Brewers win final spring exhibition in 4-1 victory over Reds

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Sproat (23) stretches during spring training workouts Monday, February 16, 2026, at American Family Fields of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona. | Dave Kallmann / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers picked up another win at American Family Field on Tuesday afternoon, winning their final spring exhibition over the Reds by a 4-1 final. With Brandon Sproat on the mound for one last tune-up outing, he worked around a Matt McLain walk for a scoreless first, including strikeouts of Elly De La Cruz and Sal Stewart.

Righty flamethrower Chase Burns did him one better in the bottom of the inning, striking out Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang, and William Contreras in order. Sproat worked around another walk in the second, picking up another strikeout and a double play to end the inning. In the bottom of the inning, the Spring of Jake Bauers continued, as he crushed a two-out solo homer 401 feet over the wall in right-center to give Milwaukee a 1-0 lead.

It marked Bauers’ seventh homer of the spring. Jake Bauers has SEVEN HR and a 1. 781 OPS this spring 😭 pic.

twitter. com/7YOCswidYt — Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) March 24, 2026 Sproat worked another strong inning in the third, picking up a pair of strikeouts to work around a two-out single. Milwaukee went down in order once again in the bottom of the inning, while Sproat had yet another solid frame in the fourth, giving up a single to Eugenio Suárez but nothing else.