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Manager Pat Murphy said it can be a problem for Mitchell, a type 1 diabetic, in day games after night games. Mitchell should be available Tuesday.

Gasser struck out five. He left with a 2-0 lead after giving up an Elly De La Cruz single to start the sixth, only for Antonio Senzatela to immediately give up another hit and then a three-run homer. In part because of the quick hooks, Gasser has won just once since the beginning of August. He’ll face the Orioles next time out.

Ortiz is hitting .305/.344/.491 since the beginning of June, which is just a tad better than his .188/.287/.231 line from the first two months of the season. It looks like he’ll head into the postseason the Brewers’ starting third baseman.

Contreras’s home run was his 17th of the season. He hit a three-run home run off Brady Singer in the fourth inning. Contreras has hit a home run in three consecutive games and four of his last six games. He’s hitting .273 with a .763 OPS and 86 RBI.

Turang’s home run was his 19th of the season. He hit a two-run shot off Brady Singer in the first inning. Turang has five hits, two home runs and six RBI over his last two games. He’s hitting .263 with an .803 OPS and 92 RBI.

Drohan gave up five hits, walked two and struck out four. He’s allowed a total of 11 runs to the Reds over his last two starts, but the Brewers still managed to win both games. Drohan has a 4.35 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Orioles on the road next week.

Setting an MLB record with their second 20-run shutout win this season, the Brewers clinched their eight playoff berth over their last nine seasons in this onslaught. Turang was at the middle of it all, falling just a triple short of the cycle and he broke this game open early with a three-run home run in the second inning. Besides him, Garrett Mitchell also had three hits plus a grand slam, Jackson Chourio and Joey Ortiz had four hits apiece, and every member of their starting nine reached base safely at least twice. This lineup is certainly clicking as the playoffs approach.

Talk about pitching with a lead. The Brewers scored two in the first, six in the second, one in the fourth, and eight in the fifth to give May all the run support he’d need. Funny enough, he didn’t need any of it with six scoreless innings. Nasty from the jump, May forced multiple whiffs with five different pitches on his way to 12 total swings-and-misses. He tossed a very even amount of cutters, curveballs, sweepers, and fastballs behind his trusted sinker and to cruise given the circumstances. A bit off since being drilled by a line drive in his start on August 26th, this was a huge step in the right direction for May who’s scheduled to face the Orioles on the road next time out if the Brewers stick with their six-man rotation for another turn.

Bauers missed each of the past three games due to shin splints, but he’s finally feeling better and is back in there at first base and batting fifth against Reds’ left-hander Andrew Abbott on Friday night in Milwaukee. The 30-year-old slugger has hit .268/.395/.490 with a career-high 24 homers and 78 RBI in 522 plate appearances in what has been a very productive season at the dish.

It’s the most homers hit by a minor-leaguer this century, and the fifth-most dating back to 1963’s creation of the player development contract. He has 27 bombs in 69 games with Biloxi. Fischer, now the fifth-rated prospect on MLB Pipeline for the Brewers, has some swing-and-miss but the light-tower power makes him a very intriguing fantasy prospect.