Given an inch, the 2025 Milwaukee Brewers have taken a mile

14 straight wins. An unbelievable, almost unfathomable feat accomplished by the 2025 Milwaukee Brewers. For more than 38 years, the franchise record for most consecutive wins stood strong at 13, set by the 1987 Brewers in their first 13 games of the season. But now, behind the efforts of Pat Murphy's scrappy group of ballplayers, that record has been broken, and the way it happened couldn't have been more fitting for a team that has won 14 straight in the most incredible way possible.

The Brewers’ quest for their 14th straight win got off to a solid, albeit quiet start. Quinn Priester, who still hasn't lost a decision since May 13, was perfect through his first three innings, not allowing a single Cincinnati hitter to reach base.

Meanwhile, the Brewers’ offense jumped out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to an RBI double off the bat of Brice Turang in the top of the second. Reds right-fielder Noelvi Marte misplayed the line drive, and the ball sailed over his head, allowing Caleb Durbin to score from first.

The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the sixth when the Cincinnati Reds chased Priester out of the game with two solo homers from recent trade deadline acquisition Ke'Bryan Hayes and first baseman Spencer Steer. Now trailing by a run, Pat Murphy turned to Aaron Ashby to close out Priester's start, which he did in speedy fashion, striking out each of the two batters he faced.

With scoreless innings from Shelby Miller and Jared Koenig, and coinciding scoreless innings from their offense, the Brewers arrived at the final frame with a one-run deficit. Then the Uecker Magic or power of friendship or whatever you want to call it finally set in.

Brewers take advantage of costly mistakes to send game to extra innings in quest for 14th straight win

Emilio Pagán has been one of the best closers in baseball over the last few months, with 25 saves on the season to show for it. However, to begin his save opportunity on Saturday night, he walked both Turang and Tyler Black, putting the Brewers' tying-run in scoring position without the Crew requiring a hit.

After a popout to first base by Brandon Lockridge, Sal Frelick stepped to the plate with one out and runners on first and second. Frelick rolled over a splitter on the outside corner, grounding a ball to Reds second baseman Matt McLain. A slow transfer and the speedy Frelick running down the line forced shortstop Elly De La Cruz to put a little extra on his throw to first, but he spiked it, and the ball got away from Steer. Turang came around to score, tying the game at two runs apiece and ensuring the Brewers’ pursuit of a new franchise record was not yet over.

The Crew, however, was not done capitalizing on Cincinnati's errors.

When extra innings rolled around, William Contreras was ready for the spotlight. He jumped on a first-pitch slider from Reds reliever Scott Barlow and lined a single into left field. The automatic extra-innings runner, Anthony Seigler, would not have scored from second had Cincinnati's left fielder, Jake Fraley, not bobbled the ball when going to field it. Once again, the Brewers took the extra 90 feet when their opponent made an error, only this time it gave them a 3-2 lead in the 10th inning.

Andruw Monasterio propels Brewers to new franchise record with 11th inning homer

Trevor Megill allowed just the automatic runner to score in the bottom of the 10th, giving way to another extra inning of baseball as the Crew went for their franchise record-breaking 14th straight win.

The Reds sent lefty Joe La Sorsa to the mound for the 11th. The first batter he faced, Turang, laid down a bunt to get automatic runner Caleb Durbin to third base. However, the speedy Turang legged out a base hit, narrowly beating Ke'Bryan Hayes' effort from third base. Pat Murphy then elected to send right-hander Andruw Monasterio to the plate to pinch hit for lefty Tyler Black.

As “let’s go Brewers” chants rained down from the stands at Great American Ball Park, the most improbably hero, Monasterio, sent a deep fly ball into the night sky and over the left field fence, giving the Brewers a seemingly insurmountable three-run lead in the top of the 11th inning.

Nick Mears closed things out for the Brew Crew in the bottom of the frame, earning his first career save and sending the Brewers into their Sunday series finale with 14 straight wins.

What an incredible run for the Brewers. They have won more games in a row than any team in franchise history and done so with the most unlikely group of ballplayers. Despite losing the big names to trades and free agency, despite always being ruled out by the national media prior to the season beginning, despite constantly being rumored as a seller to a big market team, and despite being the smallest market in all of baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers continue to prove everyone wrong. Sure, they have gotten lucky, but there are 63,360 inches in a mile. They've been given one; the other 63,359 inches they have earned themselves.