The Yankees traveled to Milwaukee to face a Brewers team that projects a nice parallel with them on a few levels. Coming off an NL Central win in 2021, the Brew Crew held a comfortable grip on a postseason berth and possible repeat crown in the first half, but recent scuffles have changed things a bit. They are only close in the postseason race due to the Padres’ own slump as the lowest current Wild Card seed.
Tonight’s pitching matchup was supposed to give the Yankees a considerable advantage. Even while recognizing the struggles of Frankie Montas in a Yankees uniform, he should have been capable of comfortably beating both Milwaukee’s backend starter, Adrian Houser, and the inferior Brewers offense.