I wasn’t trying to do that I was just trying to put the ball in play and good things happened." "Just battle," Nottingham said of the at-bat. "Obviously you just want to put something in play, hopefully to get something going. He had one prior homer to his credit, hit last season in Atlanta, before sending an 0-2 Derek Holland offering 436 feet out to left at 107 mph to up Milwaukee's lead to 6-0 in the fourth. Nottingham broke into the majors with the Brewers in 2018, and had a total of 18 games under his belt coming into Friday. We know how to work together, I think our pace is very good," Nottingham said. "I just tried to get the ball back in his hands as fast as possible and get him back on the mound and just let him do all the work." "I think just catching him in the past, me and him are very comfortable together. Nottingham also did something subtle to keep Burnes rolling - something that would have been expected out of a catcher with much more experience. It definitely made it more familiar than throwing to a new guy back there. "A lot of us on the staff, especially the young guys, are pretty comfortable with 'Notty' from him being in (spring) camp and up with us a couple of times the last couple of years. "He was awesome back there," Burnes said. Indeed, Nottingham stepped right in and helped guide Burnes to his best start of the season - six innings, three hits, no runs and a walk with 10 strikeouts. He’s good back there he’s a very good receiver." "He was comfortable with Corbin (Burnes), for sure. 231 at Milwaukee’s new Class AAA affiliate in San Antonio in 2019. But, not counting his season at offensively friendly Class AAA Colorado Springs in 2018, Nottingham hit. Nagging injuries played a role as he slowly made his way up the ladder in the minors. Projected by some to become the Brewers’ franchise catcher in a few years’ time, things certainly didn’t turn out that way for the 2013 sixth-round pick of the Houston Astros. It wasn’t long ago that Nottingham was on that prospect list himself as the key part of the return in the February, 2016 trade that sent outfielder Khris Davis to the Oakland A’s. "I’m just very thankful that today we got the win, and hopefully we keep the boys going." "Just treating every day down there like it matters – and it does – so times like these, you’re ready," Nottingham said. "You’re not just going half-assed over there then come here and expect to be the best in the big leagues facing the best guys in the big leagues. It had to feel like a reprieve for the 25-year-old, who’d otherwise been grinding away in Appleton with fellow major-league aspirants and a group of the organization’s top minor-league prospects. This time, he got the start as Counsell likes to do with players just joining the team. RELATED: Brewers place Manny Piña on IL with knee injury, recall Nottingham
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