The Milwaukee Brewers found themselves with an unexpected playoff wrinkle on Sunday, and DL Hall is right in the middle of it.
Milwaukee opened the National League Championship Series by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, in Game 1, getting 4 1/3 innings from Jacob Misiorowski before the bullpen finished the job with 4 2/3 scoreless innings. Hall took over for Misiorowski in the fifth and needed only four pitches to get through 2/3 of a shutout inning. That short outing was enough to land him the win.
That result put Hall in some unusual company. He is now tied for the Brewers franchise record for postseason wins with two, matching Misiorowski, Jhoulys Chacin and Mike Caldwell.
It’s the kind of stat that catches your eye because of how unlikely it feels, especially for a reliever. Hall’s spot on the list is fun, but it also reflects where the Brewers are as a club. This is no longer a team just hoping to stumble into October; Milwaukee has won four straight National League Central titles and started this NLCS by taking down the Dodgers.
Hall’s postseason résumé also goes beyond the win total. He owns a 0.00 ERA in five playoff games in his young career, including three this season. That’s the more telling number, the one that speaks to how useful he’s been in these spots.
Reliever wins can come and go in a hurry, and the source of the stat is part of the charm. Aaron Ashby, for instance, piled up wins early in the 2026 season and finished with 13. It was a quirky run, the kind of thing that happens with pitchers out of the bullpen.
For now, though, Hall has his place in Brewers postseason history. And with the way Milwaukee is rolling, he could end up sharing that list with even more names before this October is over.
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