2018 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 2018 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 49th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, the 21st in the National League, and 50th overall. On September 26, the Brewers clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2011. They defeated the Chicago Cubs in the 2018 National League Central tie-breaker game on October 1 to win their first division title since 2011. They swept the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS to advance to the NLCS, where they lost in seven games to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

2018 Milwaukee Brewers
National League Central champions
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Miller Park
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Record	96–67 (.589)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Mark Attanasio
General managers	David Stearns
Managers	Craig Counsell
Television	Fox Sports Wisconsin (Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun, Matt Lepay) Telemundo Wisconsin (Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Hector Molina, Kevin Holden)
Radio	620 WTMJ (Bob Uecker, Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Offseason

January 2, 2018	Traded RHP Dylan Baker to Los Angeles Dodgers for cash.[1]
January 25, 2018	Traded OF Lewis Brinson and three other minor leaguers to Miami Marlins for OF Christian Yelich. Signed OF Lorenzo Cain to 5-year $80 million contract.[2]

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	96	67	.589	—	51‍–‍30	45‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs	95	68	.583	1	51‍–‍31	44‍–‍37
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	7½	43‍–‍38	45‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	79	.509	13	44‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
Cincinnati Reds	67	95	.414	28½	37‍–‍44	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

2018 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–4	3–4	3–3	8–11	11–8	6–1	1–5	2–5	4–2	6–1	12–7	8–11	3–3	2–5	10–10
Atlanta	4–3	—	3–3	3–4	2–5	2–5	14–5	3–4	13–6	12–7	5–1	4–3	3–3	4–2	10–9	8–12
Chicago	4–3	3–3	—	11–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	11–9	6–1	4–2	10–9	5–2	3–3	9–10	4–3	13–7
Cincinnati	3–3	4–3	8–11	—	2–4	6–1	2–5	6–13	3–3	3–4	5–14	3–4	4–2	7–12	1–6	10–10
Colorado	11–8	5–2	3–3	4–2	—	7–13	2–4	2–5	6–1	5–2	3–3	11–8	12–7	2–5	5–2	13–7
Los Angeles	8–11	5–2	3–4	1–6	13–7	—	2–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	5–1	14–5	10–9	3–4	5–1	12–8
Miami	1–6	5–14	2–5	5–2	4–2	4–2	—	2–5	7–12	8–11	1–4	2–5	4–3	3–3	6–13	9–11
Milwaukee	5–1	4–3	9–11	13–6	5–2	3–4	5–2	—	4–3	3–3	7–12	4–2	6–1	11–8	4–2	13–7
New York	5–2	6–13	1–6	3–3	1–6	2–4	12–7	3–4	—	11–8	3–4	4–2	4–3	3–3	11–8	8–12
Philadelphia	2–4	7–12	2–4	4–3	2–5	4–3	11–8	3–3	8–11	—	6–1	3–3	4–3	4–3	8–11	12–8
Pittsburgh	1–6	1–5	9–10	14–5	3–3	1–5	4–1	12–7	4–3	1–6	—	3–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	15–5
San Diego	7–12	3–4	2–5	4–3	8–11	5–14	5–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	4–3	—	8–11	4–3	2–4	7–13
San Francisco	11–8	3–3	3–3	2–4	7–12	9–10	3–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	3–4	11–8	—	2–5	4–2	8–12
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	10–9	12–7	5–2	4–3	3–3	8–11	3–3	3–4	11–8	3–4	5–2	—	5–2	11–9
Washington	5–2	9–10	3–4	6–1	2–5	1–5	13–6	2–4	8–11	11–8	5–2	4–2	2–4	2–5	—	9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.

Spring Training

Spring Training game log

2018 Brewers Spring Training Game Log: 19–12 (Home: 10–4; Away: 9–8)
February 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road 2–1) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Record Attendance Streak 1 February 23 Cubs 1:05pm 2–1 Burnes (1–0) Álvarez (0–1) Ramirez (1) 1–0 4,489 W1 2 February 23 @ Giants 1:05pm 6–5 Archer (1–0) Snelton (0–1) Uhen (1) 2–0 7,610 W2 3 February 24 @ Angels 1:10pm 5–6 Anderson (1–0) Brown (0–1) 2–1 6,019 L1 4 February 25 @ Diamondbacks 1:10pm 5–1 Chacin (1–0) Greinke (0–1) 3–1 8,370 W1 5 February 26 Indians 1:05pm 7–6 Frieri (1–0) Marshall (0–1) Davis (1) 4–1 2,360 W2 6 February 27 Reds 1:05pm 6–3 Brady (1–0) Herget (0–1) Burnes (1) 5–1 2,291 W3 7 February 28 Giants 1:05pm 10–10 5–1 2,428 T1
March 14–11 (Home: 7–4; Road 7–7) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Record Attendance Streak 8 March 1 @ Diamondbacks 1:10pm 6–1 Suter (1–0) Chafin (0–1) 6–1 6,763 W1 9 March 2 Mariners 1:05pm 2–4 Rzepczynski (1–0) Logan (0–1) Mills (1) 6–2 3,954 L1 10 March 3 @ Rockies 1:10pm 6–5 Archer (1–0) Castellani (0–1) Wilkerson (1) 7–2 8,909 W1 11 March 4 Indians 1:05pm 2–6 Kluber (1–0) Chacin (1–1) 7–3 6,355 L1 12 March 6 @ White Sox 1:05pm 4–6 Dunning (1–0) Williams (0–1) Clark (1) 7–4 3,954 L2 13 March 7 @ Royals 1:05pm 10–6 Derby (1–0) Griffin (0–1) 8–4 5,236 W1 14 March 8 Diamondbacks 1:05pm 6–11 Bracho (1–0) Wilkerson (0–1) 8–5 5,231 L1 15 March 9 Athletics 1:05pm 0–2 Puk (1–0) Gallardo (0–1) Alcantara (1) 8–6 4,990 L2 16 March 10 Rockies 1:05pm 9–2 Suter (2–0) Anderson (0–1) 9–6 7,592 W1 17 March 11 @ Indians 1:05pm 5–4 Frieri (2–0) Plutko (0–1) Davis (2) 10–6 6,048 W2 18 March 12 @ Dodgers 1:05pm 7–6 Drake (1–0) Culver (0–1) Barnes (1) 11–6 9,164 W3 19 March 13 Rangers 1:05pm 4–3 Wilkerson (1–1) Bush (0–2) Beckman (1) 12–6 6,236 W4 20 March 14 White Sox 1:05pm 11–3 Chacin (2–1) Fulmer (0–4) 13–6 5,497 W5 21 March 15 @ Rangers 1:05pm 5–6 Martin (1–0) Frieri (2–1) 13–7 6,762 L1 22 March 16 @ Reds 1:05pm 16–14 Liz (1–0) Floro (1–1) 14–7 4,736 W1 23 March 17 Rockies 1:05pm 4–3 Davies (1–0) Senzatela (2–2) Griep (1) 15–7 7,273 W2 24 March 18 Dodgers 1:05pm 7–3 Anderson (1–0) Banuelos (0–2) 16–7 7,178 W3 25 March 20 @ Rockies 1:10pm 4–4 16–7 9,197 T1 26 March 21 Athletics 1:05pm 4–3 Hader (1–0) Alcantra (1–1) 17–7 4,371 W1 27 March 21 @ Mariners 6:40pm 4–7 Leake (1–1) Suter (2–1) Vincent (1) 17–8 6,846 L1 28 March 22 Royals 1:05pm 1–0 Davies (2–0) Karns (1–2) Griep (2) 18–8 6,173 W1 29 March 23 @ Cubs 1:05pm 3–4 Chatwood (4–0) Woodruff (0–1) Hancock (3) 18–9 15,831 L1 30 March 24 @ Athletics 12:05pm 10–5 Chacin (3–1) Casilla (0–1) 19–9 7,283 W1 31 March 25 @ White Sox 12:05pm 1–16 Volstad (1–0) Ramirez (0–1) 19–10 7,437 L1 32 March 26 @ Astros 7:05pm 2–5 McCurry (3–0) Hader (1–1) Giles (1) 19–11 20,276 L2 33 March 27 @ Astros 1:05pm 1–8 Morton (2–1) Davies (2–1) 19–12 18,917 L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Cancelled/Tie Bold = Brewers team member

Roster

2018 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 43 Matt Albers 57 Chase Anderson 49 Alec Asher 50 Jacob Barnes 39 Corbin Burnes 33 Xavier Cedeño 45 Jhoulys Chacín 27 Zach Davies 51 Oliver Drake 47 Gio González 41 Junior Guerra 71 Josh Hader 60 J. J. Hoover 37 Adrian Houser 32 Jeremy Jeffress 38 Dan Jennings 46 Corey Knebel 48 Boone Logan 28 Jorge López 25 Jordan Lyles 20 Wade Miley 51 Freddy Peralta 48 Joakim Soria 35 Brent Suter 56 Aaron Wilkerson 54 Taylor Williams 53 Brandon Woodruff 48 Mike Zagurski		Catchers 47 Jett Bandy 15 Erik Kratz 26 Jacob Nottingham  9 Manny Piña Infielders 24 Jesús Aguilar  3 Orlando Arcia 25 Ji-man Choi  2 Nick Franklin 10 Brad Miller 18 Mike Moustakas  2 Nate Orf 14 Hernán Pérez 13 Tyler Saladino  5 Jonathan Schoop 21 Travis Shaw 18 Eric Sogard  5 Jonathan Villar		Outfielders  8 Ryan Braun 23 Keon Broxton  6 Lorenzo Cain 28 Curtis Granderson 33 Brett Phillips 16 Domingo Santana  7 Eric Thames 22 Christian Yelich		Manager 30 Craig Counsell Coaches 11 Darnell Coles (hitting) 63 Robinzon Díaz (bullpen catcher) 55 Marcus Hanel (bullpen catcher) 36 Derek Johnson (pitching) 40 Jason Lane (assistant hitting) 59 Pat Murphy (bench/catching)  0 Ed Sedar (third base/outfield) 31 Carlos Subero (first base/infield) 58 Lee Tunnell (bullpen)

Regular season

Game log

2018 regular season game log: 96–67 (Home: 51–30; Away: 45–37)
March: 3–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 March 29 @ Padres 2–1 (12) Jeffress (1–0) Cimber (0–1) Barnes (1) 44,649 1–0 W1 2 March 30 @ Padres 8–6 Drake (1–0) Hand (0–1) Knebel (1) 31,513 2–0 W2 3 March 31 @ Padres 7–3 Suter (1–0) Perdomo (0–1) — 35,106 3–0 W3
April: 14–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 4 April 2 Cardinals 4–8 Mikolas (1–0) Davies (0–1) — 45,393 3–1 L1 5 April 3 Cardinals 5–4 Jennings (1–0) Leone (0–1) — 27,760 4–1 W1 6 April 4 Cardinals 0–6 Martínez (1–1) Chacín (0–1) — 27,674 4–2 L1 7 April 5 Cubs 0–8 Lester (1–0) Suter (1–1) — 24,310 4–3 L2 8 April 6 Cubs 5–4 Albers (1–0) Montgomery (0–1) — 37,758 5–3 W1 9 April 7 Cubs 2–5 Strop (2–0) Barnes (0–1) Morrow (1) 43,331 5–4 L1 10 April 8 Cubs 0–3 Quintana (1–1) Anderson (0–1) Morrow (2) 39,282 5–5 L2 11 April 9 @ Cardinals 5–4 (10) Albers (1–0) Holland (0–1) — 35,189 6–5 W1 12 April 10 @ Cardinals 3–5 (11) Leone (1–2) Hoover (0–1) — 35,220 6–6 L1 13 April 11 @ Cardinals 3–2 Guerra (1–0) Wainwright (0–2) Albers (1) 35,814 7–6 W1 14 April 13 @ Mets 5–6 Matz (1–1) Davies (0–2) Familia (7) 34,921 7–7 L1 15 April 14 @ Mets 5–1 Anderson (1–1) Harvey (0–1) Hader (1) 40,965 8–7 W1 16 April 15 @ Mets 2–3 Familia (1–0) Albers (2–1) — 26,035 8–8 L1 17 April 16 Reds 4–10 Castillo (1–2) Suter (1–2) — 28,677 8–9 L2 18 April 17 Reds 2–0 Jennings (2–0) Romano (0–2) Hader (2) 31,345 9–9 W1 19 April 18 Reds 2–0 Davies (1–2) Mahle (1–3) Barnes (2) 27,343 10–9 W2 20 April 19 Marlins 12–3 Anderson (2–1) Peters (2–2) — 26,087 11–9 W3 21 April 20 Marlins 8–0 Chacín (1–1) Richards (0–2) — 28,233 12–9 W4 22 April 21 Marlins 6–5 Jeffress (2–0) Tazawa (0–1) — 37,175 13–9 W5 23 April 22 Marlins 4–2 Guerra (2–0) Smith (0–3) Hader (3) 37,015 14–9 W6 24 April 24 @ Royals 5–2 Davies (2–2) Kennedy (1–3) — 16,555 15–9 W7 25 April 25 @ Royals 6–2 Chacín (2–1) Hammel (0–2) — 13,389 16–9 W8 26 April 26 @ Cubs 0–1 Hendricks (2–1) Anderson (2–2) Morrow (5) 37,197 16–10 L1 27 April 27 @ Cubs 2–3 Strop (3–0) Jennings (2–1) Morrow (6) 35,579 16–11 L2 28 April 28 @ Cubs 0–3 Quintana (3–1) Guerra (2–1) — 40,147 16–12 L3 29 April 29 @ Cubs 0–2 Chatwood (2–3) Davies (2–3) Morrow (7) 40,895 16–13 L4 30 April 30 @ Reds 6–5 Woodruff (1–0) Peralta (1–2) Hader (4) 9,536 17–13 W1
May: 19–8 (Home: 10–5; Away: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 31 May 1 @ Reds 7–6 Anderson (3–2) Bailey (0–4) Jeffress (1) 12,933 18–13 W2 32 May 2 @ Reds 3–1 Miley (1–0) Castillo (1–4) Jeffress (2) 10,346 19–13 W3 33 May 4 Pirates 4–6 Kingham (2–0) Guerra (2–2) Vázquez (6) 32,869 19–14 L1 34 May 5 Pirates 5–3 Hader (1–0) Kontos (2–3) — 32,720 20–14 W1 35 May 6 Pirates 0–9 Kuhl (4–2) Anderson (3–3) — 38,285 20–15 L1 36 May 8 Indians 3–2 Suter (2–2) Kluber (5–2) Hader (5) 35,314 21–15 W1 37 May 9 Indians 2–6 Carrasco (5–1) Guerra (2–3) — 26,345 21–16 L1 38 May 10 @ Rockies 5–2 Chacín (3–1) Márquez (2–4) Jeffress (3) 31,093 22–16 W1 39 May 11 @ Rockies 11–10 (10) Jeffress (3–0) McGee (0–2) Hader (6) 36,139 23–16 W2 40 May 12 @ Rockies 0–4 Freeland (3–4) Suter (2–3) — 35,408 23–17 L1 41 May 13 @ Rockies 7–3 Peralta (1–0) Gray (4–5) — 40,453 24–17 W1 42 May 14 @ Diamondbacks 7–2 Guerra (3–3) Corbin (4–1) — 17,390 25–17 W2 43 May 15 @ Diamondbacks 1–2 Bradley (1–1) Williams (0–1) Boxberger (12) 17,914 25–18 L1 44 May 16 @ Diamondbacks 8–2 Woodruff (2–0) Koch (2–2) — 16,762 26–18 W1 45 May 18 @ Twins 8–3 Suter (3–3) Gibson (1–2) — 29,349 27–18 W2 46 May 19 @ Twins 5–4 Hader (2–0) Reed (0–3) — 30,182 28–18 W3 47 May 20 @ Twins 1–3 Reed (1–3) Williams (0–2) Rodney (9) 28,577 28–19 L1 48 May 21 Diamondbacks 4–2 Anderson (4–3) Greinke (3–3) Knebel (2) 27,094 29–19 W1 49 May 22 Diamondbacks 1–0 Albers (3–1) Koch (2–3) Knebel (3) 27,065 30–19 W2 50 May 23 Diamondbacks 9–2 Suter (4–3) Godley (4–4) — 29,237 31–19 W3 51 May 24 Mets 0–5 Matz (2–3) Davies (2–4) — 33,803 31–20 L1 52 May 25 Mets 4–3 (10) Jeffress (4–0) Gsellman (4–1) — 28,286 32–20 W1 53 May 26 Mets 17–6 Jennings (3–1) Rhame (0–1) — 37,258 33–20 W2 54 May 27 Mets 8–7 Logan (1–0) Blevins (1–1) Knebel (4) 39,715 34–20 W3 55 May 28 Cardinals 8–3 Suter (5–3) Weaver (3–5) — 42,867 35–20 W4 56 May 29 Cardinals 1–6 Wacha (6–1) Davies (2–5) — 40,982 35–21 L1 57 May 30 Cardinals 3–2 Jeffress (5–0) Tuivailala (1–1) Knebel (5) 33,133 36–21 W1
June: 12–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 58 June 1 @ White Sox 3–8 Avilán (2–0) Anderson (4–4) — 20,004 36–22 L1 59 June 2 @ White Sox 5–0 Chacín (4–1) Shields (1–6) — 29,281 37–22 W1 60 June 3 @ White Sox 1–6 Volstad (1–3) Suter (5–4) — 25,338 37–23 L1 61 June 5 @ Indians 2–3 Kluber (9–2) Guerra (3–4) Allen (10) 22,330 37–24 L2 62 June 6 @ Indians 1–3 Carrasco (7–4) Anderson (4–5) Allen (11) 21,315 37–25 L3 63 June 8 @ Phillies 12–4 Chacín (5–1) Velasquez (4–7) — 22,196 38–25 W1 64 June 9 @ Phillies 12–3 Suter (6–4) Arrieta (5–4) — 25,304 39–25 W2 65 June 10 @ Phillies 3–4 Eflin (3–2) Jennings (3–2) Hunter (1) 31,175 39–26 L1 66 June 11 Cubs 2–7 (11) Rosario (3–0) Albers (3–2) — 37,578 39–27 L2 67 June 12 Cubs 4–0 Anderson (5–5) Chatwood (3–5) — 35,459 40–27 W1 68 June 13 Cubs 1–0 Chacín (6–1) Montgomery (2–2) Knebel (6) 39,822 41–27 W2 69 June 15 Phillies 13–2 Suter (7–4) Arrieta (5–5) — 40,945 42–27 W3 70 June 16 Phillies 1–4 Eflin (4–2) Guerra (3–5) Neris (10) 40,531 42–28 L1 71 June 17 Phillies 9–10 Hunter (2–0) Anderson (5–6) Thompson (2) 40,985 42–29 L2 72 June 18 @ Pirates 0–1 Williams (6–4) Chacín (6–2) Vázquez (14) 10,672 42–30 L3 73 June 19 @ Pirates 3–2 Peralta (2–0) Taillon (4–6) Knebel (7) 14,152 43–30 W1 — June 20 @ Pirates Postponed (rain) (Makeup July 14) 74 June 21 Cardinals 11–3 Suter (8–4) Martínez (3–4) — 32,764 44–30 W2 75 June 22 Cardinals 2–1 Knebel (1–0) Norris (3–2) — 36,275 45–30 W3 76 June 23 Cardinals 2–3 Mikolas (8–2) Jeffress (5–1) Norris (14) 35,551 45–31 L1 77 June 24 Cardinals 2–8 Weaver (4–6) Chacín (6–3) — 39,710 45–32 L2 78 June 26 Royals 5–1 Peralta (3–0) Junis (5–9) Hader (7) 34,412 46–32 W1 79 June 27 Royals 4–5 Duffy (4–7) Suter (8–5) Peralta (2) 38,436 46–33 L1 80 June 28 @ Reds 6–4 Guerra (4–5) Garrett (0–1) Knebel (8) 20,347 47–33 W1 81 June 29 @ Reds 8–2 Anderson (6–6) Romano (4–8) — 26,130 48–33 W2 82 June 30 @ Reds 3–12 Hernandez (3–0) Zagurski (0–1) — 24,640 48–34 L1
July: 15–13 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 83 July 1 @ Reds 2–8 Harvey (4–5) Peralta (3–1) — 18,483 48–35 L2 84 July 2 Twins 6–5 (10) Knebel (2–0) Littell (0–2) — 31,353 49–35 W1 85 July 3 Twins 2–0 Guerra (5–5) Odorizzi (3–6) Knebel (9) 32,375 50–35 W2 86 July 4 Twins 3–2 Jeffress (6–1) Berríos (8–7) Knebel (10) 36,700 51–35 W3 87 July 5 Braves 7–2 Chacín (7–3) Fried (1–3) Jennings (1) 27,557 52–35 W4 88 July 6 Braves 5–4 Peralta (4–1) Foltynewicz (6–5) Knebel (11) 31,452 53–35 W5 89 July 7 Braves 1–5 Sánchez (4–2) Wilkerson (0–1) — 38,813 53–36 L1 90 July 8 Braves 10–3 Guerra (6–5) Newcomb (8–4) — 43,262 54–36 W1 91 July 9 @ Marlins 3–4 (10) Ziegler (1–5) Knebel (2–1) — 5,996 54–37 L1 92 July 10 @ Marlins 8–4 Chacín (8–3) López (1–1) Burnes (1) 5,624 55–37 W1 93 July 11 @ Marlins 4–5 (12) Hernández (1–5) López (0–1) — 5,265 55–38 L1 94 July 12 @ Pirates 3–6 Taillon (6–7) Miley (1–1) Vázquez (21) 17,858 55–39 L2 95 July 13 @ Pirates 3–7 Kingham (4–4) Guerra (6–6) Crick (2) 21,431 55–40 L3 96 July 14 @ Pirates 1–2 Rodríguez (2–2) Anderson (6–7) Vázquez (22) (Game 1) 55–41 L4 97 July 14 @ Pirates 2–6 Holmes (1–1) Suter (8–6) Vázquez (23) 24,474 55–42 L5 98 July 15 @ Pirates 6–7 (10) Anderson (1–0) Jennings (3–3) — 17,583 55–43 L6 89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. 99 July 20 Dodgers 4–6 Hill (3–4) Williams (0–3) Jansen (28) 36,812 55–44 L7 100 July 21 Dodgers 4–2 Burnes (1–0) Kershaw (3–5) Knebel (12) 36,242 56–44 W1 101 July 22 Dodgers 2–11 Wood (6–5) Suter (8–7) Ferguson (2) 38,249 56–45 L1 102 July 23 Nationals 6–1 Chacín (9–3) González (6–7) — 26,073 57–45 W1 103 July 24 Nationals 5–4 (10) Jennings (4–3) Grace (0–1) — 33,990 58–45 W2 104 July 25 Nationals 3–7 Roark (4–12) Peralta (4–2) — 37,586 58–46 L1 105 July 26 @ Giants 7–5 Hader (3–0) Melancon (0–1) Knebel (13) 40,643 59–46 W1 106 July 27 @ Giants 3–1 Anderson (7–7) Bumgarner (3–4) Knebel (14) 40,414 60–46 W2 107 July 28 @ Giants 7–1 Chacín (10–3) Cueto (3–2) — 40,735 61–46 W3 108 July 29 @ Giants 5–8 Suarez (4–6) Guerra (6–7) Smith (5) 41,312 61–47 L1 109 July 30 @ Dodgers 5–2 Hader (4–0) Maeda (7–6) — 44,933 62–47 W1 110 July 31 @ Dodgers 1–0 Miley (2–1) Buehler (4–4) Jeffress (4) 44,818 63–47 W2
August 13–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 111 August 1 @ Dodgers 4–6 (10) Floro (4–2) Albers (3–3) — 41,686 63–48 L1 112 August 2 @ Dodgers 5–21 Kershaw (5–5) Chacín (10–4) — 45,087 63–49 L2 113 August 3 Rockies 5–3 Burnes (2–0) Davis (1–5) — 37,751 64–49 W1 114 August 4 Rockies 8–4 Peralta (5–2) Anderson (6–4) Hader (8) 40,524 65–49 W2 115 August 5 Rockies 4–5 (11) Oberg (7–0) Knebel (2–2) Oh (3) 37,954 65–50 L1 116 August 7 Padres 5–11 Strahm (3–3) Hader (4–1) — 27,664 65–51 L2 117 August 8 Padres 8–4 Chacín (11–4) Kennedy (0–1) — 32,355 66–51 W1 118 August 9 Padres 4–8 Yates (4–0) Knebel (2–3) — 39,041 66–52 L1 119 August 10 @ Braves 1–10 Gausman (6–9) Peralta (5–3) — 36,519 66–53 L2 120 August 11 @ Braves 4–2 Burnes (3–0) Biddle (3–1) Hader (9) 40,297 67–53 W1 121 August 12 @ Braves 7–8 Venters (2–1) Jennings (4–4) Minter (10) 25,360 67–54 L1 122 August 14 @ Cubs 7–0 Chacín (12–4) Quintana (10–9) — 40,441 68–54 W1 123 August 15 @ Cubs 4–8 Hendricks (9–9) Guerra (6–8) — 39,619 68–55 L1 124 August 17 @ Cardinals 2–5 Flaherty (7–6) Peralta (5–4) Norris (24) 41,630 68–56 L2 125 August 18 @ Cardinals 2–7 Mikolas (13–3) Miley (2–2) — 46,040 68–57 L3 126 August 19 @ Cardinals 2–1 Chacín (13–4) Gant (5–5) Hader (10) 45,334 69–57 W1 127 August 20 Reds 5–2 Anderson (8–7) Bailey (1–11) Jeffress (5) 27,590 70–57 W2 128 August 21 Reds 7–9 Iglesias (2–1) Jennings (4–5) — 29,467 70–58 L1 129 August 22 Reds 4–0 Peralta (6–4) Stephenson (0–2) Jeffress (6) 33,058 71–58 W1 130 August 24 Pirates 7–6 (15) Lyles (3–4) Holmes (1–3) — 32,694 72–58 W2 131 August 25 Pirates 1–9 Taillon (10–9) Chacín (13–5) — 40,622 72–59 L1 132 August 26 Pirates 7–4 Anderson (9–7) Archer (4–7) Jeffress (7) 39,607 73–59 W1 133 August 28 @ Reds 7–9 DeSclafani (7–4) Guerra (6–9) Iglesias (24) 13,242 73–60 L1 134 August 29 @ Reds 13–12 (10) Jeffress (7–1) Iglesias (2–3) — 11,777 74–60 W1 135 August 30 @ Reds 2–1 (11) Soria (1–3) Brice (2–3) Hader (11) 13,403 75–60 W2 136 August 31 @ Nationals 4–1 Chacín (14–5) Roark (8–14) Jeffress (8) 30,676 76–60 W3
September/October: 20–7 (Home: 11–4; Away: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 137 September 1 @ Nationals 4–5 Holland (1–2) Soria (1–4) Miller (2) 30,875 76–61 L1 138 September 2 @ Nationals 9–4 Woodruff (3–0) Rodríguez (2–2) — 33,032 77–61 W1 139 September 3 Cubs 4–3 Jeffress (8–1) Cishek (4–3) — 44,462 78–61 W2 140 September 4 Cubs 11–1 Miley (3–2) Montgomery (4–5) — 37,269 79–61 W3 141 September 5 Cubs 4–6 Quintana (12–9) Chacín (14–6) Strop (12) 37,427 79–62 L1 142 September 7 Giants 4–2 Hader (5–1) Strickland (3–5) Jeffress (9) 30,916 80–62 W1 143 September 8 Giants 4–3 González (8–11) Stratton (9–9) Jeffress (10) 40,686 81–62 W2 144 September 9 Giants 6–3 Burnes (4–0) Bumgarner (5–6) Knebel (15) 35,388 82–62 W3 145 September 10 @ Cubs 3–2 Miley (4–2) Lester (15–6) Jeffress (11) 38,471 83–62 W4 146 September 11 @ Cubs 0–3 Quintana (13–9) Chacín (14–7) Strop (13) 37,017 83–63 L1 147 September 12 @ Cubs 5–1 Hader (6–1) Hendricks (11–11) — 40,234 84–63 W1 148 September 14 Pirates 7–4 Burnes (5–0) Archer (4–8) Jeffress (12) 39,482 85–63 W2 149 September 15 Pirates 1–3 Nova (9–9) Davies (2–6) Vázquez (33) 37,358 85–64 L1 150 September 16 Pirates 2–3 Williams (13–9) Chacín (14–8) Vázquez (34) 32,180 85–65 L2 151 September 17 Reds 8–0 Miley (5–2) DeSclafani (7–6) Woodruff (1) 32,145 86–65 W1 152 September 18 Reds 1–3 Romano (8–11) Anderson (9–8) Iglesias (28) 30,366 86–66 L1 153 September 19 Reds 7–0 González (9–11) Harvey (7–9) — 33,443 87–66 W1 154 September 21 @ Pirates 8–3 Burnes (6–0) Santana (3–4) — 19,243 88–66 W2 155 September 22 @ Pirates 0–3 Williams (14–9) Davies (2–7) Vázquez (36) 23,070 88–67 L1 156 September 23 @ Pirates 13–6 Knebel (3–3) Kingham (5–7) — 20,623 89–67 W1 157 September 24 @ Cardinals 6–4 Burnes (7–0) Norris (3–6) Knebel (16) 36,508 90–67 W2 158 September 25 @ Cardinals 12–4 Williams (1–3) Gomber (6–2) — 38,051 91–67 W3 159 September 26 @ Cardinals 2–1 Chacín (15–8) Shreve (3–4) Jeffress (13) 40,644 92–67 W4 160 September 28 Tigers 6–5 Soria (2–4) Alcántara (1–1) Jeffress (14) 44,770 93–67 W5 161 September 29 Tigers 6–5 Soria (3–4) Stumpf (1–5) Jeffress (15) 45,520 94–67 W6 162 September 30 Tigers 11–0 González (10–11) Turnbull (0–2) — 41,848 95–67 W7 163 October 1 @ Cubs 3–1 Knebel (4–3) Wilson (4–5) Hader (12) 38,450 96–67 W8
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Brewers team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Christian Yelich	147	574	118	187	34	7	36	110	22	68	.326	.598
Lorenzo Cain	141	539	90	166	25	2	10	38	30	71	.308	.417
Travis Shaw	152	498	73	120	23	0	32	86	5	78	.241	.480
Jesús Aguilar	149	492	80	135	25	0	35	108	0	58	.274	.539
Ryan Braun	125	405	59	103	25	1	20	64	11	34	.254	.469
Orlando Arcia	119	348	32	82	16	0	3	30	7	15	.236	.307
Hernán Pérez	132	316	36	80	11	2	9	29	11	17	.253	.386
Manny Piña	98	306	39	77	13	2	9	28	2	21	.252	.395
Jonathan Villar	87	257	26	67	10	1	6	22	14	19	.261	.377
Eric Thames	96	247	41	54	10	3	16	37	7	29	.219	.478
Domingo Santana	85	211	21	56	14	1	5	20	1	20	.265	.412
Erik Kratz	67	203	18	48	6	0	6	23	1	6	.236	.355
Mike Moustakas	54	195	20	50	12	0	8	33	1	19	.256	.441
Jonathan Schoop	46	124	16	25	4	0	4	21	1	7	.202	.331
Tyler Saladino	52	118	11	29	3	0	5	16	2	9	.246	.398
Eric Sogard	55	97	7	13	3	0	0	2	3	12	.134	.165
Keon Broxton	51	78	15	14	2	2	4	11	5	11	.179	.410
Brad Miller	27	74	5	17	3	1	2	8	0	6	.230	.378
Jett Bandy	24	64	5	12	2	0	1	1	0	3	.188	.266
Curtis Granderson	19	41	12	9	1	1	2	3	0	12	.220	.439
Ji Man Choi	12	30	4	7	2	0	2	5	0	2	.233	.500
Brett Phillips	15	22	2	4	0	1	0	4	0	2	.182	.273
Nate Orf	15	21	4	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	.095	.238
Jacob Nottingham	9	20	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.250
Nick Franklin	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	163	260	18	37	7	0	2	11	0	11	.142	.192
Team Totals	163	5542	754	1398	252	24	218	711	124	537	.252	.424

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jhoulys Chacín	15	8	3.50	35	35	0	192.2	153	83	75	71	156
Chase Anderson	9	8	3.93	30	30	0	158.0	131	71	69	57	128
Junior Guerra	6	9	4.09	31	26	0	141.0	143	74	64	55	136
Brent Suter	8	7	4.44	20	18	0	101.1	102	55	50	19	84
Josh Hader	6	1	2.43	55	0	12	81.1	36	23	22	30	143
Wade Miley	5	2	2.57	16	16	0	80.2	71	28	23	27	50
Freddy Peralta	6	4	4.25	16	14	0	78.1	49	37	37	40	96
Jeremy Jeffress	8	1	1.29	73	0	15	76.2	49	12	11	27	89
Zach Davies	2	7	4.77	13	13	0	66.0	67	36	35	21	49
Dan Jennings	4	5	3.22	72	1	1	64.1	66	27	23	23	45
Corey Knebel	4	3	3.58	57	0	16	55.1	38	23	22	22	88
Taylor Williams	1	3	4.25	56	0	0	53.0	53	28	25	25	57
Jacob Barnes	0	1	3.33	49	0	2	48.2	51	24	18	23	47
Brandon Woodruff	3	0	3.61	19	4	1	42.1	36	18	17	14	47
Corbin Burnes	7	0	2.61	30	0	1	38.0	27	11	11	11	35
Matt Albers	3	3	7.34	34	0	1	34.1	45	29	28	12	32
Gio González	3	0	2.13	5	5	0	25.1	14	7	6	10	22
Joakim Soria	3	1	4.09	26	0	0	22.0	18	11	10	6	26
Jorge López	0	1	2.75	10	0	0	19.2	16	6	6	13	15
Jordan Lyles	1	0	3.31	11	0	0	16.1	12	7	6	9	22
Adrian Houser	0	0	3.29	7	0	0	13.2	13	5	5	7	8
Oliver Drake	1	0	6.39	11	0	0	12.2	14	9	9	8	15
Boone Logan	1	0	5.91	16	0	0	10.2	15	7	7	10	14
Aaron Wilkerson	0	1	10.00	3	1	0	9.0	12	10	10	3	10
Xavier Cedeño	0	0	1.13	15	0	0	8.0	7	1	1	3	6
Hernán Pérez	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	3.1	7	5	5	1	2
Erik Kratz	0	0	3.00	3	0	0	3	2	1	1	2
Alec Asher	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	1	2
J. J. Hoover	0	1	20.25	2	0	0	1.1	4	3	3	2	0
Mike Zagurski	0	1	63.00	2	0	0	1.0	5	7	7	2	2
Team Totals	96	67	3.73	163	163	49	1461.0	1259	659	606	553	1428

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Postseason game log

2018 postseason game log: 6–4 (Home: 4–2; Away: 2–2)
NLDS: Brewers win series 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 4 Rockies 3–2 (10) Soria (1–0) Ottavino (0–1) — 43,382 1–0 2 October 5 Rockies 4–0 Chacín (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Jeffress (1) 44,547 2–0 3 October 7 @ Rockies 6–0 Burnes (1–0) Márquez (0–1) — 49,658 3–0
NLCS: Brewers lose series 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 12 Dodgers 6–5 Woodruff (1–0) Kershaw (0-1) Knebel (1) 43,615 1–0 2 October 13 Dodgers 3–4 Baez (1-0) Jeffress (0-1) Jansen (1) 43,905 1–1 3 October 15 @ Dodgers 4–0 Chacín (1–0) Buehler (0-1) — 52,793 2–1 4 October 16 @ Dodgers 1–2 (13) Urias (1–0) Guerra (0–1) — 53,764 2–2 5 October 17 @ Dodgers 2–5 Kershaw (1–1) Woodruff (1–1) Jansen (2) 54,502 2–3 6 October 19 Dodgers 7–2 Knebel (1–0) Ryu (0–1) — 43,619 3–3 7 October 20 Dodgers 1–5 Madson (1–0) Chacín (1–1) — 44,097 3–4

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
National League Division Series Pitchers: 20 Wade Miley 32 Jeremy Jeffress 39 Corbin Burnes 41 Junior Guerra 45 Jhoulys Chacín 46 Corey Knebel 47 Gio González 48 Joakim Soria 51 Freddy Peralta 53 Brandon Woodruff 71 Josh Hader Catchers: 9 Manny Piña 15 Erik Kratz Infielders: 3 Orlando Arcia 5 Jonathan Schoop 14 Hernán Pérez 18 Mike Moustakas 21 Travis Shaw 24 Jesús Aguilar Outfielders: 6 Lorenzo Cain 8 Ryan Braun 16 Domingo Santana 22 Christian Yelich 23 Keon Broxton 28 Curtis Granderson
National League Championship Series Pitchers: 20 Wade Miley 27 Zach Davies (Games 5–7) 32 Jeremy Jeffress 33 Xavier Cedeño 39 Corbin Burnes 41 Junior Guerra 45 Jhoulys Chacín 46 Corey Knebel 47 Gio González (Games 1–4) 48 Joakim Soria 51 Freddy Peralta 53 Brandon Woodruff 71 Josh Hader Catchers: 9 Manny Piña 15 Erik Kratz Infielders: 3 Orlando Arcia 5 Jonathan Schoop 14 Hernán Pérez 18 Mike Moustakas 21 Travis Shaw 24 Jesús Aguilar Outfielders: 6 Lorenzo Cain 8 Ryan Braun 16 Domingo Santana 22 Christian Yelich 28 Curtis Granderson

Detailed records

National League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed NL East Atlanta Braves 3–1 1–2 4–3 .571 35 34 Miami Marlins 4–0 1–2 5–2 .714 45 23 New York Mets 3–1 1–2 4–3 .571 41 31 Philadelphia Phillies 1–2 2–1 3–3 .500 50 27 Washington Nationals 2–1 2–1 4–2 .667 31 22 13–5 7–8 20–13 .606 202 137 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers — — — — — — Chicago Cubs 5–5 4–6 9–11 .450 57 61 Cincinnati Reds 6–3 7–3 13–6 .684 97 84 Pittsburgh Pirates 4–5 3–7 7–12 .368 73 90 St. Louis Cardinals 5–5 6–3 11–8 .579 75 77 20–18 20–19 40–37 .519 302 312 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks 3–0 2–1 5–1 .833 30 10 Colorado Rockies 2–1 3–1 5–2 .714 40 31 Los Angeles Dodgers 1–2 2–2 3–4 .429 25 48 San Diego Padres 1–2 3–0 4–2 .667 34 33 San Francisco Giants 3–0 3–1 6–1 .857 36 23 10–5 13–5 23–10 .697 165 145

American League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed Chicago White Sox — 1–2 1–2 .333 9 14 Cleveland Indians 1–1 0–2 1–3 .250 8 14 Detroit Tigers 3–0 — 3–0 1.000 23 10 Kansas City Royals 1–1 2–0 3–1 .750 20 10 Minnesota Twins 3–0 2–1 5–1 .833 25 17 8–2 5–5 13–7 .650 85 65

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of eight minor league affiliates in 2018.^[3] They operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Cleveland Indians.^[3]

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sweet
Double-A	Biloxi Shuckers	Southern League	Mike Guerrero
Class A-Advanced	Carolina Mudcats	Carolina League	Joe Ayrault
Class A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Matt Erickson
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Nestor Corredor
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Rafael Neda
Rookie	DSL Brewers	Dominican Summer League	—
Rookie	DSL Indians/Brewers	Dominican Summer League	—