Milwaukee Brewers needed this weekend. A weekend where they were able to produce 13 runs and two victories. Milwaukee is only a half game back of first-place Chicago, and they still haven’t really hit their stride as a baseball team. Maybe, the new lineup will be the difference for this team moving forward and start a heater to the All-Star Break. Brewers won again yesterday afternoon with a 7-5 victory. The game looked more like a blowout then the final score looked like. Brewers won back-to-back games for the first time in two weeks.

Player of the Game: Brandon Woodruff – Here is your 2019 ace. Brewers do not seem to have a pitcher who can do back-to-back years at the top spot. Maybe, Woody is the guy. He was excellent again on Sunday with 12 strikeouts in seven innings. Sure, he made one mistake to Joey Votto that allowed three runs in, but other than that, he was stellar. Woodruff’s strikeout totals in his last three home starts have been 12-10-10. That’s a pretty damn good stretch. He gave up more runs of late, but he still pitching better than anyone else on the roster.

Honorable Mention: Travis Shaw – It’s been awhile since we put Shaw’s name up here. But he started the party on Sunday afternoon with a towering solo home run in the third inning. It had looked like a pitcher’s duel through the first two innings of the game with strikeouts galore then Shaw came through with a 465-foot blast. He sadly only had that one hit, but if this starts a hot streak for him, the Brewers are a different team. We shall see what Shaw can bring to the table this week.

The Thing I Liked: A big inning is always great – Brewers spent the third inning teeing off on Anthony DeScalfani with five runs. They’ve put together some big innings in the last two games. That’s an encouraging sign to see out of the Brewers given their lack of offense during their cold streak. Brewers started it with a home run then everybody got hits with RBI doubles from Christian Yelich and Mike Moustakas then Orlando Arcia finished off the big inning.

The Thing I Didn’t Like: Jeremy Jeffress struggles again – With Josh Hader down, Jeremey Jeffries was brought in the eighth inning to finish off the game. He got through the one batter in the eighth but got himself into trouble in the ninth allowing two runs. He’s now allowed five runs in his last two appearances. JJ currently has a 3.81 ERA which is not a good sign for a reliever.

The Highlight of the Day: Shaw’s moonshot

We have a new leader in the #Brewers clubhouse for longest home run in 2019! (465') #ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/c4qAF5A9jv

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) June 23, 2019

Next up: Brewers welcome back Domingo Santana as he plays with the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday. Seattle has been good of late, but that’s due in large part to playing Kansas City and Baltimore, two of the worst teams in baseball. Zach Davies goes for Milwaukee, and he’ll look to bounce back against the team he cheered for as a kid. Marco Gonzales goes for Seattle, he struggled for a bit but has been better of late.

Charlie.