Brice Turang launched a two-out walkoff homer in the ninth inning off New York Yankees closer David Bednar to give the host Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 victory on Sunday and a sweep of the three-game series.
Bednar (1-3) relieved to open the ninth and struck out the first two hitters before Turang lined the first pitch 411 feet to center for his sixth homer and first career walkoff.
Abner Uribe (2-1) got the win with a scoreless ninth.
The Yankees tied it at 3 with a run in the sixth. Aaron Judge walked with one out, but was caught stealing. Cody Bellinger walked and Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with an RBI double into the right-field corner.
Yankees starter Carlos Rodon, activated off the injured list Sunday for his season debut following surgery last October, allowed just two walks without a hit through three innings before faltering.
The Brewers loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth off Rodon when William Contreras and Gary Sanchez drew back-to-back walks and Andrew Vaughn was hit by a pitch. Garrett Mitchell’s one-out sacrifice fly got the Brewers on the board. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch and Blake Perkins lined a two-run single to center to put Milwaukee up 3-2.
Rodon exited after allowing one-out single and walk in the fifth. He allowed three runs on two hits with four strikeouts, but walked five with a hit batter and wild pitch in a 78-pitch outing.
Judge staked the Yankees to a 1-0 lead with two outs in the first with his league-leading 16th homer, sending the first pitch from starter Logan Henderson 373 feet to right.
The Yankees made it 2-0 in the second when Jose Caballero doubled with one out and highly touted prospect Spencer Jones followed with an RBI single to center for his first career hit. Jones, who had 11 homers and 41 RBI in 33 games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, was hitless in five at-bats with one walk and four strikeouts in the first two games of the series.
–Field Level Media
