On a day when temperatures reached north of 90 degrees in Chicago and the “feels like” temperature was more than 100, it was a rough afternoon to be a pitcher in the middle of a long inning.
Both Freddy Peralta and Devin Williams survived theirs, though, while Justin Steele did not as the Brewers pulled out a gutsy 4-2 win in 7 innings in the first of two games today.
Peralta was not the sharpest he’s ever been, but given the miserable heat, that’s probably understandable. Both he and Steele were scoreless through the first two innings, though, with the latter forcing plenty of groundouts and weak contact from the Brewers’ bats.