Blake Perkins

CHICAGO (AP) William Contreras hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Wednesday. Blake Perkins singled leading off the ninth against H ctor Neris (8-3). Contreras put Milwaukee on top one out later when he lined a double to left-center, helping the NL Central leaders end a rough day on...

This certainly isn't great news given Yelich's history of back injuries. The 32-year-old said he didn't "really want to get into like the specifics of it," but that the injury is "not great." As of now, he isn't sure of specifics in terms of recovery or next steps but we should assume he will be out for a couple weeks as the Brewers figure out what to do with their star outfielder. Blake Perkins is starting in center field with Garrett Mitchell shifting to right field while Yelich is out.

Yelich opened the scoring in Sunday's contest with a 418-foot (107.2 mph EV) two-run blast off of rookie left-hander Justin Wrobleski in the fourth inning. He then singled and scored on a two-run knock by Blake Perkins in the eighth inning. Yelich also tacked on an RBI double in the ninth and scored on a run-scoring double by Garrett Mitchell. He's having an outstanding season in the middle of the Brewers' lineup, slashing .329/.407/.533 with 11 homers, 41 RBI and 19 stolen bases.

Yelich opened the scoring in Sunday's contest with a 418-foot (107.2 mph EV) two-run blast off of rookie left-hander Justin Wrobleski in the fourth inning. He then singled and scored on a two-run knock by Blake Perkins in the eighth inning. Yelich also tacked on an RBI double in the ninth and scored on a double by Garrett Mitchell. He's having an outstanding season in the middle of the Brewers' lineup, slashing .329/.407/.533 with 11 homers, 41 RBI and 19 stolen bases.

The Dodgers deployed Evan Phillips in the eighth inning to face the heart of the Brewers' lineup with a one-run lead, and he served up a game-tying homer to Christian Yelich. The Dodgers answered right back with a pair of runs of their own though and Vesia came on to make sure that it stood up. He got Rhys Hoskins on a swinging third strike, Blake Perkins on foul out to first and Andruw Monasterio on a fly ball to left to end it. He has now converted five saves while registering a stellar 1.36 ERA in 39 2/3 innings.