What the Milwaukee Brewers are doing right now is nothing short of incredible. They’ve won 15 of their last 19 games. They’ve won 11 of their last 12 games. No one is hotter in baseball than the Milwaukee Brewers. They somehow have forced their way back into the playoff conversation. Something you didn’t think was possible. Brewers are tied for the Wild Card and only two games back of the division after the Washington Nationals beat St. Louis and Cincinnati beat Chicago. Milwaukee handled their business with a hard-fought game, winning 3-1 with the return of Brandon Woodruff and Keston Hiura back in the lineup.

Player of the Game: Drew Pomeranz – With Josh Hader unavailable, you need people to step up. It appears that Drew Pomeranz is that dude. He is striking out everyone as a reliever, and it’s incredible. Pomeranz mowed through the last six batters in the San Diego lineup. They were no match for his overpowering fastball that he blends in with his off-speed stuff. He is incredibly hard to get a hit off when he’s rolling. Also, do we all apologize to David Stearns for being very wrong on why the Brewers traded for Pomeranz?

Honorable Mention: Mike Moustakas – I’ve mentioned to you guys in the past that Mike Moustakas seemed to be the most clutch hitter on the Brewers, and he continues to have that title. Moustakas stood to the plate with no one on in the seventh and launched one to the second deck to give Milwaukee a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning. Moose has 35 home runs on the year and is inching closer to that career-high number.

The Thing I Liked: Hiura and Woodruff are back for the final part of the run – Amid all of the excitement, Brewers were able to add two huge pieces to their team with Woodruff and Hiura returning. Woodruff pitched two innings and looked strong in those with four strikeouts plus only one hit allowed. We’ll see if the Brewers extend him out further when his next scheduled start is up. Hiura went 1-for-3.

Next up: Brewers get set for Game 3 as they look to take the series from San Diego. Milwaukee sends Adrian Houser to the mound as he looks to bounce back from a tough outing in St. Louis. San Diego will send Danielson Lamet who is a flame thrower and a good pitcher. Lamet has lost his last four starts with the Friars.

Charlie.