The Milwaukee Brewers found themselves on the wrong end of a no-hitter through the first seven innings of Wednesday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Throughout the majority of the afternoon, Cardinals right-hander Dustin May was making life hard for Milwaukee. But then, in the eighth inning, Garrett Mitchell finally broke through against May with a leadoff double to end his no-hit bid and breathe some life into the Brewers. 

By the end of the inning, May had been replaced, and Milwaukee jumped out to a 2-1 lead it would hold until the end to secure a win that seemed improbable for most of the contest. Afterward, Brewers manager Pat Murphy credited May and reacted to his team’s win.

"Tremendous," Murphy said. "That cutter was special, going on the same plane. He was dominant, you know? Yeah, that's domination right there. He was tremendous for that amount of time, however long it was, into the eighth, right? 

"Man, and isn't that how our game goes, you know? Mitchell has been putting things together, and it's fun to see him after the years he's had injured and everything else," Murphy added. "It's fun to see him kind of come into his own and really gain some confidence."

Murphy also praised Yelich, who hit a clutch RBI single to tie the game in the eighth after Cardinals reliever JoJo Romero notched two outs with two men on.

"And Yelich, what do you say? You know, like he's done it time and time again, even this year, even missing time," Murphy said. "He's done it before, and yeah, there's no situation too big, and yeah, he does so much for us both in the clubhouse and on the field. It's great; not surprising."

While the Brewers’ offense was trying to find a way to break through against May, their pitching staff was also making things hard on the Cardinals. A combination of Chad Patrick, Shane Drohan, Aaron Ashby, and Trevor Megill got Milwaukee to the finish line, and Murphy made sure to give them their flowers.

"Our pitching staff, you can't underestimate what they did in this series," Murphy said. "You know, and Patrick jumping back in the front end, giving us four innings; Drohan giving us two. Ash, what can you say? And Megill, yeah, getting back to where he's been before. 

"It was a great, great performance," he added. "And did just enough. We had some really tough at-bats against a guy that was absolutely on it."

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