What We Learned

What We Learned: Hitting for the cycle twice

It’s a second cycle for Christian Yelich as the Brewers destroyed the Reds yesterday. We look at that and more in today’s What We Learned.

By -JP-@BrewersFanJP Sep 18, 2018, 5:45pm CDT

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Cincinnati Reds v Milwaukee Brewers

Yesterday’s Game: Brewers 8, Reds 0
Today’s Game: Brewers vs. Reds | 6:40 pm

Magic Numbers
Playoff Spot: 9
NL Central: 15

Elimination Numbers
NL Central: 10

Brewers News and Notes

Milwaukee Brewers hunting for new Triple-A affiliate as PDC negotiating period begins
-JP-. BCB

Brewers reach Triple-A deal with San Antonio Missions
Jaymes L, BCB

Domingo Santana has home runs in consecutive pinch hit appearances, nears MLB record
Ben Reagan, BCB

What I Hate About September Baseball and How I Would Change It
Brew Crew Buster, BCB FanPost

Burnes among rookies with most potential
Jim Callie, Brewers.com

MVP candidate Cain a directional OF metric star
Mike Petriello, Brewers.com

The Surprising Performance of Erik Kratz
Kyle Lobner, Shepherd Express

Brewers Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night
Caitlin Moyer, Cait Covers the Bases

Brewers’ Christian Yelich pulls off trade with young fan for his historic home run ball
Dayn Perry, CBSSports.com

Here’s what happened when I spent a Brewers game inside the scoreboard operations area at Miller Park
JR Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

2018 Season In Review
Greg Young, Carolina Mudcats

NL Central Standings

Team	W	L	GB	Recent	Upcoming
Team	W	L	GB	Recent	Upcoming
Cardinals	90	69	-	9/26: No Game	9/27-9/29: vs. Cubs
Brewers	89	70	1.0	9/26: Brewers 5, Reds 3	9/27-9/29: @ Rockies
Cubs	82	77	7.5	9/26: Pirates 9, Cubs 5	9/27-9/29: @ Cardinals
Reds	73	86	16.5	9/26: Brewers 5, Reds 3	9/27-9/29: @ Pirates
Pirates	68	91	23.5	9/26: Pirates 9, Cubs 5	9/27-9/29: vs. Reds

Wild Card Standings

Team	W	L	GB
Team	W	L	GB
Brewers	92	67	+4.0
Dodgers	88	71	-
Cardinals	87	72	1.0