“I wanted to win the burgers for everybody … I mean, who doesn’t want a free burger?”
Milwaukee Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff talked about the added pressure of winning free George Webb burgers for fans. Woodruff was interviewed at American Family Field in Milwaukee on August 13, 2025.
With free burgers for Wisconsin already secured, the Milwaukee Brewers set their sights on a 13th straight win as they take on the Cincinnati Reds on August 15.
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Christian Yelich uses the Uecker bat to go deep again
Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.
Needing a triple to hit for the cycle against the Reds again, which would have made him the only player in MLB history to have four in his career, Yelich did one base better.
Already with a single, double and homer using a custom Bob Uecker bat inscribed with “Get up, get outta here!” line, Yelich gave his longtime friend a chance to go into the legendary home run call one more time from the skies above.
The second homer of the game and 25th of the season for Yelich gave the Brewers a 9-8 lead in the sixth, highlighting a comeback from down seven runs that felt like it was struck by a touch of divine magic.
All the way back from seven runs down
The Reds seemingly forgot to sprinkle the field with sage before the game.
The Brewers erased a seven-run deficit in the span of making four outs, turning a 8-1 game after two innings into a tie with one out in the fourth as Christian Yelich, with his third hit using the Bob Uecker tribute bat of the day, sliced a two-run single down the line in left.
The rally in the fourth began with consecutive one-out hits from Sal Frelick and Joey Ortiz. An error by second baseman Gavin Lux on a surefire double play grounder loaded the bases and extended the inning for Yelich, who took an inside-out swing on a sinker from former Brewers pitcher Brent Suter to shoot the ball inside the third-base line.
Brewers storm back into the game in third
The woodpeckers were back at it, as loud as they’ve ever been, in the top of the third.
Immediately on the heels of the Reds’ seven-run second, the Brewers responded with a five-spot of their own to draw within two runs as they chased starter Nick Martinez from the game.
The big swing belonged to Andrew Vaughn, who popped a three-run tater for his ninth homer in his 29th game with Milwaukee before a Brice Turang double brought home Caleb Durbin to cap the inning’s scoring.
Bad outing for Jacob Misiorowski, disaster inning for Brewers
The Brewers eschewed a rehab outing for Jacob Misiorowski, instead choosing to return him from the 15-day injured list right onto the big-league mound in Cincinnati.
To call his first game back rusty would be an understatement.
Misiorowski struggled mightily with his control, walking three and hitting one while also giving up four hits, and only lasted four outs before Pat Murphy took the ball from him with 54 pitches gone by. The Reds tallied three straight two-out singles against Misiorowski in the first, with Gavin Lux driving in a run with his. Then with one out in the second, Misiorowski completely lost his feel for the zone, hitting Tyler Stephenson and walking the next three batters to make it 2-1.
DL Hall entered and immediately gave up a two-run double to Elly De La Cruz and RBI single to Spencer Steer to push the Reds’ lead to four.
It didn’t end there, either.
Miguel Andujar dropped a run-scoring single to center, which Lux followed with a flare just over the glove of first baseman Andrew Vaughn. Then Austin Hays had another excuse-me hit, dumping a single to the outfield again to make it 8-1, the eighth straight Reds batter to reach base before consecutive ground outs to, mercifully, end it.
So much had gone right for the Brewers as they ran their win streak to a dozen, and it seemingly all came crashing back during the second. The singles by Hays and Andujar had expecting batting averages below .200, while Marte’s was hit at 55.8 mph. Hays’ was hit even lighter, leaving the bat at 52.8 mph.
And to compound matters, this was the very first of the Brewers’ 19-game stretch in 18 days, a grueling stretch of the schedule that began with the starter not making it past the second.
Christian Yelich homers…using a Bob Uecker bat
Three days ago on August 11, a fan located right by the home dugout at American Family Field brought a “Uecker Magic” sign to the game, which the Brewers went on to win, 7-1, to extend their winning streak to 10 games.
The magic didn’t stop there.
In a moment almost too surreal to not have come straight from a movie, Yelich brought a Bob Uecker tribute bat to the plate for his first at-bat and hit a home run off Martinez.
Yelich planned to use the bat last season for Players’ Weekend, during which players can use customized bats and cleats to represent their passions and interests, but was never able to use it because he suffered a season-ending back injury in July.
Yelich actually underwent surgery on August 16, the same day as the first day of Players’ Weekend.
His first at-bat at Great American Ball Park, almost a year exactly to the date on August 15, brought everything full-circle, all the way down to the details: Inscripted on the bat is one of the late Uecker’s legendary lines, his home run calls of “Get up, get outta here!”.
The magic didn’t end there.
Yelich in his next at-bat blooped a double into the perfect spot to drive in another run as part of a four-run Brewers third. The ball deflected off the glove of shortstop Elly De La Cruz as he converged with third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes and left fielder Austin Hays.
Two pitches later, it was an 8-5 ballgame as Vaughn unleashed his three-run blast.
Steward Berroa makes memorable first impression
“Why wait?” was Brewers manager Pat Murphy’s reasoning for putting the newly-called up Steward Berroa in the lineup.
Berroa showed quickly there was good reason not to wait. After the Reds had already put one run across against Misiorowski in the first, Berroa threw Miguel Andujar out at the plate for the final out. Austin Hays’ single was the third straight hit for the Reds with two outs against Misiorowski, but Berroa came up firing and tossed a strike right to catcher William Contreras, who deked Andujar by remaining motionless until catching and applying the tag.
What time is the Brewers game against the Reds?
Time: 5:40 p.m. CT
What channel is the Brewers game on today?
TV channel: Apple TV+
Will Jacob Misiorowski pitch today?
Yes, Misiorowski was activated from the IL prior to the contest and will start.
Blake Perkins to bereavement list; Steward Berroa called up among many moves
The Brewers are down two of their regular outfielders for the time being as they placed Isaac Collins on the paternity list and Blake Perkins on the bereavement list. They called up Steward Berroa and Tyler Black from Class AAA to replace them.
Berroa was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers in July and is hitting .243 with a .671 OPS between his stops in the minor leagues this year. In seven games for Class AAA Nashville, Berroa is 4 for 24.
Milwaukee also optioned reliever Grant Anderson to Class AAA to clear a spot for Misiorowski.
Brewers lineup
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Reds lineup
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Brewers schedule
Brewers at Reds, Aug. 16, 5:40 p.m.: Milwaukee RHP Quinn Priester (11-2, 3.49) vs. Cincinnati RHP Zack Littell (9-8, 3.60). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin, Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.
Brewers at Reds, Aug. 17, 12:40 p.m.: Milwaukee LHP José Quintana (10-4, 3.44) vs. Cincinnati LHP Andrew Abbott (8-3, 2.41). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin, Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.