Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Brice Turang was 2-for-4 while shining defensively to help the host Milwaukee Brewers avoid a sweep with a 6-2 win against the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
Brewers starting pitcher Tobias Myers allowed one run on three hits and struck out five in four innings. Reliever Jakob Junis (4-0) threw two scoreless innings to remain unbeaten.
Xavier Edwards hit for the cycle, the second in Miami franchise history, and scored both of the Marlins’ runs.
The Marlins jumped out to an early lead for the third straight game in the series. Edwards hit the first pitch of the game deep to right field for his first career home run.
Milwaukee responded in the bottom half. After Turang led off with a single to center, Bauers stepped up with two outs and knocked a curveball 404 feet into the second deck in right for a 2-1 lead.
Miami threatened in the third but was denied by the glove of Turang at second base. With two on and one out, Jake Burger was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Jesus Sanchez then connected on a fastball that appeared headed into right field, but Turang dived to the right to snare the ball.
One batter later, Turang dived in the other direction to take bases away from Otto Lopez and end the inning.
The Brewers padded their lead in the fourth. Rhys Hoskins hit a one-out single and Garrett Mitchell followed with a double. Joey Ortiz drove in Hoskins and Turang brought in Mitchell with a single to left, extending it to 4-1.
That was the final inning for Marlins starter Kyle Tyler (0-2), who gave up four runs on seven hits and fanned five.
In the fifth, Jackson Chourio belted a leadoff solo shot to center off reliever Emmanuel Ramirez. Bauers tripled in the next at-bat and scored to extend it to 6-1 when Hoskins hit a sacrifice fly.
The Marlins picked up their second run in the seventh. Edwards opened with a triple and cut the deficit to 6-2 on Bryan De La Cruz’s groundout.
Brewers closer Devin Williams made his season debut in the ninth after recovering from a back injury. He gave up one hit — Edwards’ infield single to complete his cycle — and one walk before getting a groundout to end the game.