They won, then they waited
The clincher didn’t happen on the field. Not right away.
Milwaukee handled Pittsburgh 5-1 on the road Tuesday night, a sixth win in seven games, and then the players parked themselves in front of a TV because the rest of it belonged to Chicago.
The Cubs lost 6-3 to Atlanta. Done. Four National League Central titles in a row for the Brewers.
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A 1.89 ERA in the middle of September
Jacob Misiorowski gave them five scoreless innings. Seven punchouts, one walk, five hits.
He is 15-5 now. The ERA sits at 1.89.
That last number is the whole Cy Young conversation in the National League, and Milwaukee’s right-hander has been sitting on top of it since April.
Joey Ortiz took care of the offense with three hits and two RBIs, and the Brewers cracked it open in the sixth with a four-run inning. Rafael Flores Jr. went 4-for-4 for Pittsburgh and it meant nothing. Lake Bachar (1-4) wore the loss.
October planning starts now
With the division locked up, Milwaukee can stop chasing wins and start managing workloads.
The rest of the league is still sorting itself out. The Dodgers shut out Cincinnati 4-0 behind seven one-hit innings from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, cutting their NL West magic number to two. The Reds were blanked for the 17th time this season, an MLB record nobody wants.
Cleveland climbed back to within half a game of Chicago in the AL Central on a two-out Brayan Rocchio double in the ninth.
At Citi Field, Pete Alonso hit career home run number 300 wearing Baltimore colours, on the field he used to call his own. The Mets crowd stood up for him anyway.
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