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2008 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	2008
misc	National League Wild Card winners
league	National League
division	Central
ballpark	Miller Park
city	Milwaukee
record	90–72 (.556)
divisional_place	2nd
owners	Mark Attanasio
general_managers	Doug Melvin
managers	Ned Yost
Dale Sveum
television	WMLW-CA
FSN Wisconsin
(Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder)
radio	620 WTMJ
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
espntn	mil
brtn	MIL

Dale Sveum FSN Wisconsin (Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell) |}}

The 2008 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 39th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 11th in the National League, and their 40th overall.

The season opened with optimism as the team attempted to build on the success of the 2007 season – their first winning season since 1992.

With 12 games remaining in the regular season, manager Ned Yost was fired and replaced with bench coach Dale Sveum. Under Sveum, the team completed the regular season 7–5, finishing second place in the National League Central with a record of 90–72 and winning the NL Wild Card. With the Wild Card berth, the team clinched its first playoff berth in 26 years. The season was highlighted by the midseason trade for ace pitcher CC Sabathia, who posted a 1.65 ERA in 130.2 innings pitched and won all but two starts.

In the NLDS, the Brewers were defeated 3–1 by the Philadelphia Phillies, who went on to win the World Series.

Regular season

The Brewers played 20 extra inning games, the most of any MLB team in 2008.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

2008 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Note: Team leaders in batting and pitching are in bold.

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jason Kendall	151	516	127	.246	2	49
1B	Prince Fielder	159	588	162	.276	34	102
2B	Rickie Weeks	129	475	111	.234	14	46
SS	J.J. Hardy	146	569	161	.283	24	74
3B	Bill Hall	128	404	91	.225	15	55
LF	Ryan Braun	151	611	174	.285	37	106
CF	Mike Cameron	120	444	108	.243	25	70
RF	Corey Hart	157	612	164	.268	20	91

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Craig Counsell	110	248	56	.226	1	14
Gabe Kapler	96	229	69	.301	8	38
Russell Branyan	50	132	33	.250	12	20
Ray Durham	41	107	30	.280	3	13
Joe Dillon	56	75	16	.213	1	6
Mike Rivera	21	62	19	.306	1	14
Gabe Gross	16	43	9	.209	0	2
Tony Gwynn Jr.	29	42	8	.190	0	1
Hernán Iribarren	12	14	2	.143	0	1
Laynce Nix	10	12	1	.083	0	0
Mike Lamb	11	11	3	.273	0	0
Brad Nelson	9	7	2	.286	0	0
Alcides Escobar	9	4	2	.500	0	0
Ángel Salomé	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Mat Gamel	2	2	1	.500	0	0
Vinny Rottino	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ben Sheets	31	198.1	13	9	3.09	158
Dave Bush	31	185.0	9	10	4.18	109
Jeff Suppan	31	177.2	10	10	4.96	90
Manny Parra	32	166.0	10	8	4.39	147
C.C. Sabathia	17	130.2	11	2	1.65	128
Yovani Gallardo	4	24.0	0	0	1.88	20

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Carlos Villanueva	47	108.1	4	7	4.07	93
Seth McClung	37	105.1	6	6	4.02	87

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Salomón Torres	71	7	5	28	3.49	51
Brian Shouse	69	5	1	2	2.81	33
Guillermo Mota	58	5	6	1	4.11	50
Éric Gagné	50	4	3	10	5.44	38
David Riske	45	1	2	2	5.31	27
Mitch Stetter	30	3	1	0	3.20	31
Mark DiFelice	15	1	0	0	2.84	20
Tim Dillard	13	0	0	0	4.40	5
Todd Coffey	9	1	0	0	0.00	7
Derrick Turnbow	8	0	1	1	15.63	5
Julián Tavárez	7	0	1	0	8.59	10
Zach Jackson	2	0	0	0	4.91	1

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || March 31 || @ Cubs || 4–3 (10) || Gagné (1–0) || Howry (0–1) ||Riske (1) || 41,089 || 1–0 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 2 || @ Cubs || 8–2 || Suppan (1–0) || Lilly (0–1) || || 39,468 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 3 || @ Cubs || 6–3 || Dempster (1–0) || Bush (0–1) || Wood (1) || 37,973 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 4 || Giants || 13–4 || Villanueva (1–0) || Sánchez (0–1) || Torres (1) || 45,212 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 5 || Giants || 5–4 || Parra (1–0) || Correia (0–1) || Gagné (1) || 30,574 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 6 || Giants || 7–0 || Sheets (1–0) || Zito (0–1) || || 44,014 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 8 || Reds || 3–2 (10) || Torres (1–0) || Weathers (0–1) || || 27,717 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 9 || Reds || 12–4 || Fogg (1–1) || Bush (0–2) || || 31,313 || 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 10 || Reds || 4–1 || Harang (1–1) || Villanueva (1–1) || Cordero (2) || 25,023 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 11 || @ Mets || 4–2 || Figueroa (1–0) || Parra (1–1) || Wagner (1) || 46,214 || 6–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 12 || @ Mets || 5–3 || Sheets (2–0) || Santana (1–2) || Gagné (2)|| 54,701 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 13 || @ Mets || 9–7 || Torres (2–0)|| Sosa (1–1)|| Gagné (3) || 52,794 || 8–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 15 || @ Cardinals || 6–1 || Looper (3–0) || Bush (0–3) || || 39,438|| 8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 16 || @ Cardinals || 5–4 || Wainwright (2–1) || Villanueva (1–2) || Isringhausen (6) || 40,712 || 8–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 17 || @ Cardinals || 5–3 (10) || Shouse (1–0) || Thompson (1–1) || Gagné (4) || 36,850 || 9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 18 || @ Reds || 5–2 || Sheets (3–0) || Arroyo (0–2) || Gagné (5) || 32,629 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 19 || @ Reds || 5–3 (10) || Mota (1–0) || Weathers (0–2) || Gagné (6) || 26,410 || 11–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 20 || @ Reds || 4–3 (10) || Burton (1–1) || Gagné (1–1) || || 26,902 || 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || April 21 || Cardinals || 4–3 ||Franklin (1–1) || Turnbow (0–1) || Isringhausen (7) ||31,240 || 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 22 || Cardinals || 9–8 (12) ||McClung (1–0) ||Isringhausen (1–1) || ||23,478 || 12–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 23 || Phillies || 5–4 ||Stetter (1–0) ||Hamels (2–3)||Turnbow (1)||30,548 || 13–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 24 || Phillies || 3–1 ||Gordon (1–2) ||Riske (0–1)||Lidge (5) ||23,905 ||13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || April 25 || Marlins || 3–0 || Gregg (3–0) || Mota (1–1) || || 40,088 || 13–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 26 || Marlins || 4–3 || Torres (3–0) ||Pinto (1–1) ||Gagné (7) || 44,169 ||14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 27 || Marlins || 3–2 || Lindstrom (1–0) ||McClung (1–1)||Gregg (4)||41,656|| 14–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || April 29 || @ Cubs || 10–7 ||Sheets (4–0) ||Marquis (1–1)|| Gagné (8)||39,543 || 15–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || April 30 || @ Cubs || 19–5 || Dempster (4–0) || Suppan (1–1) || || 39,908 || 15–12 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 1 || @ Cubs || 4–3 || Shouse (2–0) || Wood (2–1) || Gagné (9) || 40, 849 || 16–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 2 || @ Astros || 7–4 || Oswalt (3–3) || Villanueva (1–3) || Valverde (6) || 39,715 || 16–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 3 || @ Astros || 6–2 || Backe (2–3) || Parra (1–2) || || 35,002 || 16–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 4 || @ Astros || 8–6 || Byrdak (1–0) || Stetter (1–1) || || 38,301 || 16–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 6 || @ Marlins || 3–0 || Olsen (3–0) || Suppan (1–2)|| Gregg (6) || 10,113 || 16–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 7 || @ Marlins || 6–2 || Badenhop (1–2) || Bush (0–4)|| || 10,405 || 16–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 8 || @ Marlins || 7–2 || Kensing (1–0) || Villanueva (1–4)|| || 12,321 || 16–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 9 || Cardinals || 4–3 || Shouse (3–0) || Isringhausen (1–4) || || 42,705 || 17–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 10 || Cardinals || 5–3 || Springer (1–0) || Gagné (1–2) || Franklin (2) || 43,382 || 17–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || May 11 || Cardinals || 5–3 || Suppan (2–2) || Looper (5–2) || Shouse (1) || 41,197 || 18–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 12 || Cardinals || 8–3 || Bush (1–4) || Wainwright (3–2) || Mota (1) ||25,757 || 19–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 13 || Dodgers || 5–3 || Villanueva (2–4) || Penny (5–4) ||Gagné (10) ||26,465 ||20–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 14 || Dodgers || 6–4 || Broxton (2–1) || Mota (1–2) || Saito (6) || 27,562 ||20–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || May 15 || Dodgers || 7–2 || Billingsley (3–5) || Sheets (4–1) || ||30,444 ||20–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 17 || @ Red Sox || 5–3 || Matsuzaka (7–0) || Suppan (2–3) || ||37,409 || 20–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 17 || @ Red Sox || 7–6 || Hansen (1–2) || Torres (3–1) || Timlin (1) ||37,847 ||20–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 18 || @ Red Sox || 11–7 || Beckett (5–3) || Villanueva (2–5) || ||37, 204 ||20–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 20 || @ Pirates || 7–2 || Parra (2–2) || Maholm (2–5)|| || 11,761 || 21–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 21 || @ Pirates || 4–1 || Sheets (5–1) || Snell (2–3)|| || 8,805 ||22–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 22 || @ Pirates || 8–4 || Gorzelanny (4–4) || Bush (1–5)|| || 12,887 || 22–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 48 || May 23 || @ Nationals || 5–1 || Sanches (1–0) || Suppan (2–4)|| || 28,007 || 22–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 24 || @ Nationals || 5–2 || McClung (2–1) || Lannan (4–5) || Torres (2) || 30,029 || 23–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 25 || @ Nationals || 7–6 || Rauch (3–1) || Mota (1–3) || || 35,567 || 23–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || May 26 || @ Nationals || 4–3 || Villanueva (3–5) || Rivera (3–2) ||Torres (3)||28,552||24–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || May 27 || Braves || 3–2 || Torres (4–1) || Bennett (0–3) || || 28,872 || 25–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || May 28 || Braves || 1–0 || Suppan (3–4) || Reyes (2–3) || Torres (4) || 31,612 || 26–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || May 29 || Braves || 8–1 || Campillo (2–0) || McClung (2–2) || || 33,334 || 26–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || May 30 || Astros || 5–1 || Parra (3–2) || Backe 4–6 || || 32,039 ||27–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || May 31 || Astros || 4–1 || Sheets (6–1) || Moehler (2–2)|| Torres (5) || 42,913 || 28–28 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || June 1 || Astros || 10–1 || Bush (2–5) || Chacón (2–1) || || 44,613 || 29–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || June 2 || D-backs || 4–3 || Mota (2–3) || Slaten (0–2) || Torres (6) ||27,562|| 30–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 3 || D-backs || 7–1 || McClung (3–2) || Johnson (4–2) || Shouse (2) || 29,478 || 31–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 4 || D-backs || 10–1 || Parra (4–2) || Owings (6–4) || ||27,539 || 32–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 61 || June 6 || @ Rockies || 6–4 || Corpas (1–3) || Mota (2–4) || Fuentes (9) ||30,558 || 32–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 62 || June 7 || @ Rockies || 7–2 || Reynolds (1–3) || Bush (2–6) || ||37,283 ||32–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 8 || @ Rockies || 3–2 || Suppan (4–4) || Francis (2–6) || Torres (7) ||32,256 ||33–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 10 || @ Astros || 6–1 || Oswalt (5–6) || McClung (3–3) || ||35,058 ||33–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 11 || @ Astros || 10–6 || Parra (5–2) || Backe (4–8) || ||33,806 ||34–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || June 12 || @ Astros || 9–6 || Sheets (7–1) || Moehler (3–3)|| ||35,709 ||35–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 13 || Twins || 10–2 || Slowey (3–6) || Bush (2–7) || || 38,586 ||35–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 14 || Twins || 9–4 || Bass (3–2) || Tavárez (0–1) || ||43,812 || 35–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || June 15 || Twins || 4–2 || McClung (4–3) || Baker (2–2) || Torres (8) ||41,693 || 36–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 17 || Blue Jays || 7–0 || Parra (6–2) || McGowan (5–5)|| || 37,065 || 37–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 18 || Blue Jays ||5–4 || Sheets (8–1) || Marcum (5–4) || ||34,442 ||38–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || June 19 || Blue Jays ||8–7 || Bush (3–7) || Burnett (6–7) || Torres (10) || 35,173 || 39–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 73 || June 20 || Orioles || 8–5 || Cormier (1–2) || Suppan (4–5) || Sherrill (25) || 36,526 || 39–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 21 || Orioles || 3–2 || McClung (5–3) || Cabrera (5–3) || Torres (11) || 42,521 || 40–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || June 22 || Orioles || 7–3 || Parra (7–2) || Olson (5–3) || Torres (12) || 43,517 || 41–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || June 23 || @ Braves || 4–1 || Sheets (9–1) || Reyes (3–5) || || 25,661 || 42–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || June 24 || @ Braves || 4–3 || Bush (4–7) || Morton (1–1) || Torres (13) || 29,224 ||43–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || June 25 || @ Braves || 4–2 || Campillo (3–2) || Suppan (4–6) || González (2) || 34,829 || 43–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || June 27 || @ Twins || 7–6 || Guerrier (4–2) || Mota (2–5) || Nathan (22) || 30,104 || 43–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || June 28 || @ Twins || 5–1 || Parra (8–2) || Hernández (8–5) || || 38,963 || 44–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 81 || June 29 || @ Twins || 5–0 || Slowey (5–6) || Sheets (9–2)|| || 30,655 || 44–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || June 30 || @ D-backs || 6–3 || Davis (3–3) || Bush (4–8) || Lyon (17) || 23,040 || 44–38 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 1 || @ D-backs || 8–6 || Suppan (5–6) || Johnson (4–7) || Torres (14) || 21,736 || 45–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 2 || @ D-backs || 4–3 || Riske (1–1) || Lyon (2–3) || Torres (15) || 22,324 || 46–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 3 || @ D-backs || 6–5 || Rosales (1–0) || Torres (4–2) || || 23,842 || 46–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 4 || Pirates || 9–1 ||Sheets (10–2) || Gorzelanny (6–7)|| Villanueva (1) || 41,463 || 47–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 5 || Pirates || 2–1 ||Gagné (2–2) || Yates (3–2) || || 39,176 || 48–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || July 6 || Pirates || 11–6 || Stetter (2–1) || Bautista (1–2) || || 42,163 || 49–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 7 || Rockies || 4–3 || Jiménez (4–8) || McClung (5–4) || Fuentes (14) || 35,161 || 49–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 8 || Rockies || 7–3 || Sabathia (7–8) || Redman (2–4) || || 42,533 || 50–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 9 || Rockies || 8–3 || Rusch (2–3) || Sheets (10–3) || || 37,092 || 50–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 92 || July 10 || Rockies || 11–1 || Bush (5–8) || de la Rosa (3–5) || || 43,389 || 51–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 11 || Reds || 6–5 || Lincoln (1–2) || Shouse (3–1) || Cordero (19) || 41,229 || 51–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 12 || Reds || 8–2 || Vólquez (12–3) || McClung (5–5) || || 43,556 || 51–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 95 || July 13 || Reds || 3–2 || Sabathia (8–8) || Weathers (2–5) || || 42,108 || 52–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 18 || @ Giants || 9–1 || Sabathia (9–8) || Cain (5–8) || || 40,882 || 53–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 19 || @ Giants || 8–5 || Villanueva (4–5) || Matos (0–2) || Torres (16) || 36,852 || 54–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 20 || @ Giants || 7–4 || Parra (9–2) || Lincecum (11–3) || Torres (17) || 37,507 || 55–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || July 21 || @ Cardinals || 6–3 || Torres (5–2) || Franklin (3–3) || || 41,006 || 56–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || July 22 || @ Cardinals || 4–3 || Shouse (4–1) || McClellan(2–5) || Torres (18) || 41,955 || 57–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 101 || July 23 || @ Cardinals || 3–0 || Sabathia (10–8) || Looper (9–8) || || 41,513 || 58–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 102 || July 24 || @ Cardinals || 4–3 || Gagné (3–2) || Franklin(3–4) || Torres (19) || 41,233 || 59–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 25 || Astros || 3–1 || Rodríguez (6–3) || Parra (9–3) || Valverde (26) || 41,357 || 59–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || July 26 || Astros || 6–4 || Gagné (4–2) || Brocail (4–5) || Torres (20) || 43,489 || 60–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || July 27 || Astros || 11–6 || Sampson (5–3) || Suppan (5–7) || || 41,565 || 60–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || July 28 || Cubs || 6–4 || Gaudin (7–4) || Torres (5–3) || Mármol (5) || 45,311 || 60–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || July 29 || Cubs || 7–1 || Zambrano (12–4) || Sheets (10–4) || || 45,069 || 60–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || July 30 || Cubs || 7–2 || Dempster (12–4) || Parra (9–4) || || 44,871 || 60–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || July 31 || Cubs || 11–4 || Harden (1–1) || Bush (5–9) || || 45,346 || 60–49 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 110 || August 1 || @ Braves || 9–0 || Suppan (6–7) || James (2–4) || || 32,238 || 61–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 2 || @ Braves || 4–2 || Sabathia (5–0) || Morton (2–5) || Torres (21) || 42,096 || 62–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 112 || August 3 || @ Braves || 5–0 || Campillo (6–4) || Sheets (10–5) || || 21,997 || 62–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 4 || @ Reds || 6–3 || Arroyo (10–8) || Parra (9–5) || Cordero (22) || 24,706 || 62–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || August 5 || @ Reds || 8–1 || Bush (6–9)|| Vólquez (13–5) || || 24,739 || 63–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 6 || @ Reds || 6–3 || Suppan (7–7) || Bailey (0–6) || Torres (22) || 26,602 || 64–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 116 || August 8 || Nationals || 5–0 || Sabathia (6–0) || Balester (2–4) || || 43,209 || 65–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 9 || Nationals || 6–0 || Sheets (11–5) || Redding (8–7) || || 42,974 || 66–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 118 || August 10 || Nationals || 5–4 || Mota (3–5) || Ayala (1–8) || || 42,423 || 67–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 119 || August 11 || Nationals || 7–1 || Bush (7–9) || Mock (0–3) || || 42,196 || 68–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 12 || @ Padres || 5–2 || Suppan (8–7) || Baek (4–6) || Torres (23) || 28,373 || 69–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 121 || August 13 || @ Padres || 7–1 || Sabathia (7–0) || Banks (3–5) || || 32,771 || 70–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 14 || @ Padres || 3–2 || Peavy (9–8) || Sheets (11–6) || Hoffman (26) || 30,145 || 70–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 15 || @ Dodgers || 5–3 || Billingsley (12–9) || Parra (9–6) || Broxton (9) || 44,547 || 70–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 16 || @ Dodgers || 4–3 (10) || Torres (6–3) || Broxton (3–4) || Riske (2) || 52,889 || 71–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 17 || @ Dodgers || 7–5 || Beimel (4–0) || Villanueva (4–6) || || 45,267 || 71–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 18 || Astros || 9–3 || Sabathia (8–0) || Wolf (8–11) || || 41,991 || 72–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 19 || Astros || 5–2 || Moehler (9–4) || Sheets (11–7) || Valverde (32) || 41,622 || 72–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 20 || Astros || 5–2 || Parra (10–6) || Rodríguez (7–6) || Torres (24) || 41,419 || 73–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 22 || Pirates || 10–4 || Bush (8–9) || Duke (4–12) || || 41,637 || 74–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || August 23 || Pirates || 6–3 || Suppan (9–7) || Gorzelanny (6–8) || Torres (25) || 43,293 || 75–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || August 24 || Pirates || 4–3 (12) || Mota (4–5) || Davis (1–4) || || 45,163 || 76–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 132 || August 26 || @ Cardinals || 12–0 || Sheets (12–7) || Wellemeyer (11–5) || || 41,121 || 77–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || August 27 || @ Cardinals || 5–3 || Franklin (5–5) || Riske (1–2) || Perez (6) || 41,433 || 77–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || August 29 || @ Pirates || 3–1 || Bush (9–9) || Gorzelanny (6–9) || Torres (26) || 18,086 || 78–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || August 30 || @ Pirates || 11–3 || Suppan (10–7) || Maholm (8–8) || || 21,931 || 79–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || August 31 || @ Pirates || 7–0 || Sabathia (9–0) || Karstens (2–4) || || 21,293 || 80–56 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || September 1 || Mets || 4–2 || Figueroa (3–3) || Gagné (4–3) || Ayala (4) || 41,476 || 80–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 2 || Mets || 6–5 (10) || Smith (3–3) || Torres (6–4) || Ayala (5) || 36,587 || 80–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 3 || Mets || 9–2 || Pérez (10–7) || Bush (9–10) || || 26,236 || 80–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || September 4 || Padres || 5–2 || Estes (2–1) || Suppan (10–8) || Hoffman (28) || 33,182 || 80–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 141 || September 5 || Padres || 3–2 (11) || Shouse (5–1) || Falkenborg (2–3) || || 41,519 || 81–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 142 || September 6 || Padres || 1–0 || Sheets (13–7) || Peavy (9–10) || || 42,667 || 82–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 7 || Padres || 10–1 || Young (5–5) || Parra (10–7) || || 44,568 || 82–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 8 || Reds || 5–4 || Burton (5–1) || Torres (6–5) || Cordero (28) || 30,867 || 82–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 145 || September 9 || Reds || 5–4 (11) || Adkins (1–0) || McClung (5–6) || Cordero (29) || 30,312 || 82–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 146 || September 10 || Reds || 4–3 || Mota (5–5) || Weathers (2–6) || Torres (27) || 30,124 || 83–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 11 || @ Phillies || 6–3 || Moyer (14–7) || Sheets (13–8) || Lidge (36) || 39,994 || 83–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 13 || @ Phillies || 7–3 || Hamels (13–9) || Parra (10–8) || || 45,105 || 83–65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 14 || @ Phillies || 7–3 || Eyre (4–0) || Mota (5–6) || || 43,950 || 83–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 150 || September 14 || @ Phillies || 6–1 || Myers (10–11) || Suppan (10–9) || || 39,776 || 83–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 16 || @ Cubs || 5–4 || Dempster (16–6) || Sabathia (9–1) || Wood (31) || 40,738 || 83–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 152 || September 17 || @ Cubs || 6–2 || DiFelice (1–0) || Marquis (10–9) || || 41,200 || 84–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 18 || @ Cubs || 7–6 (12) || Wood (5–4) || Villanueva (4–7) || || 40,678 || 84–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 19 || @ Reds || 11–2 || Ramírez (1–0) || Suppan (10–10) || || 20,855 || 84–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 20 || @ Reds || 4–3 || Cueto (9–13) || Sabathia (9–2) || Cordero (32) || 24,440 || 84–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || September 21 || @ Reds || 8–1 || Coffey (1–0) || Arroyo (15–11) || || 22,624 || 85–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 157 || September 23 || Pirates || 7–5 || Torres (7–5) || Beam (2–2) || || 36,612 || 86–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 158 || September 24 || Pirates || 4–2 || Sabathia (10–2) || Maholm (9–9) || Torres (28) || 31,164 || 87–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || September 25 || Pirates || 5–1 (10) || Stetter (3–1) || Chavez (0–1) || || 40,102 || 88–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || September 26 || Cubs || 5–1 || McClung (6–6) || Marshall (3–5) || || 44,084 || 89–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 || September 27 || Cubs || 7–3 || Lilly (17–9) || Sheets (13–9) || || 45,288 || 89–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 162 || September 28 || Cubs || 3–1 || Sabathia (11–2) || Howry (7–5) || || 45,299 || 90–72 |-

Postseason

For the first time in 26 years (since 1982) the Brewers reached the playoffs.

They lost 3 games to 1 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS.

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 1 || @ Phillies || 1–3 || Hamels (1–0) || Gallardo (0–1) || Lidge (1) || 45,929 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 2 || @ Phillies || 2–5 || Myers (1–0) || Sabathia (0–1) || Lidge (2) || 46,208 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || October 4 || Phillies || 4–1 || Bush (1–0) || Moyer (0–1) || Torres (1) || 43,992 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || October 5 || Phillies || 2–6 || Blanton (1–0) || Suppan (0–1) || – || 43,934 || 1–3 |-

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2008.

References

Footnotes

General

Game Logs: :1st Half: Milwaukee Brewers Game Log on ESPN.com :2nd Half: Milwaukee Brewers Game Log on ESPN.com
Batting Statistics: Milwaukee Brewers Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
2008 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference

References

"Team Batting Game Finder: For 2008, Only extra-inning games, sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria". Baseball Reference.
"2008 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.

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