Roenicke hopeful Marcum is ready for the regular season

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Brewers’ manager Ron Roenicke says he’s still hopeful that Shaun Marcum will be ready for the start of the regular season. The right-handed starter is suffering from shoulder inflammation. He threw a second bullpen session yesterday as part of his rehabilitation – and the skipper says Marcum’s recovery is going well. Also yesterday, the Brewers made their first five roster cuts of the spring. Right-hander Taylor Jungmann, left-hander Jeb Bradley, and catcher Anderson De La Rosa were all sent to the Brewers’ minor league camp. Outfielder Brock Kjeldgaard and right-hander Cody Scarpetta were sent down to Double-“A” Huntsville.

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The Milwaukee Brewers returned to .500 in Cactus League play with a 6-to-4 exhibition victory over the San Diego Padres yesterday in Phoenix. Chris Narveson pitched three-and-two-thirds scoreless innings – and he’s given up just one earned run this spring in nine-and-a-third frames. Milwaukee scored five times in the sixth inning, highlighted by a two-run homer from Taylor Green. Aramis Ramirez singled twice, after he was hit on his right throwing shoulder by a ball during batting practice. The trainers checked him out, and said he was okay. Milwaukee is now 6-6-and-1 this spring. They’ll have a pair of split-squad games this afternoon – one against Kansas City, and the other in Tucson Arizona against Seattle.

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