Yelich breaks HR record and wins 9th place

MILWAUKEE – It's easy to say Milwaukee Brewers star Christian Yelich has taken over where his MVP season has ended. But it could even be better.

Yelich tied a major league record in the first leg on Sunday, forcing Michael Wacha (St. Louis Cardinals) 1-0 fastball over the wall in the right field for his fourth tour of the season. In the end, he was just starting.

The NHL's most valuable player became the sixth player in MLB history to start a season with home runs in four straight games. The other five are Willie Mays (1971), Mark McGwire (1998), Nelson Cruz (2011), Chris Davis (2013) and Trevor Story (2016).

Despite all the success he's had lately, Yelich is running out of words every time he's been asked how he managed to stay locked up for so long on the plate.

"Honestly, I do not know," Yelich said with a shrug of his shoulders. "I'm just trying to stay in one approach."

Yelich's solo blast gave Milwaukee a 1-0 lead in the first set, but St. Louis pulled back for four and was still 4-3 on the ninth. With the ball of fire coming closer to Jordan Hicks on the mound, the batter Ben Gamel scored a double in the left corner of the field, and Lorenzo Cain managed to reach a simple field of ball on a deflected ball from the Hicks glove.

This brought Yelich to the plate with runners in the corners and no exit. The percentages indicate that you are not putting the decisive point in such a position, but given Yelich's direction, an intentional walk is something that Brewers' director Craig Counsell recommends taking into account.

"C & # 39; [a question] for [the Cardinals], "Counsell said." You must certainly talk about it. "

St. Louis opted for Yelich, who took a 2-0 advantage, then plunged a 102 km / h diver into the hole on the left, scoring Gamel and Cain. When Cain slipped into the plate, Yelich jumped into the air on second base and shot his battering helmet in the air.

"[Hicks has] Yelich said, "He has three very good shots. You just want to make sure you get it in the zone and try to do something with it. "

The two-point double gave the Brewers a 5-4 win, while Milwaukee won three of four wins against his St. Louis division rival in the opening series of the season.

"It was really a cool series," Yelich said. "It was an excellent series for us, it's a great team, they play us very well, these games were tight, you have to run to win them."

Yelich won his first MVP award – fifth in Brewers history – last season, with an epic second half of the season that propelled Milwaukee to Central. He went on to start the 2019 campaign. In four games, Yelich hits .500 with four homers and eight RBIs. He reached the base in 12 of his 18 appearances on the plate.

"He's on another planet, man," Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff was amazed Saturday. "He's so special, just look at him, he's so balanced, he's not fooled so much, he's at the hour with just about everything, it's pretty cool to watch."

The pitchers took note of Yelich's surge. He walked three times Sunday, once intentionally, and has already made six free passes for the season. Since last season's All-Star Game, Yelich has 373s with 29 home runs and 75 RBIs in 69 games, with a base percentage of 462 and a .06 loss percentage.

"It makes things very difficult very easy," said Counsell.

Yelich, 27, also extended a pair of records that he set Saturday. He became the first player in Brewer history to be a starter in the first four games of the season, and the first incumbent to do so. Yelich has 36 career career goals in 2018, but looks set to surpass that number this season.

"I really try to be present in the day, no matter how well or bad the previous night," Yelich said. "Just reset and stay disciplined with your cage work with your team during [batting practice]. Focus on each day alone [thing], I guess you could say. Do not dwell on the past or the future. "

Barry Bonds in 2002 and In 2006, Albert Pujols dominated the first two games of the year after winning the title of most valuable player. These two great players of all time have won several MVP trophies, a feat that Yelich seems more than capable of imitating.

"If you come to understand and know [Yelich]He's very competitive, "said Counsell before the final of Sunday's series. This is not seen right away because there is a lot of humility out there and it is not straightforward about some things in general. But he is very competitive. I think he took it all for a challenge and used it to his advantage. "