Milwaukee Brewers began their last big road trip losing the first five games before securing a win. This time around, it’s a little different with Brewers gaining two of three from the current second Wild Card Colorado Rockies with back-to-back wins this weekend. West Coast trip is off to a fast start as Brewers received a late inning homer on Saturday then made sure they had enough insurance on Sunday. There were many things to really like about this series.

Player of the series: Jesus Aguliar – Big Zeus! He came through with two massive days at the plate on Saturday and Sunday with a two-run pinch hit poke in the ninth off elite closer Greg Holland to put Milwaukee in front. It was a massive shot, and Brewers found the lead again. He followed it up with a two homer day on Sunday parking two balls against Colorado pitching. It’s crazy to think Milwaukee could have a bench player hit 20 home runs.

Welcome Back, Chase: Good things from Chase Anderson on Sunday afternoon. He pitched five innings only allowing one run and striking out four batters. Anderson did not show much rust after a seven-week layoff. In all, Brewers pitching was pretty good in Coors minus Matt Garza. They held Rockies down on Saturday then Sunday featured a little silliness from the bullpen yet Chase set the tone early.

What do about road Matt Garza – It continues to be an issue for Garza to pitch on the road. After getting roughed up in Minnesota, the same thing happened in Colorado. Brewers can’t make him a ‘home-only’ pitcher, but it sounds like if they can find a way to avoid him pitching against good hitting teams, it may be preferred. Garza will get a pitcher’s park with San Francisco on Wednesday, so, maybe that will help things.

Neil Walker continues to be stellar – David Stearns can do a deal from time to time. The move he made for Neil Walker looks like an excellent one. Walker keeps coming up big for this team as he drove in a run in each game this weekend. He did it in a pinch-hit role on Sunday then also on Saturday added a big time insurance run in the ninth inning.

Next up: Milwaukee heads to San Francisco to take on the lowly Giants. Madison Bumgarner will not be faced due to him going on Sunday. Tonight, it’s Zach Davies versus Chris Stratton tonight while Jimmy Nelson then Garza for the week. If Brewers snag two out of three again, it’s a major win for them heading into Los Angeles. It will not be easy given they’ll have to do it likely without the home run.

Charlie.