Brewers defeat Dodgers 5‑1 behind Contreras homer

MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — William Contreras homered and drove in three runs as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Friday at American Family Field.

Contreras went 3 for 4 with a fourth-inning home run that scored Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang, giving Milwaukee a 3-0 lead. Sal Frelick added a sacrifice fly in the first inning and Andrew Vaughn doubled home Contreras in the second. The Brewers scored four times in the first and once in the second.

Logan Henderson (2-1) pitched five innings, allowing two hits and no earned runs with seven strikeouts. Chad Patrick earned his second save.

Justin Wrobleski (6-2) took the loss for Los Angeles.

The Dodgers scored their only run in the seventh on Shohei Ohtani’s sacrifice fly. Los Angeles managed three hits.

Milwaukee improved to 30-18; Los Angeles fell to 31-20. Attendance was 36,446. The game lasted 2 hours, 43 minutes.