The Milwaukee Brewers erupted for seven runs in the eighth inning to secure a 12-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on Tuesday. Despite missing key hitters to injury and a short outing from starter Kyle Harrison, Milwaukee capitalized on Detroit's defensive miscues. Brice Turang drove in four runs to lead the Brewers to their fifth win in six games.
DETROIT -- The Brewers overcame injuries to Jackson Chourio, Andrew Vaughn and Christian Yelich, as well as a brief start from Kyle Harrison, who recorded just nine outs. Milwaukee did not notch an extra-base hit until the eighth inning but pounced on Tigers errors throughout the game at Comerica Park, the series opener on Tuesday night. The win marked Milwaukee's fifth in their last six games following a six-game skid, continuing their streak of three straight NL Central titles by exploiting opponents' mistakes. The Brewers turned a slow play by Tigers rookie shortstop Kevin McGonigle on Garrett Mitchell's grounder in the second into a three-run rally. In the seventh, reliever Enmanuel De Jesus erred on a pickoff attempt of David Hamilton at second base, throwing into center field and allowing two unearned runs. The decisive eighth began with back-to-back triples from Gary Sánchez -- his fourth in 3,373 career plate appearances -- and Mitchell, Milwaukee's first such pair since 2015. Hamilton's bouncer to first base added to the damage when De Jesus was late covering the bag, one of Hamilton's four hits that inning alone. With two runs already scored, the Brewers added five more. Brice Turang paced the offense with four RBIs while stretching his on-base streak to 20 games, the third-longest to open a season in franchise history behind Robin Yount's 23 in 1983 and Ryan Braun's 28 in 2011.
