The Milwaukee Brewers retained their hold on first place in the Central Division with a 4-2 victory over the Miami Marlins on Thursday.
Milwaukee is now 4.5 games ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The Brewers have won three of their four games against the Marlins, who can still hope to qualify for the playoffs.
Tyrone Taylor drove in two runs on two hits including a double in the win.
Adrian Houser (6-4) was the winning pitcher. In five innings, he gave up two earned runs on five hits while getting five strikeouts. Devin Williams made his 34th save.
Eury Pérez (5-5) suffered the loss after giving up three earned runs on five hits in 4.2 innings. He did not walk and had seven strikeouts.
Elsewhere in Major League Baseball:
Washington 0 – Pittsburgh 2
WAS : Josiah Gray (7-12) did well in the loss with ten strikeouts in 6.1 innings. He gave up two earned runs on five hits.
PIT : Mitch Keller (12-9) pitched eight innings, getting seven strikeouts. The 27-year-old right-hander is 3-1 with a 3.07 ERA in his last seven starts. David Bednar had his 35th save.
Cincinnati 2 – Detroit 8
CIN : Spencer Steer homered.
THAT: Matt Vierling hit a grand slam. Akil Baddoo hit his 10th of the season.
New York Yankees 0 – Boston 5 (1st half)
NYY : Trevor Story hit a three-run homer, Tanner Houck (5-9) was solid for six innings allowing four hits and getting seven strikeouts.
BOS : Michael King (4-6) allowed one run and six hits in 4.2 innings. He had seven strikeouts.
NY Yankees – Boston (2nd game)
NYY :
BOS :
Arizona – New York Mets
ARI :
NYM:
Minnesota – Chicago White Sox
MIN :
CHI :
San Francisco – Colorado (match reported)
2023-09-14 22:46:02
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