OAKLAND, Calif.—Rhys Hoskins and Joey Ortiz hit back-to-back home runs as part of a five-run second inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Oakland Athletics 11–3 on Friday night.
The Brewers, who have won seven of nine, sent nine batters to the plate in the second to take a 5–1 lead.
Hoskins, who entered the game hitless in his last 21 at-bats, put Milwaukee in front with a three-run blast after Willy Adames and Gary Sánchez led off the inning with singles.
On the next pitch, Ortiz homered to left-center. Andruw Monasterio later added the fifth run, scoring from first on a single by Jackson Chourio that went under the glove of A’s left fielder Miguel Andujar.
Chourio and Blake Perkins knocked in runs in the fourth, extending the lead to 7–1. Sánchez cleared the bases with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Hoskins in the ninth.
Neither starter lasted five innings. The Brewers’ Aaron Civale allowed three runs in four innings, and the A’s JP Sears (10–9) left with two outs in the third after giving up five earned runs. Sears had entered the game 3–0 with a 1.57 ERA over his last four starts.
Ross Stripling pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Sears. Bryan Hudson (6–1) got the win with two scoreless innings after Civale exited.
Lawrence Butler led off the game with a homer for the A’s. He added a second RBI in the fourth to trim the deficit to 7–3.
