back-to-back 90-loss season for the first time since 1933-34, which is the third-longest such active streak. Only the Cardinals (1912-13) and Dodgers (1909-10) have gone longer.
-- Right-handers are batting only .182 vs. Cincinnati starter Anthony DeSclafani but lefties are hitting .317. That's the largest opponent batting differential in the majors.
-- Cincinnati's Joey Votto is batting .410 in the second half, which is the second-best average after the All-Star break (note: since 1933) in history. Brooklyn's Babe Phelps batted .416 in 1936. Fourth on the list is Bob "Hurricane" Hazle in 1957 at .403 with the Milwaukee Braves.
Statistics courtesy STATS LLC and baseball-reference.com
