Jake Bauers hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the host Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.
Brice Turang narrowly beat the throw to the plate with a headfirst slide to secure the victory for Milwaukee, which won the rubber match of the weekend series. The Brewers enjoyed a delayed celebration after a video review confirmed that Turang was safe.
Bauers also hit a solo home run for Milwaukee. Jackson Chourio added a solo homer, and David Hamilton finished 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Kody Clemens hit a two-run homer to lead Minnesota at the plate. Brooks Lee finished 2-for-5 with a solo home run.
Brewers left-hander DL Hall (1-0) earned the win with one scoreless inning of relief. He was one of four relievers to follow right-hander Jacob Misiorowski, who struck out nine in six innings.
Twins right-hander Yoendrys Gomez (2-2) took the loss out of the bullpen after starter Connor Prielipp lasted five innings and gave up three runs on five hits, walking two and striking out seven.
The Brewers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Chourio hit a leadoff blast over the wall in right-center field. It was his 17th homer of the season and fourth in the past six games.
The Twins evened the score at 1-all in the top of the fifth on Lee’s solo shot, which landed in the visitors’ bullpen just past the wall in right-center field.
Milwaukee pulled ahead for a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth. Bauers hit a go-ahead solo homer to left-center field, and Hamilton made it a two-run game with an RBI double to center that drove in Gary Sanchez.
Clemens tied the game once again with one swing in the top of the sixth. He tracked a 99-mph fastball from Misiorowski and clubbed it 401 feet over the wall in right-center field.
The two-run blast marked Clemens’ career-high 20th homer of the season.
Brewers right fielder Luis Lara provided two defensive highlights. He made a leaping catch against the wall in right-center to rob Lee of a homer and end the top of the sixth. Later, Lara made another leaping catch, crashing against the right-field wall for the second out of the 10th.
–Field Level Media
