William Contreras hit a 410-foot three-run homer in the first inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on May 22, 2026.
The early blast set the tone. Milwaukee scored all five of its runs in the first two innings — a sacrifice fly by Sal Frelick produced the fourth run in the first, and Andrew Vaughn ripped a two-out double in the second to make it 5-0. Justin Wrobleski, the Dodgers starter, allowed hits to six of the first seven batters he faced and never recovered.
On the mound, Logan Henderson carried the game for Milwaukee. He struck out seven and worked five shutout innings, allowing two hits and issuing three walks. Henderson combined with three relievers on a three-hitter as Shane Drohan, Aaron Ashby and Chad Patrick finished the final four innings. Patrick earned his second save in as many opportunities.
Los Angeles’ only run came in the seventh when Shohei Ohtani hit a sacrifice fly that brought home Teoscar Hernández. Otherwise the Dodgers managed just two hits against a group that kept them off the scoreboard after the early Milwaukee barrage.
The result was the first meeting between the teams since the Dodgers swept the Brewers in last year’s NL Championship Series, and it continued Milwaukee’s string against Los Angeles: the Brewers have now won nine straight regular-season matchups. Los Angeles’ last regular-season victory over Milwaukee came in a 7-2 decision on Aug. 13, 2024.
Milwaukee’s offense arrived immediately and never needed to chase. Contreras’ three-run shot came on the second pitch of the game and was the decisive swing. The Brewers used the same starting eight position players and designated hitter they had used in a 9-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday — a notable break from the team’s earlier pattern of churn; Milwaukee had fielded 47 different starting lineups in its first 47 games of the season before repeating the group this week.
The game contained friction between how it started and how it unfolded. Wrobleski surrendered a barrage of hits early but the Dodgers could convert only once; Henderson issued three walks and allowed two hits but escaped without allowing a run in five innings. The box score looked tidy for both clubs in the middle innings, but the opening two frames had already decided the game.
The series continues Saturday with Roki Sasaki scheduled to start for the Dodgers and Robert Gasser lined up for the Brewers. That pairing is the single most consequential question coming out of this game: can Los Angeles’ planned starter blunt Milwaukee’s short-game bursts and halt a regular-season trend that has favored the Brewers?
Milwaukee left Milwaukee County Stadium with a clear answer for one part of that question: early power and steady relief pitching can beat this Dodgers lineup. Whether the Dodgers’ rotation response on Saturday will change the narrative remains the key follow-up.
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