Can someone help Corbin Burnes? Seriously, anyone? Corbin Burnes is lighting the world on fire. The baseball followers know this, but the casual non-Brewers fans probably do not. The reason is the Brewers do not win when Burnes enters the ring. They apparently think this is the time to not do much at the plate and let everyone fend for themselves. This stat by Curt Hogg pointing out how well Burnes has pitched and how bad the Brewers have been as a team will drive you fucking crazy. Brewers drop their first game of the year where they really shouldn’t have lost.

Corbin Burnes has a 1.66 ERA over his last 12 outings and 65 innings. The Brewers are 4-7 in those games. It may behoove them to not make that 4-8 after yet another masterpiece today.

— Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) April 8, 2021

THREE STARS
Corbin Burnes: This guy is on complete fire. Burnes had another magical day going seven innings, striking out nine batters in six innings. He allowed only one hit. If you’re following along at home, Burnes has allowed two total hits all season, and he struck out 21 batters. The dude is out of his mind. It’s too bad that these two games are not Milwaukee victories. He deserved some Cy Young hype last year and this year, he should be coming for that crown yet again.

ONE STAR
Daniel Robertson: Can’t have what happened with Robertson in the seventh inning. Robertson goes into the game for Kolton Wong as Wong has an oblique issue. When he did that, Robertson had a final out to make with the bases loaded. All he had to do was go to a base with the ball. He tried to catch a guy running from first to second then reverted to Tyer O’Neil which didn’t work. It was a huge error. Robertson has to be smarter there.

Drew Rassmussen: After two games, it might be fair to say that Rassmussen doesn’t belong with the big leaguers just yet. Or not ready for primetime. This should have been a great role for him, and instead, he decided to go first-pitch fastball to Nolan Arenado. That is an awful decision. Rassmussen needs to find his stride soon or it’s the alternate site for him.

Next up: Milwaukee will get a day off before starting up again on Saturday. Adrian Houser gets the ball for Milwaukee. Houser did okay in his first start. He started a few games at Busch Stadium in 2019, but many of those guys are gone. St. Louis sends Carlos Martinez who was shelled in the first outing. Brewers have four hitters with four hits or more against Martinez.

Charlie.