
Christian Yelich had a pair of home runs, but it wasn’t enough as the Milwaukee Brewers dropped a 9-7 game at Cincinnati Tuesday. The Reds knocked out starter Junior Guerra with six runs in the first two innings and they never trailed. Manager Craig Counsell says that Guerra struggled.
Audio PlayerYelich is proud of his homers, but would have rather had the win.
Audio PlayerThe Brewers tied it with four runs in the top of the seventh, but Cincinnati came right back in the bottom of the inning with two runs. Milwaukee has lost 11-of-19 games since August 4th and has fallen into third place in the National League Central Division, five-and-a-half games behind the Cubs. Freddy Peralta starts Wednesday’s 6:10 P-M game at the Great America Ballpark.
–NL Central Division
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 1 (10-postponed until today)
NL Standings
Centeral
1-Cubs
2-Cardinals 4 games back
3- Brewers 5.5 games back
4- Pirates 14 games back
5- Reds 21 games back
Wild Card
1-Cardinals up by 1.5 games
2-Brewers
3- D-Backs .5 games back
3- Rockies .5 games back
4- Dodgers 1.5 games back
5- Phillies 2.5 Games Back
6- Nationals 6 games back