Brewers offense flails in 3-1 loss to Nationals

Apr 11, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Kyle Harrison (52) walks off the field after the first inning against the Washington Nationals at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Michael McLoone-Imagn Images | Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers’ offense is struggling hard. After scoring in the first inning in their loss on Friday night, they didn’t score for the rest of that game, and that streak made it another eight innings—in which the team had only one hit—tonight.

Washington’s Forrest Griffin, who spent the last three years pitching in Japan, no-hit the Brewers through five, and though starter Kyle Harrison and bulk reliever Brandon Sproat combined for eight pretty good innings tonight, Milwaukee’s offense looked inept for most of the game and couldn’t overcome even a small deficit. It was an inauspicious start for the Brewers. The first batter of the game, James Wood, should’ve struck out looking but got a favorable call (that William Contreras did not challenge, puzzlingly), then hit a grounder over to first base.

Gary Sánchez (who was starting at first base for the fifth time in his 12-year career) didn’t field it cleanly—he knocked it down, but had to rush his throw to Harrison, who was covering the bag. Sánchez put way too much juice on the throw and it hit Harrison in the knee, and he then stumbled over the base. There was a long delay as the Brewers’ training and pitching staff checked on Harrison, but he ultimately stayed in the game with Wood at first.

Wood made it to third after a fielder’s choice and a fly ball to right, and a Daylen Lile groundout stranded the opening run at third. After a Brice Turang groundout started the game, Luis Rengifo—who is having no batted ball luck at all, and came in 0-for-his-last-13—hit a ball hard into the right field gap, but Joey Wiemer was able to run it down despite a . 550 expected batting average via Statcast.