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After the Brewers get a doubleheader split versus Brooklyn to take that series 3 games to 1, they head to L.A. to take n the Spinners in a 4-game series.
In game 1 they get key contributions, again, from youngsters Andrew Kennedy and Kevin Curtis.
Kennedy (.341/.370/.495, 0.7 WAR) and Curtis (.260/.369/.356, 1.1 WAR) continue to shine while their positional counterparts, Bobby Erbakan (.220/.289/.289, 0.0 WAR) and Carlos Rivera (.160/.222/.220, -0.4 WAR) are struggling mightily this season.
Erbakan remains a very gifted fielder and the team is confident that the young man will eventually find his hitting stroke again. But in the meantime, Kennedy has earned more playing time and Erbakan will be getting to know the bench and a pinch-hitting role more intimately. Rivera, on the other hand, at the age of 30 and in spite of his considerable defensive skills as a catcher, is likely on his way out if the Brewers can find a way to cut ties with him that isn't too costly. Curtis has earned the starting job and provides just as much defensive value as the veteran Rivera and the Brewers have more decent catchers on the way up the organizational ladder.
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