Home sweet home. There is something about playing at Miller Park for the 2019 Milwaukee Brewers. In the first 17 games of the season, the Brewers have scored five or more runs in six of the eight games at Miller Park. Two of those games resulted in losses due to bad pitching, but the offense seems to come alive with the roof stays closed through Wisconsin’s typically shitty April weather. Brewers brought out the big bats again with 10 runs in a rousing victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Christian Yelich led the way with three home runs as he continues his torrid streak against St. Louis.

Player of the Game: Christian Yelich – As noted by us today, Yelich is not from planet earth. If you think about all three of Yelich’s blasts last night, they were all meaningful in the outcome of the game. Sometimes, players do things when they’re the least important in a baseball game. Yelich’s first home run pushed Milwaukee’s lead out to four early in the game. The second one broke a 6-6 tie. And the third one added some insurance as the Brewers led by three runs. The dude is absolutely fucking incredible. Wisconsin is blessed with an incredible amount of professional sports talent.

Honorable Mention: Lorenzo Cain – Despite only having one hit, Cain played a major role in the Brewers victory on Monday night. He scored on two of Yelich’s homers by getting on base with a single and a walk. Also, he made another great catch in right-center to rob Matt Carpenter of a home run. If Cain does not come up with the ball, Brewers are staring down a 4-0 deficit heading to the bottom of the second inning. That was a key play in the game that might get lost in the shuffle.

Thing I liked: Nothing phases the Brew Crew offense – One of the things I loved about the 2018 team is they acted like nothing bothered them. They put on their shades and played their own game no matter what the other team did. That carried over to this year. Brewers were down by two runs then they added six to be up four. Cardinals tie it back up only to have Yelich hit a three-run homer. Even the pitching staff did a little bit of that when Josh Hader gave up a homer to Marcell Ozuna to start the ninth, he struck out the side after it. Brewers keep playing this way and they’ll be hard to beat.

Thing I didn’t like: Another rough start by a staring pitcher – Milwaukee continues to struggle with their starting pitching. If you had to power rank the five pitchers, Freddy Peralta is a notch above Corbin Burnes at this point, but both are scuffling to start the year. Peralta had another rough time versus the Cardinals and couldn’t make it out of the fourth inning. Like we said with Burnes, this schedule is not for the faint of heart when it comes to young pitching.

Highlight of the night: Yelich delivers on his puppy promise.

UPDATE: They are going to name him Yeli. 🐶 pic.twitter.com/J95rP1Rh5m

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Next up: Brewers get ready to tangle with the Cardinals yet again tonight. We’ll see if Yelich can keep up his homer streak versus the redbirds. Brandon Woodruff heads to the mound to face off versus Jack Flaherty. Last time these two met, it was a 4-2 Brewers victory. Both starting pitchers did well in that one. We’ll see what happens this evening.