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Hear Christian Yelich explain his walk-off, grand-slam home run

Hear Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich explain his walk-off, grand-slam home run during the tenth inning against the Boston Red Sox on May 27, 2025.

PHILADELPHIA – It was the ever-revered son of Philadelphia who was responsible for the three most unmistakable sounds emanating from Citizens Bank Park on the overcast afternoon of May 31.

First, the booming crack of lumber, projecting the baseball on a screaming path to the left-field seats. Then, another. The third came in the form of boos, rained down upon the first baseman that once would bring the ballpark’s natives to their feet with regularity. 

“If you end up getting booed in an away stadium,” Rhys Hoskins said, “You did your job. I’ll take it.”

He and the Milwaukee Brewers both.

Hoskins and his suddenly-scalding teammates silenced and stunned a sellout crowd, socking a trio of three-run home runs as part of a relentless offensive barrage that, by the time it concluded, had seen the visitors register 23 hits in a 17-7 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Or, as Hoskins put it: “A good day to get in the box.”

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On paper, it wasn’t. As jarring as it was to see the Brewers run roughshod over the club with the best record in the National League, it was even more jaw-dropping to watch the offense do it against left-hander Jesús Luzardo, turning one of baseball’s most dominant starting pitchers this year into batting practice fodder as they tormented him for 12 runs, all earned. 

“I think right now the offense is going through a great stretch where it doesn’t matter who’s out there,” Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio said. “The offense is going out there ready to compete, ready to put good at-bats together and string them along. Just enjoying the moment we’re going through.”

Hoskins was singlehandedly responsible for placing six tallies on the ledger of Luzardo, who had allowed 16 earned runs over 11 starts all season. They came via a pair of three-run blasts in the game’s first four innings, with Hoskins depositing a ball in the seats in Philadelphia just as he did 77 times over six seasons wearing Phillies script on his chest.

When Chourio connected with two on and two outs in the sixth to cap the Brewers’ scoring, Milwaukee matched its total of three-run homers all season through the first 58 games. Chourio led the way with four hits, finishing a triple shy of the cycle, and every batter in the starting lineup got a hit.

The Brewers are finding their stride. They advanced their winning streak to six while improving to a season-best three games above .500 at 31-28.

“We executed,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “We’re playing with a lot more freedom and that freedom creates some special things. We put it all together.”

Hits keep on coming, this time for Jackson Chourio

As if the Brewers hadn’t scored enough yet, they poured in more offense for good measure in the sixth to tie their season-high for runs in a game.

Chourio smacked the Brewers’ third three-run blast of the game with a frozen rope to left field that inflated the lead to 17-1. Chourio’s eighth homer of the year gave him his third five-RBI day of the season already and brought him within one swing of the cycle with three innings to play.

But Chourio never got another at-bat, telling his manager that he didn’t need to try and force the issue in a blowout.

“I told him I was good,” he said. “I don’t know if I necessarily like that situation. I think any player in that situation, in that spot maybe puts too much pressure on themselves to do something. So I told Murph I was good.”

The 21-year-old is now batting .441 over his last 10 games with two homers and four doubles while, perhaps most importantly, only striking out seven times.

“Just feeling very confident at the plate up there right now,” Chourio said. “I think for me it always boils down to pitch selection. I’m trying to be a little more patient but at the stay time stay aggressive as I am.”

Brewers’ lead balloons to 12 with eight-spot

What a showing from the Brewers offense, which tagged Luzardo with an eight-spot in the fourth inning to push its lead to 12-0.

The barrage of the bats was highlighted, once again, by a three-run Hoskins home run, a line drive that cleared the fence with ease in left field as nine of the first 10 batters of the inning reached base.

The Brewers weren’t even done putting runs on his ledger after he left the game, as Sal Frelick, who also doubled to lead off the fourth, singled home Daz Cameron, who had doubled to cap Luzardo’s disastrous afternoon.

The Brewers raised Luzardo’s ERA by nearly a run and a half in the fourth inning alone.

 “We had a plan against Luzardo, who’s been super good for them, to come out aggressive,” Hoskins said. “To punch early in a game like that on the road is huge, especially with a young guy on the mound, to give him the confidence to go after those guys. It’s nice to contribute in a win, for sure.”

Phillies manager Rob Thomson got to watch nearly the cacophony of crush from his office after being tossed for arguing a balk call with nobody out in the inning. Caleb Durbin, who had bunted for a hit after Frelick’s double, initially appeared to be out trying to steal second but a balk was called on Luzardo, much to the chagrin of Thomson and Philadelphia.

The lefty never recovered. He walked Joey Ortiz and Brice Turang consecutively before Chourio singled home two to make it a 7-0 game. William Contreras, who along with Christian Yelich notched three hits, pushed the lead to eight with a single of his own, then Hoskins two batters later sent out a 382-foot blast to left.

Luzardo became the second pitcher in MLB to allow at least 12 earned runs over the past two seasons, joining former Brewers pitcher Bradley Blalock, who surrendered a dozen tallies for the Rockies against the Padres on May 10.

Brewers offense explodes out of the gates

Luzardo, owner of a 5-0 record and 2.15 ERA, had yet to allow four runs in any game yet this season. The Brewers, in a harbinger of a rally, tagged him for four runs before making an out.

Hoskins’ first three-run shot of the game capped an offensive explosion in the top of the first, with the first baseman crushing a ball through the wind for his eighth home run of the season.

Hoskins, a fan favorite to this day in Philadelphia who walks to the plate to an ovation each at-bat still, was showered with boos as he rounded the bases after putting the Brewers ahead, 4-0.

Chourio led off the game with a single and stole second. Contreras walked and Christian Yelich opened the scoring with a single to left. Then Hoskins took a 2-1 fastball on the outer half from Luzardo and sent it 408 feet to left-center to put an exclamation mark on the inning.

Chad Patrick gets through six innings, complicating a decision further for the Brewers

Whatever the Brewers choose to do with their roster in the next week as José Quintana and Brandon Woodruff return to the rotation, Chad Patrick isn’t making it easy.

The rookie right-hander delivered six innings of two-run ball, a quality start from an arm who has delivered nothing but quality so far. Through 12 starts, Patrick’s ERA sits at 2.97 and he has yet to surrender more than three runs in any outing.

Patrick struck out six and walked none, giving the Brewers length, as well, while working with a big cushion. He felt encouraged by the development of his slider in the outing, including throwing one to get Trea Turner swinging to end the third.

“That made me happy,” he said. “I got in the dugout and just yelled, ‘Yeah!’ We ended up scoring eight runs after that.”

The next time Patrick took the mound, he felt something a bit different, losing a bit of his lunch behind the mound as he warmed up following the long wait in the dugout as the offense blitzed Luzardo.

Patrick has given the Brewers no queasiness when he’s on the mound through his first two months in the majors. The decision the club has to make on his roster spot, though, might not sit easy.

With Quintana returning to start Sunday, the Brewers need to open a roster spot in the immediate future. Woodruff’s impending return, which could come in the second week of June, will require another.

Murphy made it clear pitchers like Patrick with options are very much in play to be sent down in order to preserve depth, though the Brewers, at least for now, could part ways with Tyler Alexander, who surrendered five runs in ninth-inning mop-up duty and now sports a 6.19 ERA.

Time will tell.

What time is the Brewers game today?

Time: 3:05 p.m. CDT

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Brewers at Phillies, 12:35 p.m. June 1. Milwaukee TBA vs. Philadelphia LHP Ranger Suárez (4-0, 2.97). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.

Brewers at Reds, 6:10 p.m. June 2. Milwaukee RHP Aaron Civale (0-1, 6.00) vs. Cincinnati RHP Brady Singer (6-3, 4.60). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin/FS1. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.

Brewers at Reds, 6:10 p.m. June 3. Milwaukee RHP Freddy Peralta (5-3, 2.77) vs. Cincinnati RHP Hunter Greene (4-3, 2.63). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.

Brewers at Reds, 11:40 a.m. June 4. Milwaukee TBA vs. Cincinnati LHP Andrew Abbott (5-0, 1.51). TV – FanDuel Sports Wisconsin. Radio – AM-620 WTMJ.