Hiura’s homer caps comeback in Brewers’ win
Keston Hiura celebrated his return to the majors by delivering the huge blow that capped the Brewers’ biggest comeback of 2022.
Not bad for someone who spent the previous day with the flu.
Hiura hit a two-run homer off Jesse Chavez in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Brewers rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Atlanta 7-6 on Wednesday. The Brewers tied it with two outs in the ninth on an RBI triple from Kolten Wong.
“I can’t wait for some sleep, that’s for sure,” said Hiura, who officially was recalled from Triple-A Nashville before the game after arriving in Milwaukee on Tuesday. “I tossed and turned last night.”
Although Hiura was batting .216 with two homers when he was sent to the minors this month, he had sizzled lately in the minors. Hiura went 8-for-19 (.421) with a .522 on-base percentage, three homers and 10 RBIs with Nashville.
Hitless in his first four atbats, Hiura ended the game by building on the momentum he had established in Nashville. He led off the bottom of the 11th by sending a 1-2 sinker from Chavez (0-1) over the center-field wall, scoring automatic runner Jace Peterson.
This was the first time all season the Brewers had won a game they’d trailed by at least four runs.
“We wanted to fight,” Wong said. “I feel like that was something we hadn’t done this year.”
Wong’s triple tied the game and caused Atlanta closer Kenley Jansen to blow a save chance after he converted his first nine opportunities.
After falling behind 0-2, Wong worked the count full, then sent a liner into the rightfield corner to bring home Peterson with the tying run.
“A great piece of hitting by Kolten Wong,” said Jansen, who blamed himself for walking Peterson to start the ninth.
Dodgers 5, D’backs 3: Justin Turner hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning and host Los Angeles rallied past Arizona to complete a four-game sweep. The Dodgers won their fifth straight, finishing a 5-3 homestand that included eight games in seven days and four in 42 hours.
Red Sox 5, Astros 1: Nick Pivetta pitched a two-hitter, Xander Bogaerts hit a solo home run, Rafael Devers added an RBI double and host Boston won the rubber match of a threegame series with Houston.
Phillies 3, Padres 0: Zack Wheeler, who lost his first three starts of the season, struck out nine over seven shutout innings and Rhys Hoskins homered for host Philadelphia. Bryce Harper sat out a third straight game as he recovers from a platelet-richplasma injection in his right elbow, and the Phillies’ outfielder might not play right field again until late July.
Mets 11, Cardinals 4: Pete Alonso homered and had four RBIs for host New York, which had right-hander Max Scherzer remove himself with discomfort in his left side. The three-time Cy Young winner left with two outs in the sixth inning and a 1-1 count on Albert Pujols. With two men on, Scherzer threw a slider in the dirt and signaled to the bench that he was done. Yankees 3, Orioles 2: Gerrit Cole outpitched Jordan Lyles in a duel, and visiting New York squeezed past skidding Baltimore for its ninth straight series win. Gleyber Torres hit an RBI double and scored in a threerun first inning that propelled the Yankees to their 21st win in 24 games.
Rays 6, Tigers 1: Isaac Paredes homered twice against his former teammates to double his career big-league total, helping host Tampa Bay win on an afternoon when Detroit starter Eduardo Rodriguez did not make it out of the first inning.
Nationals 5, Marlins 4: Josiah Gray struck out seven in six innings and Keibert Ruiz doubled home the goahead run in the 10th inning for visiting Washington.
Mariners 5, Blue Jays 1: Ty France hit a two-run homer, Marco Gonzales pitched six solid innings to snap a five-start winless streak and visiting Seattle avoided a three-game sweep.
Pirates 3, Cubs 2: Rookie Jack Suwinski hit a go-ahead homer in the fifth inning for visiting Pittsburgh.
Reds-Guardians, postponed: Steady rain and a wet forecast postponed the series finale in Cleveland. The game will be made up Thursday, originally an off day for both teams. Guardians manager Terry Francona and two of his coaches cleared health and safety protocols and returned to the team after missing part of the past week after testing positive for the coronavirus.
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