August 15, 2010: Today's Starting Pitcher

LHP EFRAIN NIEVES: Selected by Milwaukee in the 7th round of the 2007 draft out of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy.

LAST SEASON: Nieves spent all of 2009 with the Timber Rattlers. He went 5-7 with a 5.70ERA in 27 appearances. Nieves made 11 starts for Wisconsin in 2009.

LAST APPEARANCE: Nieves allowed one run on three hits over 2-1/3 innings in a relief appearance at Quad Cities on August 11. He walked two and struck out four but was not involved in the decision.

LAST START: Nieves pitched five shutout innings at Peoria on April 28, but was not involved in the decision. Nieves allowed three hits, walked three, and struck out five.

WORLD CUP: Nieves pitched for Puerto Rico in the World Cup of Baseball after the 2009 regular season. He made three starts and was 1-1 with a 2.51 ERA. In 14.1 innings pitched, Nieves walked six and struck out 17.

VS. CUBA: Nieves got the call to be the starting pitcher against Cuba on September 18 during the World Cup. He allowed two runs on five hits with six strikeouts over 4-2/3 innings. Nieves was not involved in the decision, but Puerto Rico would win the game 5-2.

A PRODUCTIVE WINTER: Nieves pitched for Arecibo in the Puerto Rican Winter League after the World Cup. Nieves also went on to pitch for Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Series.

BREWERS CAREER: Nieves was 14-14 with a 5.08 ERA in his first three seasons as a pitcher in the Milwaukee minor league system. He has made 58 appearances (29 starts) since 2007 and has pitched.

INTO THE PAST: Nieves was the Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week for his performance July 7-13, 2008 while pitching for Helena.

VS. CEDAR RAPIDS: Nieves has made four appearances (all in relief) against the Kernels in 2010. He is 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA versus Cedar Rapids. In 15 innings, he has allowed six runs (five earned) on 14 hits. Nieves has walked four and struck out 10 Kernels over those 15 innings.

PROFESSIONAL BESTS:

INNINGS PITCHED: 8.0 (8/25/08 at Great Falls)

STRIKEOUTS: 9 (8/25/08 at Great Falls)

............2010 DAY-BY-DAY
DATE..OPP....DEC..IP..H R ER BB K ERA

4/10..KC*....Loss 3.2 2 5 2...4 1 4.91

4/15..@BUR*..Loss 3.0 8 8 6...3 3 10.80

4/21..CR.....Win..4.0 2 0 0...2 2 6.75

4/28..@PEO*.......5.0 3 0 0...3 5 4.60

5/3...@BEL........4.0 4 2 2...2 0 4.58

5/8...CR..........3.1 5 2 2...0 2 4.70

5/14+ BEL....Loss 1.0 2 1 1...1 1 4.88

5/20..PEO.........3.0 3 0 0...0 4 4.33

5/29..@CR.........3.0 6 4 3...1 3 4.80

6/3...@FW.........0.1 0 0 0...1 0 4.75

6/5...@LC.........4.0 6 3 3...4 2 4.98

6/12..DAY.........1.1 3 3 3...1 1 5.55

6/27..BUR.........2.0 1 1 1...1 0 5.50

6/30..QC.....Save 2.0 0 0 0...3 2 5.22

7/4...@CR....Win..4.2 1 0 0...1 3 4.67

7/10..BUR....Win..4.2 2 0 0...2 5 4.22

8/4...PEO.........1.0 1 0 0...0 2 4.14

8/7...@CLN........3.0 3 2 2...3 3 4.25

8/11..@QC.........2.1 3 1 1...2 4 4.23

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