Here is how the Brewers defied history and overcame dreadful start to 2025

After being outscored 47-15 in their first four games, the Milwaukee Brewers were able to get themselves back on track. The Crew put up a pair of shutouts along with a pair of 3-2 wins to go from 0-4 to 4-4, being just the 13th team in MLB history to do so.

With their 0-4 start, they joined the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins with that record. New York absolutely crushed Milwaukee's morale to begin the season, but a seven game homestand was more than enough to turn things around.

The homestand certainly didn't start off on the right foot as the Royals destroyed the Brewers, 11-1. At that point, Milwaukee had been outscored 43-13 in their last three games. With an unbelievable number of injuries to their starting rotation, the Brewers were left wondering when things would begin to turn around.

Brewers roar back to .500 thanks to key performances on both sides of the ball

Thankfully for Brewers fans, it wasn't an April Fool's joke. Their 5-0 shutout over the Royals on Tuesday, April 1st marked their first win of the season. Chad Patrick's big-league debut was a success, and the four relievers that followed him only gave up one hit after his 4.2 inning start. Christian Yelich and Eric Haase homered in the contest, a game that saw Brice Turang go 3-4 with a run scored.

With momentum on their side, Freddy Peralta dealt one of the best starts of his career. He went eight complete innings for the first time in six years, but the offense wasn't able to take advantage. Leaving runners in scoring position proved costly, forcing the Brewers to use three relievers as the game went 11 innings. Jackson Chourio had a fantastic 3-5 game with two RBI with Brice Turang's bunt leading the team to victory.

Just two days after their first shutout win of the season, Milwaukee did it again. The Brewers took down the Reds, 1-0. Sal Frelick drove in the lone run of the game as the Brewers pitching staff allowed just two hits. Nestor Cortes turned things around after a nightmare performance in New York, and the three relievers that followed only gave up one total hit.

A 3-2 win over the Reds improved this team to 4-4 in a game that saw Milwaukee carry a no-hitter into the seventh inning. Tyler Alexander's first start exceeded everyone's expectations as he struck out six and didn't allow a hit in 5.2 innings pitched. The rest of the Brewers bullpen allowed five hits and only struck out one batter, but neither of the two runs that came across were earned. Trevor Megill recorded his first save of the season as Brice Turang contributed to two of the team's three runs.

While the Brewers put up nine runs in an 11-run loss to the Yankees in their second game of the year, Milwaukee has only scored five runs in one game other than that. With their 4-4 record, just the 13th time in MLB history an 0-4 team immediately won four straight, they average just 3.375 runs per game. After the Reds series ends, they have a day off before playing in Colorado and Arizona, two sites that could certainly see a large number of runs produced.

The Brewers pitching staff was the talk of the town after Milwaukee was embarrased in New York. Injuries are certainly holding the team back, but absolutely no one (excluding Jake Bauers) came out of that series with a smile on their face.

An injury plagued team has to look to unlikely heroes to bring them back to life, and that's exactly what happened. The likes of Chad Patrick and Tyler Alexander have helped bring morale back up in Milwaukee. Freddy Peralta has been phenomenal to start the season, and Nestor Cortes is already back on track. The Brewers relievers have been on fire, having not given up an earned run since the 11-1 loss on March 31st.

With a team ERA of 12.27 after their first four games, Milwaukee became the first team in MLB history to put up such a crooked number. During their four-game winning streak, the team ERA sits at 0.24. While this pitching staff is not getting an immense amount of run support, the turnaround cannot be talked about enough and is the reason this team has been winning games.

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