How Brewers Narrowly Defeated Twins

The Milwaukee Brewers were able to edge out the Minnesota Twins in the series opener between the two teams on Friday, 3-2. With the win, Milwaukee is now 7-1 in its last eight games. How did they add another to the win column?

A Late Rally In a game characterized by low scoring, the Brewers still found themselves down late in the game at Target Field in Minneapolis. After taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Brewers were able to keep the Twins off the board until the sixth and seventh innings, when Minnesota successfully put up runs to take a 2-1 lead heading into the eighth. Then, the Brewers responded.

In the top of the eighth, Jackson Chourio got things started with a single before Brice Turang followed up with a single of his own to advance Chourio to third base. Then, Turang aggressively stole second base to give Milwaukee two runners in scoring position. Catcher William Contreras made his way to the plate next and hit a grounder to Twins third baseman Royce Lewis.

Lewis tried to force Chourio out at third base, but never gave him a path to slide back into the bag. That led to an interference error and Chourio scored to tie the game as well as Contreras reaching safely on a fielder's choice. Subsequently, Jake Bauers launched a double to right field to bring home Turang and give Milwaukee a 3-2 lead it would not relinquish.