Can Former First-round Tackle Mekhi Becton Find A Permanent Home With Eagles?
MILWAUKEE -- — Joey Ortiz hit a tiebreaking homer in the fifth inning to put Milwaukee ahead for good and Bryse Wilson threw six shutout innings in the Brewers' 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
Wilson (5-3) entered the game to start the third after Hoby Milner — normally a reliever — worked the first two innings. Milner became the 13th different pitcher to start a game for the Brewers this season, matching the Miami Marlins for the most of any team.
The six-inning stint matched Wilson’s longest of the season. He struck out four and allowed three hits and no walks as the Brewers improved to 19-5 in their last 24 home games.
Wilson said spending last year as a reliever helped him adapt to coming in behind an opener.
“With the experience in the bullpen last year, having an opener doesn’t affect me at all,” Wilson said.
Ortiz led off the fifth by sending a 2-2 pitch from Andrew Heaney (2-9) over the left-field wall for a 2-1 lead. The homer was the seventh for Ortiz, who said he has benefited from getting consistent playing time in his rookie season.
“It kind of just brings a comfortability,” Ortiz said. “It helps me get locked in, seeing my name in the lineup every day.”
Texas scored in the first inning against Milner, who was making his first career start. The left-hander allowed back-to-back hits against left-handed batters, as Corey Seager doubled and came home on Josh Smith’s single.
The Brewers tied the game in the third when Jackson Chourio’s two-out single brought home William Contreras, whose leadoff double went off the top of the center-field wall.
Ortiz then put Milwaukee ahead with his homer. Heaney (2-9) struck out four and allowed two runs, six hits and two walks in five innings.
The Brewers won despite leaving 10 men on base, and that inability to produce with runners on kept the game close.
Milwaukee got three walks against Brock Burke in the sixth, but Dane Dunning came out of the bullpen and caught a soft liner from Contreras to end the threat and keep the score at 2-1.
But the Brewers got an insurance run an inning later when Rhys Hoskins hit a slow roller to the left of second base that got past Seager and into shallow center for an RBI single. The two-out hit scored Christian Yelich from second after he had reached on a leadoff single.
Milwaukee's Elvis Peguero worked the ninth for his second save in four opportunities. Peguero got the call in the ninth after usual closer Trevor Megill had pitched each of the last two days.
“Our pitching did a great job of giving us a chance to win, making pitches with runners in scoring position,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “But you've got to knock in some runs, and that was missing tonight.”
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rangers: 3B Josh Jung had accompanied the team to Milwaukee for the start of this series, but he has since returned to Texas to undergo more evaluation on his right wrist. Jung broke the wrist in early April and hasn't played since.
Brewers: C/DH Gary Sánchez was scratched from the starting lineup due to left calf tightness. ... LHP Robert Gasser has undergone his Tommy John surgery. Brewers manager Pat Murphy estimated Gasser will have 12-14 months of recovery time.
UP NEXT
RHP Nathan Eovaldi (4-3, 3.14 ERA) will start for the Rangers when this three-game series concludes Wednesday. The Brewers haven't yet announced a starter.
------
AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
B3717a43e329b28e7a38f3e290be04e6 Ontario Toronto Division Toronto Old Toronto Tonys Barber Shophtml Maxresdefault 631774e1 91bd 4ca6 B57b D8fbdb9365c0 Bdfb4c2d 9146 4be2 A61d 297df2f3f787 1140x641 5f2669b6ad4bac5a188de0926b2cd9f3 Ontario Toronto Division Toronto Old Toronto Tonys Barber Shophtml O L BL Tonys Featured ?v=1585036828?media Id=100063914805129B5b5c37c807047928eeef8ecb6729f Tony S Place Barbershop Biz Photo 32d74921ab1e4cc3b042ab54786aea Booksy 4c82981e961041ae9b1a50b5895e47ae AF1QipMSjQNfYTBoz00PCjQIlf1LlaCwzKB6Th3J6dwYTony S Barbershop 2 AF1QipOZMbPTXxQI7XVW8yKEXKK8f9NqpW WeRCkU7AfAF1QipNZ5ZS3UG22ygA6OhqtSidP 0Ah7X9GStQfDdWiTonys Famous Barber Shop Services ,692223e83bd4f4525856e4744b1ae63 Tony S Barbershop Biz Photo 4b123f67cded43569e987db17e8937 Booksy 377668235 B699c60752 B Tony Barber House BIA Min AF1QipMxQcWrXVj0mCuibnxNTQn941OK8KUNiaW4uSbXAF1QipPXgwpLvR39PIr6JEsmyqaEebX Fjzf TWEDgPq348s 2383062167 90611b3c21 B Bang Gia Cat Toc 11 2023 162cf485291645bcba3abe4093de4834 1024x1024 Maxresdefault 2F Tonys Barber Shop Customer Getting A Line Up 540x415 AF1QipM8Cpc UHO23dOhrmFQpFfKcvseoXNuTiSU9X5g74a8bd352e826da8088dec8828b1b0c4 Ontario Regional Municipality Of Niagara Lincoln Beamsville Tonys Barber Shophtml ?media Id=1000636460764663 F9d0d288ef00441eacc5e773df89aa45 Tonys Barber Shop C231aa1f94706e84bc7de480d3d71b36 Ontario Regional Municipality Of Niagara Lincoln Beamsville Tonys Barber Shophtml L