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Brewers clinch second straight post season playoff berth (AUDIO)

September 26, 2019 By Bill Scott

It’ll go down as a September to remember.  The Milwaukee Brewers clinched at least a wildcard playoff spot for the second straight year, capping things off with a 9-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark on Wednesday night.

It’s the 6th straight win, the 17th in the last 19 games and a 19-4 month of September for the Brewers, who came from five-games behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League wildcard race.  They also did it after losing Christian Yelich to a season ending knee injury, improving to 12-2 since losing their MVP.

The division leading Cardinals lost again on Wednesday as the Brewers climbed to within a game and a half of St. Louis.  If the Brewers can win today, they’ll move to within a game of the Cardinals, who have the day off.  The Brewers also trail the Nationals by one-game in the chase for the top wildcard spot.

Ryan Braun, who clubbed a solo home run in the series opening 4-2 win, clubbed a grand slam homer in game two last night.  It’s the 8th grand slam home run in Braun’s career.  It was part of the Brewers six-run first inning.  Eric Thames and Keston Hiura also homered for the Brewers in the victory.

Starter Jordan Lyles (12-8) earned the win, pitching five innings before giving way to the bullpen.  Four relievers pitched one inning each to cap off the victory.  Lyles went 7-1 in 11 starts for the Brewers with a 2.45 ERA.

It’ll be the sixth overall playoff appearance for the Brewers.  Their only other back-to-back appearances came in 1981-82 with Robin Yount and Paul Molitor.

Chase Anderson (7-4) pitches the series finale for the Brewers today.  He is 5-3 in 14 career starts against the Reds but 0-1 with a 5.51 ERA in three starts this season.  Following today’s game (11:35 a.m.), the Brewers head to Denver to close out the regular season with a three game series with the Colorado Rockies.

AUDIO: Craig Counsell said this was a complete effort :23

AUDIO: Craig Counsell said their depth was tested :22

AUDIO: Craig Counsell said back to back post season spots isn’t easy to do :24

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Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Chase Anderson, Christian Yelich, Cincinnati Reds, Craig Counsell, Eric Thames, Jordan Lyles, Keston Hiura, Milwaukee Brewers, Paul Molitor, Robin Yount, Ryan Braun



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