SS Jonathan Villar has gotten off to a slow start this season, striking out 15 times in his first 30 at-bats, including three times on Sunday. He has just five hits and a walk this season for an OBP of just .194. Villar has also struggled in the field, where he's adjusting to second place after playing at shortstop last season and for the majority of his professional career.

INF Jonathan Villar was considered a stop-gap option until top prospect Orlando Arcia was ready for the majors, but he more than played his way into a long-term role with the Brewers, batting .285 with a league-leading 62 stolen bases. He still will need to cut down on his recklessness on the basepaths -- he was caught a league-high 18 times -- and will need to focus on his defense, especially now that he has been moved to third base. Still, Villar made the most of his first everyday opportunity, and he should be in a Milwaukee uniform for the foreseeable future.

IF Jonathan Villar stole his major league leading 61st base, the third-highest total in franchise history. Tommy Harper stole 73 bases for the Brewers in 1969 and Scott Podsednik had 70 steals in 2004. With 19 homers, Villar needs one more in the final game of the season to become the fourth player in major league history to have 20 homers and 60 stolen bases in a season.

3B Jonathan Villar went 1-for-5. He needs one homer to become the fourth player in major league history to have 20 homers and 60 stolen bases in a season. Villar, who has 19 homers and 60 stolen bases, is trying to join Hall of Famer Joe Morgan with Cincinnati in 1973 and 1976; Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson with the New York Yankees in 1985 and 1986, and Oakland in 1990; and Cincinnati's Eric Davis in 1986 as the only players to reach the 20/60 plateau.

3B Jonathan Villar needs one homer to become the fourth player in major league history with 20 homers and 60 stolen bases in a season.

2B Jonathan Villar hit a leadoff home run on the first pitch of the game Wednesday for his 19th homer of the season and his third in the three-game series vs. Texas. It was his third leadoff long ball of the year, and four of his career leadoff. He had seven RBI in the series.

2B Jonathan Villar homered twice and drove in career-high five runs Monday night. His 18 homers are also a career high. He posted his second career multi-homer game, both this month. Villar had three hits (3-4) after going 3-35 in his previous 11 games

3B Jonathan Villar moved into third place for stolen bases in a Brewers season with his 55th in the first inning Saturday against the Cubs. He passed Pat Listach, who had 54 in 1992. Villar added another stolen base in the sixth. He also drew a career-high three walks.

INF Jonathan Villar started at second base Tuesday, a position he didn't play at all in spring training or this season. "Thinking about the last three weeks ... I just thought this was an opportunity to see him at second base," manager Craig Counsell said. "He's going to play mostly third base the rest of the season. There will be spots we'll see him at second base. I want to see what it looks like." Villar has made 135 starts, 104 at shortstop and 31 at third base. He hit his 16th home run on Tuesday.

3B Jonathan Villar hit two home runs Wednesday, giving him three in his last two games. He went hitless Monday in the opener of Milwaukee's three-game set with Chicago but went 5-for-9 in the final two games.

PH Jonathan Villar his hit first career grand slam in the sixth inning to break open the game and give the Brewers a 5-0 lead at Pittsburgh. He was not in the starting lineup for the second game in a row because of a sore left knee, an injury that occurred late in the Friday game. "I feel good," Villar said. "(Manager Craig Counsell) told me before the game that if he needed a pinch hitter or a pinch runner that he might use me. I think I'll be ready to be in the lineup (Monday)."

3B Jonathan Villar (sore knee) was not in the lineup Saturday. He is day-to-day.

3B Jonathan Villar was out of the lineup because of a sore knee he got while tagging out Pittsburgh's Josh Harrison, who slid into third Friday in the eighth. Manager Craig Counsell described Villar as day to day, and the Milwaukee Sentinel reported that Villar had his knee wrapped and was limping before Saturday's game.

INF Jonathan Villar was back at SS Tuesday, giving Orlando Arcia a break, and singled and walked in Milwaukee's 2-1 loss to St. Louis. Villar has reached base in five straight and 12 of his last 14 contests.

INF Jonathan Villar returned to Milwaukee's starting lineup Sunday and provided the Brewers' only run of the day on a solo home run off Ivan Nova. Villar has hit 11 home runs this season but only three of them have come at Miller Park.

SS/3B Jonathan Villar was given the day off on Saturday came as a result of making two errors on Friday, manager Craig Counsell said. Villar had played in every game since Milwaukee's last scheduled off day on Aug. 15.

3B Jonathan Villar got a day off Sunday. Since moving from shortstop to third when Orlando Arcia was promoted from Triple-A Colorado Springs, Villar is batting .378 (17-for-45) with a .472 OBP during that stretch.

3B Jonathan Villar had three hits Thursday and has no reached base in each of his last 10 games. Villar is batting .432 (16-for-37) since moving from shortstop to third base on Aug. 2.

3B Jonathan Villar was 1-for-3 with a homer, two walks and two stolen bases in his fifth start at third base since making the transition from shortstop when rookie SS Orlando Arcia was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Tuesday. "Like any player, I think he was a little disappointed (switching positions)," manager Craig Counsell said. "I think moving from shortstop is a bigger deal than moving from any other position, because your whole like you've played shortstop. You've never moved a position, so it's a different." Villar reached base 12 times in 17 plate appearances the three-game series, with seven hits and five walks. He had three stolen bases and three RBIs. "When he gets to two strikes, he is able to lay off off-speed out of the zone," Counsell said of Villar's ability to work an at-bat. "That's what he's done a really good at. So he extends at-bats. It's not always walking, it is getting another pitch in the at-bat to do something. Maybe get a hit with. And he knows the strike zone."

3B Jonathan Villar had four hits and a walk and scored three runs in seven plate appearances Saturday. He has reached base nine times in the first two games of the series after getting two hits and two walks Friday. "Villar has been a machine, he really has," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. Villar has started the last four games at third base, moving from shortstop after rookie Orlando Arcia was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Tuesday. He had two throwing errors at his new position Saturday.