Milwaukee Brewers has their backs directly up against the walls. If Milwaukee drops Saturday’s game to the Chicago Cubs, they have lost back-to-back series against Cardinals and Cubs. They got on the board early and never looked back from there. Brewers added two runs in the first inning then held on strong for nine full innings. That’s absolutely incredible. With how hot the Cubs have been in the last week, it is great to see Milwaukee’s pitching staff do the damn thing. Brewers are four games back from the Wild Card spot with a host of other teams. They still need to build wins in order to be a true threat.

Players of the Game: Junior Guerra and Josh Hader – These guys got it done yesterday. They were awesome to finish off the Cubs. Guerra and Hader both went nearly two innings. Neither of them allowed a hit with Guerra getting one strikeout and Hader getting two in the ninth to finish off the game. Both pitched great, and that’s the type of thing Milwaukee needs down the stretch. No bullpen blowups and keep winning baseball games.

The Thing I Liked: Brewers ragtag lineup got it done – I looked at this lineup before this game and thought there was no chance Milwaukee is winning this game. They did not have Keston Hiura, Ryan Braun and Lorenzo Cain in the lineup. Hiura and Braun are two vital parts of the Brewers lineup these days yet they got two runs in the first inning then held on. As my dad said, it felt like last year. We haven’t had many games like these from the 2019 Brewers.

The Other Thing I Like: Brewers make the move for September call-ups – I like what the Brewers did with their call-ups. Brewers made their moves on Sunday with Jake Faria, Freddy Peralta, Brent Suter, Jimmy Nelson, David Freitas, and Tyler Austin. For the offense, it is two guys who can give you some power off the bench. For the pitchings taff, it’s incredible that Suter is back already and pitching. Hopefully, it goes better for Nelson too.

Next up: Milwaukee gets ready for their final game of the series against Chicago in a little bit. Brewers were supposed to go up against Yu Darvish but he is dealing with forearm tightness so it will be Tyler Chatwood. Cubs pitcher was awful as a starter last year, but he’s been a productive bullpen arm. Gio Gonzalez will look to bounce back after a woeful outing on Monday.

Charlie.