Brewers send Craig Counsell back to Chicago to fly the L with boos ringing in his ears

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It was a lovely week for Milwaukee Brewers baseball in the best summer city in America (or maybe the world). The Brewers welcomed former manager Craig Counsell back to town with a chorus of boos and domination on the field.

Memorial Day’s Robert Gasser vs. Justin Steele pitcher’s duel ended with a 5-1 Milwaukee win, largely thanks to a five-run bottom of the 8th inning that was capped off by a Willy Adames three-run homer.

The Cubs grabbed their only win of the series on Tuesday night. More heroics by Willy Adames were undone by an unfortunate Mike Tauchman line drive off of Trevor Megill’s arm. A run scored on the play, but thankfully it looks like Megill is going to be okay. The Cubs tacked on a few more and outlasted the Brewers for a 6-3 10th inning win.

Wednesday evening saw the Brewers do some damage to Shota Imanaga’s ERA in a 10-6 win that was more of a beatdown than the final margin might indicate. Thursday’s afternoon finale included the Colin Rea special, Sal Frelick’s superman slide into home, and a dramatic Gary Sanchez go-ahead homer in the bottom of the 8th inning. The 6-4 win sent Craig Counsell and his Cubbies back to Chicago with tears in their eyes.

Next up, the Brewers will welcome the White Sox to town in another meeting with a foe from Chicago.

Master Brewer Leaderboard (through 56 games)

(The Master Brewer Leaderboard is a season-long leaderboard tracking and ranking exceptional performances from Brewers players in the form of Master Brew Points 🍺, which at the end of the season will tally up to crown our Crewsing for a Brewsing Player of the Year.)

Willy Adames 🍺🍺

Sal Frelick 🍺

Blake Perkins 🍺

Joey Ortiz 🍺

Gary Sanchez 🍺

Robert Gasser 🍺

Freddy Peralta 🍺

Colin Rea 🍺

Jared Koenig 🍺

Enoli Paredes 🍺

Elvis Peguero 🍺

Leaderboard through 56 games

Willam Contreras: 🍺x19

Willy Adames: 🍺x14

Brice Turang: 🍺x13

Bryan Hudson, Joey Ortiz: 🍺x12

Elvis Peguero, Christian Yelich: 🍺x10

Hoby Milner, Joel Payamps, Colin Rea, Jared Koenig: 🍺x8

Rhys Hoskins, Jackson Chourio, Trevor Megill, Sal Frelick, Blake Perkins, Gary Sanchez, Freddy Peralta: 🍺x7

Abner Uribe, Joe Ross: 🍺x6

Bryse Wilson, Thyago Viera, Jake Bauers: 🍺x5

Oliver Dunn, Robert Gasser: 🍺x4

Joey Wiemer, Tobias Myers, Enoli Paredes:🍺x2

J.B. Bukauskas, Owen Miller, Tyler Black, Andruw Monasterio: 🍺