After Saturday night, Milwaukee Brewers were in a must-win situation. Chicago Cubs were rolling against the St. Louis Cardinals, and Colorado Rockies had just put up 16 runs on Saturday. Milwaukee could ill afford to lose two of three to the Miami Marlins. That did not happen. Brewers jumped all over hyped Marlins lefty Dillon Peters with eight runs in the fourth inning. Milwaukee continues to find a way to get big innings which is a major improvement from different parts of the second half of the season.

Fourth inning explosion
It looked like Milwaukee might only get one run in the fourth inning as Keon Broxton and Orlando Arcia struck out with Brandon Woodruff at the plate. The Brewers pitcher found a way to draw a walk, and Hernan Perez beat out an infield single to keep the inning alive. Then Domingo Santana delivered on Sunday like he’s done many times before with a three-run double. Brewers added three more to the inning.

Woodruff gives the bullpen some much needed relief
In the first two games of the series, Brewers taxed their bullpen. The team does not have an off day until next Monday. It was extremely important to have Brandon Woodruff go seven innings only giving up three runs and striking out five Marlins batters. Woodruff did a great job to keep things under control.

Travis Shaw starting to warm up again
What might drive Milwaukee’s final push to the postseason are Travis Shaw and Eric Thames finding their strokes again. Shaw had a rough August and a worse September until the last couple of games. He hit his 30th home run on Saturday night then he drove in three runs today with two hits. Shaw will need to continue this streak over in the final weeks of the season.

Next up
Milwaukee faces Pittsburgh again for the second time in two weeks. This time, it will be at PNC Park where Milwaukee is 1-6 on the year. That’s less than stellar. They get Steven Brault again, and I have a feeling things will be different. Milwaukee is seeing the ball well, and this is their third straight game against a lefty. Brent Suter goes for the Brewers who I wonder if the team will let him off the pitch count leash.

Charlie.