Brewers beat Guardians 5-4, Miller scores RBI double against former team
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CLEVELAND - Owen Miller hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning against his former team, and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Sunday.
Miller's one-out double against Trevor Stephan (3-3) hit high off the left-field wall and scored automatic runner Joey Wiemer from second base. Miller, acquired by Milwaukee from Cleveland in December for cach, dived headfirst into second base and pointed to the Brewers' dugout in celebration.
Devin Williams (4-1) pitched the ninth for the Brewers. Elvis Peguero recorded his first save, striking out José Ramírez and Josh Naylor before hitting Andrés Giménez with a pitch. But he retired Myles Straw on a foul popup to end it.
The game remained tied at 4 in the eighth after an unusual sequence in the bottom of the inning. Tyler Freeman's slow roller eluded second baseman Andruw Monasterio for a single to start the inning. Straw appeared to steal second with one out as Gabriel Arias swung and missed, making the count 3-2.
Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell came on the field and talked with plate umpire Lance Barksdale, which led to a meeting of the umpire crew. It was ruled Arias' swing interfered with Victor Caratini's throw to second base. Straw was sent back to first base.
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Guardians manager Terry Francona talked with Barksdale, and the inning ended when Arias struck out and Straw was thrown out at second on another steal attempt
Corbin Burnes made his first appearance in Cleveland since throwing eight innings in a combined no-hitter with Josh Hader on Sept. 11, 2021. Burnes took a perfect game into the eighth and struck out 14 in that outing.
Burnes took a 4-1 lead into the sixth Sunday but didn't get out of the inning. A double by Giménez scored Ramírez. Tyler Freeman drew a walk and Burnes' wild pitch scored Giménez. Freeman took third and scored when Will Brennan's single fell in front of left fielder Blake Perkins.
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Burnes was pulled after rookie Bo Naylor singled for his second hit of the game. Left-hander Hoby Milner retired Steven Kwan to end the inning. Burnes allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings.
Aaron Civale allowed four runs in six innings for Cleveland.
Christian Yelich and Miller had run-scoring doubles. Rowdy Tellez had an RBI single in the third.