To their credit, the Brewers are in first place in the NL Central. But their Achilles heel of starting pitching was on full, crippling display tonight. Junior Guerra, fronting a glitzy 3.11 ERA was also toting an ugly 6.04 FIP and 5.82 xFIP. We know which of those numbers to believe. The Reds hitters battered Guerra early and often.
The Reds cut Milwaukee’s lead over them in the division to 7.5 games.
Tim Adleman pitched five innings, giving up five runs, five hits, three walks and struck out seven. Adleman’s ERA is 4.