MIAMI — Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers caught the worst kind of break at the worst time.

Trying to catch up in the wild-card race, the Brewers lost the reigning National League most valuable player for the rest of the regular season after he fouled a ball off himself and went down with a broken right kneecap on Tuesday night.

“We don’t have a definitive time frame other than we know he will be out the remainder of the season right now,” General Manager David Stearns said after a 4-3 win over Miami. “We also don’t know if surgery is required.”

Yelich, who did not talk with reporters after the game, was set to travel to Milwaukee for additional tests on Wednesday.