Brewers pitcher Colin Rea throws against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning Sunday in Milwaukee. (AP photo)

MILWAUKEE — William Contreras hit two home runs, Willy Adames also homered and the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the Seattle Mariners 12-4 on Sunday.

Contreras finished with four hits and five RBIs. He hit his first homer off Seattle starter Emerson Hancock (1-1) in the second inning and connected on his second two-run shot off third baseman Josh Rojas, who pitched the eighth.

“A day like today is what I kind of work for,” Contreras said through an interpreter.

Contreras, who is batting .387 with an OPS of 1.121, made a believer out of Mariners manager Scott Servais.

“The catcher had an awesome series,” Servais said of Contreras. “Really impressive player. We didn’t do hardly anything to control him at all.”

The Milwaukee Brewers' Keston Hiura tapes a grip on his bat in the dugout prior to the team's spring training game against the Cincinnati Reds on March 19, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP file photo)

The Brewers had 14 hits. Colin Rea (2-0) went six innings and allowed seven hits, including RBI singles by Jorge Polanco and Rojas.

“He’s a complete player,” Rea said of Contreras. “I’m glad he’s on our side. Me and him mesh really well together. I don’t think I shook him off at all today.”

Rea pitched with a stomach virus, Brewers manager Pat Murphy said.

Adames’ home run off the left-field foul pole highlighted a four-run fourth inning and chased Hancock, a 24-year-old right hander making his fifth-career major league start.

Hancock allowed eight runs on 11 hits with six strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.

Oliver Dunn and Jake Bauers each had two hits with an RBI and two runs scored for Milwaukee. Sal Frelick, who was dropped down to sixth in the batting order for the game, responded with two hits and two RBIs.

Reliever Collin Snider took a shot off the knee cap by Frelick in the fourth. He fell flat on the mound as Servais and the Mariners’ training staff raced from the dugout. Snider eventually threw a warm-up pitch, but then walked off the field. Tayler Saucedo came on in relief.

“It’s a contusion,” Servais said. “He got smoked. Give him credit for trying to stay in there. He knew where we were at with the bullpen.”

Dominic Canzone hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Thyago Vieira, who picked up the save with three innings of relief.

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