The Brewers got an easy victory in Portland on the final day of the regular season to finish with 95 wins but still find themselves finishing in 3rd place behind Phoenix and San Francisco in the strongest division in the WPK.
Given that they were predicted, prior to the season, to finish in last place, this could be considered a very successful season. On the other hand, they led the way in the MGL West for most of the second half of the season, and a September swoon devastated them. So naturally Brewers fans, players, and the front office are quite disappointed with how things turned out.
In the final game of the season, they did get some nice performances by young players who are expected to play larger roles in the 1987 season.
Jeremy Beeson, the likely starter at third base next year, went 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored, 2 driven in, and hit his 6th double. He finishes his first WPK season with a slash line of .376/.389/.473 and 0.7 WAR over the course of just 96 PA's.
Brandon Singer, likely to be the most used utility player next season, went 2 for 6, driving in a pair of runs and finishes with a slash line of .280/.340/.449, having hit 9 doubles, 2 triples, and 9 home runs in 263 PA's for 0.8 WAR.
Mike Garcia, who will likely be part of a platoon tandem at second base and also get time playing DH in 1987, went 2 for 4, scoring twice and drawing a walk, and finishes .262/.317/.388 in 199 PA's but has potential to be a much better hitter than that. And catcher
Rich Fugate, who will almost surely get some big league playing time next year, particularly given how injury-prone
Omari Williams is, had the best game of all, going 4 for 5, scoring twice, driving in 4 runs, and hitting his second big league double. He only had 31 PA's with the Brewers this year but with this big last game his slash line was .321/.333/.393 and he got 0.2 WAR.
Veteran starting pitcher
Jim Atwell finished on a strong note with a complete game shutout victory, having allowed only 5 hits, striking out 6 and walking 2.
