William Contreras Walked Off the Yankees in the 10th and Milwaukee Is Taking the Series

The Milwaukee Brewers just walked into American Family Field and punched the New York Yankees in the mouth. Down to their final strike in extra innings, they stormed back for a 4-3 victory Saturday night, and William Contreras delivered the dagger: a walk-off sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th. Series over. Brewers win.

How Milwaukee Clawed Back From Nowhere

The Yankees looked like they had this locked up. They scored one in the top of the 10th to grab a 3-2 lead, and relief pitcher Fernando Cruz took the ball to shut it down. But Milwaukee had other plans. Automatic runner Garrett Mitchell advanced to third on a wild pitch. Luis Rengifo drew a walk. After pinch hitter Gary Sanchez flew out, Jackson Chourio ripped an RBI infield single to tie it 3-all. Then Tim Hill came in and threw it away to third, loading the bases. One swing later, Contreras sent a fly ball deep enough to right field to score Rengifo. Comeback complete. Series in the books.

How the Brewers Erased a 2-0 Hole

Milwaukee started this game getting absolutely silenced. Yankees starter Cam Schlittler was lights out through six innings, holding the Brewers to just two hits. But the second Brent Headrick took over in the seventh, things changed. Jake Bauers launched the first pitch he saw 420 feet to right-center for his sixth homer of the season to make it 2-1. In the eighth, Brice Turang singled with two outs, stole second, and scored when Contreras singled to left. That tied it 2-all.

The Yankees had come out swinging early. Paul Goldschmidt opened the game with his third homer, crushing an 0-1 pitch 419 feet to left-center. He tacked on another run with a two-out, bases-loaded single in the fourth to go up 2-0. Not enough. Aaron Ashby pitched the final two innings for the Brewers and earned his seventh win, sitting at Major League-best 7-0 on the season. Schlittler's ERA dropped from 1.52 to 1.35 despite the loss, still the best in baseball.

Next Game

The Brewers just claimed the series in Milwaukee. That's how you respond when everything looks hopeless.

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