Sox Sweep Flops, Lose to Brewers

0:00It's March 29th. This is Milwaukee Brewer's News Today Team News, powered by AI. Chicago White Sox kicked off the 2026 season with a brutal 0-3 sweep against the Milwaukee Brewer's. They dropped the first two games by a combined score of 20-3, then blew a five run lead in the finale, losing 9-7 at American, Family Field. Sunday's games started strong for the socks with a grand slam from Colson Montgomery in the first, plus home runs from Unitaka, Murakami, and Everson. Pereira, putting them up 7-2. But the 8th inning unraveled everything as the bullpen gave up 6 runs, capped by Christian Yelich's pinch hit 3 run homer. Murakami stood out as the lone bright spot, smashing 3 home runs in his first 3 big league games, joining a rare club of rookies doing that. Meanwhile, the sock struggled hard with 20 strikeouts across the opener, defensive miscues, and 7 stolen bases allowed on Saturday.

1:00Everything that could go wrong did. From poor relief pitching by guys like Seranthani Dominguez and Chris Murphy to squandered leads, manager Will Venable called it a tough series full of lessons from spring training exposures. Over on the brewers side, former Sox's first baseman Andrew Vaughn faced his old team once before landing on the ender list with a left homete. Fracture. The Sox head to Miami next, ready to shake this off and build from the early stumbles.