Brewers hold off Athletics, Caleb Durbin has 2 hits in MLB debut
Caleb Durbin, making his MLB debut, bats against the Athletics. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE - Christian Yelich drove in three runs and Caleb Durbin had two hits in his major league debut to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-3 victory over the Athletics on Friday night.
By the numbers:
Freddy Peralta (2-1) threw 93 pitches and allowed seven hits in five shutout innings for the Brewers.
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Jackson Chourio had an RBI double before scoring on a single by Yelich to put the Brewers up 2-0 in the fourth off Athletics starter J.T. Ginn (1-1).
Brice Turang had a two-out single, stole second and scored on a base hit by Yelich to make it 3-0 in the fifth.
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JJ Bleday drew a walk off Nick Mears and scored on a forceout by Gio Urshela to get the A's within two in the sixth.
Durbin led off with a single in the seventh and scored his first run on a groundout by Yelich.
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Bryan Hudson allowed two runs in the ninth before Trevor Megill got the final two outs for his second save.
Ginn gave up three runs on four hits, pitching 4 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts.
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Bryan Hudson issued a pair of walks before Brent Rooker doubled in a run to get MLB home run leader Tyler Soderstrom — with nine — to the plate as the tying run. Megill entered and retired Soderstrom on a sacrifice fly before striking out Shea Langeliers for the Brewers' third straight win.
What's next:
RHP Luis Severino (0-3, 4.01 ERA) starts for the Athletics against Brewers rookie RHP Chad Patrick (1-0, 1.76) on Saturday night.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.