Young pitchers keep coming up big for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Coleman Crow, 25, gave up only one run over five innings in helping the Brewers to a series-opening win against the Minnesota Twins on Friday.
Logan Henderson, 24, earned the victory one night later after allowing only one run and striking out seven batters in five innings.
Now comes the next young pitcher. The Brewers will turn to 26-year-old Robert Gasser, who will make his season debut as Milwaukee looks to finish a three-game sweep of the Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Henderson said he and his fellow young pitchers support one another. They pitched together at Triple-A Nashville, and Henderson credits the organization with helping to develop them and showing trust in them.
“I think we have some really great arms,” Henderson said. “The organization has put a lot of trust in us. The defense is unbelievable. The guys we’ve got behind the plate are incredible. It’s just a next-man-up mentality.
“… I think it’s special. It’s cool to see that we have a lot of young arms in the room. It’s fun. We kind of just piggy-back off each other.”
The Brewers have won three games in a row and eight of their past nine.
The Twins, in turn, will try to spoil Milwaukee’s momentum in the season finale.
Minnesota has lost the first two games of the series by one run. The good news is that the Twins are staying competitive against the Brewers; the bad news is that the Twins are squandering key chances that can differentiate a win from a loss.
“I think we came into this series knowing that you cannot give away opportunities against the Brewers just because of the brand of baseball they play,” Minnesota manager Derek Shelton said after Saturday’s 2-1 defeat. “They capitalize on things. We had situations in the second and fourth (innings) that we did not capitalize on, and you can’t miss those.”
Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (4-2, 3.46 ERA) will look to help stave off the sweep. Ober is coming off his best outing of the season on Tuesday, when he fired a complete-game shutout against the Miami Marlins.
Ober allowed two hits, walked none and struck out seven in a 3-0 victory and needed only 89 pitches to earn his first career shutout. He now will go for back-to-back victories for the second time this season.
This will be Ober’s third career start against the Brewers. In his first two meetings, he is 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA and has 10 strikeouts in 11 innings.
Meanwhile, Gasser will make first start of 2026 and his eighth start since debuting with the Brewers in 2024. He went 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA in five starts that season and was 0-2 with a 3.18 ERA in two starts in 2025.
This will be Gasser’s first career start against the Twins.
Minnesota hopes to welcome back outfielder Byron Buxton, who has missed the past three games because of right hip flexor soreness. Buxton took part in some on-field work before Saturday’s game but remained out of the lineup.
“I haven’t been on the field in a couple days,” Buxton said. “Just to get out here and do some work definitely feels good. Growing in the right direction.”
–Field Level Media
