The Brewers don’t always hit home runs, but they can still beat you. That doesn’t surprise old friend Willy Adames. “They know that they have to play great defense and good baserunning to win games the way they’re doing it this year,

William Contreras delivered his first career walk-off homer as the major league-leading Brewers overcame a pair of solo home runs from Willy Adames in his return to Milwaukee.

For the vast majority of the 2025 season, William Contreras hasn’t looked like the version of himself that finished fifth in NL MVP voting a season ago.

William Contreras played the hero Friday with a clutch walk-off homer as the Brewers won their series opener against the Giants.

“It’s Uecker magic,” said Bonnie Bruhn, a 79-year-old Brewers fan from the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, Wisconsin. As the Brewers prepare to spend this weekend honoring Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Uecker, fans are hoping the team can pay tribute to him by making the deep playoff run that has eluded this franchise lately.

With two outs in the ninth inning on Friday night, the Milwaukee Brewers led the Giants 4-3 with the No. 9 hitter coming up. It was as good a spot as any to wrap up the win, but in an 0-1 count, closer Trevor Megill threw a wild pitch to bring in the tying run.