William Contreras Walked Off in the 10th and the Yankees' Series Is Over

The Milwaukee Brewers just pulled off one of those gut-punch comebacks that makes you want to flip your chair. Down to their final strike in the bottom of the 10th with the bases loaded, William Contreras lofted a sacrifice fly to right that scored Luis Rengifo and sent the Brewers home with a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday night at American Family Field. Series clinched. Done. Milwaukee is moving on.

How the Brewers Clawed Back From the Brink

This wasn't pretty for Milwaukee through six innings. Yankees starter Cam Schlittler was absolutely dominant, holding the Brewers to just two hits while striking out six and walking nobody. But the Brewers got a huge spark in the seventh when Jake Bauers connected on his first pitch from reliever Brent Headrick and sent it 420 feet to right-center for his sixth homer. That made it 2-1, and suddenly the door was cracked open.

Brice Turang kept the momentum rolling in the eighth, singling with two outs against Camilo Doval and stealing second. Contreras followed with a single to left, and Turang slid home just ahead of a throw from Cody Bellinger to tie it 2-all. The game was locked in and heading to extra innings.

Yankees Get Their Chance, Then Lose It All

New York thought they had it when Ryan McMahon singled with two outs in the top of the 10th to make it 3-2 Yankees. Aaron Judge had walked intentionally with one out, and McMahon's RBI single up the middle looked like the dagger. But Fernando Cruz took over on the mound for the bottom half, and nothing went right from there.

Garrett Mitchell was the automatic runner at second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Luis Rengifo walked. Gary Sanchez pinch hit and flew out. Then Jackson Chourio delivered an infield single to tie it back up at 3-all. Tim Hill relieved for the Yankees, but he threw wildly to third trying to get someone out, and that loaded the bases. That's when Contreras stepped up and did what he needed to do, sending one deep enough to right to plate the winning run.

Ashby's Masterclass Seals the Deal

Aaron Ashby pitched the final two innings for Milwaukee and earned his seventh victory, sitting at 7-0 on the season and leading all of Major League Baseball. Schlittler's effort was quality despite the loss, lowering his ERA from 1.52 to 1.35 even while taking a 108.5 mph liner off his leg from Contreras in the first inning that resulted in an infield single. He bounced back to strike out the next hitter.

Paul Goldschmidt was the early spark for the Yankees, opening the game with his third homer on an 0-1 pitch from Kyle Harrison that went 419 feet to left-center, and he made it 2-0 with a two-out, bases-loaded single in the fourth. But in baseball, early runs don't mean anything if you can't close it out. Milwaukee did. Series over.

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