The Milwaukee Brewers earned a shutout win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday by a score of 6-0, and it was able to happen not just because of strong pitching or a big offensive performance in the middle innings. But because of a big-time play by shortstop David Hamilton.

In the top of the fifth inning, just before the Brewers’ five-run onslaught in the bottom of the frame, Brewers left-hander Kyle Harrison nearly gave up a single with no outs when Cardinals left fielder Bryan Torres shot a line drive toward Hamilton that looked to be going over his head.

However, Hamilton leapt and contorted his body in mid-air to make a highlight catch. 

If Hamilton had failed to make the catch and Torres reached on a single, then it may have been inconsequential for the Brewers. But Hamilton’s play was emblematic of how strong the defense has been behind Milwaukee’s pitching staff during what has been a successful season through the first two months.

After the game, Hamilton reacted to the catch and where he ranks it among plays that he has made as an infielder.

"Yeah, I guess it's up there a little bit," Hamilton told the media. "Yeah, it was (a) cool play. In the back of my mind, I'm still thinking about the plays that I could have made. So, it kind of takes away a little bit for me, but yeah, it was cool.

"I mean, it was kind of like a weird hit ball," he added. "So, I'm just running back and it's kind of higher than I thought. So I had to jump and snag it out there."

Hamilton made his way to the Brewers alongside Harrison and left-handed reliever Shane Drohan from the Boston Red Sox in a Feb. 9 trade that saw Boston acquire Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio, and Anthony Seigler. Now, Hamilton has watched Harrison achieve a 6-1 record and a 1.57 ERA through his first 10 starts of the year.

"I mean, you all see it," Hamilton said. "It's disgusting stuff, man. He's legit. I'm glad he's here with me and I was part of that trade."

While Hamilton and the rest of Milwaukee’s defense has made things easier for the pitching staff, he emphasized the benefits of playing behind such a formidable group of arms.

"Yeah, it makes it super easy for us," Hamilton said. "They're just always attacking the hitters and getting ahead and it's easy to play defense like that. and I'm sure it's not fun for the opposing teams to face them, especially back to back. So yeah, it's good that they're on our team."

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