Brewers beat Astros 5‑4 in 10 on Turang sacrifice fly

HOUSTON (Interstat) — Jackson Chourio and David Hamilton homered, and Brice Turang’s tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning lifted the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

Automatic runner Christian Yelich scored the go-ahead run after moving to third on Chourio’s flyout. Turang’s sacrifice fly to right field off Alimber Santa (0-1) was deep enough for Yelich to slide home. Trevor Megill struck out two in the bottom of the 10th for his seventh save.

Milwaukee scored one run in the third, two in the fifth, one in the eighth and one in the 10th. Houston scored one in the second and three in the fourth. The Brewers had four hits to the Astros’ six. Kai-Wei Teng struck out seven over five innings for Houston, allowing three earned runs. Abner Uribe (3-2) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win.

The game at Daikin Park lasted 2:54 before 29,978. Milwaukee improved to 34-20, while Houston fell to 26-33.