Josh Hader does not pitch three straight days. That’s just a fact. Hader has not pitched three straight days in his entire career. Craig Counsell decided that yesterday was the day to see if Hader could pitch three straight days. He could not. Hader gave up a leadoff walk that led to Matt Chapman going yard. He was the second Oakland A’s player to go deep in this series off Hader. I’m not ready to see the Brewers’ best reliever is broken, but I am ready to say teams are starting to figure out a way to attack him. He has to adjust.

Player of the Game: Matt Chapman – The thing that pisses me off about Chapman’s home run and Khris Davis’ three-hit game on Tuesday were these guys slumped for the last month basically. Of course, when the Milwaukee Brewers come to town, they figure out how to hit the baseball. Chapman had a 1-for-30 slump before hitting a home run yesterday. That stings a hell of a lot.

Honorable Mention: Chase Anderson – Talk about a guy who deserved better from the Milwaukee Brewers. He pitched six innings, only allowed three hits and struck out five batters whilst allowing one run. In June, I said on a podcast that Anderson was my least favorite Brewer as I always expect bad things on the mound. I’d like to announce that I’m sorry and I renounce those comments.

The Thing I didn’t like: Brewers didn’t capitalize on their opportunities – Sure, the Hader thing was bad, but Milwaukee should not have been there in the first place. They had multiple chances to break the game wide open, and they did not. Brewers were 1-of-9 with runners in scoring position yesterday. Mike Moustakas and Eric Thames both had chances with multiple runners on to do some damage and they couldn’t.

Next up: Milwaukee goes to Chicago to take on the Cubs for a critical three-game series. Cubs are one game up on the Brewers in the NL Central and the Wild Card. We’ll see the same matchup we did on Sunday when Zach Davies takes on Jose Quintana. Davies is in need of a good start after a couple of rough ones versus Cincinnati and Chicago. My advice would be to not pitch to Kyle Schwarber. Brewers have been better versus Quintana but it always pulling teeth against him.

Charlie.