Brewers avoid the sweep in tough road series against the San Diego Padres

San Diego was arguably TOO classy.

The Milwaukee Brewers endured their first series loss in quite some time over the weekend, as the San Diego Padres took the first three games of a four-game series. It felt brutal in the moment, but we can all breathe a sigh of relief that they did not get swept (or mopped if you listen to Cespedes Family BBQ).

Game 1 saw a valiant Brewers comeback fall short after Jake Cronenworth’s two strike/two out walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th inning. Cronenworth was not done, he also decided to hit another homer and go 5-for-5 in Friday’s 9-5 Padres win. Leave us alone, Jake!

Saturday made it three losses in a row for The Crew, a rocky fourth inning from Carlos Rodriguez put them in a 4-0 hole that they could not climb out of. Brice Turang’s 9th inning grand slam was nice to see, but the comeback ultimately fell short in a 6-4 loss.

Milwaukee stopped the bleeding on Sunday thanks to another good outing from Tobias Myers and a five run second inning against Michael King. In the end they’d come away with a 6-2 victory.

After the 3-4 west coast trip, the Brewers will now return home for three games against the Texas Rangers. After an off day on Thursday, Craig Counsell’s Cubs will once again make a trip to American Family Field.

Master Brewer Leaderboard (through 78 games)

(The Master Brewer Leaderboard is a season-long leaderboard tracking and ranking exceptional performances from Brewers players in the form of Master Brew Points 🍺, which at the end of the season will tally up to crown our Crewsing for a Brewsing Player of the Year.)

Brice Turang 🍺 🍺

Jake Bauers 🍺

Jackson Chourio 🍺

Joey Ortiz 🍺

Blake Perkins 🍺

Rhys Hoskins 🍺

Tyler Black 🍺

Sal Frelick🍺

Willy Adames🍺

Tobias Myers 🍺

Bradley Blalock 🍺

Bryan Hudson 🍺

Trevor Megill🍺

Leaderboard through 78 games

William Contreras: 🍺x21

Willy Adames: 🍺x19

Bryan Hudson: 🍺x18

Brice Turang, Joey Ortiz: 🍺x17

Christian Yelich: 🍺x14

Elvis Peguero, Jackson Chourio, Trevor Megill: 🍺x13

Jared Koenig, Joel Payamps, Sal Frelick: 🍺x12

Colin Rea, Hoby Milner, Blake Perkins: 🍺x11

Rhys Hoskins: 🍺x10

Gary Sanchez, Freddy Peralta, Jake Bauers: 🍺x8

Bryse Wilson, Tobias Myers: 🍺x7

Abner Uribe, Joe Ross: 🍺x6

Thyago Viera, Enoli Paredes: 🍺x5

Oliver Dunn, Robert Gasser: 🍺x4

Joey Wiemer, Kevin Herget, Elieser Hernandez, Tyler Black:🍺x2

J.B. Bukauskas, Owen Miller, Andruw Monasterio, Aaron Ashby, James Meeker, Bradley Blalock: 🍺