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COWHERD:
Alright, let me start here. This was not a baseball game—this was a roller coaster with no seat belt. Thirteen to eleven, Arizona over Milwaukee, Game 1, and if you’re the Brewers you’re sitting there saying, “How did we score eleven runs and still lose?”
Because here’s the reality: when you give up 17 hits at home in October, you’re not defending your turf—you’re renting it out.
MAD DOG:
COLIN! COLIN! You can’t lose a game like this in October! You’re the two-seed, you got the crowd, forty-eight thousand people in the rain, and you give up THIRTEEN runs?! Thirteen! That’s spring training nonsense!
COWHERD:
Let’s talk about the adult in the room—Shamar Dennis. Four-for-five. Homer. Double. Four runs scored. Three driven in. That’s not a hot night—that’s a statement performance. That’s a guy saying, “I’m the best player on the field, deal with it.”
And October always exposes something. For Milwaukee? It exposed pitching depth.
MAD DOG:
Dennis was UNSTOPPABLE. You couldn’t get him out with a subpoena! And I don’t wanna hear about the weather—everybody’s playing in the same rain! You give up an eighth-inning three-run homer in a playoff game?! Forget it!
COWHERD:
And how about Chris Grissett—because this guy just keeps showing up in October like a bad memory. Three hits. Homer. Double. Big RBI single in the sixth when the game’s teetering. Arizona doesn’t panic. That’s championship muscle memory.
Remember—this is the same franchise that ripped Cleveland’s heart out two years ago. They’ve been here.
MAD DOG:
That’s EXACTLY right! They don’t blink! Milwaukee ties it, crowd’s going crazy, and Arizona just goes, “Okay. Our turn.” Boom, boom, boom. Six runs in the middle innings like it’s batting practice!
COWHERD:
Now let’s be honest about Milwaukee. Their offense showed guts—eleven runs, huge swings, Gonzalez grand slam, Rodrigues everywhere—but baseball’s cruel. If your pitching can’t get a stop, your offense becomes irrelevant.
And then the cherry on top—Jake Watende refusing questions afterward? That’s not confidence. That’s frustration.
MAD DOG:
Oh stop it! “I’ll talk when we win the World Series”—come on! You just gave up THIRTEEN runs! You don’t get to big-time the media after that! That’s deflection, Colin, pure deflection!
COWHERD:
Here’s the takeaway. Arizona didn’t play clean—ERA’s ugly, bullpen shaky—but they landed punches when it mattered. Milwaukee had chances. Lots of them. They just couldn’t finish.
Game 1 doesn’t end a series—but games like this?
They linger.
MAD DOG:
Milwaukee better win tomorrow. Better WIN. Because if you lose a game where you score eleven at home, that’s the kind of loss that crawls into your head at 2 a.m. and doesn’t leave!
COWHERD (closing):
Arizona 1. Milwaukee 0.
And suddenly, the pressure has flipped.
That’s October baseball.
Messy. Loud. Unforgiving.