Brewers Must Regroup Against Glasnow In Game 3

Milwaukee took on the Dodgers in two three-game series over a span of two weeks in July, and Glasnow started once in each. On July 9th at American Family Field, Glasnow came off the injured list for his first start since April.

While he pitched extremely well and was not the pitcher of record, the Brewers found a way to come back and defeat the Dodgers 3-2 that day. Glasnow gave up one unearned run over five innings, but his team’s bullpen surrendered the winning run in the 10th inning.

What allowed Milwaukee to emerge victorious that day was its ability to minimize the Dodgers’ offensive firepower. Seven pitchers kept the game close by allowing just five hits and two runs over the ten innings.

Nine days later, Glasnow toed the rubber against Milwaukee, in Dodger Stadium this time, and he was just as effective as he was in Milwaukee. He surrendered just four hits and one run over six innings, but that one run was enough for Brewers’ starter Quinn Priester, who outdueled Glasnow over his six shutout innings for the 2-0 win.

Over his two starts against the Brew Crew, Glasnow went 0-1 but deserved a better fate. He struck out 11 batters over the same number of innings and yielded just one earned run and six hits.

The stakes are definitely higher on Thursday for Game 3 of the NLCS, but the task remains the same for the Brewers as it was in July: Keep themselves in the game while chipping away at Glasnow’s armor.

One way to do just that is to make Glasnow’s pitch count rise as they did in both July meetings, which is something they did not force Snell or Yamamoto to do earlier this week. Glasnow threw 85 pitches in just five innings in the first meeting, and he labored over 88 pitches in six innings on July 18.

Neither starter in the first two games exhibited such toil; Snell (103) and Yamamoto (111) did break the century mark, but very few of them were in high-leverage situations. If the Brewers have any chance of making this a competitive series, Glasnow must experience traffic on the base paths and suffer through extended at-bats by Milwaukee hitters at the plate.

End Of Brewers Rant: It’s Do Or Die On Thursday

The magic of the Brewers’ 2025 carriage of a regular season has worn off and is threatening to turn into a pumpkin in October. While they can’t win the series in one game on Thursday, they should treat Game 3 as a must-win situation, because if Glasnow gets the best of them, Milwaukee will endure playoff sadness yet again.

Fans of the Brew Crew have yet to sip from the world championship chalice during the team’s 56 years of existence. Thursday will show them if they are destined to wait even longer.