MILWAUKEE — The Brewers went into Saturday night’s game against the Dodgers with the same lineup they had used earlier in the season, ending a streak of 47 consecutive unique lineups and putting William Contreras back behind the plate. First pitch was scheduled for 6:40 p.m. in Milwaukee on Brewers TV and the Brewers Radio Network.
Milwaukee also handed the ball to Logan Henderson, who was set to face left-hander Justin Wrobleski in a rematch of last year’s National League Championship Series. Henderson had a 2.81 ERA in three starts since returning to the Brewers’ rotation on May 3, and his most recent outing was a win in which he allowed one run on six hits over five innings while striking out seven and walking one.
Wrobleski entered the game 6-1 with a 2.49 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 50 2/3 innings, but the Dodgers left-hander had also been hit hard in his last outing, when he worked 8 2/3 innings on May 10 and gave up seven earned runs. The contrast on the mound gave the matchup a sharper edge than a regular-season date in late May usually carries.
Milwaukee’s lineup was the notable change. Pat Murphy said he did not know the club had gone back to a previous batting order, saying the lineup was the same as Monday’s and had worked then, and adding, “I was unaware.” The Brewers had Christian Yelich at designated hitter, with an outfield of Jake Bauers, Jackson Chourio and Sal Frelick and an infield of Luis Rengifo, Joey Ortiz, Brice Turang and Andrew Vaughn from left to right.
That was enough to make the card look familiar in a week that had already changed the mood around the division. The Brewers swept the Cubs earlier in the week and moved back into first place in the NL Central at 29-18, while the Dodgers arrived at 31-19 with a top of the order that included Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Kyle Tucker. The bottom of their lineup featured Andy Pages, Max Muncy, Teoscar Hernández, Dalton Rushing and Hyeseong Kim.
The repeated Brewers lineup had already paid off once. On Monday, Milwaukee used the same order and won 9-3 after scoring eight runs against Shota Imanaga. But this time the club was choosing continuity in a spot where it had rarely done so, and that mattered as much as the names on the card. The Brewers had used a different lineup in every game before Saturday, a streak that made the decision to stay put stand out even more.
Luis Peña started a rehab assignment in Arizona on May 23, another small roster note on a day when Milwaukee was trying to keep its division momentum going against one of baseball’s most dangerous lineups. The game also served as another checkpoint for Henderson, who impressed in five major league starts in 2025 and has continued to hold his own since rejoining the rotation. For the Brewers, the question was whether the familiar lineup and the young starter could carry the same comfort into a much harder test.
