Going into their collection at dwelling this weekend in opposition to the Atlanta Braves, the Milwaukee Brewers have been simply 5-5 of their final 10 video games. They owned the perfect document in MLB at 74-49.
Regardless of taking part in simply .500 baseball over the past 10 video games, Milwaukee was capable of attain a feat that not many individuals noticed coming when the season began again in March. The Brewers grew to become the primary MLB workforce this season to succeed in 80 wins after holding off a late Braves rally on Friday afternoon for a 2-1 victory.
Milwaukee Brewers First Staff To 80 Wins in 2026
When the season started, not many individuals had the Brewers as the primary to succeed in 80 wins in August. Simpler decisions would have been the two-time World Sequence champion Los Angeles Dodgers, the Braves, and even the New York Yankees with the beginning workers they’ve.
As a substitute, it was Milwaukee who hit the feat first in a win over Atlanta. The pitching matchup was an enormous one with Atlanta sending Chris Sale to the mound in opposition to the Brewers Jacob Misiorowski. Milwaukee’s flame thrower went six innings, permitting 4 hits, placing out six and never permitting a run to enhance to 13-5.
Sale, however, labored six innings, permitting eight hits, two earned runs, and placing out six to fall to 12-9. He allowed a third-inning RBI single to William Contreras and a fielder’s selection RBI to Andrew Vaughn.
Atlanta scored their lone run within the high of the eighth inning and loaded the bases off Antonio Senzatela, who was acquired on the commerce deadline from the Colorado Rockies. Nonetheless, the hard-throwing right-hander ended the inning with a line drive to proper area.
Milwaukee Brewers Proceed To Roll in 2026
Milwaukee has wanted practically all 80 wins up to now to stay in first place within the Nationwide League Central Division. The Chicago Cubs are 5.5 video games again. Extra importantly, they’re three video games up on the Dodgers for home-field benefit within the Nationwide League playoffs and 5 video games up now on Atlanta, which leads the NL East.
After internet hosting the Braves over the weekend, Milwaukee will head to New York for a three-game collection in opposition to the Mets earlier than returning dwelling to host the Texas Rangers the final weekend in August. They’ll then hit the highway for a seven-game divisional highway journey with 4 big video games in opposition to the Cubs and three in opposition to the Cincinnati Reds. They’ll then host the Cubs September 7-9, and people two collection per week aside will determine the division.
That is the second straight yr that the Brewers are the primary to 80 wins. Actually, it was virtually a yr to the day after they did it in 2025 on August 21. Nonetheless, being the primary workforce to 80 wins within the common season doesn’t imply a lot. Milwaukee was swept within the Nationwide League Championship Sequence by the Dodgers.
Till the Brewers change their postseason narrative and get to the World Sequence, there’ll at all times be doubters as to whether or not they can translate their common season success to the postseason. If there’s a yr they’ll do it, it may very nicely be 2026.
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