Milwaukee trailed by three heading into the sixth inning. Three innings later, the Brewers had won. Joey Ortiz's two-run homer to center in the eighth — 412 feet, off Sam Moll — gave Milwaukee a lead it would not surrender, completing a comeback that defined the night at American Family Field.
Ortiz finished 1-for-4 with 2 RBI, his second home run of the season. Brice Turang provided the tying blow an inning earlier, a solo shot to center measuring 418 feet that knotted the game at 3-3. Sal Frelick and Andrew Vaughn each went 2-for-3 with a double, keeping the lineup active through the middle innings as Milwaukee chipped away.
The Brewers' rally began in the sixth. Vaughn scored on Jake Bauers' single to left, then Christian Yelich crossed the plate on a wild pitch by Chase Petty, cutting the deficit to one. Turang's homer in the seventh tied it. Then Ortiz put Milwaukee ahead for good — Frelick scored ahead of him on the blast, making it 5-3.
Cincinnati had built its lead on Elly De La Cruz's two-run homer to left center in the fifth, a 412-foot shot that scored Edwin Arroyo and pushed the Reds to 3-0. Nick Lodolo had kept Milwaukee off the board through five innings, allowing just 1 hit with 4 strikeouts and 4 walks across 5.0 innings, with a 5.05 ERA. Moll absorbed the loss, falling to 1-6 after allowing 1 run in 1.0 inning. Aaron Ashby earned his 11th win, working a scoreless inning of relief. Trevor Megill closed it out with a perfect ninth for his 11th save.
Lodolo is 2 strikeouts away from 500 career strikeouts. Milwaukee improved to 50-31, holding first place in the division. Cincinnati fell to 39-43.