Former Milwaukee Brewers’ pitcher changes last name to get on team’s all-time win list
Former Brewers ‘ pitcher Tim Dillard has changed his name to Tim Zillard.
The reason: Dillard saw there were no Brewers’ pitchers with the last name starting with Z that had won a game in team history. With one win as a Brewer to his credit, Dillard/Zillard now becomes the winningest pitcher in Brewers history with the last name starting with a Z.
Said Dillard/Zillard: “Legally… I’d only have to change 1 letter.”
Dillard/Zillard took to Twitter and showed what the updated list of “Brewers’ winningest pitchers… by the alphabet” would look like with his name added:
Hope you enjoyed this April’s Fools joke.
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Four stats from the Brewers 4-0 loss to the Cubs
Here are four stats from the Brewers 4-0 loss to the Cubs on Opening Day:
The last shutout on Opening Day was also to the Cubs in 2020. The Brewers lost that game 3-0. in Chicago. It was the seventh Opening Day shut out in team history: 1970, 1973, 1977, 2001, 2015, 2020 and 2023.
Brewers batters struck out 12 times in the game. The team is 196-342 (.364) all-time in games when their batters strikeout 12 or more times. Last season the Brewers were 14-11 (.560) in games when they struck out 12 or more times in a game.
Brewers rookie Brice Turang collected a hit in his first game in the majors. He is the first Brewers rookie to have a hit in his first game since May 14, 2019 when Keston Hiura had a hit in his MLB debut. Turang became the first Brewers’ rookie to get his first MLB hit on Opening Day since JJ Hardy did it on April 4, 2005.
The Brewers had only four hits in the contest. When the Brewers had four or fewer hits in a game in 2022 they were 9-14 (.391). When the Brewers had exactly four hits in a game last year they were 5-10 (.333).
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