The Brewers’ Corbin Burnes overcomes heat fear to claim the 13th win

After the tenth strikeout, Burns sat behind the mound with his head lowered as his teammates and coaches lunged. The temperature at the time of the game was 91 degrees with high humidity.

“He just got a light head, basically,” said Brewers manager Craig Counsell. “The coaches don’t think it was a hydration problem. Like you lift something heavy and get a little light from that. He just needed a minute to regroup. His vision got a little blurry.”

Burns (8-5) took several large gulps of water and spoke to the coaching staff. He took a few warm-ups, then Matt McClain retired a pop to end the inning.

“Everything was getting dizzy, and eyes were getting crossed,” Burns said. “I went to the back of the mound, hoping if she blinked a few times it would go away, and it didn’t. After a bottle of water, I gave her a second, and she went away. Scary at the moment, sure.”

Burns said nothing like this had ever happened to him. Conseil considered taking Burns out, but the 28-year-old right-hander quickly recovered.

“He was getting better because we gave him time,” said Conseil. “Hitting the side in the sixth was impressive.”

Burns struck out 13 in six innings pitched. He allowed only two hits and two walks to help the Brewers tie the Reds at the top of the NL Central standings.

“He’s got great stuff,” said Reds coach David Bell. “He threw more broken balls. I think that led to a lot of his success tonight. He obviously has a good fastball. He used more broken balls today and I think that helped him.”

Devin Williams shut down the 21st save. The two teams faced each other for the fourth time in a row, as the Brewers got two of three from the Milwaukee Reds before the All-Star break.

Cincinnati starter Graham Ashcraft (5-6) allowed three hits through six innings pitched.