Brewers' Quinn Priester gives teammates ultimate credit before huge Game 2 NLDS start 1 Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester (46) is shown before their National League Division Series game against the Chicago Cubs Monday, October 6, 2025 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Brewers’ Quinn Priester gives teammates ultimate credit before huge Game 2 NLDS start

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Robin M Adams | Last updated Oct 8, 2025 8:48 AM ET

The Milwaukee Brewers will go for a 3-0 sweep of the Chicago Cubs in the 2025 National League Division Series this Wednesday at Wrigley Field. Milwaukee defeated the Cubs in Game 1, 9-3, and in Game 2, 7-3, on the backs of strong overall performances from the team’s pitching staff.

Quinn Priester will look to get the job done and help send Milwaukee to the NL Championship Series, as he toes the rubber in Game 3.

This will be Priester’s first appearance in the 2025 postseason and fourth overall against the Cubs this year. He was lit up by Chicago for seven earned runs in a 10-0 loss in May in Milwaukee, but allowed just three runs across 10 innings in the next two starts versus the Cubs.

Priester gives Brewers teammates a shoutout for success

Among the Brewers’ strengths that helped them get this far in the 2025 season is their defense. Priester certainly is aware of that, as he recognized the importance of his teammates in helping him have his best season yet in the big leagues.

“I don’t have the numbers I do if Brice [Turang] and Joey [Ortiz] aren’t making plays up the middle, Jackson [Chourio] isn’t diving, Perk [Blake Perkins] isn’t robbing homers and all this stuff,” Priester said. “I’m not going out there punching 10 a game. I’m getting my ground balls and I’m using the amazing players we have here. “

It hasn’t been because I’ve been incredible. It’s been because we’ve been incredible.”

The 25-year-old Priester went 13-3 through 29 appearances in the 2025 MLB regular season. He also posted a career-best 3.32 ERA, but his 4.01 FIP suggests that he also significantly benefited from Milwaukee’s defense. However, he also brandished a solid 20.2 percent strikeout rate to go along with a 7.7 percent walk rate, per Baseball Reference.

Brewers' Quinn Priester gives teammates ultimate credit before huge Game 2 NLDS start 2 Sep 18, 2025; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester (46) delivers a pitch against the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Michael McLoone-Imagn Images

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