Christian Yelich has otherworldly game using Bob Uecker bat

Christian Yelich had arguably his best game of the season while paying homage to late announcer Bob Uecker.

During the Brewers’ 10-8 comeback win — Milwaukee’s 13th in a row — over the Reds on Friday, Yelich, 33, went 4-for-5 at the plate with a double, two home runs, and five RBIs. And he did it all with a custom-made bat themed around Uecker for MLB Players’ Weekend.

The bat, painted light blue, featured a picture of Uecker along with two of his famous lines — “Get up, get outta here!” and “Juuuuust a bit outside” — on the barrel.

Going into Friday’s game, Yelich has posted a slash line of .266/.344/.456 along with 23 home runs and 81 RBIs through 113 games played this season.

Yelich had the bat made ahead of Players’ Weekend last season, but was not able to use it due to his season-ending back surgery in August.

Uecker, who died at 90 years old in January, had developed a close relationship with Yelich during the outfielder’s tenure with Milwaukee.

Following Friday’s game, Yelich told reporters that he has had Uecker on his mind during the Brewers’ winning streak.

“Of course,” he said. “That’s true for everybody around here.”

“Obviously, I miss him,” Yelich added.

Yelich opened up about his relationship with Uecker back in May, saying how genuine a person he was.

“I think his biggest gift was he was authentically himself,” Yelich told ESPN then. “This is Bob Uecker. He genuinely cares how you’re doing. A young player gets called up for the first time, he knows everything about him, first time he’s ever met him, but he knows where he went to school, where he’s from. What he’s about. I tried to learn from that.”

The Brewers hold the best record in the MLB at 77-44 and sit atop the NL Central with a nine-game lead.