PHILADELPHIA — The Milwaukee Brewers have spent much of September establishing themselves as one of baseball's most difficult teams to beat.
Milwaukee Brewers 4 · Philadelphia Phillies 6
Game date: Sep 22, 2026 · America/Chicago
Published: Oct 12, 2026
Professional · Baseball · MLB
PHILADELPHIA — The Milwaukee Brewers have spent much of September establishing themselves as one of baseball's most difficult teams to beat.
Tuesday offered a reminder that even the strongest teams aren't immune to setbacks.
Philadelphia defeated Milwaukee 6–4, ending the Brewers' three-game winning streak and handing them their 59th loss of the season.
Milwaukee entered the matchup having won five of its previous six games, including three straight against Baltimore.
The Brewers had been particularly effective at limiting opponents' scoring during that series, holding Baltimore to five runs, then zero in each of the final two games.
Philadelphia presented a different challenge.
The Phillies scored six runs, enough to overcome Milwaukee's four-run offensive effort.
The loss dropped the Brewers to 98–59.
With the regular season nearing its conclusion, Milwaukee remains firmly positioned atop the National League Central.
But the final week isn't meaningless.
The Brewers are approaching October with legitimate championship ambitions, and the final games provide opportunities to evaluate pitching effectiveness, bullpen usage and offensive consistency.
Tuesday wasn't the result Milwaukee wanted.
Wednesday provides an opportunity to respond.
For a team preparing for postseason baseball, the response may matter more than the loss itself.
LOS ANGELES — Milwaukee needed only one inning to take back the lead. By the end of the night, the Brewers had taken something considerably larger from the Dodgers: nearly all their room for error.
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William Contreras had already answered one Dodgers lead when he stepped into the middle of another Milwaukee comeback. His fifth-inning home run brought the Brewers even. His sixth-inning single put them ahead. By the time Aaron Ashby recorded the final out, Los Angeles had exhausted eight pitchers without finding a way to stop Milwaukee from coming back.
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Milwaukee's four relievers in NLCS Game 2 allowed the Dodgers no hits and no walks over five innings. That line is the simplest way to locate the difference between a game the Brewers repeatedly had to repair and a finish they could control. Once the bullpen took responsibility for the remaining outs, Los Angeles stopped producing baserunners through either of those routes.
