Brewed Daily-G77, June 23, 2026

Brewers take G2 of the series 2-0 in Cincinnati.  Brandon Sproat went 6ip with 1h and 0-r with 10K's.  Milwaukee improves to 48-29 and goes for the sweep Wednesday night.

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Hey, so here we go. And another like rinse and repeat. How about the Brewers again on a luxury tier wine tasting night at uh the Heller House? So uh Red Wines, this is uh this is from uh Stag's Leap. This is called Artemis. It's a great red, and I'm gonna go back upstairs and finish mine in a couple of minutes. How about a rinse and repeat night again for the Brewers? The Reds can't hit anybody named Brandon. So if the Brewers could call somebody up, even from low A or High A or Biloxi or somebody in Nashville named Brandon, because apparently the Reds can't hit anybody named Brandon. And the Brewers did it again tonight on the mound. Brandon Sprot with easily his best game in the major leagues. He does exactly, almost exactly, what Brandon Woodruff did last night. Sproat goes six innings, he allows one hit. Woodruff went six innings, allowed one hit. Sproat took a no-hitter into the sixth. Woodruff took a no-hitter into the sixth. 10 strikeouts for each. So here's the line for two Brandons. 12 innings pitched, two hits allowed, 20 strikeouts, and no walks. How about that? Reds can't hit a guy named Brandon, and the Brewers parlayed that in two, despite also not hitting. So the Brewers in two games of this series have scored two runs in regulation. So two runs in the regulation 18 innings. Both of them came tonight. Neither one with a runner in scoring position. So the Brewers tonight went 0 for seven with runners in scoring position, which is only bested by the Reds, who went 0 for one. Did they have a runner in scoring position? No, my bad. The Reds tonight did not have a runner in scoring position. So the Reds only had two hits. I'm sorry, one at bat with runner with a runner and scoring position. Obviously, they didn't have a hit. So the Brewers improve with the win tonight to 48-29. So a really good start in Cincinnati after going one and two in Atlanta. The Brewers have won the first two games here. So I have a chance for a winning road trip and a series sweep. So right now, three and two on the roadie. If they win tomorrow, they'll come home at four and two off the road trip with an off day on Thursday. The only time you're going to hear me say that until after the All-Star break. And the Brewers get a win 48-29. Last check, the Cardinals were no score in their game. So the Brewers lead at 5.5 pending. The Cardinals finish against Arizona. Cubs were winning 7-2 in the eighth. So the Cubs would be eight games back, but if they win, they'll stay at 7.5. Pittsburgh later out in Seattle. And Cincinnati drops to 11.5 games behind the Brewers. And how the other part of the rinse and repeat is Ashby in the seventh, one, two, three, seventh with two strikeouts. Euribe in the eighth, one, two, uh he had a he gave up a hit uh but struck out one, nothing allowed. And McGill one, two, three in the ninth, but without a strikeout. So for the second night in a row, Euribe or Ashby, Eurebay and McGill allow nothing. One hit collective tonight, nothing last night, where they went nine up, nine down. So let's go to player of the game. And I think you know it. It's very similar to last night. It is Brandon Sprout tonight. Last night it was Brandon Woodruff. So Sprout goes, what I've talked about, six innings, one hit, no runs, ten strikeouts, no walks. And credit, start with Brandon Sproat. Give him all of the credit. But then look at Chris Hook and Jim Henderson and go, what are you dudes doing? Because it is as impressive as it gets what Brewers pitchers do when they arrive from somewhere else where they haven't had success and they come to Milwaukee and they do. Kyle Harrison, Brandon Sprout, Shane Drone, who goes tomorrow. It is unimaginable what they've done, and I don't know how they do it. Everybody's got a pitching lab. People say, well, it's a pitching lab. Every team's got a pitching lab. It's not unique here in Milwaukee, but what they do is so impressive in so many ways. So give them credit on that front. And then let me finish with uh two other notes. Play of the game. Brewers are up 1-0. And Andrew Vaughan is at first base. Jake Bowers is the hitter. Now, I think we all know about Andrew Vaughn's speed. He did say to Sophia at post-game that he felt he was running pretty fast. Put him side by side with Tarang, he said. So the only way Bowers scores in that moment is, or the only way Vaughn scores in that moment is for Bowers to hit it over the wall. You know, a double doesn't score him. Obviously, a triple does. So Jake Bowers hits one like there in Las Vegas, a ground ball over the head of the first baseman. Big hop over the head of the first baseman and toward the right field corner. And it gets just kind of botched, not misplayed to an error, but kind of bumped around out there. And Andrew Vaughn has as good a chance of scoring from first base as I do. And he did. That's my play of the game. Andrew Vaughn, if you could have Calchi bet that thing, you'd be rich right now. That Andrew Vaughn would score on any ball not hit out of the park. And he did. Scored on a ground ball without an error. That's my play of the game. What needs improvement? The Brewers were uh no hits with runners in scoring position. Oh for seven. The Brewers have scored a grand total of two runs in 18 regulation innings in this series. But in the same 18 innings, the Reds have scored nothing. The Reds have scored no runs in 18 innings of regulation. They scored one run last night in the 10th. They scored no runs tonight. Look ahead, Shane Drowan goes tomorrow. Rhett Louder, a right-handed pitcher, goes for the Reds. Both ERAs, Shane Drowen 3.4. Louder 6.10, which brings me back to the original point I didn't make. Tonight, Brandon Sproat began the game with an ERA of 5.94, just a touch under six. And Nick Lodolo had a 6-1-2 ERA when the night started, and they both were brilliant. The odds on this series going 18 regulation innings over the first two nights with two total runs, nothing from the Reds, you'd have won money on that too. See if you can complete the sweep tomorrow. And a good night for the Bucks in the NBA draft, of which we will touch tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock on I Love Mondays. That's it for tonight on Brew Daily. Brewers improved the 48-29. 2-0 win at the Reds. Let's see if we get a sweep tomorrow. Thanks for being here. Talk to you tomorrow morning on I Love Mondays. I love Mondays with my telling you.