The first round of a highly anticipated National League showdown goes to the Milwaukee Brewers. 

With the Los Angeles Dodgers riding the wave of a series win over the San Diego Padres, the Brewers, accompanied by a quality start from starter Logan Henderson and their arsenal of arms, hold on to a 5-1 victory over the Dodgers on Friday night.

An aggressive 1-9 starting lineup for the Brewers presented a unique challenge as the southpaw Wrobleski took the mound at American Family Field. 

Though Wrobleski has been known to attack the strike zone and induce a lot of contact, they would — more or less — result in outs. 

The Brewers' hitters would quickly figure out this familiar pattern, as they tacked on a four-spot against Wrobleski to kick off Milwaukee's home half of the first. 

Two leadoff singles set the table for William Contreras to crank a three-run shot to left field. 

"They put the ball in play and credit to them, they were hits. They did a good job," Wrobleski said of his outing. 

In the previous half-inning, Contreras threw out Shohei Ohtani at second base on a stolen-base attempt to end the inning. 

It took 38 pitches, but by innings end, Wrobleski had given up four earned runs on six Brewers hits and one walk. 

The pitch count would drastically increase as he went on, but after giving up an RBI double to Andrew Vaughn, Wrobleski settled in. 

He kept the pitch count under control, and on his 100th pitch of the game, he induced Jake Bauers to fly out to center field and capped off five innings. 

"I think the execution probably got a little better as the outing progressed," Wrobleski said. "It sucks to only get through five there and kind of give up those runs in the first and kind of put our team in a hole." 

In back-to-back starts dating back to May 16, the 24-year-old Henderson logged five innings of quality pitching. 

Against the Dodgers, the right-hander needed just 85 pitches to generate seven strikeouts and a game-high 15 swings and misses. 

Los Angeles could not generate any offense against Milaukee. 

Even with the multiple instances of the leadoff runner reaching base, the Dodgers couldn't cash in. 

They stranded nine men on base and went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. 

To add insult to injury, Max Muncy exited the game in the eighth inning after he was struck by a 95.5 mph sinker that found his wrist. 

Roberts said that Muncy's X-ray's came back negative, but noted that there was persistent swelling. 

Muncy will most likely be down for the next couple of days, but Roberts is hopeful that it is nothing more serious. 

"We just have to monitor the next couple of days," Muncy said in the postgame. Muncy noted that positive markings don't come up on the initial X-rays until a few days after. 

Muncy was optimistic that he escaped the worst since he's been hit in that spot before; he did not experience a "nauseous feeling" that would indicate something worse. 

"Right now we're breathing a sigh of relief," Roberts said. 

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