The Milwaukee Brewers have locked up the National League Central title, but they haven’t been able to celebrate that feat.
While losing back-to-back games against the torrid Cardinals this week, the Brewers kept their party beverage in storage. Their magic number remained stuck at three.
They wasted great pitching from Brandon Woodruff Tuesday night while falling 2-1 in especially exasperating fashion.
“We haven’t played great baseball the past few games, and that’s part of the season," Woodruff said. “We talked about it at the beginning of the year when we weren’t playing well and then we got on a run.