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Brewers clinch franchise record 103 wins and home-field edge through October

Milwaukee finished 103-59, the most wins in franchise history, and secured the majors' best record with a first-round bye.

Pacy Desk · · 3 min read

The Milwaukee Brewers closed their regular season on 27 September with a 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, cementing a franchise-record 103-59 finish, per ESPN. The milestone betters the franchise's previous high of 97 wins from 2025, per FOX Sports and theScore. With the majors' strongest record, the Brewers earned the National League's No. 1 seed and home-field advantage through the entire postseason, a distinction they hold over the American League's top seed, the Tampa Bay Rays, according to MLB.com and Yahoo Sports.

How Sunday's finale unfolded

Jackson Chourio sparked the offense, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs, including singles that drove in runs in the first and fourth innings, per ESPN's box score. Gary Sánchez added to the total with a two-run homer in the third inning, also per ESPN. Brice Turang contributed an RBI on an infield hit, reaching his 100th RBI of the season, per WTMJ.

Sánchez's output reflected a conscious approach to the Brewers' run-scoring this season. Manager Pat Murphy outlined the philosophy earlier in September: "We're choosing hard. We're certainly trying to hit home runs. We're not cutting our swing down to create ground balls," per MLB.com. That aggressive profile showed up in the finale and has defined Milwaukee's record-setting campaign.

On the mound, Jacob Misiorowski delivered when it mattered. He threw 5⅓ scoreless innings while allowing just two hits to pick up the win, according to ESPN's box score. The outing punctuated a dominant season that continues his push for the Cy Young Award, per WTMJ.

Misiorowski's consensus case for Cy Young

Misiorowski's final 2026 line reads 16-5 with a 1.80 ERA, 252 strikeouts and 44 walks across 174⅔ innings over 30 starts, per Yahoo Sports and Sports Illustrated. That 1.80 ERA leads all of Major League Baseball, per Yahoo Sports. It marks the lowest ERA by an ERA leader in either league since Justin Verlander's 1.75 in 2022, per Yahoo Sports. His 252 strikeouts rank among the league's most productive arms, and his 44 walks over more than 170 innings demonstrate the kind of control that separates the exceptional from the merely excellent.

The consensus around Misiorowski's candidacy is overwhelming. In an MLB.com poll of 32 expert analysts conducted in September, Misiorowski received all 32 first-place votes for the National League Cy Young Award, per MLB.com. At that point in the season, with 28 starts under his belt, he led all of baseball in strikeouts and posted a 219 ERA+—the best mark in baseball—according to MLB.com. An ERA+ of 219 means his run prevention was 119 percent better than the league average, a rare elite achievement over a full season.

The playoff gauntlet ahead

The Brewers' first-round bye means they skip the Wild Card round and will open the National League Division Series at home on 3 October, per MLB.com. Their opponent will be the winner of the Cubs–Padres Wild Card series. That series is best-of-three, played entirely at Petco Park in San Diego, per Yahoo Sports: Game 1 is scheduled for Tuesday 29 September, Game 2 for Wednesday 30 September, and Game 3, if needed, for Thursday 1 October.

The path carries echoes of last year. In 2025, the Brewers beat the Cubs 3-2 in the NLDS, then were swept 4-0 by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, the final game a 5-1 loss on 14 October 2025, per ESPN. Shohei Ohtani was named NLCS MVP, per ESPN. This October, the Brewers will aim for a deeper run from a position of strength—the majors' best record, home-field advantage throughout, and a pitcher operating at a level of dominance rarely seen.

Milwaukee enters October with Misiorowski primed for a postseason run, a lineup built on power and hard contact, and the confidence that comes with 103 wins. The first-round bye gives them time to rest and prepare while the Cubs and Padres play a short best-of-three series. The franchise record stands; now the test is whether the Brewers can use it to advance further than they did a year ago.

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