Milwaukee 6, Houston 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Ryan Additon, 1B -
James Hoye, 2B -
Chris Conroy, 3B -
Doug Eddings
Attendance:
40032
By Field Level Media
Mike Moustakas slugged the Brewers' fourth home run of the night with one out in the 14th inning, a two-run shot that led Milwaukee to a 6-3 win over the host Houston Astros on Wednesday.
Milwaukee earned a split of this two-game interleague series by overcoming a dominant effort from the Astros' pitchers, who recorded a club-record 24 strikeouts.
However, the Brewers' Christian Yelich singled to right to lead off the 14th, and Moustakas went deep off Cionel Perez (1-1) for his 21st homer to snap a 3-3 tie. Yasmani Grandal then doubled and scored on Jesus Aguilar's single.
Before Jake Marisnick stroked a one-out single in the bottom of the 13th, the Astros went eight innings without recording a hit. Adrian Houser (2-1), the Brewers' sixth pitcher, earned the win with two shutout innings.
Houston fashioned a two-out rally against Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff in the fourth inning to take a 3-2 lead. Robinson Chirinos produced an RBI single that scored Yuli Gurriel just before Tony Kemp added a two-run double that chased home Yordan Alvarez and Chirinos. Alvarez walked after Gurriel reached on a single that snapped a streak of nine consecutive batters retired by Woodruff.
Astros right-hander Justin Verlander pitched seven powerful innings yet was undone by three solo home runs. Verlander recorded a career-high 15 strikeouts in his 434th career start, but he matched his season-high total of three home runs allowed, a mark previously set in a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on May 5 in Monterrey, Mexico.
Brewers designated hitter Ryan Braun pounced on a first-pitch fastball with two outs in the first inning to deliver Milwaukee a 1-0 lead with his 11th homer on the season. Grandal drove an 0-2 slider into the right field seats leading off the second.
In the seventh, first baseman Eric Thames fell in an 0-2 hole with two outs, then flipped a 1-2 fastball into the Crawford Boxes in left, his ninth home run pulling the Brewers even at 3-3. Verlander responded with a strikeout of Travis Shaw to set a single-game standard but recorded his second consecutive no-decision.
Woodruff gave up three runs on four hits in seven innings.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Milwaukee
|
10 |
4 |
24 |
.192 |
14 |
24 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Houston
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
.119 |
12 |
14 |
3 |
9 |
1 |
0 |