Brewers 8, Dodgers 7: Dodgers can’t get the big hit or the big out in another loss to Brewers

Chad Moriyama 07/19/2025 Game Recaps Leave A Comment

Well, back to the reality of the ball this team is playing, as the pitching staff went back to looking like complete ass, the offense showed signs of life but only enough to make it a frustrating loss, and the defense continued to cost them bases and runs. As such, the Dodgers lost an 8-7 game to the Brewers, starting their second half with two losses.

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Emmet Sheehan started the game off with a strikeout on three pitches and took just nine to get through the 1st inning.

The cracks started to show in the 2nd, as a single started things and then a Michael Conforto diving play prevented a major chance. Will Smith then got another out on a caught stealing, and the defensive plays proved key, as another single followed before Sheehan was able to get the third out.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t so fortunate in the 3rd. A lead-off triple past Teoscar Hernandez‘s lack of range led to a Joey Ortiz single for the game’s first run. A wild pitch and walk followed, then a William Contreras double drove in both of them to make it 3-0 just like that.

A single followed to corner the runners and make it five straight to reach, but a strikeout, sac fly, and a pick-off for a caught stealing ended the threat.

4-0 and the game felt over, but it also could’ve somehow been worse.

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On the other side, it sure seemed like Freddy Peralta might cruise against the Dodgers again. He gave up a one-out single in both the 1st and 2nd, but was never in trouble and was certainly getting generous calls to help.

This is not helping (and you can't even say "well it's Patrick Bailey" now).

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Fortunately, the 3rd seemed cursed for pitchers. Miguel Rojas led the frame off by drawing a walk, and Shohei Ohtani crushed the first pitch he saw for his 33rd homer of the year to cut the lead in half.

A Will Smith single and a Freddie Freeman walk put a pair on, and Teoscar then doubled to make it five in a row for them as well, as the deficit was cut to one.

The Dodgers then got a needed gift, as a wild pitch/passed ball scored Freddie from third to tie things up at 4-4.

It was needed because with a runner on third and nobody out, a strikeout, groundout into a drawn-in fielder, and a can of corn flyout wasted the threat.

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The Dodgers paid for that waste immediately, as Sheehan tried to come out for the 4th with the new start but immediately gave up a homer to Isaac Collins and put the Brewers back in front 5-4.

That ended any hope from Dave Roberts that Sheehan would settle in, and Jack Dreyer relieved him. He gave up just a walk and steal in the 4th, and then got a clean 5th to settle the game down a bit.

Ben Casparius got the 6th and the Brewers’ running game gave him major issues. A one-out walk led to a steal, which led to a run on a Caleb Durbin double to push the lead to 6-4.

Despite another steal, he did get out of that inning with a pair of outs after that.

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Meanwhile, Peralta did what the best pitchers do, stick around after a disaster inning and be effective. He rebounded with a clean 4th and gave up just a two-out walk in the 5th to give the Brewers some length at least.

Their pen did provide an opening in the 6th, as a one-out single from Tommy Edman led to a two-out single from Rojas that turned the lineup over. Shohei then hit the first pitch again for another single to cut the deficit to 6-5.

But that was all they got as the big hit continued to elude them.

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And again that cost them, as the staff became a problem again tonight. Casparius continued in the 7th, giving up a pair of singles to corner the runners while getting just one out. Anthony Banda then entered and got an important strikeout, but then surrendered a single to Andrew Vaughn that made it 7-5 and a two-run deficit again.

Lou Trivino entered for the 8th and really ended the game by giving up a homer to Ortiz that made it 8-5. Additionally, Andy Pages added to the sloppy-looking play by turning a single into a triple in center.

Tanner Scott then closed the book on the Brewers with a clean 9th at least.

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The Dodger bats had a quiet 7th, but then in the 8th Edman hit his 11th homer of the year and Rojas hit his 6th to cut the lead to one again at 8-7.

That made the two flyouts to the track in the inning even more frustrating, especially since they went quietly in the 9th to end it.

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NL WestRecordGB
Dodgers58-41–
Padres53-454.5
Giants52-477.0

The series concludes tomorrow in an early Sunday game at 10:10 AM HT/1:10 PM PT/4:10 PM ET with Clayton Kershaw on the mound facing Jose Quintana.

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