Milwaukee Brewers looked like they were stymied by Michael Wacha again. The Cardinals starter owns Milwaukee batters throughout the years, and it is rare that Milwaukee ever beats him. Wacha dominated the Crew besides the Christian Yelich bomb in the first inning. Cardinals took a 4-1 advantage heading into the final three innings of the game. Brewers kept chipping away as they got two runs off stud reliever Andrew Miller. They were down one in the ninth when fireworks happened as Ben Gamel, Lorenzo Cain and Yelich all got hits winning the ballgame for Milwaukee. Brewers take the series, and they’re off to a fast start in 2019.

Player of the Game: Christian Yelich – Truth be told, I missed his home run. I was watching the Bucks finish up and saw someone say on Facebook (Weird way to find out) that ‘Yeli is unbelievable!!!’ and I was like ‘No way, he didn’t homer again?!’ Yes, yes he did. He also walked three times and won the game for Milwaukee. Yelich was on base all five times he stepped to the plate.

Honorable Mention: Michael Wacha – We mentioned it already, but it is another strong start for Wacha against the Brewers. Milwaukee needs to figure out a way to beat him because they have not unlocked the secret recipe. There are pitchers like that in baseball, but Wacha is certainly one for the Brewers. He went six innings, seven strikeouts, had four walks and only allowed one run on four hits. Wacha deserved better but the cardiac Brewers had something else to say.

Thing I liked: Corbin Burnes had the strikeouts – In his first start of his big league career, Corbin Burnes struck out the first nine batters. It appears the book isn’t out on him yet. He is known for his slider, bu the fastball was really working for him. He finished the game with 12 strikeouts, a career high for him, in only five innings. The future is very bright for Burnes.

Thing I didn’t like: Burnes’ location wasn’t always there – Even though he struck out 12 batters, he gave up four runs. All were courtesy of the long ball. Paul DeJong, Matt Carpenter and Paul Goldschmidt all took Burnes deep in this game. Craig Counsell said he wasn’t locating the baseball as well as the Brewers would have liked in this game. I’m sure that is something the Brewers will work on.

Highlight of the Night: Christian Yelich doing all of the things to fourth straight game with a homer to walking it off.

Next up: Brewers head to Cincinnati for their first matchup with the Reds and former pitching coach, Derek Johnson. Reds are 1-1 to start the year. Tanner Roark goes for Cincy. He is a new member of the Reds. Roark has good numbers against the Brewers for his career. Same can be said for Zach Davies who has done very well against the Reds for his career.

Charlie.