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Brandon Woodruff has sounded immoderate of nan astir important games successful Milwaukee Brewers history but moreover he felt added unit arsenic he took nan mound Wednesday day against nan Pittsburgh Pirates.
Not only would a triumph Wednesday support his cleanable grounds connected nan play and widen Milwaukee’s winning streak to 12 games, free hamburgers for nan full metropolis of Milwaukee were connected nan line.
“I was nervous,” Woodruff said. “There was a small spot much astatine liking today. I wanted to triumph those burgers bad. Who doesn’t want a free burger?”
The Brewers promptly hit nan Pirates 12-5.
Local edifice concatenation George Webb has been promising free burgers if nan Brewers won 17 consecutive games for decades, starting measurement backmost erstwhile Milwaukee was location to nan minor-league Brewers of nan aged American Association. The promotion dropped to 13 games by nan clip nan Braves made Milwaukee a big-league metropolis successful 1953 but that franchise couldn’t make it hap earlier departing for Atlanta successful 1966. Webb changed nan promotion to 12 games erstwhile nan Brewers moved from Seattle successful 1970. In 1987, nan Brewers opened nan play pinch 13 wins successful a row. More than 170,000 burgers were fixed distant to people nan occasion.
The Brewers accomplished nan feat a 2nd clip successful 2018. They closed nan regular play pinch 8 regular-season victories followed by 4 playoff wins. Milwaukee person travel adjacent connected a fewer occasions since, including an 11-game winning streak earlier this season.
The Brewers and their fans tin relax and look down connected nan remainder of MLB while they chomp connected their burgers. Their 76 wins this twelvemonth are six much than nan second-best team, nan Toronto Blue Jays.
George Webb will denote nan specifications of nan giveaway connected Thursday afternoon.
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