The Milwaukee Brewers lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-7, pushing their losing streak to six games. Trevor Megill had another difficult ninth inning, and Grant Anderson allowed three runs in the tenth.
Megill’s Struggles Continue in the Ninth
Milwaukee led by a run entering the ninth and handed the ball to Trevor Megill. Megill gave up three runs, as the Blue Jays put together one comfortable swing after another. It was the third time in his three outings at home that Megill has entered with a tie or lead and flipped the scoreboard.
The all-star closer from a year ago hasn’t regained his form to start 2026. His velocity is down, and he is not getting swing and miss with the fastball. Opponents are putting much better swings on the curveball as a result. It hasn’t looked good.
Eloy Jimenez led off the ninth by drawing a walk and moved to third on Davis Schneider’s ground-rule double to center. Megill then allowed a 100.3 mph single to Kazuma Okamoto to tie it. A soft tapper by Andres Giménez resulted in a RBI grounder to give the Jays a 5-4 lead.
Brewers Rally in the Ninth, But Bullpen Falters Again
A rally by the offense in the bottom of the ninth would prove moot, as Anderson gave up a pair of doubles that plated three runs. This continued the unpleasant bullpen performance of the homestand in which it has allowed 19 runs over four games.
The Brewers erased a two-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth on hits by Brice Turang and Brandon Lockridge. Sal Frelick walked and stole second, which proved important when William Contreras grounded out for what would have been a double play. Turang singled home a run to cut the deficit to one, stole second and then scored when Lockridge smacked the seventh pitch of the at-bat to left for a game-tying double.
Joey Ortiz had a chance to walk it off, fittingly with the bases loaded, and struck out on three pitches. He chased a fastball high for the third strike. Ortiz went 5 for 30 in a franchise-record 30 at-bats with the bases full last year, and is just 1 for 4 with two strikeouts to begin 2026.
Uribe’s Setup Role
Abner Uribe hasn’t had the best of results of late, but pitched better in his setup role April 14 even if he ended up giving up a run. A pair of bloop hits and a 50-50 challenge went against him as he allowed a run to get the Blue Jays within a run in the eighth. Lenyn Sosa led off with a soft single to center, then reached third on a broken-bat hit by Daulton Varsho. Garrett Mitchell made a strong throw to third that nearly got Sosa, but upon replay review the call on the field stood.
The Brewers are now riding a six-game losing streak.