RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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See the full story · 1 sourcesAug 8, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Brice Turang (2) celebrates with first base coach Spencer Allen (67) after hitting an RBI single during the fourth inning against the Minnesota Twins at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
Box Score
Early on in this one, it looked like the Brewers might get blown out. Brewer starter Robert Gasser was teetering on the edge, while after a rough start the Twins’ Taj Bradley was locked in. But the Brewers scratched and clawed their way back into this one, and behind a big night from Brice Turang and a fantastic 4 1/3 innings from their bullpen, Milwaukee took a late lead and finished off a comeback victory.
After Austin Martin lined out to left on the first pitch of the game, Ryan Jeffers lined a ball down the right-field line, but a fortunate bounce went right to Jake Bauers who held him to a single. Gasser came back with a nice strikeout of Royce Lewis, but Josh Bell—who, based on the last two days, is the greatest baseball player of all time—battled from 0-2 and flicked a two-out single into left to put runners on the corners with two out. Gasser, though, got Kody Clemens to ground into a fielder’s choice to end the inning.
Turang then got the Brewers off to a good start by sending a fly ball bouncing off the wall in right field for a leadoff double. Jackson Chourio drew a five-pitch walk, and Bauers lined a single into right—Turang, who had to pause to ensure it wouldn’t be caught, moved up to third, and the first three Brewers were all on base.
Bradley got ahead of the next batter, William Contreras, 0-2, but a curveball got away and he hit Contreras to bring in the game’s first run. Garrett Mitchell was next, and he hit a soft line drive right back to Bradley who snagged it for the first out—fortunately all the Brewer baserunners retreated quickly to their bases to avoid a double play. Andrew Vaughn struck out and Christian Yelich grounded out up the middle, and the Brewers were only able to muster one run—on a hit-by-pitch—after loading the bases with nobody out.
After the letdown in the bottom of the first, Luke Keaschall came out and led off the second with a ground-rule double just beyond the reach of Mitchell in the right-field gap. Gasser got ahead of the next batter, Kaelen Culpepper, but hit him in the left knee with a 1-2 pitch to put two runners on with nobody out. Brooks Lee hit a ball that looked destined for a double and at least one run, but Chourio covered a ton of ground and made a falling catch going straight toward the left corner, a truly excellent catch for the first out.
My GOODNESS what a play by Chourio pic.twitter.com/cm3fpjlk9X
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) August 8, 2026
One pitch later, Ryan Kreidler popped out to Vaughn for the second out, but Gasser was again bitten by questionable control when he hit Martin with an 0-1 slider. With the bases loaded, Gasser looked tentative as he fell behind Jeffers 2-0. He worked it back even but after a couple of foul balls on 2-2, Jeffers took two balls in off the plate to draw an RBI walk. Gasser continued to yank the fastball too far inside against Lewis, who took three balls before Gasser found the zone. On 3-1, Lewis hit one to nearly the same spot that Lee had, but just a little further out of Chourio’s reach and over his head. Two runs scored and Minnesota was up 3-1. Bell grounded out to end the inning, but Gasser was off to a rough start on a night when the Brewers really needed length.
Bradley then came out with an emphatic shutdown inning, as he struck out Cooper Pratt, Joey Ortiz, and Turang. Gasser got Clemens to ground out on the first pitch of the third, but as if the Twins weren’t getting enough hits when crushing the ball, Keaschall followed with a bloop single to left. Keaschall appeared to get picked off with Culpepper at the plate, but Gasser was called for a balk on the play and Keaschall was awarded second. Keaschall, though, got a bit greedy, tried to steal third on the next pitch, and was thrown out by Contreras on what was as perfect a throw as you will ever see. Culpepper walked on the next pitch, but Lee popped out to Turang and the Twins were held scoreless in the third.
Chourio and Bauers became Bradley’s fourth and fifth straight strikeout victims to start the bottom of the third, and a Contreras fly out meant another quick, ineffective inning. In the top of the fourth, it was surprising to see David Hamilton in the field at third base in place of Ortiz (Sophia Minnaert later reported that Ortiz was removed with neck tightness). Kreidler led off with a solid single, but Martin followed by bouncing into a double play, started nicely by Pratt who had to deal with a tricky hop. With two outs and the bases empty, Jeffers struck out, and Gasser had a badly needed three-batter inning.
Mitchell led off the bottom of the fourth by hitting a hard line drive (107 mph) to center, but it was right to Kreidler for the first out. Vaughn’s line drive a couple pitches later did find the outfield grass, and the Brewers finally ended Bradley’s streak of ten straight batters retired. Yelich was next, and he got jammed on a ground ball but the Twins, with a big shift on Yelich, weren’t able to get him on a close play at first base. Pratt had a really nice at-bat with some really nice takes, but on the eighth pitch he flew out to center for the second out. Hamilton, in his first plate appearance of the night, also saw eight pitches and drew a walk to load the bases for the top of the order.
After a visit from his pitching coach, Bradley threw a 99 mph fastball on the inside corner that Turang was ready for. The Brewer second baseman dropped it into right field for a two-out, two RBI single that tied the game at three. Chourio grounded out on the first pitch he saw, but the game was back even, and crucially Bradley, who cruised through ten batters after his sha...
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