What did I tell you about the Milwaukee Brewers’ offense? If you were reading earlier this week, I mentioned that the Brewers’ offense was making hard contact, but nothing fell for them. Sure enough, things started to change on Saturday. Milwaukee ended up putting up 18 runs in the last two games as they took care of business against the St. Louis Cardinals. This is Milwaukee’s second straight winning series as they go 4-2 on their first road trip of the year and against division rivals. You love to see it.

FIVE STARS
Avisail Garcia – What a weekend for Avi. On Saturday, he smashed a two-run home run to give the Brewers a 3-0 lead then he helped Milwaukee extend their lead with a two-run double as Cardinals pulled close. Garcia followed his 5 RBI Saturday up with a two-run shot on Sunday as well. He is seeing the ball well right now. People knew Garcia had this type of power in him. And he’s showing it off right now. Hopefully, he can bring the lumber back to American Family Field this week.

FOUR STARS
Adrain Houser – Big props to Adrian Houser on Saturday for his performance. He went six innings, allowed six hits, and only allowed one run. That run doesn’t score if not for an error from Keston Hiura. Houser was excellent on Saturday with his pitches staying low and forcing ground balls. Houser can be a stud for the Brewers. We saw in 2019 at times, and hopefully, this is a sign of things to come.

Travis Shaw – Nolan Arenado who? In all seriousness, Shaw had a great weekend. First, he showed off his glove on Saturday. He made a ton of great plays defensively with Houser on the mound. On Sunday, he smashed a three-run home run that gave Milwaukee a 7-0 lead in the second inning. Great stuff from the Mayor of Ding Dong City who is batting over .300 for the year thus far.

THREE STARS
Keston Hiura – What a weird Saturday for the Kest Daddy. He had a terrible error that leads to two runs scoring. But then later in the game, he jacks a three-run home run that puts the game out of reach for St. Louis and proved to be very vital as the Cardinals got a few runs as well. Hiura hit the ball very hard on Saturday, so, hopefully, this is a sign of things to come.

ONE STAR
Josh Lindblom – Man, it’s not going well for Josh Lindbloom out of the pin. He continues to struggle in that role, and not sure what the best option is for him moving forward. I think part of the problem is he doesn’t have reliever stuff. Like there isn’t one thing he does that confuses batters. He might just be a long relief guy, and that’s it.

NEXT UP
Milwaukee gets ready for round two with the Cubs. We see the same pitching matchup as last Tuesday with Freddy Peralta getting the ball against Adbert Alzolay. He did not pitch well the first time versus Milwaukee. Peralta’s second time against the Cubs will be interesting. Freddy was great to round one, but we’ll see if the Cubs make any adjustments.

Charlie.