Milwaukee Brewers embarked on a three-week journey that will see them play teams all in the National League Central and playoff races. It will decide their season. If Milwaukee plays well, they’re going to be in it for the final month of the season. If they do not, it will likely be curtains. The weekend series against Washington did not exactly bode confidence. Milwaukee is lucky to have gotten a game from Washington. Nothing changed really in the two races as Milwaukee is two games back in both. Milwaukee is logjammed in the Wild Race with Philadelphia and New York.

Sunday: Nationals 16 Brewers 8 – This game became dead on arrival in the second inning. Washington jumped out to a 6-0 lead and that’s all you needed to know about this one. Chase Anderson could not keep the ball in the park, and that led to a blowout. Aaron Wilkerson deserves a thumbs up for getting beat up for four innings to preserve the bullpen after a long one on Saturday. The one bright spot is Mike Moustakas appears to have broken out of his funk. He hit two home runs on Sunday to go along with the dinger he had Saturday night.

Saturday: Brewers 15 Nationals 14 – One of the crazier games I’ve ever watched the Milwaukee Brewers play. It went back and forth with Milwaukee blowing four leads throughout the game. If Milwaukee did lose that game, it would have been a devastating defeat. Thankfully, Milwaukee got out of it. Josh Hader somehow worked his way out of a bases-loaded no outs jam to keep the game tied at 12. Big nights by Christian Yelich, Moustakas and Ryan Braun which is usually a winning combination. Milwaukee Brewers kept adding run after run, and finally, a two-run homer by Eric Thames was enough for Milwaukee to win the game. Again with what happened Sunday, this is a critical one to win.

Friday: Nationals 2 Brewers 1 – Brewers probably want this one back. They left a ton of runners on per usual and ruined a perfectly good Adrian Houser. The bright spot here is Houser who is starting to round into form as a starting pitcher. There is a great deal of Brandon Woodruff vibes with him. Woodruff was an up and down starter in 2018 then broke out in 2019. Houser seemed to be the next one with a potential 2020 breakout. He might be there already. As for the game, Brewers outhit Washington 9-3 and had nine runners in scoring position yet none of them scored.

Next up: Brewers continue their playoff journey as they take on St. Louis starting on Monday night. Zach Davies will come off the IL to make the start on Monday. He struggled right before his injury, and he is not good against the Cardinals. Dakota Hudson gets the ball for St. Louis. He bounced back after some tough moments, but Hudson struggled versus the Crew this season.

Charlie.