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Seattle Mariners trip up Milwaukee Brewers, 8-3

The Brewers’ Jesus Aguilar reacts after hitting an RBI single during the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday in Milwaukee. (AP photo)

MILWAUKEE — The Seattle Mariners felt right at home at Miller Park even though it had been nine years since their last visit.

“The ball does fly here. It’s a very hitter-friendly ballpark,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “It’s a new place for us and our guys were anxious to get up there tonight.”

Daniel Vogelbach hit a two-run homer and the Mariners had 12 hits in an 8-3 win over the Brewers on Tuesday night for their first interleague win in five tries this season.

“He’s having fun playing and coming to the park every day, and he’s got big-time power,” Servais said of his burly first baseman.

Marco Gonzales (9-6) pitched five innings to earn his fourth consecutive win for the Mariners. Four Mariners’ relievers shut out the Brewers over the final four innings.

The Brewers' Christian Yelich hits during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday in Milwaukee. (AP photo)

After the Brewers got a run in the first, the Mariners scored four times in the third off Milwaukee starter Zach Davies (7-2). J.P. Crawford drove in a run with a triple and Domingo Santana plated another with a double off the glove of Milwaukee shortstop Orlando Arcia. Vogelbach capped it with his 19th homer, a two-run, 419-foot shot into the second deck in right.

Seattle added two more runs in the fourth, aided by shoddy fielding by the Brewers. Mac Williamson drew a lead-off walk, reached second on one throwing error and scored on another. A second run came across on a Crawford’s ground out.

“The game is a different game if we put up a zero in the fourth,” Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. “We gave them two runs. That’s the inning that cost us as much as anything.”

Yasmani Grandal hit a solo homer and Jesus Aguilar had a run-scoring single for Milwaukee in the fifth off Gonzales, who gave up eight hits and three runs.

Davies gave up six hits and six runs in four innings in his second consecutive ineffective outing.

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