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2018 Milwaukee Brewers
National League Central Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMiller Park
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Record96–67 (.589)
Divisional place1st
OwnersMark Attanasio
General managersDavid Stearns
ManagersCraig Counsell
TelevisionFox Sports Wisconsin
(Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Craig Coshun, Matt Lepay)
Telemundo Wisconsin
(Spanish-language coverage, Sunday home games; Hector Molina, Kevin Holden)
Radio620 WTMJ
(Bob Uecker, Jeff Levering, Lane Grindle)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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.

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

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 96 67 0.589 — 51–30 45–37
Chicago Cubs 95 68 0.583 1 51–31 44–37
St. Louis Cardinals 88 74 0.543 7½ 43–38 45–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 82 79 0.509 13 44–36 38–43
Cincinnati Reds 67 95 0.414 28½ 37–44 30–51


Record vs. opponents

2018 National League record

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

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2018 Milwaukee Brewers
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Infielders

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Coaches

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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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:[1]

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

Source:[2]

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
National League Championship Series

Detailed records

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
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Rookie DSL Indians/Brewers Dominican Summer League
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References

  1. ^ McCalvy, Adam. "Brewers send Minor Leaguer Baker to Dodgers". MLB.com.
  2. ^ McCalvy, Adam. "Brewers revamp outfield with Yelich, Cain".
  3. ^ a b "2018 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

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