MILWAUKEE—Jackson Chourio and Wiliam Contreras hit first-inning home runs, and each scored again during an eighth-inning comeback as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 6–4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.
Devin Williams earned his third save in as many opportunities and ended the game by striking out Dodgers sluggers Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani. The save came one day after Williams preserved a 5–4 triumph by retiring Ohtani, Betts, and Freddie Freeman in order.
By winning both games, the Brewers earned a split of the four-game series between division leaders.
“We know we have a really good team here, and we know we can compete with anybody,” Chourio said through a translator. “Our job is to go out there and show it on the field.”
The Brewers trailed 4–3 when they loaded the bases to start the eighth as Chourio doubled, Garrett Mitchell walked, and Contreras beat out an infield single that went off the left leg of reliever Daniel Hudson (6–2).
Willy Adames’ single to left brought home Chourio with the tying run. Dodgers third baseman Kiké Hernández then dived to his left to field a ground ball from Tyler Black, but didn’t have enough time to throw to the plate.
Hernández threw to first instead as Mitchell scored the go-ahead run on the fielder’s choice. Contreras scored an insurance run from third when Rhys Hoskins grounded out with a batted ball that hit Hudson’s leg.
“He gets a double-play groundball that unfortunately hit him,“ Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts said. ”It was right at [second baseman] Gavin [Lux]. It was a double-play ball.”
After falling behind 3–0 in the first inning, the Dodgers rallied to take a 4–3 lead when Hernández greeted Elvis Peguero with a tiebreaking two-out single in the sixth inning.
Milwaukee built its early lead when Los Angeles’ starter Jack Flaherty gave up homers to two of the first four batters he faced.
After Brice Turang doubled to lead off the first, Chourio hit a 421-foot blast to left-center field for his 15th homer of the season. The 20-year-old rookie also has 16 stolen bases.
According to MLB.com, the only players so young ever to have seasons with at least 15 homers and 15 steals are Andruw Jones, Adrian Beltre, Bryce Harper, Ken Griffey Jr., and Phil Cavaretta.
One out later, Contreras sent a 417-foot drive into the second deck of the left-field seats for his third homer of this series.
“Everyone knows the Dodgers are a good team,” Contreras said through a translator. “We know we are, as well.”
Flaherty didn’t allow another hit after the Contreras homer until Turang delivered a two-out single in the fifth. The Brewers didn’t score again until their eighth-inning comeback.
“I’ve got to get deeper into the game, just to make it easier on everybody else,” said Flaherty, who lasted five innings.
Brewers starter Tobias Myers allowed four runs, two earned, and gave up eight hits and one walk while striking out one in 5 2/3 innings. That ended a string of three straight starts in which the rookie right-hander allowed no more than one run.
Trainer’s Room
Dodgers: Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto (triceps) is scheduled to meet the Dodgers in St. Louis to pitch a two-inning simulated game on Friday. Yamamoto threw 41 pitches in a bullpen session Tuesday. He last pitched for the Dodgers on June 15.Up Next
Dodgers: Los Angeles had yet to name a starting pitcher for Friday’s series opener at St. Louis. Right-hander Miles Mikolas (8–9, 5.30 earned-run average) is set to pitch for the Cardinals.Brewers: Right-hander Aaron Civale (3–8, 5.02) is scheduled to start in Friday’s series opener against visiting Cleveland and right-hander Gavin Williams (2–4, 4.38).
