Milwaukee Brewers at Tampa Bay Rays

· Major League Baseball

Milwaukee Brewers

20-21, 8-14 Away

Final
4 - 2

Tampa Bay Rays

18-22, 11-17 Home

Yelich and Contreras hit back-to-back homers for Brewers in 4-2 win over Rays

Yelich, Contreras go deep in 4th to give Brewers the lead

Tyler Alexander (2-3) came on with one out and two on in the bottom of the fifth and pitched 1 2/3 hitless innings. Trevor Megill pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save as the Brewers snapped a three-game skid.

Jake Bauers drew a walk off Drew Rasmussen (1-4) and scored on Caleb Durbin's groundout to make it 3-2 in the fifth. Yelich led off the eighth with a hit and stole second before scoring on Rhys Hoskins's two-out single to cap the scoring.

Chandler Simpson had two doubles and Jonathan Aranda had three hits and an RBI for the Rays. José Caballero’s sacrifice fly made it 2-2 in the fourth.

Key moment After Danny Jansen led off the seventh with an infield single and was replaced by pinch-runner Christopher Morel, Chandler Simpson grounded into a 1-6-3 double play. Brandon Lowe hit the next pitch to second baseman Brice Turang to end the inning.

Key stat The Brewers snapped a string of 13 consecutive losses to open the season in games where they allowed the first run. Milwaukee was the last team in the majors this season to win a game when its opponent opened the scoring.

Up next Right-hander Freddy Peralta (4-2, 2.18 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Brewers on Monday against Guardians righty Ben Lively (2-2, 3.46 ERA) in the first of a three-game series at Cleveland. The Rays have not announced their starter for the opener of a three-game set at Toronto on Tuesday. Right-hander José Berríos (1-1, 3.86 ERA) is expected to start for the Blue Jays.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walls struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Jankowski lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Caballero lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Megill relieved Payamps
	9th Inning	Frelick grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Durbin grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

MIL		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	9
7	Strikeouts	5
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
3	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
10	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	122
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	11
37	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
4.2	Runs Created	2.6
.206	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.382	Slugging Percentage	.344
.353	Secondary Average	.156
.270	On Base Percentage	.286
.653	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.629
1.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.6
32.0	Batter Rating	22.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.49
.176	Isolated Power	.094
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.147	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.094
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.0	MLB Rating	75.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0