Let's Road Trip Brewers 2025: Trip #13 - An Unforgiving September Trip

Pittsburgh Pirates – September 5-7
PNC Park - Capacity 38,747
2024 Attendance: 1,720,361 (Averaged 21,239 - ranked 14th out of 15 NL teams, 25th overall MLB)

When the Brewers travel to Pittsburgh in May for a four-game set during Road Trip #5, the season lies ahead of them and the goal becomes making a statement on rival soil. By the time this trip to the PNC Park rolls around, the standings will be mostly set and the goal will be even more apparent. What Pirates squad will await Milwaukee in September? A playoff-bound young group of amazing arms and just enough offense, or a team that is still a few key pieces of the puzzle from contending? Whatever awaits the Brewers in Pittsburgh, they have no time to reflect as they head directly to Arlington, Texas to face the Rangers.

You can see our full write-up on PNC Park here.

Texas Rangers - September 8-10
Globe Life Field - Capacity 40,300
2024 Attendance: 2,651,553 (Averaged 32,735, fifth out of 15 AL parks and 12th overall)

The only trip that Milwaukee has made to Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX, came in 2023, and the Brewers and their fans enjoyed it very, very much. While the opener in the August heat was an offensive 9-8 nail-biter victory for the Brew Crew, the next two games were 6-1 and 6-2 chill rides. A three-game sweep gave the squad a much-needed infusion of "dog days" energy. The Brewers' last trips to Arlington before the 2023 season were in 2016, 2013, and 2007, and those were less exciting for Brewers fans. In fact, they lost every series at the old Globe Life Park version of the road trip. Hopefully, the new trend at the new park continues!

Texas exists as an outlier in the baseball universe. Even Moon Baseball Road Trips doesn’t know what to do with it. A trip to a Rangers game gets lumped in with a “heartland” road trip. The retractable roof at the new ballpark offers 71-degree days even when the outdoors is boiling in Arlington, which could matter in early September. Globe Life Field opened to empty seats in 2020 thanks to the Covid pandemic. The seats didn’t necessarily fill up for mediocre baseball in 2022 either, but a World Series championship can do wonders for the attendance figures. 

After a step back in 2024, the Rangers hope to recapture national attention in 2025. The trend towards “entertainment district” stadium usage continues here, as teams seek to maximize fan spending for blocks in all directions. While in the entertainment district, you can go to Six Flags, a water park, AT&T Stadium, and a mall. What you can’t find is a downtown vibe or accessible public transit. The Dallas metro area has the usual big-city highlights, along with a JFK memorial, the iconic Reunion Tower, and other professional teams like the Stars and Mavericks, who each have home games during this series.

After this penultimate road trip, the Brewers return home to face the Cardinals for the first of six games in 10 days against their NL Central rival. The Los Angeles Angels also come to town to break up the St. Louis tension. It’s time to finish strong Brewers fans — how do you think your team will do?