Henderson Dominates, Contreras Drives In Three as Brewers Rout Rangers 6-1

Logan Henderson threw 7.0 innings of one-hit ball, striking out seven without issuing a walk, and Milwaukee never trailed in a 6-1 win over Texas on August 28. William Contreras did the heavy lifting at the plate, driving in three runs on two hits to back one of the cleaner pitching performances you'll see this late in the season.

Milwaukee wasted no time. In the first inning, Contreras grounded out to shortstop — but Turang scored on the play and Bauers moved to second, putting the Brewers on the board without a clean hit. Yelich then doubled to center to score Bauers, and just like that it was 2-0 before Texas had recorded a meaningful answer. The Rangers got one back in the third when Jansen sent a solo shot 395 feet to left, cutting the deficit to 2-1 and giving the visitors a pulse. That pulse didn't last long.

The sixth inning is where this game was effectively decided. Hamilton singled to center, scoring Mitchell and moving Frelick to second — a play that swung Milwaukee's win probability from 83% to 90%. That seven-point jump tells the story: Texas was already running out of runway, and that single slammed the door. Henderson was still on the mound, working through a Rangers lineup that managed just one hit against him across seven innings. The story of the night was how thoroughly Henderson neutralized a Texas offense that had no answer for his stuff.

Milwaukee piled on in the seventh and eighth to make it comfortable. Contreras singled to center in the seventh to score Bauers — his second RBI of the game — pushing the lead to 4-1. The eighth was a two-run inning: Chourio singled to left to score Frelick, then Contreras added a sacrifice fly to center to bring home Hamilton, capping the scoring at 6-1. Yelich finished 3-for-5 with an RBI, and Bauers crossed the plate twice without recording an out in his final at-bat — going 2-for-2 on the night. The bullpen kept it clean, with DL Hall striking out three in a perfect inning and Aaron Ashby adding two more strikeouts in the ninth. On the Texas side, Bradford allowed 9 hits and 3 earned runs across 5.2 innings with zero strikeouts — which looks like a rough night any way you frame it. Milwaukee's offense made contact early and often, and Henderson gave them everything they needed.