The Brewers have been among baseball’s weakest lineups against teams with winning records, and the Dodgers have the best winning percentage and arguably the best pitching staff in baseball.
Those two factors combined for a quiet night from the Milwaukee lineup on Monday when the Brewers fell 4-0 in the first of seven games against Los Angeles in 10 days. The Crew managed just four hits, none after the fourth inning.
The pitching staff did a capable job against a potent Dodgers lineup. Freddy Peralta did not have his best fastball, picking up just three whiffs with his heater, but his breaking stuff was effective enough to gut through four innings.