Brewers Lose to Back-to-Back Cy Young Winners

0:00It's April 25th. This is MLB News Today, AI-powered stories shaping the season. The Milwaukee Brewers just based off against two Sai Young award winners and back-to-back games, and it didn't go their way. First up was Detroit's Tereek Skubal on Thursday, then Pittsburgh's Paul Schienes on Friday. Both outings ended in losses for the defending National League Central Champs, who couldn't quite crack these elite arms. Fans straight-dominated in Milwaukee, tossing seven shut-out innings with just one hit allowed, a sharp single by Jake Bowers in the seventh. The 23-year-old Ridey struck out seven, walked none, and flirted with the perfect game using his nasty splinker pitch. It was his second close call on a no-hitter there, after a similar gem back on July 11th last year. Brewers manager Pat Murphy was blown away, calling it the best pitching he'd ever seen from anyone. Pittsburgh-Skipper Don Kelly agreed, praising Schienes' elite stuff, and noting how wild it is that he's only in his third big league season, yet still, improving.

1:04Thursday's game against Skubal was a thriller. The Brewers rallied from behind to grab a 4-3 lead in the seventh, but Spencer Torkelson crushed a walk-off homer for the 5-4 win. Facing back-to-back Sai Young's like this is super rare. It only happened once before last year with the Red Sox. These matchups tested the Brewers' depth, especially without their top guys, but they battled hard before dropping both. Now they regroup as the Pirates Ride Schienes' hot streak into the weekend series.