
The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ron Roenicke on Sunday night, hours after their 5-3 victory over the Cubs in Chicago. The Brewers are a major league-worst 7-18 after a 2-13 start. ''This has been a difficult start to the season, something that we certainly didn't anticipate,'' president and general manager Doug Melvin said in a statement. Before this year, the most games Milwaukee needed for consecutive wins was 18 in 1972, according to STATS.
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