2008 was the fourth time the brewers went to the playoffs.
2008 was the fourth time the brewers went to the playoffs.
what year was the fourth time the brewers went to the playoffs?
2008
the brewers started to overcome their road woes after the all-star break when they went on an 11-game road trip to arizona, colorado, and san francisco. the brewers ended up having a modest 5-6 mark on the road trip and came back to sweep the floundering cubs and astros and take two out of three games against the cardinals to win eight of a nine-game homestand and take over 1st place in the nl central. they followed the successful homestand with a sweep of the astros in houston; the first time they have swept the astros away from milwaukee, and also took 2 out of 3 games in st. louis to extend the brewers division lead to 7 games. the brewers went on to have a stretch of 29 games from late july to mid august where they went 23-6 and finished the month of august with a 21-7 mark, setting a franchise record for most wins in one month.
2011 milwaukee brewers season
in game 1 of the nlds against the arizona diamondbacks, gallardo pitched 8 innings, only surrendering 4 hits and a walk, and one earned run on a solo home run by ryan roberts. his nine strikeouts tied a franchise record for most strikeouts in a postseason game for the brewers. gallardo earned a win as the brewers went on to win 4–1. gallardo started game 5 of the nlds, lasting 6 innings. control was a problem for him throughout the game, bouncing multiple pitches in front of home. he threw 66 strikes in a 112-pitch, 6-inning effort. gallardo didn't receive the decision, surrendering 1 earned run as the brewers went on to win 3–2 in 10 innings.
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