Jackson Chourio’s clutch hit lifts Brewers past Tigers

Jackson Chourio drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a sixth-inning double and the Milwaukee Brewers held off the host Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Saturday.Christian Yelich had two hits and drove in two runs, while Brice Turang reached base three times and scored twice.Jared Koenig (6-1) tossed 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to gain the victory. Trevor Megill collected his ninth save.Milwaukee has won the first two games of the three-game series.Brewers starter Freddy Peralta lasted only 3 1/3 innings, his shortest start of the season. Peralta issued five walks while giving up four runs (three earned).Detroit starter Casey Mize (1-4) was charged with five runs (three earned) in 5 1/3 innings. Riley Greene scored two runs and Carson Kelly had two hits, a run scored and an RBI.Detroit second baseman Colt Keith left the game in the third inning due to left knee discomfort. He crashed into right fielder Akil Baddoo on a William Contreras fly ball.Both teams scored a run in the first inning. For Milwaukee, Turang drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a balk and scored on Yelich’s single to right.Peralta got into trouble by issuing one-out walks to Greene and Mark Canha. Gio Urshela’s single to left scored Greene.

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