After the end of the team's winning streak, the Brewers are still eager for victory.

As one player noted, when the Brewers returned to the locker room after today's game, finally experiencing the taste of defeat on August 17, it was Christian Yelich who broke the silence.

"Forget it," he said with a more colorful expression after losing 2-3 to the Reds in the 10th inning. "Let's come back and do it again tomorrow."

Then, the music started playing. After the Brewers' franchise record of 14 consecutive wins was ended in Cincinnati, reggae music seemed like a fitting choice. In this game, Brewers catcher William Contreras hit a leading two-run homer in the ninth inning with one out—this was the latest in a series of "Did that really happen?" moments during the winning streak—but the Reds rallied in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and won in the 10th inning.

The Reds remain the only team in the majors this season that has not been swept. The Brewers can only regroup and aim to start a new winning streak on Monday in Chicago.

"This reminds our players that every pitch is important, and the game isn't over until it's over," said Brewers manager Pat Murphy. "We know this because we've been doing it all week. But we're showing our human side."

These signs include some unique bullpen choices made at critical moments in the final game after two "crazy wins" in the series, due to "short-handed, completely short-handed" bullpen options. It all started with a rare error by the Reds, as the Brewers, while achieving the best record in the majors and the longest winning streak of the season, are used to inducing such mistakes from opponents rather than making them themselves.

Brewers starter Jose Quintana said that if they had to lose a game, "I'm really glad it was a game like this. We never want to lose, but if we keep playing like this, we can continue to win. We're doing great. It was a good fight."

They hope that in future games, the pitching staff can be closer to full health, and with a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday afternoon and evening at Wrigley Field, they will need every available pitcher. However, today, their pitching staff was far from fully healthy, and the Reds' counterattack was not aimed at the Brewers' usual late-game pitchers, but rather against the combination of Tobias Myers and Grant Anderson. These two pitchers were called up because higher-intensity pitchers Aaron Ashby, Jared Koenig, Nick Mears, Abner Uribe, and Trevor Megill had all pitched in the first two games of the series, where the Brewers' bullpen threw 7.2 innings and 5.2 innings, respectively.

Most importantly, the Brewers decided not to use Shelby Miller, acquired at the trade deadline, who pitched yesterday and is still recovering from forearm injuries that kept him out for most of July and early August.

Today's game differed from the previous 14 not only in the decision-making regarding pitchers. After Contreras hit a homer off Emilio Pagán, leading to the Reds' closer suffering his second blown save in less than 24 hours, the Reds received help in the ninth inning: Brice Turang, who moved from second base to shortstop a frame earlier, made a rare error on a ground ball hit by Will Benson, which led to the tying rally.

"Weird," Turang described the spin on that ball. Murphy admitted he had a bias about it, saying it shouldn't even be counted as an error.

Regardless, the Reds posed a threat to Myers for the first time. Myers has bounced between the majors and minors this season, switching between the starting rotation and the bullpen. Prior to this, he was performing excellently, as he induced a flyout after the error and recorded six outs on just 24 pitches after Quintana exited.

Murphy wanted a ground ball. However, the consensus in the locker room was that bringing Anderson in was a cautious move.

This decision did not pay off this time. Turang's error allowed Jose Trevino to hit a single, scoring an unearned run and extending the game, which ultimately ended in the 10th inning with Austin Hays hitting a walk-off single off Anderson to win the game.

"Hindsight is 20/20," Murphy said. "With our short-handedness, to keep the game so close and fight back, I’m really proud of them. Contreras came through with that very big hit at a crucial moment. It was fantastic. It shows his capability.

"It's just unfortunate. Asking Grant and Tobias to do these things is too much, but I'm proud of everyone today."

Even with today's loss, the Brewers have won 29 of their last 34 games before heading to Chicago.

"The unity we have in the locker room, everyone supporting each other," Quintana said, who pitched into the seventh inning in a game where the Brewers desperately needed length from their pitchers, going toe-to-toe with the Reds' lefty Andrew Abbott. "It's amazing. We'll continue to play day in and day out like we've always done. It's a great time.

"Being part of the history of this organization and breaking the winning streak feels amazing. We want more. We'll keep our desire for victory."