Milwaukee Brewers seemed like they were in a sweep situation on Wednesday afternoon. Jack Flaherty took the mound for St. Louis, and he has been complete nails for the Cardinals in the last month. Flaherty had a 0.28 ERA in the month of August and striking out a ton of batters. The thought was Brewers were probably losing this game. Not so fast, my friends. Brewers gets one win out of the series with a 4-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Brewers showed some encouraging signs yet there is still work to be done.

Player of the Game: Jordan Lyles – What more can be said about this guy? Lyles continues to be awesome for the Brewers. It is crazy to think that he could have been part of this team to start the season. Where would Brewers be if they had Wade Miley and Lyles starting all season? That hurts more than I would like to talk about. He gave up one run over 5.1 innings and struck out nine batters with only one walk.

Honorable Mention: Josh Hader – What we saw from Josh Hader yesterday was what we want to see from all the time. He went two innings, gave up one hit and struck out three batters. He used more sliders than Hader has this season. That is something he needed to do earlier this season, and it’s good to see the Brewers closer is getting around to it finally. He said that part of the reason the slider came out was due to pitching against St. Louis all season, yet, I hope that’s not the only time we’ll see it.

The Thing I Liked: Brewers held a lead against a good opponent – Milwaukee left no room for error. Lyles, Junior Guerra and Hader all pitched great for the Crew. They did not let St. Louis even sniff a lead in this ball game. There were a few situations where things got tight but Milwaukee found a way to shut it down. The big moment in the game was probably Junior Guerra getting Yadier Molina, who owns the Milwaukee Brewers, to ground out into a double play and end the sixth inning.

Next up: Brewers head to Chicago to take on the Cubs in a critical three-game series. Milwaukee will be either three back or four back pending on the results of tonight’s Cubs-Mets game. Milwaukee will get a tired Cubs bunch on Friday afternoon, which could mean it’s a time to strike. Milwaukee sends Chase Anderson to the hill. Anderson has one start versus the Cubs, and it went well. Cubs go with Jose Quintana who is always tough on Milwaukee, but they’ve got to him in the past.

Charlie.