Milwaukee Brewers dropped the first game of their series against Pittsburgh. A hangover after the emotional Cubs series was almost expected, right? This team played three intense games earlier this week and now faced a scrappy Pittsburgh team. It was the usual suspects who did the damage against the Crew. Colin Moran, Adam Frazier, Bryan Reynolds all have great numbers against Milwaukee. Adrian Houser deserved better and another tough outing for Devin Williams.

THREE STARS
Tyrone Taylor – There isn’t really a three-star in the Brewers game where they only scored one run and five hits. Yet shoutout to Tyrone Taylor for having a big pinch-hit to pull Milwaukee within three runs. Billy McKinney struggled in the starting role for Christian Yelich, so, I’d like to see more Taylor in the starting lineup now that he’s up.

TWO STARS
Angel Perdomo – Early returns are pretty good on Angel Perdomo. The big lefty has pitched twice this week and in both appearances, he has two strikeouts. Now, both of those appearances have been low-leverage situations. I’d like to see Milwaukee try him out in a more intense situation soon. While Brent Suter is typically pretty good, the power that Perdomo brings can be the top reliever option.

ONE STAR
Brent Suter – Craig Counsell decided to go with the lefty in the fifth inning. Houser puts two on with one out before Suter comes in to face Frazier. That is a situation where Suter needs to be better. Giving up a triple in that situation is brutal. As I noted above, maybe Suter isn’t the right guy for this kind of role to step in the middle of an inning. Counsell’s decision was a good one. Houser did not have his stuff and continues to struggle at home (Another story for another time). Suter didn’t execute which sucks.

Devin Williams – Milwaukee is a tough stop with last year’s Rookie of the Year. The regression train is smacking him hard in the face. Part of me wonders if Milwaukee screwed up by not starting him at the alternative site to get more work in before coming up. He barely played any Spring Training, and it affected him. But when is that not an excuse to make? Hopefully, Milwaukee has some positive blowouts where Williams can get more work in.

NEXT UP
Milwaukee and Pittsburgh go round two tonight. I detest the Saturday evening start time. Give me 3:10 every Saturday but what can you do. Brett Anderson will go for Milwaukee. He was solid against St. Louis last time out but he did struggle at American Family Field last year and against Pittsburgh. Trevor Cahill gets the ball for Pittsburgh. He had one awesome start against San Diego and one awful start against Cincinnati. Who knows what we’ll get here. Cahill did well against the Brewers back in 2019.

Charlie.