2B Jonathan Villar was moved out of the lineup spot on Saturday before the game against the Cubs was rained out. Villar is 1-for-16 on the road trip. He has hit .207 with five home runs and 22 RBIs in 43 games.

2B Jonathan Villar was out of the starting lineup Wednesday, but manager Craig Counsell was quick to point out that it was not a benching despite Villar making a pair of baserunning blunders a night earlier. Counsell said he wanted to give Villar a day to clear his head, but he inserted him into the game when Ryan Braun left with tightness in his left leg.

2B Jonathan Villar went 0-for-4 on Tuesday night, his 26th birthday. It was the first time he did record at least one hit on his birthday in the last four seasons.

2B Jonathan Villar picked up two hits Wednesday to boost his batting average to .200 for the first time since April 6. He has now recorded back-to-back multi hit games and has reached base in eight straight contests. During that stretch, Villar has a .368 on-base percentage.

2B Jonathan Villar continued his climb back from a slow start Tuesday with a 2-for-5 showing against the Reds that included four RBIs. Villar is batting .189 but reached base in each of his last seven games with a .364 on-base percentage during that stretch.

2B Jonathan Villar singled in four trips Saturday, giving him a hit in four straight games. More important than his first-inning single was the fact that none of his three other at-bats Saturday resulted in a strikeout. Villar leads the Brewers this season with 31 whiffs and has gotten off to a slow start at the plate, batting just .179 through the first 19 games.

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.