Milwaukee Brewers had their first doubleheader of the season taking on St. Louis Cardinals. Milwaukee came off a tough two games against Arizona, and if they were to lose both games, Brewers would have been .500, their lowest mark in quite some time. Thankfully, they were able to get a split thanks to Brewers bats being awake all game long. It’s an important split as Milwaukee continues to keep a small distance away from Chicago and a suddenly surging Pittsburgh.

Player of the Game (Brewers): Travis Shaw – A nice story from Tuesday’s game was Travis Shaw returning from his family emergency to have one of his best games of late. Shaw hit a homer and added a big RBI single in the 8th to put Brewers back on top. Shaw is going through a lot right now with his newborn daughter receiving open-heart surgery, and I’m sure playing baseball was a release for him.

(Not) Player of the Game (Brewers): Jared Hughes – Another day, another bullpen fuck up. Hughes did everything he could to prevent the split from happening. Hughes gave up a game-tying home run to Brewers killer Matt Carpenter and at the time, the split did not look good. I wonder how some of these guys have roster spots.

Player of the Game (Cardinals): Matt Carpenter – Seriously, this guy is probably thrilled Brewers are in town. No one hits them better than Carpenter does right now. He goes three for five with a homer and two runs scored. Carpenter is looking to break out of a year-long slump as he’s only hitting .233 for the season.

Positive: Keon Broxton comes back to life – After a rough couple of weeks, Broxton seems to be putting back together. He’s hit three home runs in his last three games and doing much more that. Broxton stole a base, and he went 3-for-3 in the nightcap including a big RBI triple. It’s good to see him bounce back a little bit.

Negative: What do with this roster? – Brewers already sent down Brent Suter, but they have to make another move before the 7 pm game versus St. Louis. Now, Brandon Woodruff may be the obvious answer since he just came up and ended up not getting to pitch due to hamstring tightness. But if Brewers want to put their balls on the table a little bit, they release Wily Peralta or Oliver Drake.

Next up: I’m not saying it’s a scheduled loss, but I’m not saying it’s a surefire win. Matt Garza against St. Louis Cardinals sounds like a terrible idea like going to Arts at 2:00 am. Mike Leake throws for St. Louis who continues to have a strong year, and for this career, he’s strong versus Milwaukee.

Charlie.