Re-visit the 24 one-hitters in Brewers history, including five involving Freddy Peralta

Freddy Peralta involved in another Brewers one-hitter? You don't say.

Opening day in New York against the Mets turned into a dazzling performance from the Brewers, including by the starting pitcher, who worked six one-hit innings en route to a 3-1 victory.

That's become commonplace for Peralta, who's now been a part of five one-hitters in franchise history, and the win marks Milwaukee's sixth consecutive year with at least one game of allowing one hit or less, with 11 games fitting that description in that stretch.

The Brewers, of course, have two no-hitters in franchise history, including one Sept. 11, 2021, behind eight innings from Corbin Burnes and one from Josh Hader. The feat matched the Juan Nieves no-no April 15, 1987.

Take a look at the Freddy Files and the other one-hitters in franchise lore, including seven of the complete game variety.

The Freddy Peralta one-hitters

Freddy Peralta, Brad Boxberger and Brent Suter at Chicago Cubs, April 6, 2021

Peralta didn't even have his best control when he worked five innings and permitted just one hit, a double down the left field line by Kris Bryant in the fourth. Bryant moved to third base on a Christian Yelich misplay in the corner, but the Brewers faced just one batter over the minimum the rest of the way. Suter worked three innings and allowed just one walk, and Brad Boxberger — in his first day with the team after being recalled from the alternate training site earlier in the day — worked a scoreless ninth for a 4 -0 win. Boxberger hit the first man he saw before inducing a double play.

Freddy Peralta, Brad Boxberger and Trevor Richards vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, June 4, 2021

Peralta took a no-hitter into the eighth and played a role in a one-hitter for the second time that season. The Brewers beat Arizona, 5-1, after Peralta worked 7⅓ no-hit innings before allowing a single to Nick Ahmed.

Brad Boxberger (two-thirds of an inning) and Trevor Richards (one inning) completed the feat at American Family Field.

More: These are the closest calls to a no-hitter in Brewers history (aside from the two that were actually no-hitters)

Freddy Peralta, Elvis Peguero, Joel Payamps and Devin Williams at Cincinnati Reds, July 15, 2023

A broken-bat infield single is all that stood between the Milwaukee Brewers pitching staff and the third no-hitter in franchise history, and the pitch preceding that one hit could have easily been strike three.

Peralta (six innings) dominated in Cincinnati, followed by three perfect relief innings. The wins followed two consecutive 1-0 wins over the Reds, marking the first time in franchise history the Brewers have won consecutive games by a 1-0 score, and it meant the Brewers had racked up 27 consecutive scoreless innings (against a top division foe, no less).

Freddy Peralta, Elvis Peguero, Andrew Chafin vs. Colorado Rockies, Aug. 7, 2023

Were it not for a home run by Ezequiel Tover as the second batter of the game, the Brewers would have thrown a perfect game.

They settled for a 12-1 win instead and the second one-hitter of 2023.

Freddy Peralta, Trevor Megill, Joel Payamps, Abner Uribe at New York Mets, March 29, 2024

Though he surrendered a home run to Starling Marte in the second inning, Peralta's first opening-day start was a master class, with eight strikeouts over six innings and only the one hit allowed. He walked one batter, and that baserunner was picked off first base by catcher William Contreras, meaning he faced just one over the minimum. In all, the Brewers faced two over the minimum, with Trevor Megill issuing a walk and the three relievers otherwise working cleanly, with Abner Uribe locking down the save.

The game was made more memorable by a dispute between Brewers baserunner Rhys Hoskins and Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil, which briefly led to players leaving the dugout (and created ripple effects for the rest of the weekend). It's also the game that marked the MLB debut of outfielder Jackson Chourio and the first win for new manager Pat Murphy.

Skip Lockwood: Three times in the same season (sort of)

Skip Lockwood, May 30, 1972 vs. New York Yankees and Aug. 1, 1972 at Detroit Tigers

Skip Lockwood was a carryover from the Seattle Pilots who played from 1970 through 1973, with three of those seasons posting ERAs of 3.90 or better.

Against the New York Yankees in his first one-hitter, Lockwood led Milwaukee to a 3-1 win, permitting only an RBI single to Rusty Torres in the sixth. Lockwood had walked two batters in the frame and six overall, with four strikeouts. It was the first game in Del Crandall's managerial career.

Later that year, the Brewers beat the division-leading Tigers, 9-0, and Lockwood registered another one-hitter, but this one only lasted six innings. Lockwood allowed a leadoff double to Mickey Stanley kicking off the sixth and finished with one walk and one strikeout.

It was Lockwood's first start since July 11 with shoulder soreness, and it wasn't clear how effective he'd be. But he faced the minimum over the first five innings (erasing a walk with a double play), the Brewers backed him up with a then-record 16 hits before rain truncated the game.

Skip Lockwood and Ken Sanders at Baltimore Orioles, June 26, 1972

Skip was at it again when he allowed one hit through eight innings in a 3-0 win over the Orioles. He walked four, struck out six and retired the first 10 men he faced before Bobby Grich's single in the bottom of the fourth with one out. In all, Lockwood retired 17 of the first 19 batters. He issued two walks to start the ninth, and Ken Sanders entered to induce a flyball and game-ending double play.

Teddy Higuera: In the midst of that scoreless innings streak

Teddy Higuera at Kansas City Royals, Sept. 1, 1987

Part of his spectacular three-start run that featured shutouts of 10 innings and two nine-inning wins, Higuera's 32-inning scoreless innings streak is still a club record.

In the 2-0 win over Kansas City, Higuera struck out nine and issued two walks, but Ross Jones hit a two-out triple in the eighth to break up the no-no.

The game was actually 0-0 at the time, and Higuera was battling the flu when he took the ball. Rob Deer, trying to save the no-hitter in the eighth, raced in trying to snare the two-out blooper from Jones (a .213 hitter), but it bounded over his head on the artificial turf and turned into a triple. Higuera retired Bill Pecota after that to preserve the 0-0 tie.

"That's about as close as you're going to see without it happening," Brewers manager Tom Trebelhorn said. "Jones' ball was about five feet from being caught. That was pretty good for a guy who was sick tonight."

Deer and Ernie Riles then delivered two-out RBI singles in the top of the ninth to give the Brewers the lead, and Higuera closed it out from there.

Higuera went seven consecutive starts in which he garnered the win, and he pitched nine or more innings in the final five of those starts.

Teddy Higuera, Chuck Crim and Dan Plesac vs. Seattle Mariners, June 15, 1988

Higuera was spot on again the following year, allowing one hit through eight innings, with four strikeouts in a 5-1 win over the Mariners. Steve Balboni led off the top of the eighth with a no-doubt home run to break up the spell.

Higuera confessed to shoulder pain after the game. Mark Clear walked the first two batters of the ninth, but Chuck Crim and Dan Plesac finished off the game.

The other one-hitters by a single Brewers pitcher

Jim Colborn vs. Texas Rangers, May 9, 1973 

Jeff Burroughs hit a home run in the fifth, but otherwise it was a hitless outing for Colborn, who permitted just three walks against the Rangers. It was Colborn's first start since opening day; he'd been pressed into service because of injuries to other pitchers but went back to the bullpen after he lost that first start. He only made two more bullpen appearances after the one-hitter and in fact wound up making 36 starts that year with a spot on the all-star team. Colborn finished with a 20-12 record and 3.18 ERA.

Moose Haas at New York Yankees, June 29, 1985

Don Mattingly's double in the seventh spoiled the fun; otherwise, Haas just had one walk in the 6-0 win over the Yankees. The Brewers chased Phil Niekro after 3⅓ innings and finished with 10 hits. Haas had thrown a two-hitter in 1980 and six three-hitters, but this was another level for him. Haas admitted he shook off the location suggested by catcher Charlie Moore of the fastball he threw to Mattingly.

Danny Darwin vs. Minnesota Twins, Aug. 19, 1985 

It's the franchise's only complete-game one-hitter with no walks, but Darwin gave up a leadoff homer to Roy Smalley off the foul pole in the fifth, so he didn't even get the shutout. He also hit a batter and recorded eight strikeouts in the 4-1 win over Minnesota.

The win snapped a streak in which Darwin had lost a club-record 10 consecutive decisions. Milwaukee had dropped 11 of his previous 12 starts.

"I tried to make jokes about it," Darwin said. "I ran out of jokes. I went to a banquet last night, and it was hurting me trying to come up with jokes about my losing streak.

"I just wish that ball Smalley hit would have been foul and given me another shot at him," Darwin said. "Maybe I could have thrown a no-hitter."

CC Sabathia at Pittsburgh Pirates, Aug. 31, 2008

Brewers fans remember CC Sabathia's one-hitter clearly, specifically as one that could have been a no-hitter.

The outcome briefly made a household name of Pirates official scorer Bob Webb, who declined to overturn the hit call on Andy LaRoche's slow roller in the fifth that Sabathia dropped.

"That's a joke," Brewers manager Ned Yost said. "That wasn't even close. Whoever the scorekeeper was absolutely denined Major League Baseball a nice no-hitter, right there.

"That's sad, it's just sad."

The Brewers sent an appeal to MLB offices in New York but didn't get the result overturned. There was no known precedent for the overturn of a no-hitter.

The Steve Woodard Game

Steve Woodard and Mike Fetters vs. Toronto Blue Jays, July 28, 1997

Aside from Sabathia, and maybe Higuera, this is the most famous one-hitter in Brewers history.

In his Major League debut, Woodard allowed a leadoff double to Otis Nixon and then went eight shutout innings without allowing another hit. Mike Fetters locked down the save in the ninth, and Woodard out-dueled Roger Clemens and the Blue Jays in a 1-0 win.

It was a wild day that included a doubleheader sweep, a triple play and 27 straight outs without allowing a hit.

Two one-hitters with no strikeouts from the starting pitcher

Bill Parsons and Jerry Bell vs. Baltimore Orioles, April 13, 1973

In a 2-0 win over Baltimore, Bill Parsons issued six walks and did not strike out a batter but danced out of trouble over 7 ⅓ innings thanks to allowing only one hit in his first appearance of the year.

Parsons allowed a single to right field off the bat of Paul Blair with two outs in the seventh. Jerry Bell worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and followed with a 1-2-3 ninth.

Adrian Houser, Taylor Rogers, Matt Bush, Brad Boxberger vs. Cincinnati Reds, Sept. 10, 2022

Jose Barrero's double in the third marked the only hit of the night when the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-1.

Barrero, who also walked, hit a ball that barely eluded the outstretched glove of Rowdy Tellez at first and accounted for two of the three Reds batters to reach base. The Brewers conspired to retire the final 13 batters of the game. Houser didn't record a strikeout in six innings but was able to get the win; Rogers and Bush struck out five over the next two innings.

The victory came almost one year to the day when Milwaukee did one better in 2021, throwing a no-hitter Sept. 11 in Cleveland. It represented the fourth straight year that the Brewers have thrown at least one one-hitter.

The Brandon Woodruff one-hitters (including some big work with the bat)

Brandon Woodruff and Matt Albers vs. Philadelphia Phillies, May 26, 2019

Woodruff struck out 10 over eight innings and allowed only a sixth-inning home run from catcher Andrew Knapp. Matt Albers worked a 1-2-3 ninth with two strikeouts, needing just 10 pitches to lock down the 9-1 win. Woodruff had retired the first 15 batters he faced, so the Knapp home run broke up a perfect game. He did not allow a walk and left the game having retired 24 of 25 batters.

Oh yeah, Woodruff also went 2 for 3 with an RBI double and RBI single.

Brandon Woodruff, David Phelps, Devin Williams and Josh Hader at Pittsburgh Pirates, July 29, 2020

Brandon Woodruff allowed only one hit in 6⅓ innings — just a swinging bunt in the second inning to Phillip Evans, no less — and relievers Phelps, Williams and Hader finished off the Pirates during the bizarre 2020 season in which no fans saw the action in person at PNC Park.

Phelps, who struck out both batters he faced, made only 12 career appearances for the Brewers before he was sent to Philadelphia at the trade deadline. Hader wound up setting a Major League record with 12 appearances (spanning 11⅔ innings) to start the year without allowing a hit. And yet, Williams finished with the better numbers at the end of the year, earning National League Rookie of the Year for the abbreviated season.

Woodruff struck out 10 batters and walked one during his tenure, the second time in as many seasons that Woodruff had played a prominent role in a Brewers one-hitter. He also technically ended the team's streak of no complete games since July 2017, when he worked all seven innings (a game shortened because of doubleheader rules) in a 4-2 loss to St. Louis on Sept. 16.

Eleven walks and two runs? But still a one-hitter

Gary Beare, Sam Hinds, and Bill Castro vs. California Angels, June 18, 1977

Gary Beare may be the most surprising name on this list. He pitched in only 17 games in 1977 and finished with a 6.44 ERA. In this game, he allowed eight walks in 7⅔ innings ... but he did only allow one hit, and neither of the two runs were earned. Beare also hit a batter and worked only one 1-2-3 inning.

The California Angels scored two runs in the first but then couldn't add on in a 4-2 Brewers win. Joe Rudi's one-out double in the first marked the only hit, and he was one of two runners that scored on a two-run error by third baseman Sal Bando.

Bill Castro ultimately ended the game with a bases-loaded double play. In all, the Brewers issued 11 walks.

Cal Eldred and Jesse Orosco: Retiring 23 men in a row

Cal Eldred and Jesse Orosco vs. Texas Rangers, April 23, 1993

Cal Eldred allowed only one walk and one hit in eight innings with 10 strikeouts as the Brewers beat the Rangers, 3-0.

Eldred left in the top of the ninth after allowing that one free pass, and Jesse Orosco struck out both batters he faced. The first turned into a strikeout/throwout double play.

Eldred allowed a one-out double to Rafael Palmeiro in the first inning, then retired 23 straight batters before yielding the walk that took him from the game. Fans booed Phil Garner when he came out for the pitching change.

Steve Sparks and Graeme Lloyd: A one-hitter Milwaukee lost

Steve Sparks and Graeme Lloyd vs. Kansas City Royals, April 13, 1996

In a 3-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals, knuckleballer Steve Sparks allowed only one hit but issued four walks and was tagged with three earned runs in eight innings. Two of those walks came in the fifth, and Michael Tucker's three-run homer marked the only KC base hit of the game, giving the Royals a 3-2 lead.

Graeme Lloyd worked a 1-2-3 ninth, and the Brewers put runners at the corners with one out in the ninth before Jose Valentin grounded into a game-ending double play.

Yovani Gallardo and John Axford: From struggling ace to unstoppable

Yovani Gallardo and John Axford at St. Louis Cardinals, May 7, 2011

Yovani Gallardo had struggled in the early going of the season (8.89 ERA over five previous outings), but in a 4-0 win over the Cardinals, he was on his game, allowing one hit over eight innings with six strikeouts (and four walks).

Gallardo retired the first 13 batters he faced, issued a walk, and didn't allow a hit until a leadoff single from Daniel Descalso in the bottom of the eighth. At the time, Milwaukee was clinging to a 1-0 lead.

"That's pretty dramatic," manager Ron Roenicke said of Gallardo's turnaround. "That's the guy I saw in spring training, and the guy we saw in the first two games. He had really good stuff and really good command."

Aaron Ashby and others: The one with five pitchers

Aaron Ashby, Trevor Gott, Brad Boxberger, Devin Williams, Josh Hader at Pittsburgh Pirates, April 27, 2022

The Pirates still drew seven walks and had chances to score in the 3-1 loss to Milwaukee, but a single off Mike Brosseau's glove at third base marked the only hit Pittsburgh had against five Brewers pitchers.

Eric Lauer and others: The one after elimination

Eric Lauer, Jake Cousins, Peter Strzelecki vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, Oct. 4, 2022

A single leading off the seventh by Arizona's Josh Rojas against Jake Cousins was all that stood between the Milwaukee Brewers and a no-hitter, when the Brewers defeated Arizona, 3-0. One day after elimination from the playoff chase, Milwaukee flirted with history, including six no-hit innings from starter Eric Lauer,

Lauer threw 97 pitches, then gave way to Cousins for two innings and Peter Strzelecki for the ninth. It marked the third one hitter in 2022 for the Brewers and second in a month.

Full list of one-hitters (and no-hitters) in Brewers history

• Skip Lockwood vs. New York Yankees, May 30, 1972

• Skip Lockwood and Ken Sanders at Baltimore Orioles, June 26, 1972

• Skip Lockwood at Detroit Tigers, Aug. 1, 1972 (six innings)

• Bill Parsons and Jerry Bell vs. Baltimore Orioles, April 13, 1973

• Jim Colborn vs. Texas Rangers, May 9, 1973

• Gary Beare, Sam Hinds, and Bill Castro vs. California Angels, June 18, 1977

• Moose Haas at New York Yankees, June 29, 1985

• Danny Darwin vs. Minnesota Twins, Aug. 19, 1985

• Juan Nieves at Baltimore Orioles, April 15, 1987 (no hitter)

• Teddy Higuera at Kansas City Royals, Sept. 1, 1987

• Teddy Higuera, Chuck Crim and Dan Plesac vs. Seattle Mariners, June 15, 1988

• Cal Eldred and Jesse Orosco vs. Texas Rangers, April 23, 1993

• Steve Woodard and Mike Fetters vs. Toronto Blue Jays, July 28, 1997

• CC Sabathia at Pittsburgh Pirates, Aug. 31, 2008

• Yovani Gallardo and John Axford at St. Louis Cardinals, May 7, 2011

• Brandon Woodruff and Matt Albers vs. Philadelphia Phillies, May 26, 2019

• Brandon Woodruff, David Phelps, Devin Williams and Josh Hader at Pittsburgh Pirates, July 29, 2020

• Freddy Peralta, Brad Boxberger and Brent Suter at Chicago Cubs, April 6, 2021

• Freddy Peralta, Brad Boxberger and Trevor Richards vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, June 4, 2021

• Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader at Cleveland Guardians, Sept. 11, 2021 (no-hitter)

• Aaron Ashby, Trevor Gott, Brad Boxberger, Devin Williams, Josh Hader at Pittsburgh Pirates, April 27, 2022

• Adrian Houser, Taylor Rogers, Matt Bush, Brad Boxberger vs. Cincinnati Reds, Sept. 10, 2022

• Eric Lauer, Jake Cousins, Peter Strzelecki vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, Oct. 4, 2022

• Freddy Peralta, Elvis Peguero, Joel Payamps and Devin Williams at Cincinnati Reds, July 15, 2023

• Freddy Peralta, Elvis Peguero, Andrew Chafin vs. Colorado Rockies, Aug. 7, 2023

• Freddy Peralta, Trevor Megill, Joel Payamps, Abner Uribe at New York Mets, March 29, 2024

The first version of this story appeared in 2020.

JR Radcliffe can be reached at (262) 361-9141 or jradcliffe@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JRRadcliffe.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: These are the 24 one-hitters in Milwaukee Brewers history