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08/14 00:27 CDT Brewers tag Edwin Diaz and rally for 3 runs in the 9th inning
to beat the Dodgers 5-4
Brewers tag Edwin Diaz and rally for 3 runs in the 9th inning to beat the
Dodgers 5-4
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Jake Bauers delivered the Brewers' third RBI single of the
ninth inning with two outs, and Milwaukee rallied for a 5-4 victory over the
Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night to stay alone atop the National League
standings.
Los Angeles entered the ninth with a 4-2 lead, but Edwin Diaz (2-2) gave up
four straight one-out singles, including run-scoring hits by Jackson Chourio
and Garrett Mitchell. The majors' highest-paid closer has blown saves in three
of his last four appearances, with his ERA ballooning to 11.57.
Alex Vesia relieved Diaz, but Chourio scored on a bouncing single by Bauers, a
Huntington Beach native.
DL Hall (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief, and Trevor Megill threw
a perfect ninth for his 22nd save as the Brewers dramatically rebounded late in
their first game since getting swept by the surging San Diego Padres.
In a rematch of last year's National League Championship Series, the comeback
victory kept NL Central-leading Milwaukee (75-47) two games ahead of NL
West-leading Los Angeles (73-49), which had won four of five after a seven-game
skid.
Pinch-hitter Max Muncy crushed a three-run shot in the sixth inning to become
the top home run hitter in Dodger Stadium history, but Los Angeles' three-game
winning streak ended with another concerning bullpen meltdown.
Muncy's 131st homer at Chavez Ravine was a 426-foot drive to center field that
broke Eric Karros' franchise record for the majors' third-oldest ballpark.
Roki Sasaki pitched six innings of four-hit ball, but he also issued five
walks, including two with the bases loaded in a rocky fourth inning.
Shane Drohan yielded three runs on three hits and three walks while pitching
into the sixth for Milwaukee.
Freddie Freeman didn't take a day off after his frightening fall into the
visitors' dugout Wednesday while chasing a foul popup, going 0 for 3 with a
walk.
Up next
World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7, 2.65 ERA) takes the mound for the
Dodgers on Friday against Robert Gasser (3-4, 4.57) and the Brewers.
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