The Brewers don’t always hit home runs, but they can still beat you. That doesn’t surprise old friend Willy Adames. “They know that they have to play great defense and good baserunning to win games the way they’re doing it this year,

William Contreras delivered his first career walk-off homer as the major league-leading Brewers overcame a pair of solo home runs from Willy Adames in his return to Milwaukee.

For the vast majority of the 2025 season, William Contreras hasn’t looked like the version of himself that finished fifth in NL MVP voting a season ago.

William Contreras played the hero Friday with a clutch walk-off homer as the Brewers won the series opener against the Giants.

PHOENIX – William Contreras set off alarm bells with the push of a button. First, the Milwaukee Brewers catcher posted a tweet with a singular eye emoji in late October.

With two outs in the ninth inning on Friday night, the Milwaukee Brewers led the Giants 4-3 with the No. 9 hitter coming up. It was as good a spot as any to wrap up the win, but in an 0-1 count, closer Trevor Megill threw a wild pitch to bring in the tying run.

William Contreras emerges as a Brewers mainstay, what it’s like on an MLB roster’s edge and more ‘Sliders’ By Tyler Kepner May 10, 2024Updated July 24, 2024