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Bukauskas

Bukauskus faced five batters and allowed two hits and one run. He threw 20 pitches. Bukauskus will need another outing or two in the minors before the Brewers consider letting him rejoin their bullpen.

The 27-year-old right-hander has been shelved since April 14 due to a right lat sprain, and now it looks like he’s going to be out for a while. While he’s making some progress in his recovery, he’s not close to beginning a minor league rehab assignment just yet. This was done primarily as a procedural move by the Brewers to open up a spot on their 40-man roster for Friday’s scheduled starter, Robert Gasser.

Bukauskas will miss at least two weeks of action while recovering. The 27-year-old right-hander has been replaced on the roster by Jared Koenig.

Bukauskas will join the Brewers’ active roster with Trevor Megill on the injured list with a concussion. The 27-year-old has bounced back and forth from Triple-A to the majors over the last couple seasons and will provide depth for the Brewers’ bullpen for at least the next week or so until Megill is cleared to return.

It’s an unfortunate situation for the 30-year-old. The concussion happened when Megill was at a Spectrum store on a scheduled off-day and fainted and fell. J.B. Bukauskas was called up from Nashville to fill a roster spot for Milwaukee.

Bukauskas has shuttled back and forth between Milwaukee’s bullpen and Triple-A Nashville over the last years and figures to continue doing so this season.

There isn’t a definitive timetable here for Bukauskas, but it certainly sounds like he’s done for the remainder of the season, including the playoffs. The 26-year-old righty has made five scoreless relief appearances this season at the big league level.

Miley and relievers J.B. Bukauskas and Julio Teheran combined on a six-hit shutout on Thursday afternoon against a lifeless Cardinals’ lineup. The 36-year-old southpaw scattered three hits and a pair of walks over six frames to cruise to a relatively easy win. He’ll bring a solid 3.20 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 77/37 K/BB ratio across 115 1/3 innings (22 starts) into a rematch against the Cardinals on Tuesday in his final regular-season outing.

Bukauskas provides Milwaukee’s bullpen with a fresh arm for Wednesday’s showdown against the Cardinals. The 26-year-old right-hander has made two relief appearances this season in the majors.

Bukauskas has been sent back to the minors to open up a roster spot for Colin Rea to come up and take the ball on Saturday night against the Phillies.