Milwaukee Brewers headed out West to play three teams including the best team in the universe while the Chicago Cubs took on the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies. Things did not look encouraging for Milwaukee heading into the month of September where Chicago’s lead could be larger than expected by Friday. That didn’t happen. Cubs went 3-3, and Milwaukee did the same finishing with a 5-4 West Coast road trip including winning a series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, something that hasn’t been done since early June.

Brewers pitching shut down Los Angeles this weekend, and that’s something we should all be excited for. Chase Anderson did just fine on Friday amid a couple issues, Zach Davies was stellar and Jimmy Nelson no-hit Los Angeles for 5-plus innings. Those three are your front-line starters, and they looked like it over the weekend. Davies is going to have a Nelson-like 2018. Mark that down. From what I watched post-fight, ‘Bat Boy’ had things working throughout the night. Sure, this is a different offense without Cody Bellinger, but still, this is an impressive weekend. Bullpen deserves a ton of credit for finishing the job on Saturday and Sunday.

Milwaukee is making their run to September right now. They all know this was a big win. Thats’ a huge boost heading home to play St. Louis and Washington. Everything becomes moot from the weekend if they get swept by the Cardinals, but let’s worry about that if it happens on Wednesday afternoon. If Cubs lose on Monday, Milwaukee will be 1.5 back with a major series against Chicago looming in two weeks at Wrigley. They are knocking on the door, and while there are still issues, this team looks like they’re mentally prepared for this final month of the season.

September is here a couple days early, and Brewers fans are going to have so many more nail-biters like the one on Sunday afternoon. It’s going to be a fun one.

Charlie.