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Lauer goes 1-2-3 top of the first with two Ks, the second coming via manager challenge. Fastball sitting 92-93 MPH.

Said on the broadcast they scored 13 in an inning back in 1990.

I think it’s Brian Anderson proof. The third baseman or the announcer.

Great breakdown of the Brewers defensive prowess this year. Definitely a big reason they've been able to run a sparkling 3.76 ERA this year despite a more middling 4.21 FIP, essentially saving half a run a game via defense on balls in play.

Yeah, looks like we passed STL on April 4th at 48.4% to 44.1%. Cards got close a couple times following that, but after hitting 36.3% on May 27th their season was pretty much over as far as the computers were concerned. Looking at BRef, the last time they were over .500 this year was on April 2nd when they were 2-1, so their season has essentially been over from the beginning. Even when the Brewers had bottomed out at 34-34 on June 14th, they were still at 46.8% to win the division. Reds peaked at 36.8% on July 8th. Cubs hit 33.3% a few times - Aug 6, Aug 8, Sep 6 - but have seen their odds evaporate after going 3-10 over their last 13 while the Brewers went 10-4 over the same stretch. Ultimately neither the Reds nor Cubs were able to maintain their hot streaks long enough to overcome the surrounding mediocrity. Outside of a 49 game stretch from late April to mid June where they went 20-29, the Brewers have played at a 67-37 clip the rest of the season. The Cubs longest run was going 50-28 from 0609 until 0906, but they started the season ten under at 26-36 and have hit another rough patch recently with the aforementioned 3-10 rut they are in. Reds were just too streaky in general. W3, L3, L3, L6, W5, W3, L4, W5, L4, W3, W12, L3, W3, W5, L6, W5, L6, W3, L3, L3, W3. That's 91 total games (59% of their schedule) where they were embroiled in some kind of streak or another, going 50-41 while streaking with that twelve gamer putting them over the top. In the 63 games (41% of their schedule) where they weren't streaking they've gone 29-34.

NL Central Odds. Brewers = Gold Cubs = Blue

Kind of funny that Wiemer is DHing at Nashville tonight, but I guess stuff like that is bound to happen when the org is like five deep with legit young CFers. Obviously small MLB samples so far but the numbers are… Wiemer (1,026 inn.) +5 DRS | +6.1 UZR | +8 OAA Frelick (384 inn.) +6 DRS | +2.7 UZR | +6 OAA Perkins (349 inn.) +9 DRS | +4.8 UZR | +7 OAA Mitchell (304 inn.) +3 DRS | +1.7 UZR | +2 OAA Thats not even counting Taylor (who would probably get CF innings on a lot of other teams), and then there’s that Jackson kid too.

GameDay said 107.7 MPH for Garrett’s triple. Ripped indeed.

Looks like Boushley bounced back nicely after allowing that HR with 5 H | 1 BB | 4 K over 6.1 IP.

Liking for the in person reporting, not the Jumbo Shrimp web gems.

Mitchell reached on error, and Chourio followed up with another single (only 102 MPH this time), but the Sounds bats remain otherwise silent. Trailing 5-0 entering the seventh.

Chourio breaks up el perfecto with a 104 MPH single in the fourth. Chris Roller ended the fifth trying to stretch a bloop single (64 MPH at 38 degree LA) into a bloop double.

Sandy Alcantara has gone nine up nine down with four Ks. Not trying to jinx anything or anything, just reporting the happenings.

This is what I’m seeing on Sounds TwitterXwhatever…

Victor Caratini hit two doubles at once.

Out of 273 individual seasons where a Brewers starting pitcher has thrown at least 100 IP, Miley's 77 ERA- entering the game ranked 28th.

Good breakdown. Getting Burnes, Woodruff and Peralta all going in top form at the same time, plus Frelick, Taylor and SantanCanha flipping half the lineup over the last couple months has been huge. It’s really been a tale of four seasons so far… 0330-0419 (14-5) 102 wRC+ | 5.00 R/G SP: 2.8 rWAR (3rd) RP: +2.31 WPA (1st) 0421-0614 (20-29) 78 wRC+ | 3.65 R/G SP: 2.9 rWAR (21st) RP: +1.61 WPA (8th) 0616-0731 (23-16) 91 wRC+ | 4.36 R/G SP: 3.3 rWAR (11th) RP: +2.51 WPA (5th) 0801-present (29-16) 98 wRC+ | 5.24 R/G SP: 6.6 rWAR (1st) RP: +3.31 WPA (1st)

If you’ve gotta clinch on the road might as well do it in South Beach

Sounds grab another run via Chourio single, Black double, Miller sac fly.

WIEMER BOMB

Carlos bounces back top of three with K, single, 3-6-1 double play. Tyler Black leads off the Sounds half with a single.

413 foot sac fly per StatCast

Owen Miller followed up Chourio’s double with a two run bomb to give Nashville a three spot in the bottom of the first.

Bummer for Elvis. After a rough July (6.39 ERA over 12.2 IP) he'd been pitching pretty decent again of late with a 2.41 ERA over his last 18.2 IP since August 1st.

puff, puff, passer