Cooper Pratt gave Milwaukee the jolt it needed, Robert Gasser kept Colorado from ever fully settling in, and the Brewers took care of business Saturday night with an 8-5 win over the Rockies at home.
Pratt finished with a homer, three RBIs and another key sacrifice fly, while Luis Lara matched him with three RBIs of his own. Jake Bauers was all over the place too, finishing with two hits and three runs scored. Brice Turang added two hits as Milwaukee collected enough timely offense to stay ahead after Colorado briefly made things interesting.
Gasser was steady from the first pitch to the last. In his first career start against the Rockies, he worked six innings, gave up two runs on five hits, struck out four and didn’t issue a walk.
That was enough to put him in line for the win and help Milwaukee claim four of five meetings with Colorado this season. The teams finish the 2026 schedule Sunday.
Milwaukee set the tone early. In the second inning, Bauers walked to open the frame, stole second and advanced to third on a groundout. Lara brought him home with a sacrifice fly, and Pratt followed by launching a solo shot, his second homer of the season, for a 2-0 Brewers lead.
Colorado answered in the fourth. Kyle Karros started the rally with a single, Cole Carrigg doubled, and Hunter Goodman delivered a two-run single to tie the game.
The Brewers responded right away. Pratt singled in Bauers in the bottom of the inning to push Milwaukee back in front, and the game tilted for good in the sixth.
William Contreras and Bauers opened that inning with singles, forcing Ryan Feltner out after he allowed five runs on nine hits in five-plus innings. Juan Mejia then walked Garrett Mitchell to load the bases, and Lara cleared some of the traffic with a two-run double to left.
Pratt added a sacrifice fly, and when Rockies catcher Braxton Fulford threw away a pickoff attempt at third, Lara scored again. Milwaukee added one more in the eighth on Christian Yelich’s sacrifice fly.
Colorado still had one last push in the ninth. The Rockies loaded the bases with two walks and a fielder’s choice, then Jake McCarthy drove in two with a single. Trevor Megill allowed an RBI single to Karros before striking out Carrigg to finish off his 17th save.
McCarthy extended his on-base streak to 19 games, and Karros finished with two hits for Colorado.
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