Andrew Vaughn came through in the clutch Saturday night, lining a go-ahead single in the eighth inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers past the Minnesota Twins 4-3 in Milwaukee.
The Brewers set up the winning rally with a pair of sharp moves. William Contreras opened the eighth with a bloop single to center off Jeff Hoffman, and Brandon Lockridge came on to run.
Lockridge then swiped second before Garrett Mitchell was retired on a fly ball to center. Christian Yelich followed with a single to right, and Lockridge slid in head-first as Austin Martin’s throw missed the mark.
Brice Turang kept driving Milwaukee’s offense, finishing 3 for 4 with two RBIs. He also delivered the hit that brought the Brewers even earlier in the game, a bases-loaded, two-out single in the fourth that tied things at 3-3.
Milwaukee had grabbed the first punch in the opening inning. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Contreras was hit by a Taj Bradley pitch to force in a run. Bradley settled down after that and got the next three hitters.
Minnesota answered in the second by taking advantage of Robert Gasser’s control issues. Gasser hit two batters in the inning and then issued a bases-loaded, two-out walk to Ryan Jeffers on a full-count pitch inside. Royce Lewis followed with a two-run double to left, pushing his hitting streak to 13 games.
The Brewers bullpen did the rest. Aaron Ashby threw a 1-2-3 eighth to pick up the win and move to 13-2.
Abner Uribe handled the seventh in his 20th straight scoreless appearance, and Trevor Megill shut the door in the ninth for his 21st save in 23 chances. Trevor Larnach led off the final inning with a fly ball to right, but Luis Lara tracked it down at the warning track.
Joey Ortiz left in the fourth inning for Milwaukee because of neck tightness.
Minnesota also saw Kaelen Culpepper hit by pitches twice in his second major league game.
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