William Contreras' three-run homer chased Justin Wrobleski and sent the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night, May 22, 2026.
Milwaukee scored all of its runs in the first two innings against Wrobleski, who allowed hits to six of the first seven batters he faced. The early barrage produced the margin the Brewers needed when relief took over.
Logan Henderson led the way for Milwaukee, striking out seven while allowing two hits and three walks in five shutout innings. Henderson combined with three relievers on a three-hitter as the Brewers held Los Angeles to a lone run.
The Dodgers' only run came in the seventh inning on a Shohei Ohtani sacrifice fly that brought home Teoscar Hernández. Otherwise Los Angeles could not solve Milwaukee pitching after the rough start by Wrobleski.
The game carried extra weight because it was the first meeting of the clubs since the Dodgers swept the Brewers in last year’s NL Championship Series. Still, Milwaukee has dominated the regular-season series recently: the Brewers have won their last nine regular-season matchups with the Dodgers. Los Angeles' last regular-season victory over Milwaukee came in a 7-2 decision on Aug. 13, 2024.
Milwaukee fielded the same starting eight position players and designated hitter it used in a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday — noteworthy because the Brewers had used 47 different starting lineups in their first 47 games this season. That continuity returned a payoff on Friday night.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was listed in Article 1 as part of the pitching matchup against Brandon Sproat, but no game details involving Yamamoto were provided in the text shown. The Dodgers, meanwhile, will turn to Roki Sasaki (2-3, 5.09 ERA) on Saturday, while the Brewers are scheduled to send Robert Gasser (0-0, 4.50) to the mound.
The tension after Friday's game is straightforward: Los Angeles owns the recent postseason sweep, yet Milwaukee keeps winning the regular-season meetings. Friday exposed a glaring vulnerability for the Dodgers starter and reinforced the Brewers' ability to capitalize early. Saturday's scheduled matchup — Roki Sasaki for the Dodgers against Robert Gasser for the Brewers — will be the next test of whether Friday was an outlier or the continuation of a troublesome trend for Los Angeles.
The single most consequential unanswered question now is whether the Dodgers can break a nine-game regular-season skid against Milwaukee when Sasaki faces Gasser on Saturday.
