MILWAUKEE — Jackson Chourio robbed Royce Lewis of a possible tying homer within the eighth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers ended the Minnesota Twins’ 13-game profitable streak with a 5-2 victory on Sunday.
Isaac Collins and Sal Frelick every drove in two runs to assist the Brewers finish the second-longest win streak in Twins historical past. The Twins received 15 straight in 1991, a season that ended with a World Collection title.
Minnesota trailed 4-2 when Lewis, who already had hit his first homer of the season within the fourth inning, despatched a protracted drive to left-center towards Nick Mears with a runner on second. Chourio timed his soar completely and reached his gloved hand over the wall to make the catch.
Rhys Hoskins had a sacrifice fly within the backside half, and Trevor Megill labored the ninth for his sixth save.
Frelick singled dwelling Christian Yelich within the second. That snapped Minnesota’s string of 34 straight shutout innings, a Twins document.
Milwaukee prolonged the result in 4-0 within the third. Collins hit a bases-loaded, two-out single and Frelick added an RBI single.
Twins starter Zebby Matthews (0-1) got here up from the minors and gave up 4 runs and 5 hits in three innings.
Milwaukee’s Freddy Peralta (5-3) allowed one run over 5 innings.
After reducing Milwaukee’s result in 4-1 within the fourth, the Twins loaded the bases with two outs, however Peralta ended the risk by retiring Ryan Jeffers on a fly to proper.
The Brewers have by no means gone scoreless in a three-game sequence, although they have been shut out within the first two video games of every of their previous two. They received 9-5 at Cleveland on Wednesday after falling 5-0 and 2-0.
