Brewers fall to Cardinals 7-2

WP: Miles Mikolas (13-3)

LP: Wade Miley (2-2)

For the first time since the end of April, the Brewers are out of a playoff spot.

Tempers were definitely high in this game. In the top of the first, Lorenzo Cain got hit by a pit from Miles Mikolas. Then, in the bottom of the inning, Wade Miley threw behind Tyler O’Neill, leading to both benches being warned. Craig Counsell was enraged by this and argued with the umpires, promptly leading to his ejection. After the game, Adam McCalvy explained why Counsell was so angry:

What made Craig Counsell so mad in the first inning was one of the umpires telling him, "Coming into this series, we knew there were going to be problems." If that was the case,…