Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras, Garrett Mitchell, and Joey Ortiz fueled a historic 20-0 rout.
Not one, not two, but three Milwaukee Brewers recorded new career highs in some capacity against the Cincinnati Reds.
It was a dominant 20-0 win that officially allowed the Brewers to be the first National League team to clinch a spot in the playoffs.
This game saw the Brewers lead 17-0 in the fifth inning, and in the end they scored 20 runs on 23 hits.
Most impressively, the Reds only had two hits all game. This Brewers pitching staff was as dominant as it gets, but the three career highs, to no surprise, came from a trio of Brewers who had stellar nights at the plate.
William Contreras sets a new single-game RBI record
William Contreras may have hit his lone home run of the night off a position player, but it all counts the same.
Fellow catcher Jose Trevino allowed a three-run blast two Contreras with two outs in the eighth inning.
This capped off a six-RBI night for Contreras, which sets a new career high. The seventh-year big leaguer also made history defensively as a catcher, but that's a story for another time.
Contreras, 28, somehow keeps getting better. He has his moments, no doubt, but the Venezuelan native went 2-for-5 with six RBIs and a pair of runs in a game this Brewers team won't soon forget.
Garrett Mitchell's first career grand slam
Garrett Mitchell is someone the Brewers know can help get them to the next level, it's just been extremely difficult to keep him healthy.
Here in 2026, Mitchell is having a career year, and he capped it off with a historic grand slam against the Reds.
Not only was it Mitchell's first career grand slam, but it also ended the Brewers drought of not hitting a single one this season.
It took 148 games, but the Brewers finally joined every other team in baseball with a grand slam this season.
Career-high four-hit game for Joey Ortiz
Joey Ortiz, who batted ninth in this game, went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs. After flying out in the bottom of the second, Ortiz locked in and singled in the third, twice in the fifth, and then once more in the eighth inning.
It's clear manager Pat Murphy never has a reason to play David Hamilton over Ortiz again, and that's music to Brewers fans ears.
Keep in mind, leadoff hitter Jackson Chourio also had a four-hit game, but that was remarkably his sixth four-hit game of the year.
