Brewers Week In Review: Pushing Forward

Weekly Snapshot:
Record Last Week: 4-3 (Overall: 85-52)
Run Scored Last Week: 39
Runs Surrendered Last Week: 35
Standing: 1st in NL Central (6.0 GA of 2nd place CHC)

Game 132 (8/25) | MIL 7, AZ 5
Game 133 (8/26) | MIL 9, AZ 8
Game 134 (8/27) | AZ 3, MIL 2
Game 135 (8/28) | AZ 6, MIL 4
Game 136 (8/29) | MIL 7, TOR 2
Game 137 (8/30) | MIL 4, TOR 1
Game 138 (8/31) | TOR 8, MIL 4

Transactions:

• 08/30/25 - Designated 3B Oliver Dunn for assignment.
• 08/30/25 - Activated LHP Robert Gasser from the 60-day injured list.
• 08/30/25 - Activated CF Jackson Chourio from the 10-day injured list.
• 08/30/25 - Optioned LF Brandon Lockridge to AAA Nashville.
• 08/30/25 - Optioned LHP Robert Gasser to AAA Nashville.
• 08/29/25 - Activated LHP Rob Zastryzny from the 15-day injured list.
• 08/29/25 - Optioned RHP Easton McGee to AAA Nashville.
• 08/27/25 - Placed RHP Trevor Megill on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain.  (Retroactive to August 25, 2025)
• 08/27/25 - Signed free agent RHP Erick Fedde.
• 08/27/25 - Transferred RHP Logan Henderson from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.
• 08/25/25 - Placed RHP Grant Anderson on the 15-day injured list with right ankle tendonitis. (Retroactive to August 24, 2025)
• 08/25/25 - Optioned RHP Chad Patrick to Nashville Sounds.
• 08/25/25 - Recalled RHP Easton McGee from Nashville Sounds.
• 08/25/25 - Recalled RHP Tobias Myers from Nashville Sounds.

Breakdown / Highlights
Brandon Woodruff took the mound for game one against the Diamondbacks on Monday, and despite a masterful first five innings, the game unraveled on him in the sixth. Five runs would come across and score, capped by a three-run homer from Lourdes Gurriel Jr., but luckily, Milwaukee’s offense had been able to come up with a five-run inning of their own in the third. The difference ended up being a solo homer from Andruw Monasterio to score the sixth run, while Caleb Durbin added crucial insurance on his own home run in the eighth. Milwaukee would take the first game, 7-5.

Another high-scoring affair followed on Tuesday. Once again, Milwaukee jumped out to an early 6-0 lead. Jacob Misiorowski was efficient through his five innings, allowing three runs and striking out 10, but Tobias Myers was unable to follow out of the bullpen, surrendering three runs of his own in 1 2/3 innings of work. Milwaukee’s offense kept adding on, with a crucial homer from Brice Turang pushing the cushion to 8-3 in the sixth, such that the Arizona comeback only knotted things. It would take a walk-off from Issac Collins in the ninth to score the deciding run, as a sac fly would secure the series split for the Brewers.

Games three and four would see perpetual frustration for the Milwaukee offense. The Brewers would record 10 hits in both games but score only six runs, losing the games by 3-2 and 6-4, respectively. Jose Quintana and newly signed pitcher Erick Fedde were saddled with the losses in those games.

A trip north of the border to face the AL’s top team followed the tough split, and the NL’s best responded in kind. With Freddy Peralta on the mound, the Milwaukee ace capped off a dominant month of August by hurling six innings of no-run, one-hit ball, striking out eight. With the bats, the Brewers were able to scrape across two runs against Shane Bieber before adding five more against the Jays' bullpen. After 9 innings, the scoreboard read 7-2 in favor of the Brewers.

A tighter game followed to open the weekend, with the Brewers handing the ball to Quinn Priester. And like they’ve done for his past 16 appearances, the Brewers found a way to win. With the game knotted at 1-1 heading into the 9th, the returning Jackson Chourio went deep to take the lead, and one pitch later, Christian Yelich doubled it with a homer of his own. The boos rained down in Toronto, and at the end of the day, it was Milwaukee capturing the series of the heavyweights with a 4-1 win.

Toronto would take game three, as for the second time in the week, Brandon Woodruff and the Brewers weren't able to scrape enough runs across the board, despite tallying 13 hits. The final on Sunday read 8-4. Nonetheless, it was a good week for the National League's presumptive top seed, with four more weeks left before the playoffs begin.

Looking Ahead:

• Monday, September 1st - Phillies @ Brewers - 3:10 P.M. CDT
• Tuesday, September 2nd - Phillies @ Brewers - 6:40 P.M. CDT
• Wednesday, September 3rd - Phillies @ Brewers - 3:40 P.M. CDT
• Friday, September 5th - Brewers @ Pirates - 5:40 P.M. CDT
• Saturday, September 6th - Brewers @ Pirates - 5:40 P.M. CDT
• Sunday, September 7th - Brewers @ Pirates - 12:35 P.M. CDT