Before he powered the Brewers to a 4-3 win over the Reds on Saturday at Great American Ball Park, Daniel Robertson¡¯s last home run in a game that counted was two teams and more than two years ago.

This one was worth the wait.

Robertson¡¯s tie-breaking home run in the seventh inning followed Jackie Bradley Jr.¡¯s go-ahead single in the sixth that didn¡¯t leave the infield but was good for two runs thanks to Avisa¨ªl Garc¨ªa¡¯s hustle and third-base coach Jason Lane¡¯s good send. It gave Brent Suter a chance to rebound for a scoreless seventh inning after yielding a one-run lead in the sixth, and when Devin Williams and Josh Hader closed out the victory, the Brewers snapped a three-game losing streak and won for the fifth time in their last 18 games.

The unlikely hitting hero was Robertson, who entered play 5-for-57 this season, if you count his 1-for-18 showing at Triple-A Nashville over the past two weeks. Robertson was there on a rehab assignment, completing his comeback from a concussion sustained April 25 at Wrigley Field when he was hit by a pitch on the helmet. The Brewers activated him Friday to resume utility infielder duties and he dipped his toes in the water with a ninth-inning groundout.

A day later, he took over on defense as part of a double switch in the sixth inning, then hit the first Heath Hembree pitch that he saw in the seventh just a few inches beyond the glove of leaping Reds center fielder Scott Heineman to snap a 3-3 tie. This home run meant a lot more than Robertson¡¯s last home run, a solo shot with two outs in the ninth inning of a lopsided loss for his Tampa Bay Rays against the Royals back on May 1, 2019.

The question was whether it would carry enough.?

¡°I kind of got caught up in the moment, watching it and seeing where the center fielder was,¡± Robertson said. ¡°About halfway down the line, I was like, 'I should probably get on my horse because I've got to get on [second] or [third] if this kicks off [the wall].'¡±?

Said Brewers manager Craig Counsell: ¡°I checked the flags real quick as the ball's in the air. It wasn't a sure thing, I know that.¡±

Out in center, Heineman timed his jump. He¡¯d already hit a solo home run in the game, one of the two off Brewers starter Brett Anderson, who had an otherwise solid outing. The left-hander had his start cut short when he experienced some nausea during a sixth inning that included a scary moment in which home-plate umpire Ron Kulpa had to leave the game after being struck by a Sonny Gray pitch.

Now, Heineman was trying to take a home run away.?

¡°I¡¯m really upset about that one,¡± Heineman said. ¡°I should have had it. I thought I had it. I don¡¯t know how I didn¡¯t get it.¡±

¡°I saw him leap up,¡± Robertson said, ¡°and then I saw it clear the fence, and it was just a moment of joy. This game is hard, man.¡±?

The game had been taken away from Robertson after the concussion, which he spoke of for the first time Saturday. Initially, the Brewers didn¡¯t think he would need a stint on the seven-day concussion IL, but that outlook changed when Robertson¡¯s symptoms didn¡¯t abate.

He described dizziness anytime he attempted to ramp-up activity, and a sensation of not being able to see straight when he woke up in the morning. Robertson spoke to other players who¡¯d endured concussions and was warned to be cautious, lest the condition extend from two or three weeks to two or three months.?

¡°At first it was kind of nerve-racking because I'm waking up and I'm doing things and I just feel underwater and just not processing things right,¡± Robertson said. ¡°The only way to heal it is rest.¡±?

Now, he¡¯s back to help out. Robertson and Luis Ur¨ªas, who also homered Saturday in a start at second base for a banged-up Kolten Wong, are Counsell¡¯s primary utility men at the moment.

¡°You play 162 games and you need different heroes every night,¡± Counsell said. ¡°It's great for D-Rob. I think he's played really nice defense whenever we put him in there, but it's nice to do something with the bat and be a little bit of the offensive hero. That's what it takes to win a whole bunch of games. You need those contributions from every single guy on your roster.¡±