Christian Yelich Drops Honest Quote on Brewers Clinching Playoff Berth

The Milwaukee Brewers officially clinched a playoff berth on Friday night after beating the Cincinnati Reds 20-0 in Game 1 of the series. The lopsided win secured Milwaukee’s postseason spot and left the club focused on its next targets: clinching the NL Central and finishing with baseball’s best record for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The Brewers are 92-56, ten games ahead of the Chicago Cubs for the division lead. Christian Yelich, speaking after the clinch, said it “is extremely hard” to reach this point every year and that “the job is not finished,” a message echoed by Garrett Mitchell and others. Players including Brice Turang and William Contreras stressed they view the clinching as only a “small little step.”