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The Brewers reported for duty on Friday at American Family Field with three games to go and nothing left to clinch. They will be the top overall seed in MLB’s postseason regardless of what happens in their regular season-ending series against a Cardinals club already eliminated from contention. So, how would they approach the weekend? “I think the same way we approached all the other ones,” said the unofficial captain, Christian Yelich. “We know we have a break coming up, so you want to push through the finish line.” “They matter because we go out and play in front of 40,000 people who bought a ticket,” right fielder Sal Frelick said. “I’ve never even thought for a second that the games won’t matter. We’re fighting for everything.” “It’s easier to just keep the pedal down and just go,” reliever Aaron Ashby said. “We’ve got a monthlong sprint coming up.” “These are baseball games,” said second baseman Brice Turang, “that we want to win.” So they went out and beat the Cardinals, 8-4, getting six more stellar innings from surging left-hander Robert Gasser and a tie-breaking rally in the eighth inning that encapsulated how the Brewers built baseball’s best record for the second straight season. Jackson Chourio, who didn’t start the game but contributed late, singled. David Hamilton squared to bunt and was hit by a pitch. Garrett Mitchell did bunt, and in the ensuing scramble, Cardinals pitcher Justin Bruihl committed a throwing error, loading the bases for Brice Turang to punch a ground ball the opposite way through a drawn-in infield for a two-run single and a 6-4 lead.
