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Christian Yelich could determine the fate of the NL Central this season

In the bottom of the third inning of the Milwaukee Brewers' 7-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday, Christian Yelich hit a three-run home run.

It wasn't really all that special of a home run, struck at 107.9 mph with a launch angle of 20 degrees. The pitch from Diamondbacks right-hander Jon Duplantier was an 84 mph changeup in the middle of the plate, about as bad a pitch as you can make. With a lot of topspin, the ball barely cleared the right-field fence.

But don't underestimate what this home run meant in Brewers land: It was very big indeed.