{"id":665276,"date":"2026-04-05T21:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/665276\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:38:22","slug":"brewers-week-in-review-staying-strong-brewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/665276\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers Week In Review: Staying Strong &#8211; Brewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tWeekly Snapshot:<br \/>Record Last Week:\u00a04-2 (Overall: 7-2)<br \/>Run Scored Last Week:\u00a031<br \/>Runs Surrendered Last Week:\u00a023<br \/>Standing:\u00a01st in NL Central (1.0 GA of PIT)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t***<br \/>Game 4 (3\/30) | TB 3, MIL 2<br \/>Game 5 (3\/31) | MIL 6, TB 2<br \/>Game 6 (4\/1) | MIL 8, TB 2<br \/>Game 7 (4\/4) | MIL 5, KCR 2 (Doubleheader Game 1)<br \/>Game 8 (4\/4) | KCR 8, MIL 2\u00a0 (Doubleheader Game 2)<br \/>Game 9 (4\/5) | MIL 8, KCR 5<br \/>***\n<\/p>\n<p>\tGame 4 | Rays 3, Brewers 2<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMIL Starter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harriky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Harrison<\/a> (5.0 IP, 4 H, BB, 1 ER, 8 K)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTop Performers:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/contrwi02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William Contreras<\/a> (2 H, HR, 2 RBI)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/z\/zerpaan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Zerpa<\/a> (1 IP, 2K)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKyle Harrison\u2019s first start as a Brewer was an excellent one, as the lefty rode his four-seam fastball to great success, striking out eight Rays over 5 innings of one-run ball. His offense couldn\u2019t muster much against old NL Central foe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martini01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Martinez<\/a>, however, as a 2-run home run off the bat of William Contreras was the only runs Milwaukee could scrape across against a stringent Rays staff, while the Brewers bullpen found their first hiccup of the young season, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/megiltr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trevor Megill<\/a> was charged with the loss by surrendering the go-ahead run in the 9th.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWilliam Contreras\u2019 two-run home run (+23.6 WP%)\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\tGame 5 | Brewers 6, Rays 2<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMIL Starter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/woodrbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Woodruff<\/a> (5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 6 K)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTop Performers:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sanchga02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gary S\u00e1nchez<\/a> (H, BB, HR, RBI)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bauerja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Bauers<\/a> (2 H, HR, RBI)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lockrbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Lockridge<\/a> (2 H, 2B, RBI)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGame two of the series against Tampa Bay saw a marquee pitching matchup between Brandon Woodruff and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcclash01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shane McClanahan<\/a>. Luckily for the Brewers, it was Woody who got the better of his counterpart, tossing five innings of two-run ball. On the other side, McClanahan was effective through four innings, but a three-run fifth from the Milwaukee offense chased him from the game. They\u2019d add two more runs in the next innings, as well as one in the eighth, and the bullpen put up a zero behind Brandon Woodruff to secure a 6-2 Milwaukee win.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGary S\u00e1nchez&#8217;s solo home run (+11.9 WP%)\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\tGame 6 | Brewers 8, Rays 2<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMIL Starter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/misioja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Misiorowski<\/a> (6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTop Performers:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/turanbr02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brice Turang<\/a> (H, BB, HR 2 RBI)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/yelicch01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Yelich<\/a> (2 H, 2 RBI)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchga01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Mitchell<\/a> (2 H, 2B, 2 RBI)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tJacob Misiorowski took the mound for his second start of the season\u00a0and did little more than pick up where he left off on Opening Day. The Miz provided six innings of two-run ball for the Crew, and while it wasn\u2019t until the eighth inning that the Brewers&#8217; bats finally broke through for their first big inning of the series, the six-run explosion off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jaxgr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Griffin Jax<\/a> was more than enough to propel Milwaukee to its second straight series win.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBrice Turang\u2019s two-run home run (+18.1 WP%)\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\tGame 7 | Brewers 5, Royals 2<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMIL Starter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/patrich01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Patrick<\/a> (4.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 3 K)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTop Performers:<br \/>Garrett Mitchell (2 H, 2B, HR, 5 RBI)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/u\/uribeab01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abner Uribe<\/a> (1.1 IP, 0 ER, K)<br \/>Trevor Megill (1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, SV)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile it was Chad Patrick who ended his day with a scoreless outing, Garrett Mitchell stole the show in the first game of Saturday\u2019s doubleheader by knocking in a career-high five runs. Both came early into the game, with a two-run double in the 1st, and a three-run home run in the 3rd. It would be all the offense the Brewers needed, as then, the backend of the \u2018pen closed the daycap out.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGarett Mitchell\u2019s Five RBI\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\tGame 8 | Royals 8, Brewers 2<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMIL Starter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hendelo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Henderson<\/a> (2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, 3 K)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTop Performers:<br \/>Brice Turang (H, 3B, RBI)<br \/>Garett Mitchell (H, 2B, RBI)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halldl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DL Hall<\/a> (2.0 IP, 0 ER, H, BB, 2 K)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Saturday nightcap saw the Royals even the series by getting to a pair of young Brewers pitchers, with both Logan Henderson and his piggyback Brandon Sporat surrendering multiple runs. On the offensive side, the Kansas City trio of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lugose01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Lugo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mearsni01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Mears<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/morgael01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eli Morgan<\/a> kept the Brewers bats to just two runs on five hits, and used a six-run sixth inning to send the series to a Sunday rubber match.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGary S\u00e1nchez throws out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garcima01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maikel Garcia<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\tGame 9 | Brewers 8, Royals 5<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMIL Starter: Kyle Harrison (5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTop Performers:<br \/>William Contreras (2 H, 2B, 2 BB, 2 RBI)<br \/>Gary S\u00e1nchez (H, HR, RBI)<br \/>Christian Yelich (2 H, 2B, 3B, RBI)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSunday&#8217;s rubber match in Kansas City featured Kyle Harrison&#8217;s second consecutive quality start in a Brewer uniform, as the Brewer hurler tossed 5.1 innings of two-run ball. Meanwhile,\u00a0Gary S\u00e1nchez popped his team-leading third home run of the year, and William Contreras reached base safely four times in a six-run effort, while the bullpen navigated some late-inning trouble to close out the series against the Royals 8-5.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGary S\u00e1nchez&#8217;s two-run homer (+15.4 WP%)\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTransactions:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t04\/05\/26 &#8211; Optioned RHP Logan Henderson to AAA Nashville Sounds.<br \/>04\/04\/26 &#8211; Recalled RHP Logan Henderson from Nashville Sounds.<br \/>04\/04\/26 &#8211; LHP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/peralsa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sammy Peralta<\/a> was claimed off waivers by the Colorado Rockies.<br \/>04\/03\/26 &#8211; Designated RF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/berrost01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steward Berroa<\/a> for assignment.<br \/>04\/03\/26 &#8211; Selected the contract of SS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=pratt-000coo&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper Pratt<\/a> from AAA Nashville.<br \/>04\/03\/26 &#8211; Optioned SS Cooper Pratt to Nashville Sounds.<br \/>03\/31\/26 &#8211; Activated RF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=matoslu02,matoslu01&amp;search=Luis+Matos&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Matos<\/a>.<br \/>03\/31\/26 &#8211; Sent LHP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/z\/zastrro01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Zastryzny<\/a> on a rehab assignment to AAA Nashville<br \/>03\/31\/26 &#8211; Optioned C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/q\/queroje01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeferson Quero<\/a> to AAA Nashville.<br \/>03\/30\/26 &#8211; Designated LHP Sammy Peralta for assignment.<br \/>03\/30\/26 &#8211; Acquired RF Luis Matos from the San Francisco Giants for cash.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNotes:\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRHP Logan Henderson served as the 27th man for Saturday&#8217;s doubleheader.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tIt was reported early last week that SS Cooper Pratt is set to sign a\u00a0$50.75 million extension. You can read more about the potential deal <a href=\"https:\/\/brewerfanatic.com\/news-rumors\/milwaukee-brewers\/why-cooper-pratts-unusual-extension-made-sense-for-him-and-the-brewers-r4379\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/frelisa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=brewerfanatic.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-05_br\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sal Frelick<\/a> left game 2 of Saturday&#8217;s doubleheader with left side tightness. No corresponding move followed Sunday, although Frelick did not play in the series finale.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLooking Ahead:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMonday, 4\/6 &#8211; Brewers @ Red Sox &#8211; 5:45 PM CDT<br \/>Tuesday, 4\/7 &#8211; Brewers @ Red Sox &#8211; 5:45 PM CDT<br \/>Wednesday, 4\/8 &#8211; Brewers @ Red Sox-\u00a0 12:35 PM CDT<br \/>Friday, 4\/10 &#8211; Nationals @ Brewers &#8211; 6:40 PM CDT<br \/>Saturday, 4\/11 &#8211; Nationals @ Brewers &#8211; 6:10 PM CDT<br \/>Sunday, 4\/12 &#8211; Nationals @ Brewers &#8211; 1:10 PM CDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weekly Snapshot:Record Last Week:\u00a04-2 (Overall: 7-2)Run Scored Last Week:\u00a031Runs Surrendered Last Week:\u00a023Standing:\u00a01st in NL Central (1.0 GA of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2401],"tags":[5,136,843,59,4280,4,83395],"class_list":{"0":"post-665276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-brewers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-brewers","10":"tag-milwaukee","11":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","12":"tag-milwaukeebrewers","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-week-in-review"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116354267080065261","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}