Small ball leads Brewers to 6-1 victory over White Sox

Mar 28, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Garrett Mitchell (5) reacts after driving in two runs with a base hit against the Chicago White Sox in the first inning at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images | Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Box Score The Brewers didn’t quite put on the show that they did on Opening Day on Thursday in defeating the White Sox on Saturday evening. But what they did do was demonstrate the difference between teams that do do the little things right, and teams that don’t do the little things right.

But behind a good-enough outing for starter Chad Patrick, a good night for the Brewer bullpen, and a whole bunch of singles, walks, and stolen bases, the Brewers came away with a comfortable 6-1 victory. William Contreras used a Brewers challenge—unsuccessfully—during the first at-bat of the game, when Chase Meidroth took a 2-0 pitch from Patrick just high that was upheld on review. Patrick did come back to get Meidroth to ground out, but starting the game down a challenge wasn’t great.

Patrick got the second out with a strikeout of Colson Montgomery, but then two batters reached with two outs when Andrew Benintendi hit a single to left and Munetaka Murakami walked. But a Lenyn Sosa popout ended the inning with no further damage done. Brice Turang led off the bottom of the first by giving a ball a ride to the opposite field off of Chicago starter Sean Burke.

For a minute it looked like it might make it out, and then it looked like it was going to be caught, but instead it landed near the base of the wall and near left fielder Andrew Benintendi’s feet and resulted in a double (though that’s tough for Burke, as it should’ve been caught). After a near-miss on a foul ball (on a pitch about five inches above the zone), Contreras hit a grounder back to Burke that resulted in an out but advanced Turang to third with one out. Chicago pulled the infield in against Christian Yelich, who took advantage and hit a grounder through the hole between Murakami at first and Meidroth at second that scored Turang for the game’s first run.