Brewers news: Garrett Mitchell’s new record, Aaron Ashby’s growing MLB-lead, Trevor Megill’s scoreless streak

The Milwaukee Brewers earned their third consecutive victory over the Cincinnati Reds last night, ensuring them a series victory in this week's four-game set. The Brewers, who have now won six consecutive games against the Reds, have dominated their meetings with the NL Central foe over the last few seasons. In their last 70 games against the Reds, the Brewers are 51-19, good for an unbelievable .729 winning percentage.

Last night's game, which pitted southpaws Shane Drohan and Andrew Abbott against one another, nearly fell victim to the replay review overlords in New York, who missed what looked to be a glaringly obvious call in the fourth inning. On a squeeze bunt from Cooper Pratt, Garrett Mitchell tore down the third base line and slid, seemingly under the glove of Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson. However, Mitchell was called out on the field and after an unsuccessful challenge from manager Pat Murphy, Brewers fans were left in disbelief.

Thankfully, the call didn't end up being consequential in last night's contest. None other than Mitchell himself, who told reporters after the game that he was certain he got under the tag, came up clutch in the later innings and sent the 30,000+ Brewers fans in attendance home happy. In the process of securing victory for his team last night, Mitchell collected a new career-high, but he wasn't the only Brewer who reached a notable milestone in last night's game.

Garrett Mitchell collects career-high four hits in Brewers' Wednesday night victory over Reds

Some might have been shocked to see Mitchell in the starting lineup last night with the left-handed Abbott on the bump for the Reds. However, facing a southpaw didn't stop the Brewers' outfielder from posting a new career-high for hits in a single game.

Mitchell singled in his first at-bat against Abbott -- a hard-hit ground ball through the left side in the bottom of the first. He faced Abbott again in the third inning and lined a double down the left field line. In the fifth, with Abbott still on the bump, the Brewers' outfielder roped a line drive off the top of the wall in center field, narrowly missing a home run and adding his third hit of the game.

However, Mitchell's biggest hit of the night came in the seventh inning when, after the Reds brought in left-hander Brock Burke, he laced a liner into the left-center gap and ended up on third base, and Andrew Vaughn, who doubled the batter before Mitchell, scored the go-ahead run. Mitchell himself scored just moments later after Burke tossed a wild pitch.

What's even more impressive than Mitchell's four hits last night is the fact that all of them came against lefties. Mitchell has struggled against lefties his entire career as evidenced by a 76 wRC+ when facing them, compared to a 122 wRC+ against right-handers. However, last night he was given the opportunity against Abbott and the left-handed reliever Burke, and certainly took advantage of it. Adding to the impressive feat is that all three of Mitchell's extra-base hits last night came on breaking balls. Mitchell was certainly the hero in last night's game and raised his season-long OPS to .800 in the process.

Aaron Ashby adds to MLB-leading win total with 12th victory of 2026

Not to be overshadowed by Mitchell's performance last night is Aaron Ashby's latest addition to his unlikely collection of pitching wins. Aside from one appearance as an opener, Ashby has worked solely out of the Brewers' bullpen in 2026, but that hasn't prevented him from racking up wins like he's a member of the starting staff.

With some referring to Ashby as "the vulture" due to his ability to "steal" wins from the team's starting pitchers, the Brewers' dominant southpaw always seems to be pitching in the game at the exact right moment. Such was the case again last night, when Ashby entered the game with two outs in the top of the sixth and covered the next five outs. Ashby did his job -- he allowed just one hit in his 1.1 scoreless innings of work while collecting two strikeouts, but the reason he secured the win was that Mitchell's aforementioned heroics occurred in the top of the seventh, when Ashby was still in the game. Given that the Brewers' lead held through the rest of the game, Ashby was awarded the victory, giving him a two-win cushion over Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies and Justin Wrobleski of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who currently occupy second place in that regard.

Pitching wins certainly don't mean what they used to, and perhaps Ashby leading the category as a reliever is the perfect evidence for that. However, that shouldn't take away from Ashby's incredible feat, which is evidence that he's not only being tasked with pitching the most important innings in many of the games he appears in, but that he's delivering in those moments. With the halfway point of the season just barely in the rearview mirror, could Ashby keep up this pace and win 20 games as a reliever? It may be unlikely, but it's not impossible.

Trevor Megill quietly notches 10th consecutive scoreless appearance on Wednesday night

Things didn't look great for 2025 All-Star Trevor Megill earlier this season. The Brewers' closer was experiencing a significant dip in his velocity during the first month of the 2026 campaign, and as a result, his effectiveness was jeopardized. For a brief stint, Megill lost the closing job to flame-thrower Abner Uribe, who has served as his set-up man for each of the last two campaigns.

However, Megill's elite velocity has since returned and is once again producing impressive results as the Brewers' closer. Since giving up two runs in an outing at Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies back on June 5, Megill hasn't allowed a single run in 10 appearances. He's struck out 15 batters during that stretch while allowing just four hits and two walks.

Megill collected his 12th save of the season last night, which came in his 14th save opportunity of the campaign. Along with those dozen saves, Megill has seven holds and now possesses a sub-1.00 WHIP. He posted ERAs of 1.80 and 1.64 in May and June, respectively, and has solidified himself as the Brewers' closer going forward with his excellent recent stretch.

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