ST. LOUIS -- The Brewers' postseason hopes long since dashed, Thursday's 7-3 loss to the Cardinals was nevertheless "important," in manager Craig Counsell's estimation, for organizational mainstay Jonathan Lucroy, who was able to return from more than two weeks of being sidelined by a concussion to play the final two innings of Milwaukee's 13th defeat in its last 16 games.
"It's the type of injury where you want to feel like you're back to normal on," Counsell said. "So it was important to him, and for him I think it makes going into the offseason knowing you're back on the field.