Brewers left fielder Christian Yelich is enjoying facing Cincinnati Reds pitching.A day after drilling two home runs in Tuesday's 9-7 loss Bo Jackson Jersey , Yelich needed a mere seven innings Wednesday to hit for the cycle. The Brewers announced he is the eighth player in franchise history to accomplish the feat and the first to do so since 2011, when George Kottaras hit for the cycle against the Houston Astros.Milwaukee Brewers BrewersWith his triple in the 7th, ChristianYelich ties this game at 10 and becomes the first Brewers player to hit for the cycle since George Kottaras (9/3/11 at Houston). He is the 8th Brewers player to hit for the cycle. #ThisIsMyCrew atLiRrgnAEMLB MLBThe second CYCLE of 2018!Have a day, ChristianYelich! xrxj4DUCzhYelich singled in his first two at-bats and then went on a tear in the middle portion of Wednesday's contest by homering in the fifth, doubling in the sixth and tripling to tie the contest at 10 in the top of the seventh.It was more of the same for the first-time All-Star, who has helped carry the Brewers offense and has the team in position to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2011 campaign. He entered Wednesday's contest with a slash line of .310/.373/.545, and the long ball was his career-high 26th of the season."You try to improve every year, and you learn a lot about the game and yourself," he said of his impressive effort in his first year with the Brewers, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. "I think you're still learning Paulo Orlando Jersey , no matter how long you play this game. It's kind of a trial-by-fire-type deal."Milwaukee is 5.5 games behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central and 1.5 games back of the St. Louis Cardinals for second place, but it is also in possession of the final wild-card spot in the league.If Yelich continues hitting like he has throughout the season, he will have the opportunity to impress in front of a national audience in October. The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets start their final series of the season Monday night at Citizens Bank Park with the Phillies are still clinging to slim playoff hopes and the Mets playing their best baseball since April.Jake Arrieta (10-9, 3.66 ERA) for the Phillies and Zack Wheeler (11-7, 3.23) for the Mets will be on the mound in the series opener.Despite two consecutive losses, the Mets are 10-5 in September, and they have taken 10 of the first 16 games against the Phillies this season.Article continues below ...The Phillies, meanwhile, are 30-36 against the National League East this season, even after winning a weekend series against the Miami Marlins. Philadelphia is 6 1/2 games back of the Atlanta Braves in the National League East and five games back in the wild-card race.Arrieta has 18 strikeouts in his last two starts (12 1/3 innings). The veteran right-hander had seven strikeouts in his last start against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday http://www.royalsfanproshop.com/authentic-danny-duffy-jersey , and Arrieta gave up three runs and three hits in five innings.Arrieta got a no-decision in the game, as the Phillies coughed up a three-run lead in the ninth inning of a 7-6 loss.“It’s obviously not great, especially when we’re trying to catch the team ahead of us,” Arrieta told reporters afterward. “We got to pick it up, and if we don’t, we’re not going to be making the playoffs.”The Phillies are 2-2 since Arrieta’s last start.Arrieta has a 1.94 ERA and a 0.961 WHIP in nine career starts against the Mets. In two starts against them this year, he has allowed one earned run in 13 1/3 innings.Wheeler, who is 3-1 with a 3.10 ERA in nine starts against the Phillies, has faced the Mets’ divisional opponent just once this season. He gave up three runs in 4 2/3 innings on July 9, but the right-hander has been one of the best starters in the NL since then.Wheeler is 9-1 with a 1.67 ERA in his last 11 starts. Opponents are hitting just .192 against him in that span Frank White Jersey , and he has 76 strikeouts in 75 2/3 innings.He had his best start of the season last Wednesday. Wheeler threw eight scoreless innings against the Marlins. He gave up only four hits, did not walk a batter and had seven strikeouts in the 89-pitch outing.“The competitor in me wants to go out there and throw nine every game,” Wheeler told MLB.com after the start. ” … We aren’t going anywhere right now, so I want to be ready for next year and I just want to play it smart, especially with my history. If we’re contending, I’m going back out there for sure.”Phillies second baseman Cesar Hernandez has homered in each of his last two games and is historically successful against Wheeler. Hernandez is 7-for-11 with seven singles in his career against Wheeler.