Losing streaks happen to almost every good team in baseball. It sucks, and it’s not easy to deal with. You’re cranky. Emotional. Wondering how the hell is this team going to break my heart today. To make you feel better about the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston is going through a six-game losing streak. They’re one of the best teams in baseball, and they’re dealing with one too. Last year, Milwaukee lost seven straight games in July. Brewers had two hot months last year. That hasn’t happened yet, but hopefully, that’s on the way. They lost last night dropping the second straight game to Cinncinati who beat them 11-7 with another rough pitching performance.

Player of the Game: Kyle Farmer – He only had one hit, but it was probably the biggest hit of the game. Farmer had a two-run RBI single in the seventh inning to put Cincinnati up by five runs. Now, there were some umpire shenanigans that allowed this inning to continue and Farmer found a hole to add two extra runs to the frame. Farmer is a former Dodgers farmhand who can deliver a big hit every now and again.

Honorable Mention: Christian Yelich – My goodness, Yeli. He tied the home run record for the first half of the season held by Prince Fielder on June 22nd. If you’re curious, we’re still three weeks away from the All-Star Break. Yelich is on an 18 game hit-streak, and there’s no sign of slowing him down. He helped the Brewers climb back into this game with a homer as well as a double in the 8th that scored two runs. He’s doing what he can to keep this shit alive.

The Thing I Don’t Like: Fuck Derek Dietrich and the horse he rode on – That guy is a Great-A asshole. What a loser wearing extra gear to try to influence HBPs all game long. He ended up on base four times and scored all four times. He is my newest baseball enemy. I’m not going to advocate the Brewers to throw at him, rather, I hope they strike his ass out every time he comes up to the plate.

Craig Counsell also had enough of Dietrich’s antics. This is very rare from Couns

#Brewers manager Craig Counsell on Derek Dietrich intentionally letting pitches hit his body armored protected elbow to get HBPs: "That's what he does. He has done it his whole career. He gets hit a lot because of it." (End of quote but I would add because umps allow it).

— Tom (@Haudricourt) June 22, 2019

Next up: Brewers will try to break their streak against one of the best pitchers in baseball, Luis Castillo. He isn’t that good on the road, but we shall see what happens this afternoon. Craig Counsell is shaking up his lineup today, and I’m here for it. Jhoulys Chacin goes for the Brewers, and that’s not been a great thing for Milwaukee.

Charlie.