RHP Junior Guerra threw 55 pitches in a minor league rehab start Saturday for Triple-A Colorado Springs. Guerra worked 3 1/3 scoreless innings and allowed just a hit and two walks while striking out a pair. Barring setback, his next start will be for the Brewers.

RHP Junior Guerra will make a rehab start Saturday for Triple-A Colorado Springs. He is inching closer to returning from a bout of right elbow soreness that has kept him out since Aug. 4.

RHP Junior Guerra (right elbow soreness) felt good after taking part in a simulated game Tuesday. He will begin a minor league rehabilitation assignment later this week with the expectation of returning to Milwaukee in early September.

RHP Junior Guerra will throw a simulated game Tuesday and if all goes well, will move on to a minor league rehab start and could return to Milwaukee's rotation in early September, manager Craig Counsell said Monday. Guerra has been ut since Aug 8. with soreness in his right elbow.

RHP Junior Guerra will throw a simulated game Tuesday and, if all goes well, will move on to a minor-league rehab start and could return to Milwaukee's rotation in early September, manager Craig Counsell said Monday. Guerra has been out since Aug 8. with soreness in his right elbow.

RHP Junior Guerra is getting closer to returning to the Brewers' rotation. Guerra threw a bullpen session over the weekend and is scheduled to pitch a simulated game at Miller Park on Monday. Guerra has been on the 15-day disabled list since Aug. 8 due to shoulder inflammation.

RHP Junior Guerra played catch for the first time Saturday as he works his way back from a bout of right elbow inflammation. Guerra has been out since Aug. 8 and is eligible to come off the disabled list next Friday.

RHP Junior Guerra played catch for the first time Saturday as he works his way back from right elbow inflammation. Guerra last pitched on Aug. 3 and is eligible to come off the disabled list next Friday.

RHP Junior Guerra was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday with soreness in his right elbow. The 31-year-old pitched a season-low four innings his last time out, allowing four runs on six hits and three walks in a 12-3 loss to the Padres. Prior to that, he'd gone 7-2 with a 2.70 ERA in his first 16 starts.

RHP Junior Guerra was placed on on the 15-day disabled list Monday with soreness in his right elbow.

RHP Junior Guerra had his shortest outing of the season Wednesday, allowing four runs on six hits and three walks in four innings. "I don't think Junior was Junior today, but he didn't get hit around by any means," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "It was the kind of day where they had everything fall in. But he hard to work pretty hard in the first three innings."

RHP Junior Guerra had a streak of 19 scoreless innings snapped when he allowed a run in the ninth inning. He finished July with at 2-1 with a 1.59 ERA in five July starts. On Friday night, he came one out short of the Brewers' first complete game since July 1, 2015.

RHP Junior Guerra, the Brewers' top starter during the first half of the season, pitched on eight days' rest Tuesday and looked sharp, giving up two runs -- both in the first inning -- and three hits in six innings in Pittsburgh. Guerra has pitched 88 1/3 innings, or one more inning than he did while spending most of last season in the minors. Manager Craig Counsell liked how threw -- again -- despite two walks in the first inning, saying, "He was excellent again, just like he's been all year."

RHP Junior Guerra, a 31-year-old rookie who spent four years wandering the desert of unaffiliated baseball, was dominant in the first half, going 6-1 with a 2.93 ERA in 12 starts before giving up three runs in 5 2/3 innings Sunday against St. Louis. Joining the team in early May to replace the struggling Taylor Jungmann, Guerra stabilized a woeful rotation and baffled opposing hitters with his split-finger fastball.

RHP Junior Guerra pitched very well on Monday at Washington. He did not give up a run for the second straight game. The well-traveled right-hander made his way to the nation's capital for the first time in his pro career on July 4, and the native of Venezuela continues to shine. After throwing eight scoreless innings and allowing two hits on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Guerra allowed just two hits and no runs in 7 1/3 innings on Monday as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 1-0. He is now 6-1 with a 2.93 ERA for the Brewers after he made his major league debut last season in three games with the Chicago White Sox. "The advantage goes to the pitcher when you haven't seen him before," Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. "Until you see (his split finger) you don't fully know what it is like. He threw an outstanding game."

RHP Junior Guerra makes the start Monday morning when Milwaukee starts a three-game series in Washington. Guerra checked the Dodgers on two hits over eight shutout innings Wednesday night in a 7-0 win, walking two and fanning seven as he improved to 5-1. This will be his first career outing against the Nationals.

RHP Junior Guerra notched his second consecutive victory Wednesday, throwing a career-high eight innings of shutout ball while scattering two hits and a pair of walks with seven strikeouts. Guerra is 4-1 with a 2.48 ERA at Miller Park this season.

RHP Junior Guerra (4-1), a 31-year old rookie from Venezuela, gave up two runs on five hits over seven innings in a 4-2 victory against the Oakland A's on Wednesday. He struck out eight and walked one in his 10th career major league start. Guerra went 0-1 with four no-decisions over his previous five starts before beating the A's. From 2011 to 2014, Guerra pitched in the Mexican League, in Italy and for the Wichita Wingnuts of the Independent American Association. Now he's got a 3.67 ERA and four wins in the big leagues. "Right now nothing's guaranteed," Guerra said. "All you can do is keep working hard, keep doing your thing, keep doing your job and give your team a chance to win." Brewers manager Craig Counsell had enough faith in Guerra to let him pitch to left-handed pinch hitter Stephen Vogt with two outs and a runner on second in the seventh inning with the Brewers clinging to a 3-2 lead. He struck out Vogt swinging on a split-finger fastball. "I wanted Junior out there for Stephen Vogt because I thought he's kind of earned that," Counsell said. "He's pitched like he's going to handle that situation. He came back and he came through and he made big pitches in that at-bat."

RHP Junior Guerra has come a long way since opening the season 0-2 with a 4.63 ERA at Triple-A Colorado Springs. Guerra (3-1, 3.31 ERA) goes for a fourth consecutive quality start when he opens a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night. He's never faced the Dodgers. The Brewers are 6-2 in games started by Guerra, who has allowed opponents to hit just .230 against him.

RHP Junior Guerra allowed three runs on two home runs in the second inning but settled in and fired four straight scoreless innings to finish with a respectable line of six innings, six hits and three runs. He walked two and struck out three in the no-decision.