The Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals faced off in a Saturday afternoon tilt, and Eric Lauer and the homestanding Brew Crew found themselves in a hole early. Lane Thomas got things rolling with a leadoff, ground rule double, and then Alcides Escobar got hit by a pitch. Juan Soto singled to center to bring Thomas home and move Escobar to third base, and then Nats legend Ryan Zimmerman lofted a sac fly to center to make it a 2-0 game.
The Brewers answered back right away in the bottom of the first against old friend Paolo Espino. With one out, Christian Yelich came to the plate and crushed the first pitch he saw for a solo dinger to center field.