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Collins’ sac fly lets Brewers eke out win

By Steve Megargee 2 min read
The Brewers' Isaac Collins, center, is hugged by Sal Frelick, center left, and Anthony Seigler, second from right, after hitting a walk-off sacrifice fly against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in Milwaukee. (AP photo)

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The Brewers' Isaac Collins, center, is hugged by Sal Frelick, center left, and Anthony Seigler, second from right, after hitting a walk-off sacrifice fly against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in Milwaukee. (AP photo)

The Brewers’ Isaac Collins, center, is hugged by Sal Frelick, center left, and Anthony Seigler, second from right, after hitting a walk-off sacrifice fly against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday in Milwaukee. (AP photo)

-- Isaac Collins hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to bring home the winning run, and the Milwaukee Brewers recovered after blowing a six-run lead to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-8 on Tuesday night.

For the second straight night, the major league-best Brewers grabbed an early 6-0 lead. Milwaukee hung on for a 7-5 victory Monday. This time, the Diamondbacks came all the way back to tie it.

William Contreras and Brice Turang hit two-run homers for Milwaukee. Gabriel Moreno had a three-run shot for Arizona.

Contreras singled to lead off the ninth before Juan Morillo (0-3) walked Christian Yelich and Andrew Vaughn to load the bases.

Kyle Backhus entered and retired Sal Frelick on a fly to center that was too shallow to advance pinch-runner Brandon Lockridge from third. Collins then delivered a fly to right that brought Lockridge home easily.

Shelby Miller (4-3) struck out two in 1 1/3 scoreless innings.

The Brewers took a 6-0 lead off Brandon Pfaadt after three innings. After Moreno’s two-out homer off Jacob Misiorowski cut Milwaukee’s advantage to 6-3 in the fourth, Turang’s blast made it 8-3 in the sixth.

Arizona scored three runs off Tobias Myers in the seventh and tied it with two runs off Jared Koenig in the eighth. Geraldo Perdomo’s two-out double brought home Moreno to make it 8-all.

Key moment

Arizona had a runner on second with one out in the ninth when Milwaukee shortstop Andruw Monasterio made a diving stop of James McCann’s grounder and threw off-balance to first for the out. After an intentional walk, Miller struck out pinch-hitter Tyler Locklear.

Key stat

Turang has a National League-leading 63 total bases in August. He has homered nine times this month.

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