US EditionYelich and Contreras hit back-to-back homers for Brewers in 4-2 win over Rays
- The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Sunday, avoiding a three-game sweep on the road.
- The Brewers entered the game having lost 13 consecutive matches when allowing the first run and dropped the first two games of the series.
- In the top of the fourth, Milwaukee took the lead when Christian Yelich followed William Contreras with consecutive solo home runs, putting the Brewers ahead 2-1—a lead they maintained for the rest of the game.
- Additional scoring came in the fifth and eighth innings, including Rhys Hoskins’s RBI single that capped the Brewers’ runs, while Tyler Alexander and Trevor Megill pitched key innings.
- The victory snapped Milwaukee’s losing streak in games when opponents scored first and marked their first win of the season not scoring initially, suggesting a potential turnaround.
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Megill slams the door in the 9th, Brewers win 4-2
After dropping the first two games against the Rays, the Brewers used home runs by Christian Yelich and William Contreras and an RBI single from Rhys Hoskins to help secure a 4-2 win over the Rays. Tampa Bay scored in the bottom of the first inning on an Jonathan Aranda RBI single to give the Rays a 1-0 lead. The game would stay 1-0 until the top of the fourth inning when Christian Yelich and William Contreras would go back to back with solo hom…
Wisconsin State Journal
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Yelich and Contreras hit consecutive HRs in Brewers' 4-2 win over Rays
Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Christian Yelich and William Contreras hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning for Milwaukee on Sunday, helping the Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 and avoid a three-game sweep. Tyler Alexander (2-3) entered with one out and two on in the bottom of the fifth and pitched 1 2/3 hitless innings. Trevor Megill pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save as the Brewers snapped a three-game losing streak.…
The Daily News
Yelich and Contreras hit back-to-back homers for Brewers in 4-2 win over Rays
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Christian Yelich and William Contreras hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning for Milwaukee on Sunday to help the Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 and avoid a three-game sweep.
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