Field Level Media
Jun 20, 2021
Willy Adames hit a go-ahead homer in the ninth and added three doubles, and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-5 in Denver on Saturday night.
Luis Urias had two hits and scored three runs, Daniel Robertson also had two hits and Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his 18th save for Milwaukee.
Trevor Richards (2-0) pitched one inning in relief for the Brewers, who snapped a five-game skid.
Raimel Tapia had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 16 games and Trevor Story, Yonathan Daza and Ryan McMahon also had two hits for Colorado, which had its five-game winning streak ended.
Rockies start Austin Gomber left after two innings with left forearm tightness.
Milwaukee trailed by a run entering the ninth when Urias reached on a one-out single off of Tyler Kinley (1-1). Adames followed with his fourth home run of the season to put the Brewers ahead.
Milwaukee took the lead in the first inning. Urias and Adames led off the game with consecutive doubles for the first run, Adames moved to third on Christian Yelich's single and scored on Avisail Garcia's groundout to make it 2-0.
The Rockies responded in the bottom of the inning. Tapia led off with a double, moved to third on a single by Daza and scored on Charlie Blackmon's groundout. Daza tied it when he scored from second on Story's single.
Colorado went ahead in the second inning when Elias Diaz walked, moved to second on Gomber's sacrifice and scored on Tapia's single up the middle.
The Brewers tied it in the third. Urias walked, Adames doubled off the glove of third baseman McMahon and Urias scored on Yelich's groundout.
Tapia led off the fifth with a walk and moved to third on Daza's single. Blackmon's groundout made it 4-3 and McMahon singled with two outs to drive in Daza to make it 5-3.
The Brewers cut the lead to one in the seventh when Adames reached on a two-out double and scored on Garcia's single off Yency Almonte.
--Field Level Media