Brewers acquire Lyles from Pirates

The Brewers acquired the righthander from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for pitching prospect Cody Ponce, giving them a familiar name in their injurydepleted rotation. Lyles has struggled since the end of May.

“I’m definitely looking forward to a change,” Lyles said during a conference call. “This last month hasn’t gone in my favor. I’ve pitched poorly. We got off to a really good start, hot start, and kind of faced after some injuries here and there.”

Lyles worked out of the bullpen for Milwaukee last fall, going 10 with a 3.31 ERA in 11 appearances for the Brewers while helping the club win the NL Central title. Lyles translated his success with Milwaukee into a oneyear contract with the Pirates and earned a spot in the starting rotation out of spring training.

He won five of his first six decisions, and then fell into a deep slump. He had a 9.58 ERA in eight starts since the end of May, leaving him 57 overall with a 5.36 ERA.

Ponce, a secondround pick in the 2015 draft, is 13 with one save, 44 strikeouts and a 3.29 ERA in 27 appearances at DoubleA Biloxi this season.

DODGERS TRADE ROSSCUP

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers have traded lefthander Zac Rosscup to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash.

The Dodgers also put Enrique Hernandez on the injured list with a sprained left hand.

Rosscup is headed to his fourth team this season.

St. Louis optioned outfielder Harrison Bader to Memphis. Bader is batting .195 in 90 games this season and had started just six games since the AllStar break.

BLUE JAYS CALL UP BICHETTE

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Blue Jays have called up top prospect Bo Bichette about 2 hours before first pitch against the Kansas Royals on Monday night as they continued with sweeping changes to their big league roster.

The move came one day after Toronto shipped pitcher Marcus Stroman to the New York Mets for two pitching prospects and shipped infielder Eric Sogard to the Tampa Bay Rays for a pair of players to be named later.