MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — The Cincinnati Reds ended Milwaukee’s five-game winning streak and spoiled the Brewers’ perfect homestand with a 4-3 victory Sunday afternoon, Sept. 13, 2026, at American Family Field. Cincinnati improved to 70-82, while Milwaukee dropped to 94-59. The Brewers remained in position to clinch the NL Central as early as Tuesday in Pittsburgh after the Chicago Cubs also lost Sunday. The game drew 40,559 and took 2 hours, 33 minutes. Cincinnati finished with eight hits, while Milwaukee had six.

Brandon Williamson earned the win for Cincinnati, improving to 4-4. Emilio Pagán recorded his 23rd save. Abner Uribe took the loss for Milwaukee, falling to 5-3. Milwaukee right-hander Robert Gasser turned in a strong start, working five innings and allowing one earned run on three hits with five strikeouts. Cincinnati’s Williamson pitched four innings, yielding one earned run on two hits with two strikeouts. Chase Burns followed with three innings, allowing two earned runs on two hits with five strikeouts. Brock Burke and Pagán each tossed a scoreless inning, with Pagán allowing one hit and striking out one. JoJo Romero worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings for Milwaukee, and DL Hall added a scoreless inning. Cincinnati’s pitchers combined for 13 strikes, 51 balls and 13 balls in play, while Milwaukee’s staff had 12 strikes, 52 balls and 12 balls in play.

The Brewers struck first when Joey Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the second inning, scoring Christian Yelich, who had walked. Milwaukee held that 2-0 lead behind Gasser until Cincinnati broke through in the sixth. Elly De La Cruz singled, Sal Stewart singled to put runners at the corners, and Eugenio Suárez launched a three-run homer to right-center field. The blast, Suárez’s 24th of the season, put the Reds ahead 3-2 and gave Cincinnati its first lead of the afternoon. Suárez finished 1 for 4 with one home run and three RBIs.

Milwaukee answered in the seventh. Jake Bauers hit a solo homer to right-center field, his 26th, to tie the game at 3. Christian Yelich followed with a single, but Cincinnati escaped when Joey Ortiz grounded into a double play and Luis Lara popped out. Bauers went 1 for 4 with a home run and one RBI. Ortiz went 1 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs. The Brewers had chances earlier as well. Garrett Mitchell walked in the third, but he was caught stealing after Jackson Chourio struck out. Brice Turang singled in the third, but Gary Sánchez flied out to right. Milwaukee also got a walk from Turang in the first, but Sánchez grounded out to end that threat.

Cincinnati had an early opportunity in the second. Tyler Stephenson walked and JJ Bleday singled, but Juan Brito and Jose Trevino both flied out. In the fourth, Stephenson doubled and Bleday walked, but Brito struck out swinging. The Reds went down in order in the fifth before Suárez’s blast in the sixth changed the game. After Suárez’s homer, Stephenson grounded out, Bleday was called out on strikes and Brito grounded out. In the seventh, Trevino, Héctor Rodríguez and Dane Myers all grounded out. De La Cruz singled in the eighth and Stewart singled to move him to third before Stephenson lifted a sacrifice fly to right field that scored De La Cruz for a 4-3 edge. Stephenson’s sacrifice fly made the difference. The Reds had a chance for more in the ninth after Juan Brito doubled, but Milwaukee’s defense cut down Brito at third on Jose Trevino’s fielder’s choice. Héctor Rodríguez flied out sharply, Dane Myers walked, and De La Cruz struck out swinging to end the inning.

Milwaukee also threatened in the eighth. Cooper Pratt singled with one out, and Sal Frelick reached on a sacrifice bunt when pitcher Brock Burke made a throwing error, putting runners on first and second. The rally ended when Jackson Chourio lined into a double play, as Burke snagged the ball and threw to second baseman Juan Brito to double off Pratt. Frelick was then caught stealing second, catcher Jose Trevino to shortstop Elly De La Cruz. That sequence kept Cincinnati ahead.

Milwaukee made one last push in the ninth against Pagán. Brice Turang singled to center, but Gary Sánchez struck out. Jake Bauers lined into a force out that erased Turang at second, and Christian Yelich flied out to left fielder TJ Friedl in foul territory to end the game. Pagán finished with one inning, one hit allowed, no earned runs and one strikeout for his 23rd save. The Brewers had six hits, while the Reds had eight.

The loss ended a productive homestand for Milwaukee, which had won five straight and had already secured a place in October. The Brewers’ bid to complete a perfect homestand ended, but their position atop the NL Central remained strong. Cincinnati, meanwhile, snapped a five-game losing streak after lopsided losses to Milwaukee on Friday and Saturday. The Reds had lost 13-9 on Saturday and 20-0 on Friday at American Family Field. The victory allowed Cincinnati to avoid a sweep and gave the Reds a measure of momentum before returning home. Cincinnati’s win was its first in the series after Milwaukee won the first two games by a combined 33-9.

Cincinnati is scheduled to open a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday at Great American Ball Park. Milwaukee is off Monday before beginning a three-game series at Pittsburgh on Tuesday. The Brewers can clinch the division as early as Tuesday if results go their way.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Milwaukee Brewers 6, Cincinnati Reds 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave Milwaukee a 70.2 percent probability to win. Milwaukee was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The over-under line was 8, and the game produced a combined seven runs.