Carlos Santana, William Contreras energy Brewers to 5-3 win over Nationals

MILWAUKEE — Carlos Santana hit two solo homers and William Contreras added a three-run shot because the Milwaukee Brewers rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Friday night time.

Milwaukee started the day with a 4 1/2-game lead within the NL Central over the Chicago Cubs, who performed at Arizona.

Santana homered to cap a four-run fifth and opened the eighth together with his twenty first homer for his 1,000th profession RBI. Santana, acquired simply earlier than the deadline from Pittsburgh, has 9 homers in 39 video games with Milwaukee.

Wade Miley (8-4) allowed three runs and 4 extra-base hits within the first inning, however didn’t hand over one other hit till a two-out single within the sixth by Carter Kieboom, the final batter he confronted. Miley struck out three and walked two.

Trevor Megill adopted with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, Abner Uribe tossed an ideal eighth, and Devin Williams struck out the facet within the ninth for his thirty fifth save in 39 alternatives.

The Brewers erased a 3-0 deficit within the fifth on consecutive homers by Contreras and Santana off Jake Irvin (3-6). Rowdy Tellez walked to open and Christian Yelich drew a two-out stroll. Contreras then tied it together with his sixteenth, driving the primary pitch 456 toes to left-center. Santana adopted with a homer to proper, chasing Irvin.

Irvin allowed 4 runs and three hits in 4 2/3 innings, however walked 5 in a 102-pitch outing.

The Nationals tagged Miley for 3 runs within the first inning on a homer and three doubles. With one out, Lane Thomas lined a solo homer to left, his twenty fifth. Joey Meneses adopted with a double, and Kieboom and Ildemaro Vargas added consecutive RBI doubles with two outs.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Brewers: OF Garrett Mitchell, sidelined since April 18 with a torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder, was within the lineup Friday for Triple-A Nashville, batting leadoff and enjoying heart discipline. … LF Christian Yelich returned after lacking six video games (sore again), and RF Mark Canha was again after lacking two video games (left wrist soreness).

MILWAUKEE UNIFORM PATCH

The Brewers turned the most recent workforce so as to add a company patch to their uniforms below an settlement with Northwestern Mutual, a Milwaukee-based monetary providers firm. The Brewers had the patch on the sleeve of their City Connect jerseys Friday.

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