Brewers 10, Orioles 2: Bye Bye Birdies

Box Score

Starting Pitcher: Corbin Burnes - 8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 96 pitches, 72 strikes (75.0%)
Home Runs: Willy Adames (10), Joey Wiemer 2 (8)
Top 3 WPA: Corbin Burnes (.257), Joey Wiemer (.201), Willy Adames (.114) 
Bottom 3 WPA: Christian Yelich (-.051), Rowdy Tellez (-.038), Owen Miller (-.024) 

Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)

Try To Be The King But The Ace Is Back
Corbin Burnes was nothing short of masterful in this start against a tough Orioles team. Stretching his start to eight innings, he allowed just two baserunners and kept Baltimore scoreless until he departed the mound. 

His curveball and cutter were used with devastating accuracy, and he finally started to resemble his Cy Young self of seasons past. 

In his last seven starts, he has an ERA of 2.86 and a WHIP of 1.05 over 44.0 innings pitched. While blooming a little later than expected, his stats are finally starting to approach what is expected of the pitching phenom. His ERA and WHIP currently stand at 3.36 and 1.08 respectively.

Sousa Gives Up Two, But Who Cares?
Bennett Sousa was responsible for the final inning of pitching and gave up three hits and the Orioles’ only two runs. In his first four batters faced, he gave up three singles and a walk, giving Baltimore their first run. After Ryan McKenna grounded into a double play, Sousa was able to make up for some lost time but Ramon Urias was able to score, making the score a very competitive 10-2 in favor of Milwaukee.

With the game on the line and in the biggest at-bat of his career, Yankees hero Aaron Hicks hit a weak grounder to end the game.

I’m Telling You, It’s The Mullet
The Brewers offense was dominant today, shelling Dean Kremer for six earned runs in his five-inning start. After he departed the mound, Bruce Zimmermann gave up another four over his three innings of relief.

Willy Adames set the tone with a home run to center field that went 400 feet at an exit velocity of 104.7 mph. It was his first at-bat since being hit by a hard foul ball two weeks ago.

Joey Wiemer followed up with a two-run home run of his own in the third inning, airmailing a ball 384 feet to right field. 

But wait, there’s more! Wiemer hit an RBI single in the fourth inning, a double in the sixth, and another two-run homer in the seventh, overshooting a cycle. He would end the game with an absolutely outrageous stat line of 4-4 with five RBI.

The other four RBI came from a Jon Singleton double, a Brian Anderson single, an Andruw Monasterio double, and a Victor Caratini sacrifice fly. While Wiemer was the star of the show, the supporting cast all contributed in meaningful ways. 

What’s Next? 
The Brewers look to complete the sweep of the Orioles by sending Colin Rea to the mound to face off against fellow right-hander Kyle Bradish. Let’s hope Milwaukee is able to keep up this positive momentum and carry it through to the All-Star break.

More importantly, today’s win allowed the Brewers to slightly increase their current lead in the NL Central to 1.5 games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 

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