Brewers 5, Phillies 2: An all-around impressive sweep runs Milwaukee's win streak to seven
PHILADELPHIA – Did a pair of Sundays in Pennsylvania save the Milwaukee Brewers?
With four months yet to go in the season, perhaps that's a bit to declare at this point. But, at the very least, if the Brewers continue to roll like they are now, those games will serve as indicators of when the Brewers found their edge.
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Sitting in his office at Citizens Bank Park prior to his club's series finale the morning of June 1, Pat Murphy spoke of the Brewers' comeback win in Pittsburgh seven days prior, the skipper gave a Sunday sermon about how Milwaukee's tides shifted in the aftermath of that victory.
"That was an indicator," Murphy said. "That day was an indicator. After the game I'm like, 'Hell yeah. We did that.' And it wasn't supposed to happen. Last day of the series, day game, everything was going right for them. Every ball they hit (was falling).
"Everything was going wrong. Sure enough, we came back and it kind of felt like something turned."
BOX SCORE: Brewers 5, Phillies 2
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Hours later, the Brewers went out and did it again.
Jake Bauers, on the shelf for the last four days, delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers came from behind to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2, to sweep the series and push their winning streak to seven.
"This is kind of the style of play that we in this clubhouse have been waiting for, where we're applying pressure," Bauers said. "Over the course of nine innings you can see it manifest in different ways...I think the other teams feel that. I really like where we're at right now."
José Quintana returned from a stay on the 15-day injured list to give the Brewers five innings on the mound and the bullpen quartet of Nick Mears, Jared Koenig, Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill finished it off with four scoreless innings. Joey Ortiz had two hits and reached base three times. Brice Turang reached three times as well and made a dazzling catch in the eighth inning.
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"This is a really good team," Murphy said. "Best record in the National League. It was really a nice series. Different guys stepped up."
The Brewers seem to have found their edge, but, more importantly, they have stumbled upon more than just that.
Their offense is heating up along with the weather, striking a much better balance of damage and gritty, contact-oriented at-bats than they did through much of the first two months. They didn't hit any more homers in the series finale after hitting four through the first two games in Philadelphia but reached base 14 times safely. Phillies pitchers managed only 12 strikeouts over the final two games of the series, as well.
"If you want to be a good team, you have to stay relentless throughout the game and look for opportunities," Murphy said. "Every pitch counts. It really does."
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The pitching and defense remain steady. With Quintana's outing, it's now been 15 games since a Brewers starter (or bulk pitcher on days they've used an opener) allowed more than three runs. The gloves, meanwhile, have played much more like they were expected to this season of late.
"It's important for our team," Ortiz said. "We came in and got a sweep and it shows playing every part of the game the way we do is important to winning."
Jun 1, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras (24) celebrates after scoring run with first base Rhys Hoskins (12) during the seventh inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images
Brewers take the lead in the seventh
The Phillies gave the Brewers an inch in the top of the seventh inning, and the visitors turned it into a lead.
Milwaukee pushed across three runs, all unearned, to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. While Jake Bauers delivered the big swing with a pinch-hit, two-out, two-run double, it was the Phillies defense that put the Brewers in an advantageous spot to begin with.
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Left fielder Weston Wilson misplayed a Caleb Durbin fly ball to lead off the inning, turning a ball with a 90% catch probability into a double. Then, with Durbin on third and two outs, shortstop Trea Turner botched a routine grounder off the bat of William Contreras to tie the score.
Bauers last appeared in a game May 28, when he homered and reached base three times. He had been dealing with a bit of a shoulder issue – which, funny enough actually kept him from pitching in a 17-2 game May 31 – but was needed to pinch-hit against reliever Orion Kerkering in the designated hitter spot after Christian Yelich left the game with an injury.
"Same as it always is," Bauers said of his approach. "Try and read the report. Think about what I do well, what I don't do well, what he might attack me with, what I want to go after and went up there committed to the plan I came up with."
Through the first two months of the year, Bauers is batting .263 with a .366 on-base percentage and .475 slugging percentage.
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Christian Yelich exits the game, but X-rays negative
Just as he was beginning to get hot at the plate, Christian Yelich exited the game with a right hand contusion after being struck in by a pitch from Phillies lefty Ranger Suarez in the first inning.
The positive news for Milwaukee was that X-rays were negative and Yelich is considered day-to-day.
Phillies take advantage of wildness in first two innings, but Quintana settles
Jun 1, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jose Quintana (62) throws a pitch during the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images
Quintana threw 28 pitches in the first inning, 14 of which were taken for balls. He threw another 16 in the second, 11 of which were balls.
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The Phillies parlayed that into a four walks and two runs to open the scoring. J.T. Realmuto lined a changeup down and away for a two-out single that plated Trea Turner after he led the first off with a four-pitch free pass. Kyle Schwarber's check-swing infield hit then pushed the lead to 2-0.
"A little rust," Quintana said. "I was battling with my delivery. I didn't feel a firm landing on a couple of those pitches. After the first inning, I checked my videos and it gave me a better idea of where I was. Bad luck on the base hit to Schwarber.
"Walks are a cancer. Walks always get you in trouble. But I kept pitching."
Quintana, however, settled down from there, allowing only one hit over his final three innings to provide the Brewers with five innings of two-run ball.
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He also avoided a potentially more severe injury when a batted ball from Edmundo Sosa smacked a 99 mph line drive off Quintana's knee in the third inning. He remained in the game, though, and felt better between innings, which allowed him to complete five frames.
"It got me really hard," Quintana said. "I was lucky it didn't hit me right in the bone. I was a little sore. My legs were shaking."
What time is the Brewers game today?
Time: 12:35 p.m. CT.
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TV Channel: FanDuel Sports Wisconsin
Brewers lineup
Jackson Chourio CF
William Contreras C
Christian Yelich DH
Rhys Hoskins 1B
Daz Cameron LF
Sal Frelick RF
Caleb Durbin 3B
Joey Ortiz SS
Brice Turang 2B
Phillies lineup
Trea Turner SS
Kyle Schwarber DH
Alec Bohm 1B
Nick Castellanos RF
JT Realmuto C
Edmundo Sosa 3B
Weston Wilson LF
Bryson Stott 2B
Johan Rojas CF
Brewers schedule
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.
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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.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers vs Phillies score: Milwaukee wins seventh straight game
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