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The Milwaukee Brewers entered Sunday with the opportunity to win their series against the San Diego Padres, one of the best teams in the National League. On Saturday night, rookie infielder Caleb Durbin hit a walk-off home run to give the Brewers a 4-3 win and evened the series. Milwaukee had lost 2-0 on Friday night.
Unfortunately, the Brewer bats could not get going again on Sunday. Despite the fact that they, once again, were able to get 10 men on base, Milwaukee hitters could not muster a hit when they had opportunities to score and fell 1-0. What is worse, San Diego’s lone run came on a Manny Machado solo home run in the seventh inning. Machado, of course, has been booed heavily by Brewers fans ever since he intentionally stepped on Jesus Aguilar’s ankle back in 2018.
As evident by the fact that they have been shutout twice in their last three games, Milwaukee’s offense is struggling to score runs. Their inability to even scrape across one run early in the game on Sunday had manager Pat Murphy trying literally anything to get his team to score, even if the decision he made were questionable.
Milwaukee Brewers Manager Pat Murphy Pinch-Ran Andruw Monasterio for Rhys Hoskins
Despite losing the series, Brewers fans should feel very optimistic about Milwaukee’s pitching. San Diego has one of the best offenses in the entire league, and the Brewers held them to just seven runs in three games.
What was, and has been, frustrating for fans is the inconsistent offense. And while the Padres have a stellar pitching staff themselves, it is inexcusable for a team to leave ten men on base night after night after night.
In an effort to plate at least one run on Sunday, Murphy decided to pinch run for first baseman Rhys Hoskins, who walked to leadoff Milwaukee’s half of the seventh inning. Unfortunately, it was all for nothing. Isaac Collins struck out, Durbin reached after being hit by a pitch, and the next two Brewers hitters all made outs.
What made the decision worse was that, in the bottom of the eighth inning, Monasterio came up to the plate with two runners on and two outs. He struck out.
Milwaukee Brewers Manager Pat Murphy Regrets Taking Rhys Hoskins Out
After removing Hoskins, Murphy was forced to leave Monasterio in the game to play first base because Jake Bauer, the backup first baseman, started the game in left field. He had previously been removed from the game in favor of Collins.
Clearly, it was not a good decision, and one that Murphy admitted was a poor one after the game.
Pat Murphy said he was taking the chances the Brewers were more likely to score in the 7th than against the Padres’ back-end arms when he pinch-ran for Hoskins, knowing his spot was likely to come up again.
“It backfired today. It wasn’t the right call today, that’s for sure.”
— Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) June 8, 2025
“It backfired today. It wasn’t the right call today, that’s for sure.”
Of course, Murphy would not be forced into making such decisions if the Brewers had spent some money in free agency to help ease the offensive void left by Willy Adames when he signed with the San Francisco Giants.
The fact of the matter is the 2024 NL Manager of the Year is doing the best he can with the hand he was dealt by the front office.
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