The Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland Athletics opened a three-game series tonight in Oakland—very likely the last series that the Brewers will ever play in Oakland—in which Brewers starter Aaron Civale and Athletics starter J.P. Sears squared off.
It was an eventful first four innings, but the Brewers ultimately overwhelmed Oakland’s pitching as every starter had at least one hit and scored at least one run. Milwaukee’s 11 runs scored were the most since their 16-7 thrashing of Atlanta on Aug. 8.
The Brewers were forced to play from behind early tonight, but the first inning could have been a lot worse.