Taylor hits 2-run homer in 10th, Brewers beat Dbacks 8-6

Sun, Sep 4, 2022
MLB News (AP)

PHOENIX (AP) - Tyrone Taylor hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning after pinch-hitter Rowdy Tellez's tying solo shot in the ninth, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-6 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.

Andrew McCutchen pulled the Brewers within 6-5 with a run-scoring single in the eighth inning after an out call at the plate was overturned on review. Tellez then tied it with his 28th homer of the season in the ninth, a solo shot off Ian Kennedy.

Taylor, who also hit a solo homer in the fifth inning, put the Brewers up 8-6 with his homer off Joe Mantiply (2-5). Devin Williams (6-3) worked a perfect ninth and Taylor Rogers struck out two and fielded Stone Garrett's hard grounder in the 10th to close out his 30th save.

Daulton Varsho homered and had two RBIs for the Diamondbacks. Arizona rookie Corbin Carroll hit a run-scoring single in the first inning to become the fourth Diamondbacks player - first since 2009 - to have six RBIs in his first five big league games.

Milwaukee starter Corbin Burnes has been on a downward trend the past couple of weeks. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner arrived in the desert after allowing nine earned runs in 9 2/3 innings in consecutive starts against the Dodgers and Pirates.

The hard-throwing right-hander struggled with his command early against the Diamondbacks, needing 53 pitches to get through the first two innings.

Varsho hit a sacrifice fly in the second inning and launched a solo homer to the pool deck in left-center in the fifth.

Cooper Hummel chased Burnes with a two-out, run-scoring double in the sixth, then Geraldo Perdomo and Josh Rojas each had bloop run-scoring singles off Brad Boxberger to put Arizona up 6-4.

Burnes allowed five runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five to join Teddy Higuera (1986-87) and Yovani Gallardo (four times) as the only Milwaukee pitchers with 200 strikeouts in a season.

TRAINER'S TABLE

Brewers: OF Christian Yelich missed his second straight game due to neck discomfort suffered on Thursday.

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Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (10-2, 2.53 ERA takes a 34 1/3-innings scoreless streak into Sunday's start against Brewers RHP Jason Alexander (2-1, 4.97). Gallen's streak is the second-longest in Arizona history behind Brandon Webb's 42-inning scoreless streak in 2007.

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