Overview
- Ashby recorded a 1-2-3 ninth in Game 4 to push his consecutive postseason scoreless streak to 16 2/3 innings, a new MLB record for a reliever in a single postseason.
- The streak grew across eight relief appearances against San Diego, Los Angeles and Tampa Bay as the Brewers advanced and built a 3-0 lead in the World Series while losing only one postseason game.
- Andrew Miller held the previous single-postseason reliever mark at 16 innings from 2016, and Ashby now sits ahead of that benchmark in the Elias Sports Bureau records.
- Ashby can still expand the streak and claim additional historical marks if he finishes the postseason without allowing a run, including a chance to eclipse Goose Gossage’s 14 1/3 scoreless innings from 1981.
- Teammates and peers have praised Ashby’s run, which follows his conversion from a struggling starter into a high-usage reliever and could shape Milwaukee’s bullpen strategy and October legacy if it continues.