Sugano leads Rockies past Brewers, 5‑2

MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Tomoyuki Sugano pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball Friday evening as the Colorado Rockies defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 at American Family Field. The Rockies jumped ahead with two runs in the first inning on Cole Carrigg’s RBI double and Hunter Goodman’s run-scoring single. They added a run in the third when Kyle Karros singled home Jake McCarthy, then got a sacrifice fly from Mickey Moniak in the fourth. TJ Rumfield’s RBI double in the seventh extended the lead to 5-1. Milwaukee scored in the first on Brice Turang’s home run and in the sixth on Christian Yelich’s solo shot. Sugano (10-4) allowed six hits and struck out five over 5 1/3 innings for the win. Victor Vodnik and Jordan Romano combined for 2 2/3 scoreless innings, with Romano earning his eighth save. Shane Drohan (5-4) took the loss after surrendering five runs on six hits in six innings. The Rockies improved to 42-63, while the Brewers fell to 64-39 before a crowd of 37,089 in a game lasting 2 hours, 51 minutes.