Ozzie Albies ended Brewers vs Braves with his second homer of the game, a walk-off drive that gave the Braves a sweep on Father’s Day afternoon in Atlanta. The Brewers came in trying to avoid the sweep after two low-scoring losses, but left with three straight defeats in the series.
Albies Ends It
The final swing cleared the wall in right field and turned a tense ninth inning into a walk-off win. Earlier in the game, Chourio was cut down at the plate as the tying run in the ninth on Friday evening, a sequence that set up Milwaukee’s chance to reach the finale with some momentum before Albies finished the series.
That was the difference in a game that stayed tight until the last swing. The Braves won the deciding game on Father’s Day afternoon at 12:35 p.m., and the sweep completed three straight wins in the series.
Robert Gasser And Bryce Elder
Robert Gasser started for the Brewers and Bryce Elder started for the Braves. Gasser is 27 years old and came in at 0-3 with a 4.88 ERA and 24 strikeouts over 24 innings this year, even after tossing 5 2/3 scoreless frames against the Guardians on Tuesday night.
Elder, also 27, was 12 days older and entered with a sharper 2026 line: a 3.15 ERA, 3.76 FIP and 73 strikeouts over 88 2/3 innings. He was in his fifth MLB season, all with the Braves, after a 2023 All-Star selection and two uneven seasons in 2024 and 2025.
Brewers Lineup Pressure
Milwaukee opened with Christian Yelich leading off as the designated hitter, followed by Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang and William Contreras. Jake Bauers, Garrett Mitchell and Sal Frelick followed, with Cooper Pratt and David Hamilton behind them.
The Brewers left Atlanta with the same problem they brought into the finale: they had already dropped two close, low-scoring games and needed one clean break to keep the series from slipping away. Instead, Albies turned the last at-bat into the result that closed it out.
For Milwaukee, the sweep loss was decided by a game that never gave them much room, then ended on one swing. For the Braves, Albies’ second homer did the job and left the series in their hands from start to finish.
