When the Brewers won the division in 2024, they lost their 60th game on September 6th. The year before, the division-winning Brewers lost number 60 on September 3rd. The 2002 Brewers lost their 60th game on July 16th, a little less than a week after the All-Star break.
Today, the 2026 Brewers will try to avoid losing 60 games entirely.
It has been quite a ride, as we arrive at the end of this magnificent regular season. The best regular-season team in franchise history has a chance to set a team record
in wins by six games, a pretty remarkable feat for a 57-year-old franchise.
For those who have the postseason on their minds, you’ll no doubt just be hoping that everyone gets through today’s game unscathed. With Dustin May and Kyle Harrison both having pitched on Saturday, it’s unlikely we’re going to see much in terms of “might this guy be a factor in the postseason?” questions.
For those of you who enjoy milestones, keep an eye on Brice Turang—he’s one RBI away from 100 and one stolen base away from 20. There are only 165 seasons of 20 home runs, 100 RBI, and 20 stolen bases in the long history of baseball, just five of which belong to Brewers: three by Ryan Braun (2009, 2011, 2012), one by Christian Yelich (2018), and one by Willy Adames (2024). If Turang were to hit those marks, he’d be just the 11th player to do so in a season in which they were primarily a second baseman.
Jacob Misiorowski will also get a final tuneup before the postseason, putting him in line to start game one of the NLDS on Saturday against either the Cubs or Padres. He’ll also get one final chance to bolster his Cy Young case, though I’d expect he’s in line to throw something like the three innings he tossed his last time out. We’ll run a more comprehensive debriefing soon, but some numbers to note for Miz: he’s certain to finish with the best H/9 mark (4.9961 as of this moment) in AL/NL history by a starting pitcher, and he will set franchise records in ERA WHIP, and K/9. Misiorowski will not catch Ben Sheets’ franchise record for strikeouts (264), but his 247 Ks are already the second-best mark in Brewers history.
St. Louis’s starter in game 162 will be the righty Andre Pallante, who has had a solid season: he’s 12-8 with a 3.61 ERA in 157 innings. Starting pitching hasn’t been St. Louis’s strongest area, but Pallante has probably been their best option.
Milwaukee doesn’t exactly have the roster flexibility at the moment to take it easy, so they’ll field a pretty strong lineup this afternoon. William Contreras is getting some time off his feet, and Joey Ortiz is of course out as the team is cautious with his knee. That means that Gary Sánchez and David Hamilton are in the lineup, and they’ll be joined in the infield by Jake Bauers, Turang, and Cooper Pratt. Jackson Chourio, Garrett Mitchell, and Sal Frelick go left-to-right in the outfield, and the new captain, Christian Yelich, is the designated hitter.
First pitch is at 2:10 p.m. Join us for the last anxiety-free game thread of the year!
