Back on July 22, the Milwaukee Brewers had their first 11-game win streak this season snapped in Seattle. Three weeks later, Tuesday’s 14-0 laugher over Pittsburgh gave them their second such streak, as the Brew Crew knocked out untouchable ace Paul Skenes after four innings and continued their onslaught against the hapless Pirates bullpen. Improving to 75-44 on the year, they extended their division lead to 7.5 games over Chicago.
Those same Cubs, Milwaukee’s bitterest modern-day rivals, are the last National League ballclub to do what the Brewers have done. Managed by Charlie “Jolly Cholly” Grimm, the 1935 Cubbies also manufactured two win streaks of 11-plus games in the same season. The Brewers just hope their 2025 campaign ends a bit differently – with a championship parade.
Can Milwaukee Brewers find success ’35 Cubs could not?
The Cubs claimed the 1935 NL pennant by finishing atop the league standings with a 100-54 record. In those days, that meant an automatic World Series bid against the American League pennant winners.
One of seven Fall Classics the Cubs would lose during their 108-year drought, they fell to the Tigers in six games, losing three times by a single run.
90 years later, the Brewers hold a six-game lead over the Phillies in the NL standings, but by today’s rules, they will have to win two or three series – at this point, not receiving a first-round bye would be disappointing – to reach the finale against the AL representatives.
The postseason has not treated Milwaukee kindly in recent years; the Brewers have not won a playoff series since 2018 despite making at least the Wild Card Round five times. The 56-year-old franchise, inaugurated as the Seattle Pilots and included in the AL until 1998, remains ringless.
During the Robin Yount years, Milwaukee lost its sole World Series appearance, in 1982, four games to three versus the Cardinals.
New year, new Crew
This season’s team feels a bit different, though, and while yes, every team having a good season will say that, the Brewers have enjoyed a genuinely historic run.
This squad is much different from even a year ago. Freddy Peralta is the only returning member of the rotation. Devin Williams is gone. Willy Adames is gone. Andrew Vaughn is here. Rookies Caleb Durbin and Isaac Collins are among the team’s most valuable position players. Christian Yelich is healthy.
The Brewers may not go all the way – with 6 playoff entrants per league, no one has favorable odds – but to anyone who dismisses this roster as same old, same old, see you next year, the logic simply does not apply.
And they only continue to trend up. 26-4 in their last 30 games, 50-16 since late May – however you spin it, the Brewers are on a tear. Wednesday afternoon, they will send out Brandon Woodruff (4-0, 2.29 ERA) against the Pirates in pursuit of a 12th straight win. Milwaukee is listed as a -225 home favorite on the moneyline.
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