BrewCap: Yelich Continues Reign of Terror vs. Cardinals
There are few words to describe what Christian Yelich is doing the St. Louis Cardinals. It is one of the more impressive stretches anyone has ever seen against one team. Yelich did it again on Tuesday night. He hit a three homer that broke the game wide open for the Milwaukee Brewers. Yelich has 10 RBis this series alone versus St. Louis which is a franchise record versus the Cardinals. Yeli hit his eighth home run against St. Louis which is again better than anyone else. Milwaukee will go for the sweep on Wednesday afternoon as Milwaukee has won four of its last five games.
Player of the Game: Christian Yelich – It almost is getting to Giannis Antetokounmpo levels where I want to give it to someone else. We all know how good Yelich is but he found a way to separate Milwaukee from their competition yet again on Tuesday night. The Brewers right fielder is approaching a few records for March/April. He is only three off Eric Thames’ March/April home run record, and he trails Prince Fielder by only one RBI for the March/April RBI record. Iconic stuff from the 2018 National League MVP.
Honorable Mention: Brandon Woodruff – Woody is becoming a valued hitter in the ninth spot of the order. Brandon Woodruff came in to pinch hit on Monday and hit a double. Then today, he followed it up with a two-run base knock that added two runs to the Brewers’ totals last night. He also pitched pretty well. For all the noise around Milwaukee’s starting pitching struggles, Woodruff laid down the hammer with nearly six innings, two runs allowed and six strikeouts. He made one mistake to Marcell Ozuna, but other than that, Woodruff was clean.
Thing I liked: Brewers’ ownership over the Cardinals – Milwaukee is now five for six versus St. Louis this year, and that feels great. How many times did the hashtag #CardinalsDevilMagic come up? The tide felt it shifted last year, and things are trending that way yet again to start the year. This is a statement by the Brewers that teams in the National League Central are going to have to win back the division because the Brewers are not going down without a fight. Cardinals have given up 5+ runs to Milwaukee five times this season, and St. Louis is 1-4 in those games.
Thing I didn’t like: Can we have one game without a bullpen hiccup? – Seriously? I know St. Louis is a powerful team, but it would be nice to finish a game without any real issues from the bullpen. Alex Wilson was tonight’s culprit. It seems like each bullpen pitcher takes their turn on being hot ass for the evening. Wilson was tonight’s winner.
Highlight of the Night: Arica makes an amazing double play turn early in the game.
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— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) April 17, 2019
Next Up: Milwaukee will go for the sweep on Wednesday afternoon. Michael Wacha will take the ball for the Cardinals. He is very tough on the Brewers and was in his first appearance of the season. Corbin Burnes will try to cure his homer woes versus this potent offense. Last time he faced them, Burnes struck out 12 batters. Believe it or not, Milwaukee is looking for their home sweep of St. Louis since 2011.
Charlie.