On Sunday, the Milwaukee Brewers accomplished something they'd done only three other times in franchise history — rallying from an eight-run deficit to win the game.

It's the first time the Brewers have done it since 2004 and really only the third time as "Brewers," with the first occurrence dating to the Seattle Pilots days in May 1969.

Take a look at the biggest comebacks in Brewers history, including some that didn't quite overcome an eight-run deficit but did require some unreal late heroics.

Sept. 22, 2024: Brewers turn 8-0 deficit into 10-9 win

Somehow, the Brewers have played three games against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the past two weeks in which the losing team scored eight unanswered runs. It happened in the loss in Arizona the previous Sunday, when Milwaukee's 5-0 deficit turned into an 8-5 lead, only for the Brewers to fall in extras, 11-10. It also happened the day before when Milwaukee's 13-0 lead suddenly wasn't safe as Arizona pulled to within 13-8 before the Brewers tacked on two more in a 15-8 win.

Then came Sunday, when the Brewers chipped away to win, 10-9. The Brewers scored at least once in five of their final six innings, including four times in the eighth to take the lead. That rally all happened after the first two batters were retired. Rhys Hoskins delivered a two-run single to tie the game, and Jake Bauers' infield chopper gave Milwaukee a 10-9 edge.

The win came in the context of a late-season playoff chase, with Arizona ending the day tied for the second wild-card and Milwaukee knowing it's on track to host the No. 3 wild-card team.

April 28, 2004: Brewers' thriller somehow outclassed the previous day

It's hard to find two crazier back-to-back regular-season games than what transpired against the Cincinnati Reds in 2004.

On April 27, the Brewers won, 9-8, after rallying for three runs in the ninth to prevail. Bill Hall's two-out, two-run homer off Danny Graves gave the Brewers a walk-off win. Oh yeah, and catcher Chad Moeller hit for the cycle. Moeller also could have made the final out but reached one batter ahead of Hall when the Reds committed a throwing error that brought in a run and kept the inning going.

Then, somehow, April 28 was even crazier. Milwaukee went down in the fourth, 9-0, but chipped away. Lyle Overbay drove in runs in three straight plate appearances, Ben Grieve hit a two-run homer and Geoff Jenkins had an RBI double as Milwaukee pulled to within 9-6 in the seventh. In the eighth, it was Hall again, with a bases-clearing double that tied the game. He was thrown out trying to score the go-ahead run on a Brooks Kieschnick single one batter later. But Hall wasn't done.

With the game still tied in the 10th, Trent Durrington doubled and moved to third on a Scott Podsednik bunt. And with Hall in position to win the game a second straight night, he opted for something far more subtle than another home run; he bunted, too. The successful squeeze scored Durrington and gave the Brewers a 10-9 victory.

May 20, 1986: An 8-0 deficit turning into a comfortable win?

This Brewers deficit was only slightly less daunting in that Milwaukee had so much time to bounce back; Cleveland took an 8-0 lead in the first inning after jumping all over starter Juan Nieves. But the Brewers blasted four home runs and wound up winning somewhat convincingly, a 12-9 victory that was made closer because Cleveland scored its next run in the top of the ninth.

Cecil Cooper followed up a first-inning RBI double with a two-run homer in the third, Dale Sveum homered earlier in the inning, and it was already 8-5 by the start of the third. Rob Deer's two-run homer made it 8-7 into the fourth, and Ben Oglivie tied the game in that frame with a sacrifice fly.

It stayed tied until the seventh, when Ernie Riles gave Milwaukee the lead with an RBI single, and Paul Householder's three-run homer later in the frame gave Milwaukee a 12-8 cushion. Dan Plesac surrendered a two-out RBI single in the ninth but otherwise closed the game without incident.

The Brewers did it all without Robin Yount, nursing a wrist injury, and Paul Molitor, who tore his hamstring earlier in the month.

May 10, 1969: Pilots don't let the eight-run deficit last even one inning

The Washington Senators took an 11-3 lead on the Seattle Pilots in the sixth, but that lead didn't even make it into the seventh, with the Pilots scoring eight runs in the bottom half of the inning. Rich Rollins hit a grand slam as part of that rally, and Don Mincher delivered both a two-run homer and an RBI single to tie the game with two outs.

The Pilots took a 12-11 lead in the seventh only to give it back in the eighth and fall behind, 13-12. No matter. The Pilots posted another four-run rally of their own in the eighth, helped by a run-scoring error and run-scoring wild pitch. The ninth was mercifully quiet and the Pilots held on for the 16-13 win.

May 22, 2000: An unbelievable ninth-inning rally

This one is only a rally from seven runs, but when it's all in the ninth, that has to count for more, right?

It had happened only six times before that an MLB team had overcome a ninth-inning deficit of seven runs or more, and it marked the first time any MLB team had done it since 1994. Houston entered the ninth ahead, 9-2, but former Brewers closer Doug Henry struggled mightily, replaced by closer Billy Wagner with the lead down to 9-6. Wagner was able to record two outs, but Jeromy Burnitz tied the game with a two-run single in his second at-bat of the inning.

That set the stage for a 10th-inning walk-off home run by José Hernández for the 10-9 victory.

The game was part of a makeup doubleheader, so the Brewers had another game after that ... and they won that one, too, 6-1.

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The great comebacks in Milwaukee Brewers history, including Sunday