The Milwaukee Brewers have an unfortunate recent history of heading into the All-Star break with a bit of malaise, and fans were surely wary of that after seeing their team drop two of three to the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this week. Trying to finish strong, they turned to Freddy Peralta to try to keep the Washington Nationals in check.
With the Brewers and their fans hoping to see more efficiency from Peralta, it wasn’t a great start. He gave up a leadoff single to the Nationals’ lone All-Star, CJ Abrams, and fell behind rookie mega-prospect James Wood before striking him out on a 3-2 pitch (a generous call on a pitch that appeared to be off the outside edge).