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Series Overview

Brewers take 2 of 3 at Rate Field.

You walk off Game 1, then get out-pitched the next two nights.

New record: Sox 13–18, Brewers 14–18.

Milwaukee’s calling cards all series: gap power (Durbin especially), aggressive baserunning, and three excellent starts (Ashby, Peralta, Cortes). Your side showed flashes – the Game 1 comeback, Vargas heating up, Sosa’s big moments – but the offense went quiet late in the set and the long ball + traffic on the bases burned your pitching.

Game 1 – 4/29: Sox 3, Brewers 2 (10 inn.)

Story: Classic, grindy extra-inning win with three solo homers and a walkoff.

Davis Martin gives you 5 strong (2 ER), then things get messy in the 6th: Yelich double, Collins pinch-hit double, and some shaky defense lead to two unearned runs off Jared Shuster and a 2–1 deficit.

Your entire offense comes via the big fly:

Nick Maton solo shot in the 3rd.

Andrew Vaughn solo shot in the 5th.

In the 10th:

Travis Jankowski starts as the ghost runner, immediately swipes third.

Brewers intentionally walk Tauchman, but Lenyn Sosa shoots a groundball single through the left side for the walkoff.

Brandon Eisert is nails: 2 scoreless with 3 Ks, stranding the Manfred runner twice to earn the win.

Vibes: That’s as “find-a-way” as it gets – bench guys (Teel, Jankowski) and Sosa carrying the day while the pen bends but doesn’t break.

Game 2 – 4/30: Brewers 5, Sox 2

Story: Peralta shoves, Brewers string together big innings, and defensive miscues bite you.

Jonathan Cannon cruises through 3, but:

Jake Bauers ambushes him for a solo HR in the 3rd.

A catchers-interference call on Monasterio, two steals from Yelich, a HBP, and a line-drive single from Garrett Mitchell fuel a three-run 5th that chases Cannon and puts you in a 4–1 hole.

Offensively:

Josh Rojas ties it early with a solo blast in the 2nd.

Later, Miguel Vargas plates a run with a sac fly, but you never get the big, crooked number.

Bryse Wilson actually throws well (4 IP, 1 ER), but Milwaukee’s staff is better:

Freddy Peralta: 6.2 IP, 7 K, 2 ER.

Avila + Uribe finish it off, allowing just two baserunners.

Vibes: This one feels like a missed chance – Peralta is tough, but you had traffic (six team LOB) and the defensive slop/extra 90 feet in the 5th is the difference.

Game 3 – 5/1: Brewers 5, Sox 1

Story: Nestor Cortes dominates, Durbin wrecks you in the gaps, and the Brewers slowly pull away.

Shane Smith actually opens okay but lives in the zone a bit too much:

Caleb Durbin sets the tone with a doubles parade – two two-baggers by the 3rd, another in the 7th. He ties the Brewers’ regular-season record with three doubles.

An RBI double by Durbin and a Garrett Mitchell homer give MIL a 2–0 lead by the 5th.

Mike Clevinger comes in and gets popped:

William Contreras rips a double.

Peyton Burdick unloads a 2-run shot in the 6th.

On your side:

You do finally get to Cortes in the 7th: Miguel Vargas triples and Lenyn Sosa knocks him in with a single.

Overall, though, Cortes shoves: 7.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 7 K, 1 BB.

Tyler Gilbert, just activated, looks sharp in relief (2.2 scoreless), which is a nice silver lining.

Bad news: Michael A. Taylor leaves hurt after a collision at a base – you’ll have to see how serious that is on top of Justin Dunn already hitting the IL with the rotator cuff strain.

Vibes: Very “ran into a hot starter” game. You had some hits (7), but almost no sustained pressure, and Milwaukee kept adding on with extra-base damage.

Series Takeaways

What went well for you

Extra-base pop exists. Maton, Vaughn, Rojas, Vargas, and Sosa all did damage at various points.

Eisert + Wilson + Gilbert: all three were solid out of the pen, which is big with Dunn shelved.

Running game: Jankowski, Robert Jr., Sosa, Meidroth, Taylor, etc. keep stealing bags and creating chaos.

What hurt you

Inconsistent scoring. After 3 runs in the opener, you’re held to 3 total in the next two games.

Too many “free 90s.” Errors, catchers interference, HBP, and steals (Yelich & Monasterio in particular) kept putting Brewers in scoring position without hits.

Star bats quiet. Vaughn/Robert Jr. had moments, but there hasn’t been that sustained middle-of-order heater yet.