MARYVALE, Ariz. -- Nick Neugebauer, Jamey Wright and Ruben Quevedo all threw on the side for the Milwaukee Brewers Monday. Results were somewhat encouraging, at least in two of the cases, and mixed in the third case.
Neugebauer did not have his usual velocity, but did throw well enough that he will make his first start of the spring Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox.
{INSERT_RELATED}The righthander has been coming back from shoulder problems and a virus that hit him early in spring training.
Wright, who has had a strained oblique muscle in his left side, threw without pain for the first time in a couple weeks. He will throw again in a couple days and could make a start before the end of spring training.
The news was mixed on Quevedo. He is still scheduled to start Tuesday, against the Chicago Cubs at Maryvale.
Quevedo has had a drop in velocity on his pitches and has complained of fatigue. He underwent some blood tests on Monday. Results were expected Tuesday.
Knocks on Wood
The Brewers jumped all over the Cubs' Kerry Wood Tuesday for six runs on seven hits in three innings.
Richie Sexson singled home one run in the first inning, and Raul Casanova's bloop double with the bases loaded scored three more. The runs broke a streak of 20 scoreless innings by Chicago pitchers.
The Brewers loaded the bases against Wood again in the second inning, but did not score. Milwaukee manager Davey Lopes was ejected after that inning for protesting a called third strike on Matt Stairs that ended the Brewers' threat.
Casanova had a second RBI double off Wood in the third inning. He scored the sixth run later in that inning.
Milwaukee starter Ben Sheets, who had not allowed a run in 11 innings before Monday, gave up his first run of the spring on Mark Bellhorn's RBI single in the second inning. Sheets allowed only that one run on nine hits in six innings.
Roster Moves
The Brewers trimmed eight players from their roster Monday. Infielders Marcos Scutaro and Elvis Pena were sent to Indianapolis (AAA).
Six players were assigned to the general minor league camp. They were pitchers Derrin Ebert, Gus Gandarillas, Ryan Glynn, catcher Lance Burkhart, infielder Jon Zuber and outfielder Robert Perez.
Tampa Bay picked up pitcher Jorge Sosa on waivers Monday. The moves put the Brewers roster at 39, including 18 pitchers, three catchers, nine infielders and nine outfielders.
Hammonds Problems
Outfielder Jeffrey Hammonds continues to have tenderness in his shoulder, and problems with a quadricep. Hammonds came in to the Maryvale camp briefly Tuesday and then went for some rehab work. He has played in only eight exhibition games thus far this spring.
