Brewers Lose, Blow Chance To Tie For Wild Card

The Milwaukee Brewers blow a chance to tie for the last National League Wild Card and gain ground in the division, after losing at Pittsburgh 6-4. Both teams the Brewers are chasing — the Chicago Cubs and Colorado — also lost Wednesday night, still leaving the Crew one game behind Colorado for the Wild Card and three and a half in back of the Central leading Cubs. Closer Corey Knebel made a throwing error in the eighth to tie the Milwaukee game, and in the ninth, he gave up a two run walkoff homer to Adam Frazier. Domingo Santana and Jesus Aguilar homered for the Brewers, as manager Craig Counsell used 24 players to try and churn out a win — the first time in three years Milwaukee used that many in a single game. Tonight (Thursday), the Brewers open a four game home series with the Cubs that would put Milwaukee in the division lead with a sweep — or be eliminated from the Central race if they get swept.