MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Shane Drohan pitched six innings of five-hit ball and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Miami Marlins 8-6 on Saturday evening at American Family Field before 40,144 fans in 3 hours, 2 minutes.

Miami struck first with three runs in the second inning on RBI singles by Leo Jiménez and Joe Mack and a sacrifice fly by Otto Lopez. Milwaukee answered with a run in the bottom of the second on a sacrifice fly by Braden Shewmake and cut the deficit to 3-2 in the third on William Contreras’ RBI double.

The Brewers surged ahead with four runs in the sixth, highlighted by Jackson Chourio’s two-run single and Garrett Mitchell’s two-run double. Christian Yelich added a two-run double in the seventh to make it 8-3. Griffin Conine hit a three-run homer in the ninth for Miami, but Trevor Megill closed with a scoreless inning for his 15th save.

Drohan (5-3) struck out nine and allowed three earned runs. Calvin Faucher (4-5) took the loss. Mitchell went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, Shewmake was 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Yelich had a double and two RBIs for Milwaukee. The Brewers improved to 61-37, while Miami fell to 52-47.