Blake Perkins homered twice and William Contreras had five hits, including his third homer in two games, as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 16-9 on Friday.
Andrew Vaughn had a home run among his three hits and Andruw Monasterio had four hits for Milwaukee, which pounded out 25 hits and has won four of five.
Jose Quintana (8-4) pitched five innings, giving up two runs on six hits. He fanned four and walked a pair.
Paul DeJong homered and CJ Abrams had three hits for the Nationals, who lost their third straight despite delivering 15 hits of their own.
Washington’s Mitchell Parker (7-11) gave up eight runs on 12 hits in four innings.
Outfielder Brandon Lockridge, acquired from the San Diego Padres on Thursday, occupied the leadoff slot and went 2-for-6 in his Brewers debut.
The Nationals took a 1-0 lead in the first when Abrams led off with a double, went to third on a flyout and scored on a two-out single by Luis Garcia Jr.
Perkins homered to left with one out in the second to tie it, his first long ball since being called up on July 18.
Milwaukee pulled ahead in the third. Contreras, Christian Yelich and Vaughn opened with singles to make it 2-1. Caleb Durbin’s bunt single loaded the bases and Yelich scored on a sac fly by newcomer Danny Jansen. After Perkins popped out, Monasterio doubled home two runs and then scored on a double by Joey Ortiz to make it 6-1.
DeJong homered with two outs in the bottom half to pull Washington within 6-2.
Jansen singled leading off the fifth and Perkins followed with his second homer of the night. Yelich increased the lead to 9-2 with an RBI single later in the inning.
Washington’s Brady House singled leading off the sixth and scored on a triple by Daylen Lile. Abrams singled to right field with two outs, plating Lile.
Lockridge singled leading off the seventh and Contreras homered to left. The Brewers added three more runs in the inning, their second five-run frame of the night.
Contreras doubled in the eighth and Vaughn homered to make it 16-4. House and Robert Hassell III each singled home two runs in a five-run Washington ninth.
–Field Level Media
