Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Staff Does Something That's Never Been Done in the Modern Era

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night, 1-0, to pull even in the National League Central race.

The Brewers lone run came in the seventh inning on a Victor Caratini single and helped back up an excellent pitching performance by the Brewers staff.

Former Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes went six innings, striking out 13 batters. Three Brewers relievers combined to strike out five more and Devin Williams earned his 21st save of the year.

With the great overall outing, the Brewers made some incredible baseball history.

Per @OptaSTATS on Twitter:

Over the last 2 games, @Brewers pitchers have struck out 32 Reds batters while allowing 0 runs. That's the most strikeouts without allowing a run by any MLB team over a 2-game span in the modern era.

Over the last 2 games, @Brewers pitchers have struck out 32 Reds batters while allowing 0 runs.

That's the most strikeouts without allowing a run by any MLB team over a 2-game span in the modern era.
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) July 15, 2023

The Brewers also beat the Reds 1-0 in the final game before the break as the staff struck out 14 Reds hitters.

As a result of the win, the Brewers and Reds both now are at 50-42 on the season. Milwaukee has won seven of 10.

The two teams will continue the important series on Saturday night in Cincinnati as Freddy Peralta pitches for the Brewers and rookie Andrew Abbott gets the ball for the Reds.

Peralta is 5-7 on the season with a 4.70 ERA while Abbott is 4-1 with a 2.38 ERA.

The two teams will wrap up the series on Sunday afternoon at 1:40 p.m. ET. The Brewers will be off on Monday while the Reds will host the Giants.

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