Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks

Even when the vicissitudes of a season come crashing down, the Brewers keep the win machine churning. Hours after finding out that Brandon Woodruff would officially land on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, further complicating their pitching apparatus in both the short and long term, they responded with another shut down effort from the bullpen, a timely bash from Jake Bauers and a game-ending grab from Sal Frelick, who didn’t jog onto the field until nearly two hours after the game began. It all culminated in a 3-2 Brewers victory over the D-backs on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field, bringing their record to 42-20 since April 26, the best mark in the Majors. Here’s a look at three key elements that led to the win: **Bauers’ bash** The 30-year-old’s career renaissance received another brush stroke as he drilled the difference maker, a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh off D-backs southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez, who will represent the National League in the 2026 All-Star Game. Getting a start left-on-left didn’t used to be in the cards for Bauers, but he’s coming off arguably the best month of his pro career. He slugged a career-high-tying six homers and posted a .976 OPS during June; the last time he went deep that many times in one turn of the calendar was July 2018 during his rookie season with the Rays. “I think any day your name's written on a Major League lineup card is something you can't really take for granted,” said Bauers.