Andrew McCutchen homered twice Thursday and Hunter Renfroe also went deep off left-hander Andrew Heaney in Milwaukee’s 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers(81-36) splitting the four-game set.
Andrew’s two homer, three RBI game on Thursday were resourced from a solo shot in the first inning and a two-run blast in the third.
Renfroe, who went 3 for 3, added a two-run homer in the fifth to help the Brewers build a 5-0 lead they wouldn’t relinquish.
Milwaukee’s starter and CY Young candidate Corbin Burnes (9-5, 2.48 ERA) held the mighty Dodgers scoreless for five innings before running into trouble in the sixth. The Dodgers got back in the game by scoring three runs in the sixth inning.
Brewers center fielder Tyrone Taylor, who reached over the fence to catch a drive from Tampa Bay’s David Peralta on Aug. 9, nearly robbed an opposing player again on a two-out shot from Gavin Lux. The ball was initially in Taylor’s glove but fell out and bounced back into play after he reached his arm over the center-field wall.
Devin Williams struck out the side in the ninth for his eighth save in as many opportunities.
Lux’s two-run triple cut Milwaukee’s lead to 5-3 and Burnes day was done having gone 5.2 innings, serving up three runs, on six hits, with six strikeouts.
Brad Boxberger replaced Burnes and walked new Dodger Joey Gallo to put runners on the corners before striking out Chris Taylor to end the threat, and it was smooth sailing from there with trade deadline piece from the Josh Hader deal in Taylor Rodgers working the 8th and Devin Willams closing it out in the ninth.
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