After spending the past several days getting time off or enjoying All-Star break festivities, the Milwaukee Brewers were back in action on Friday, getting an 11-6 win. Milwaukee appeared to be staring down a thrashing from the Cincinnati Reds, down 4-1 after three innings, with their only run coming in the top of the second inning on an Avisail Garcia solo home run. The momentum started to shift Milwaukee’s way when Willy Adames hit a two run home run, also scoring Kolten Wong. The homer cut the Reds lead to 5-3 after five complete. 

The Brewers kept lighting up their foot on the gas in the sixth inning, getting RBIs from Luis Urias and Wong. The Brewers also scored a run when Jackie Bradley got on base by error. After six innings, the Brewers were up 6-5 for their first lead of the game. The Brewers scored five more runs in the eighth inning, a Urias home run and another RBI from Adames. Up 11-5 in the bottom of the ninth, the Reds shrunk the gap by one run. 

MIlwaukee is now 54-39 this season and five games ahead of the Reds in the NL Central. The Reds and Brewers battle again on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:10 PM.