The game was tied through six innings, and then Garrett Mitchell took over. His triple to center in the seventh scored Andrew Vaughn and gave Milwaukee the lead it would not relinquish, carrying the Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday at American Family Field.
Mitchell was the story from start to finish, finishing 4-for-4 with one RBI. He is hitting .260 on the season with 6 home runs and 39 RBI. After Mitchell's triple put Milwaukee ahead 3-2, he scored again on a Brock Burke wild pitch to push the margin to 4-2, giving the bullpen room to work.
Milwaukee had jumped ahead early. In the first inning, Chourio scored on a William Contreras groundout, and Turang scored on a Jake Bauers sacrifice fly to left, putting the Brewers up 2-0. Cincinnati answered in the second when Noelvi Marte homered to left — a 378-foot shot — with Tyler Stephenson scoring on the play, tying the game at 2-2. That score held until Mitchell broke it open in the seventh.
Shane Drohan started for Milwaukee and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits over 5.2 innings, striking out 7. He did not factor in the decision. Andrew Abbott started for Cincinnati and was charged with 2 runs on 5 hits over 5.0 innings, walking 5 and striking out 3. Burke entered in the seventh and allowed both Milwaukee runs in that frame — including the wild pitch that scored Mitchell — taking the loss to fall to 3-4. Aaron Ashby earned his 12th win, working 1.1 scoreless innings with 2 strikeouts. Trevor Megill closed it out with a scoreless ninth for his 12th save.
Milwaukee improved to 51-31 and holds first place in the division. Cincinnati dropped to 39-44, losing for the second straight game.