Milwaukee BrewersvsCincinnati Reds
MIL 10/CIN 7
Things to say
The Brewers beat the Reds 10-7 in Cincinnati on Thursday.
01
opener
Brewers put up a ten-spot in Cincy, ten to seven. Great American plays like a bandbox and it showed. Balls were leaving the yard all night.
02
key player
Milwaukee's heart of the order carried it — ten runs doesn't happen without the three-four hitters doing damage. That lineup is deep, one through nine.
03
hot take
Ten to seven isn't good pitching, it's a track meet. Both bullpens got lit up and neither starter got into his stuff.
04
deep cut
Getaway day at Great American with the wind blowing out — that park inflates everything. Reds sitting at sixty-seven and seventy-four, they're just playing out the string.
05
exit
Brewers are eighty-eight and fifty-four, running away with it. October's already circled for that club.
The recap
The Brewers rolled into Great American and put up a crooked number, taking this one 10-7 to keep piling on wins at 88-54. Ten runs in a ballpark that plays like a bandbox means the bats were leaving the yard and the lineup was turning over all night.
Cincinnati kept scratching back to seven, but every time they clawed close Milwaukee just answered right back and the Reds' pen couldn't slam the door. Getaway day in Cincy, and the best team in the division walked out with the split-buster.