Mark Canha grand slam delivers signature Brewers moment in series win over Nationals

The Brewers can nearly taste the division title

The Milwaukee Brewers continued to put distance between themselves and the Chicago Cubs this weekend. They welcomed the Washington Nationals to town and sent them back to our nation’s capital with two losses.

Friday’s series opener saw The Crew go down 3-0 in the first inning, but Wade Miley steadied himself and pitched into the 6th inning with no further damage. A William Contreras three-run bomb and two homers from Carlos Santana led to a 5-3 comeback win.

Saturday featured fireworks. After seeing a 5-1 lead slip away, Mark Canha crushed an 8th inning grand slam which gave the Brewers a 9-5 victory. They lost Sunday’s finale 2-1 as the bats failed to fire against Patrick Corbin and a base-running blunder in the 10th inning cost them a walk-off win.

Their lead in the NL Central is now 6.5 games over the Cubs and seven games over the Reds. This week’s schedule sends the Brewers to St. Louis for four games against the Cardinals.

Master Brewer Leaderboard (through 149 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.

Mark Canha🍺🍺🍺

Brandon Woodruff🍺

Devin Williams🍺

Abner Uribe🍺

Hoby Milner🍺

Trevor Megill🍺

Thyago Viera🍺

Elvis Peguero🍺

Andrew Chafin🍺

William Contreras🍺

Carlos Santana🍺

Rowdy Tellez🍺

Sal Frelick🍺

Victor Caratini🍺

Willy Adames🍺

Leaderboard through 149 games

Devin Williams: 🍺x33

William Contreras: 🍺x32

Christian Yelich: 🍺x26

Joel Payamps, Corbin Burnes: 🍺x24

Hoby Milner, Willy Adames: 🍺x23

Elvis Peguero: 🍺x19

Brice Turang: 🍺x18

Bryse Wilson, Joey Wiemer, Freddy Peralta, Andruw Monasterio: 🍺x16

Brian Anderson, Rowdy Tellez, Sal Frelick: 🍺x14

Abner Uribe: 🍺x13

Owen Miller, Tyrone Taylor, Brandon Woodruff, Victor Caratini, : 🍺x12

Peter Strzelecki, Wade Miley, Mark Canha: 🍺x11

Trevor Megill: 🍺x9

Julio Teheran, Colin Rea, Adrian Houser, Carlos Santana: 🍺x8

Garrett Mitchell, Blake Perkins: 🍺x5

Jesse Winker: 🍺x4

Jake Cousins, Eric Lauer: 🍺x3

Gus Varland, Javy Guerra, Raimel Tapia, Abraham Toro, Thyago Viera, Andrew Chafin: 🍺x2

Mike Brosseau, Luke Voit, Matt Bush, Tyson Miller, Darin Ruf, J.B. Bukauskas, Jahmai Jones, J.C. Meija, Josh Donaldson: 🍺