Ron Roenicke fired as manager of Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers have fired manager Ron Roenicke following a league-worst 7-18 start, the team announced Sunday night.

"This has been a difficult start to the season, something that we certainly didn't anticipate," said team president and general manager Doug Melvin in a statement. "Over roughly the last 100 games, we have not performed at the level that we should."

The team will announce Roenicke's replacement Monday morning in a 11:30 a.m. press conference.

A victory Sunday over the Cubs gave Milwaukee its first consecutive victories of the year and first series win. Before this year, the most games the Brewers needed for consecutive wins was 18 in 1972, according to STATS.

Roenicke was hired before the 2011 season and finished his four-plus-year tenure in Milwaukee with a 342-331 record. His first year saw the team reach a franchise-best 96-66 mark and a National League Central title. The Brewers beat Arizona in the first round of the playoffs and lost to St. Louis in the league championship series.

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Milwaukee was 83-79 in 2012, 74-88 in 2013 and 82-80 last season.

The firing marks the first of the 2015 season.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.