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Ortiz's third long ball of the year, a 408-foot
drive to center with two outs in the fourth, put Milwaukee up
5-1.
The Cardinals loaded the bases off Brewers starter Tobias Myers
with no outs in the fifth on single and two walks, but Jared
Koenig came on and got a force at home, a foul popout and then
an inning-ending flyout.
The Brewers made it 6-1 in the bottom half when William
Contreras singled to open and Christian Yelich followed with a
triple into the right field corner. Contreras added an RBI
single in the seventh.
Koenig (4-1) followed his escape act with a scoreless seventh
for the victory in the opener of a four-game series. The Brewers
won for just the second time in six games.
Gray allowed six runs on seven hits in five innings, striking
out six and walking one, with a run-scoring wild pitch and a hit
batter. His only other loss this season also was to Milwaukee,
2-0 on April 21.
On Thursday, the Brewers scored three times in the first off
Gray, who had not allowed a run in any of the first four innings
this year. Contreras and Yelich singled with one out and
advanced on a groundout. Contreras came home on a wild pitch.
Hoskins followed with his eighth homer, sending a 2-1 pitch 386
feet to right-center.
Bauers opened the second with his third homer to put the Brewers
in front 4-0.
Lars Nootbar got that one back in the third with his third
homer, a two-out solo shot to center.
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