Brewers take care of business with series win against the Angels, with help of Sal Frelick’s defensive heroics

The angel in the outfield belonged to Milwaukee

The Milwaukee Brewers made it four series wins in a row this week by taking two of three from the Los Angeles Angels. Monday’s opener felt a little sleepy, as they fell 5-3 in the second career start from Carlos Rodriguez.

Tuesday’s game saw yet another outstanding start from Tobias Myers and a 6-0 Brewers lead heading into the bottom of the 9th inning. Some shaky work from the now DFA’d Elieser Hernandez led to Trevor Megill being brought into the game with the tying run at the plate. Taylor Ward sent a ball into deep right center field, but Sal Frelick’s leaping homerun robbery helped seal the 6-3 win.

Wednesday’s finale was brightened by six scoreless innings from Freddy Peralta, who badly needed this type of performance. A Rhys Hoskins sacrifice fly in the first inning and a Willy Adames RBI single in the 8th inning proved to be enough in a 2-0 series clinching victory.

Next up is a trip to San Diego to face the Padres. Despite their middling record, they somehow always seem scary. Hopefully The Crew can come away with another conquered series.

Master Brewer Leaderboard (through 74 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.)

Tobias Myers 🍺

Freddy Peralta 🍺

Trevor Megill 🍺

Bryan Hudson 🍺

Enoli Paredes 🍺

Elvis Peguero 🍺

Hoby Milner 🍺

Sal Frelick 🍺

Gary Sanchez 🍺

Jackson Chourio 🍺

Willy Adames 🍺

Joey Ortiz 🍺

Leaderboard through 74 games

William Contreras: 🍺x21

Willy Adames: 🍺x18

Bryan Hudson: 🍺x17

Joey Ortiz: 🍺x16

Brice Turang: 🍺x15

Christian Yelich: 🍺x14

Elvis Peguero: 🍺x13

Jared Koenig, Joel Payamps, Trevor Megill, Jackson Chourio: 🍺x12

Colin Rea, Hoby Milner, Sal Frelick: 🍺x11

Blake Perkins: 🍺x10

Rhys Hoskins: 🍺x9

Gary Sanchez, Freddy Peralta: 🍺x8

Jake Bauers, Bryse Wilson: 🍺x7

Abner Uribe, Joe Ross, Tobias Myers: 🍺x6

Thyago Viera, Enoli Paredes: 🍺x5

Oliver Dunn, Robert Gasser: 🍺x4

Joey Wiemer, Kevin Herget, Elieser Hernandez:🍺x2

J.B. Bukauskas, Owen Miller, Tyler Black, Andruw Monasterio, Aaron Ashby, James Meeker: 🍺