The Brewers came into the finale riding three straight wins and ran into a Nationals lineup that decided to play 1985. CJ Abrams had two infield singles and scored both runs Washington needed off Nasim Nuñez's bat. Nuñez drove in two with a pair of singles, José Tena tripled in the fifth, and that was the entire offensive blueprint.
Logan Henderson — just up from Triple-A Nashville for his second start of the season — was actually excellent for Milwaukee. Six innings, three hits, eight strikeouts, no walks, perfect through four. He still took the loss because the Brewers managed exactly one run on a Joey Ortiz sac fly. When you're facing Zack Littell behind an opener and you can't square anything up, that's how a 3-2 happens.
Milwaukee's at 18-15 and still in fine shape — they took the first two games of this series and the offense around them has been productive. The Nationals are 16-19 and clearly punching above their record class right now, with manager Blake Butera's group winning three of their last five. Richard Lovelady picked up his first save of the year to close it.
- Day-To-DayGarrett Mitchell CF — Mitchell (illness) isn't in the lineup for Friday's game against the Yankees.
- Day-To-DayGerson Garabito RP — Garabito will be out for four months after undergoing surgery to address a broken bone in his foot, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
- Day-To-DayJ.B. Bukauskas RP — Bukauskas will undergo surgery on his injured right lat and be sidelined for 9-to-10 months, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
- 10-Day-ILChristian Yelich LF — Yelich (groin) is expected to progress to facing live pitching and running the bases early next week, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILJared Koenig RP — Koenig (elbow) is slated to resume a throwing program Tuesday, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILBrandon Woodruff SP — Woodruff is tentatively slated to resume throwing Saturday after undergoing a minor procedure Tuesday to drain fluid from his inflamed right shoulder, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILQuinn Priester SP — Priester (wrist) is with the Brewers in St. Louis after being pulled from his rehab assignment due to shoulder soreness, Sophia Minnaert of Brewers.tv reports.
- 15-Day-ILAngel Zerpa RP — Zerpa will undergo UCL reconstruction on his left elbow next week, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
- Day-To-DayLuis Garcia Jr. 1B — Garcia (wrist) is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Marlins, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports.
- Day-To-DayTyler Baum DH — Baum has not pitched this year due an undisclosed injury.
- Day-To-DayTravis Sykora SP — Sykora will undergo a UCL reconstruction on his right elbow in two weeks, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
- Day-To-DayJarlin Susana RP — Susana underwent surgery last week to repair a right lat tear, Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post reports.
- 15-Day-ILClayton Beeter RP — Beeter (forearm) has been cleared to resume throwing off the mound, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILCole Henry RP — Henry (shoulder) played catch Saturday, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILMax Kranick RP — The Nationals signed Kranick (elbow) to a one-year, $800,000 contract Tuesday and placed him on the 15-day injured list.
- 60-Day-ILTrevor Williams SP — Williams (elbow) began pitching off a mound at the Nationals' spring training complex this weekend, Jessica Camerato of MLB.com reports.
Injury list is doing real work for both clubs. The Brewers are still without Jackson Chourio, Christian Yelich, Andrew Vaughn, Brandon Woodruff, and Quinn Priester — that's a lot of lineup and rotation on the shelf. Andrew Vaughn is reportedly tracking toward a Monday return from the 10-day IL, which would help. Washington just got bad news of their own: Luis Garcia Jr. is heading for an MRI on a sore right wrist after the win.
The market had Milwaukee favored at -139 with a 1.5-run spread laying -122 on the road, and the under cashed comfortably on a 8.5 total. Nothing about this one was a value play — Pinnacle's fair price had the Brewers around 57% and they lost outright. Sometimes the better team gets out-singled.