The Brewers then head over to Baltimore to play three games against the 5th place Lords.
In the first game of the series, the Lords over-come an early deficit and get a walk-off win when veteran (40 year old) left fielder Chad Jones hits a 9th inning 1-out homer off Jaden Francis to give his team the 5-4 victory. It was Jones 5th HR of the season and 212th in his career, 15th on the all-time WPK long ball list. Matt Helm got the start for the Brewers and was pretty sharp again, lasting 6 innings, giving up 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits (3 K, 0 BB.) Francis takes the loss and drops to 2-2 with a 1.23 ERA. Zacarias Martell (.299/.392/.368) went 2 for 4 in the loss and hit his 13th double of the season.
Game 2, with two very good veteran starters on the bump- Cheol-han Lee for Denver and Pablo Bernal for Baltimore- is tightly contested until the 9th inning when the Brewers break out for 3 runs and hold on for a 6-2 victory. Cheol-han allows 2 runs on 7 hits in 7 2/3rds innings pitched and sees his record improve to 11-5 with a 2.76 ERA. Josh Schaeffer and Bobby Erbakan are the offensive stars for the Brewers in this one. Schaeffer (.297/.411/.441) went 2 for 4 with a run scored and 2 RBI from the lead-off slot, hitting his 7th HR of the season. Erbakan (.320/.386/.504) was 2 for 4 with 3 runs scored and a walk, hit his 23rd double of the season and stole his 12th base.
The Brewers combined a solid start by Harry Lyerly, some very good bullpen work, and just enough offense to take the rubber match, 3-2. Harry worked 7 innings giving up 2 runs on 7 hits (including a HR to his opposite number), striking out 6 and walking 1. The team gave him 2 runs in the top of the 8th to give him his 7th win (along with 8 losses and a 4.17 ERA.) Jordan Stephens pitched the last 1 1/3rd innings for his 9th save (2.35 ERA.) The Brewers first got on the board in the 3rd inning when Zacarias Martell (.295/.386/.373) hit his 2nd HR of the season. Andrew Kennedy (.328/.363/.420) provided a big pinch-hit single in the 8th to drive in the tying run and soon thereafter Ryan Rodgers (.378/.491/.462) singled in what would prove to be the winning run.
With the series victory and with second place Charlotte now having lost 5 games in a row, the Brewers lead in the MGL stretches to 6 1/2 games. Charlotte is in danger of losing their second place standing as third place L.A. is just 1/2 game behind them and Brooklyn is just 1 game behind Charlotte (7 1/2 behind Denver.)