Milwaukee BrewersvsCincinnati Reds
MIL 2/CIN 0
Things to say
The Brewers shut out the Reds 2-0 in Cincinnati to take the game.
01
opener
Brewers grabbed it 2-0 down in Cincy. Total pitchers' duel, nobody could string anything together. Two runs was all Milwaukee needed.
02
key player
Milwaukee's starter was the story — got into his stuff early and kept the Reds off the board. That's how you steal one on the road.
03
hot take
Reds getting shut out at Great American Ball Park? That park's a bandbox. If your bats go quiet there, that's on the heart of the order, not the pitching.
04
deep cut
Two runs in a ballpark where balls fly out — the Brewers won this with pitching and WHIP, not power. Nobody left the yard and they still walked away with it.
05
exit
Brewers are cruising at 48-29, Reds are sliding under .500. I'll be watching how Cincy answers in the next one.
The recap
Brewers grind out a 2-0 win in Cincinnati and it was all about the arms — Milwaukee's staff tossed a shutout and never let the Reds' heart of the order get going. Two runs was plenty when the bullpen slams the door like that.
Cincinnati's bats went quiet on a getaway day and drop to 37-41, while Milwaukee keeps rolling at 48-29. Low-scoring, tidy, and over before the Reds ever got into anybody's stuff.