Wednesday 9/19/18
19 September 2018 Sports
From Wayne Mausser
Christian Yelich was held in check, Lorenzo Cain and Travis Shaw were injured, and nobody else could pick up the slack in a 3-1 loss to the Reds on Tuesday at Miller Park that pushed Milwaukee closer to “Wild Card or bust” territory in a push for the postseason.
The Brewers have lost three of their last four games after dropping only three of the previous 15 and fell 3 1/2 games behind the National League Central-leading Cubs, who beat the D-backs. Milwaukee has 10 regular-season games to make up that ground. The Brewers’ lead for the top NL Wild Card spot is down to two games after the Cardinals won in Atlanta.
Yelich tallied one of Milwaukee’s three hits — all singles — against five Reds pitchers led by Michael Lorenzen, who allowed one hit and one unearned run over four innings in his first Major League start in three years. The Brewers played the final five innings without Shaw, who left the game after being hit by a pitch on the right knee, and the final four innings without Cain, who left the game at the start of the fifth with a tight right rib cage.
Brewers starter Chase Anderson, took the loss after he was charged with three earned runs on three hits over 3 2/3 innings, matching his shortest start of the season.
The Reds jumped to a quick 2-0 lead against Anderson when Scott Schebler singled on the game’s first pitch and Jose Peraza followed with a two-run home run on a 3-1 fastball. It was the 30th homer off Anderson this season, the most in the National League and most against a Brewers pitcher since Braden Looper served up a club-record 39 in 2009.
Milwaukee halved that deficit when Schebler bobbled Jonathan Schoop‘s single in the second inning for a run-scoring error, but the Cincinnati outfielder atoned in the fourth with an RBI double when Anderson grooved a two-out 0-2 fastball.
Gio Gonzalez toes the rubber for the Brewers for the third time on Wednesday as Milwaukee tries to avoid dropping a second straight series. Matt Harvey starts for Cincinnati. First pitch is at 6:40 p.m.
The Packers are back on the practice field today getting ready for Sunday’s game in Washington against the Redskins. Green Bay is 1-0-1 after Sunday’s tie at home against the Vikings, while Washington comes in at 1-1.
The Milwaukee Bucks will tip-off the 2018-19 season on Monday, Sept. 24th, by hosting Media Day at the team’s new world-class arena, Fiserv Forum.
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