• The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 24-9 in a chaotic Cactus League game.
• Dodgers pitchers threw 250 pitches, nearly a record for a nine-inning game in the pitch-tracking era.
• The Brewers scored 10 runs in the fifth inning and another nine runs in the seventh inning.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – It was a full-fledged, unabashed cacophony of Cactus cuckooness. The kind of game where you just pray someone’s mom calls “Dinnertime!” and mercifully ends the whole thing. The kind of game that’s such a football score on the scoreboard that the manager started scheming up a run-pass option offense in the eighth inning.

The kind of game that perfectly sums up spring training in mid-March in the valley of the sun.

“Only in the Cactus League,” Pat Murphy said after the Milwaukee Brewers’ 24-9 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 16 at Camelback Ranch-Glendale.

In all there would be 466 pitches thrown, 207 of them balls. Of those 466, 250 were from Dodgers hurlers; only once in the pitch tracking era since 2008 has a team thrown more pitches in a single nine-inning game than that. That game on July 16, 2021, saw the Washington Nationals chuck 258 mostly hapless-pellets toward the plate in, coincidentally, a 24-8 loss.

By the time the Dodgers were walking in a carousel of runs late, Murphy was talking off the ear of coaches Jace Peterson and Daniel Vogelbach about his machinations of an RPO offense. Peterson, a former cornerback at McNeese State, would be a viable quarterback or running back in Murphy’s scheme; it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to determine what position Vogelbach would play.

“My concentration went away from me,” Murphy said.

The pitchers, too, perhaps.

Before the afternoon turned into a live action role play of the Baseball Bugs episode of “Looney Tunes,” it had every semblance of another spring dud for the Brewers, who have their fair share of clunkers in meaningless endeavors.

One day after nearly being on the wrong end of a perfect game against the Giants, the Brewers fell behind, 7-0, as opening day rotation member Chad Patrick got pummeled for a pair of home runs.

Then, the parade began. Dodgers pitchers stopped finding the zone, their fielders stopped gloving the ball and the Brewers bats were scorching hot under the Arizona sun. 

First, it was a 10-run fifth that lasted 32 minutes. Then, a nine-run seventh that spanned 29 minutes. Brandon Lockridge hit a grand slam. There was a three-run sacrifice fly. Eleven Brewers walked over the final five innings. Three of those came consecutively with the bases loaded. A pinch runner came back around to bat in the same inning he entered as a runner – and he homered. Nearly four hours elapsed.

Lockridge finished 3 for 5, while Jett Williams and Luis Rengifo also had multi-hit days. 

Prospect Brady Ebel was the pinch-runner-turned-batter in the seventh, and homered against the team his dad, Dino, is third base coach for. Ebel, the 32nd overall pick by the Brewers in last summer’s draft, spent his formative years at Dodger Stadium taking grounders and hitting batting practice with his father.

It was the second time that Brady has gotten in a game this spring against his dad’s team, although in both instances Dino, who’s serving as the third base coach for the United State in the World Baseball Classic, wasn’t in the opposing dugout. 

Sixty pitches were thrown in the top of the fifth. That was the most in a single inning in the Cactus League this spring …until two innings later when Dodgers pitchers Jack Dreyer, Kelvin Ramirez and Evan Shaw combined to throw 62. 

And yet it somehow got even worse.

The real backbreaker for those with dinner plans came in the top of the ninth. Lucas Wepf, a Class AA reliever, started the inning on the mound and went walk, single, single, walk, walk. He was offered clemency by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who took the ball from him and handed it to Robby Porco, a 12th rounder a year ago who’s yet to make his professional debut, to inherit another bases-full mess.

Porco walked the first batter he faced. On four pitches.

The real hero of the day wasn’t Lockridge or Ebel or any of the hitters who hung 24 runs on the board, but rather a minor-league free agent signing named Joe Corbett, whose heroics included a three-up, three-down bottom of the ninth, bringing to an end the 3-hour, 54-minute goat rodeo.

On Tuesday evening, the Milwaukee Bucks will host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Wisconsin.

The Bucks are coming off a 134-123 victory over the Indiana Pacers.

Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 31 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists while shooting 11/22 from the field in 23 minutes of playing time.

Bucks Make Giannis Antetokounmpo Announcement

GettyATLANTA, GEORGIA – JANUARY 19: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts against the Atlanta Hawks during the fourth quarter at State Farm Arena on January 19, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

For Tuesday’s game, the Bucks have announced that Antetokounmpo will be listed as questionable on the injury report.

Eric Nehm of The Athletic wrote: “The Bucks have submitted their first injury report for Tuesday’s game vs. Cleveland.

Out: Alex Antetokounmpo (Two-Way) Cormac Ryan (Two-Way)

Questionable: Giannis Antetokounmpo (left ankle sprain) Ousmane Dieng (illness) Myles Turner (right calf strain)”

GettyMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – DECEMBER 03: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts after an apparent injury against the Detroit Pistons during the first quarter at Fiserv Forum on December 03, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

Antetokounmpo And The Bucks

GettyMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – JANUARY 13: Joan Beringer #19 of the Minnesota Timberwolves defends Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks during the second quarter at Fiserv Forum on January 13, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

Antetokounmpo is in the middle of his 13th season (all with the Bucks).

The two-time MVP is averaging 27.6 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists per contest while shooting 62.4% from the field and 33.3% from three-point range in 36 games.

The NBA wrote (on Sunday): “Giannis passes Oscar!

In today’s win, Giannis (31p, 14r, and 8a) passed Oscar Robertson (159) for the most regular season games with at least 30+ PTS, 10+ REB and 5+ AST in NBA history 👏”

GettySAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 07: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts after making a basket against the Golden State Warriors during the second half at Chase Center on January 07, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

The Bucks are the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 28-39 record in 67 games.

They have won two out of their last ten games (and are 16-18 at home).

Following the Cavs, the Bucks will play their next game on Thursday night when they visit the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.

Real App wrote (after Sunday’s game): “Giannis Antetokounmpo just had the fewest minutes played in a 30/10/5 game in NBA history.”

GettyGreek basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks speaks to the media during the NBA All-Star media day at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, on February 14, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)

Cavs Ahead Of Bucks Game

GettySAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – DECEMBER 29: Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on during the game against the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center on December 29, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)

On the other side, the Cavs are the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 41-27 record in 68 games.

They have won five out of their last ten games.

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Blizzard conditions are continuing through the morning Monday, March 16, in southeast Wisconsin, and several additional inches of snow are expected to fall.

People should only travel in emergencies, and they should not get out of their vehicle if stranded, the National Weather Service said. Gusty winds and blowing snow mean visibility will be less than 1/4 mile, the weather service said.

The blizzard warning is in effect until 4 p.m. March 16. Snowfall rates of a half-inch to 1 inch an hour are forecast to continue through mid-morning across southern Wisconsin. Winds of 40 to 45 mph are expected. Blowing snow will make travel difficult even after the heavy snow stops, the weather service said.

Much of southern Wisconsin could see another 4 to 8 inches of snow throughout the day, while cities north of Milwaukee, like Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac and Sheboygan could see another 6 to 10 inches. Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha and other lakeshore communities are expected to see 3 to 5 inches fall.

Dozens of area school districts cancelled classes Monday.

The snow will taper off in the southwest first and the northeast later. Snow in Madison could stop around 10 to noon, while it’s expected to gradually decrease and stop after 4 p.m. in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties.

Temperatures in Milwaukee will go from roughly 21 degrees the morning of March 16 to single digits the morning of March 17. That means wet roads after the snow ends may refreeze going into March 17.

The blizzard conditions March 16 follow a day of extraordinary snowfall in north-central Wisconsin. Crivitz had 25 inches of snow, Sister Bay counted 24 inches, Suamico and Wausau each recorded 23 inches, and Osseo saw 21 inches, according to the weather service.