ANAHEIM (Interstat) — Jake Bauers hit a solo home run, Brice Turang delivered the go-ahead single in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Saturday at Angel Stadium.

Robert Gasser was the top performer for Milwaukee, allowing one run on four hits over five innings while striking out six. Chad Patrick earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief, striking out five, and Trevor Megill pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 18th save. The Brewers improved to 69-41, while the Angels dropped to 42-69.

The Angels took an early lead in the first inning. Mike Trout singled and later scored on Jorge Soler’s double to left field. That gave Los Angeles a 1-0 edge, and Angels starter Brett Kerry kept Milwaukee off the board through the first three innings.

Milwaukee tied the game in the fourth inning when Bauers drove a 1-0 pitch over the right-center field fence for his 20th home run of the season. The Brewers had threatened in the second inning when Andrew Vaughn, Garrett Mitchell and Cooper Pratt all walked, but Joey Ortiz grounded into a force out to end the inning. Milwaukee left runners stranded again in the third after William Contreras doubled, but Christian Yelich grounded out to first.

Gasser settled in after the first inning, retiring the side in order in the second and working around singles in the third and fifth. He left after five innings with the score tied 1-1. The Angels had a scoring chance in the fifth when Jose Siri singled and Mike Trout walked, but Nolan Schanuel grounded out to end the inning.

The bullpens took over from there. Milwaukee’s Abner Uribe struck out two in a scoreless seventh inning. Los Angeles’ Brent Suter struck out one in two scoreless innings. Kerry finished with four innings pitched, allowing one run on two hits while striking out three.

The decisive moment came in the eighth inning. Joey Ortiz struck out to open the frame, but Jackson Chourio followed with a double down the left field line. Turang then lined a single to center field, scoring Chourio and giving Milwaukee a 2-1 lead. The Brewers could not add on when Contreras popped out and Yelich grounded out, but the damage was done.

Milwaukee added an insurance run in the ninth. Bauers flew out to center field, but Garrett Mitchell drew a walk. Cooper Pratt then singled to center, and Mitchell raced home to make it 3-1. Ortiz grounded out to end the inning, but the Brewers had a two-run cushion.

The ninth inning belonged to Megill, who retired the Angels in order. Vaughn Grissom grounded out, Jo Adell grounded out and Wade Meckler grounded out to shortstop to end the game.

Samy Natera Jr. took the loss for the Angels, allowing one run on two hits over two innings while striking out four. Kirby Yates also pitched for Los Angeles and gave up one run on one hit in the ninth. The Angels managed five hits, matching Milwaukee’s output, but could not push across another run after the first.

Trout went 2 for 3 with a walk and a run scored for the Angels. Soler drove in the only run with his 16th double of the season. Denzer Guzman and Siri each had a hit for Los Angeles, but the Angels stranded runners in the fifth and never threatened after Gasser departed.

Milwaukee’s victory gave the Brewers a series win in the first two games of the three-game set. The Brewers won 6-2 on Friday night. Milwaukee also continued its strong season, moving a season-best 28 games over .500. The Angels, meanwhile, remained 27 games below .500.

Attendance was announced at 31,124, and the game took 2 hours and 34 minutes. The matchup was the second of a three-game series between the two teams, with the finale scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Angel Stadium.

Chourio, who entered the game as Milwaukee’s leadoff hitter, finished with a double and scored the go-ahead run. Turang’s single gave him the only RBI on a day when Milwaukee’s offense was otherwise held in check by a steady sequence of Angels relievers. Bauers’ home run was his fourth hit in the series after he went 0 for 4 in Friday’s opener.

For Milwaukee, the pitching staff combined for 13 strikeouts. Gasser led the way with six over five innings, Patrick added five in two innings and Uribe struck out two in the seventh. Megill did not record a strikeout in the ninth but retired all three batters he faced to close out the win.

For the Angels, Kerry struck out three in his four innings and allowed only the Bauers home run. Suter was efficient after that, retiring all six batters he faced. Natera, who entered in the seventh, struck out four in two innings but allowed the eighth-inning single that decided the game. Yates allowed the ninth-inning run.

The game featured a pitcher’s duel after the Angels’ first-inning run. Gasser allowed a leadoff single to Trout in the third and a one-out single to Siri in the fifth, but he escaped both innings without damage. The Angels put two runners on in the fifth when Trout walked, but Schanuel grounded out to second to end the threat. Los Angeles never advanced a runner past second base after the first inning.

Milwaukee’s eighth-inning rally began with one out when Chourio doubled. Turang’s follow-up single came on a line drive to center field, and Chourio scored easily. The play stood as the most important of the game because it turned a tied score into a lead Milwaukee would not relinquish.

Bauers’ home run in the fourth inning was equally significant because it erased Milwaukee’s deficit after the Angels’ early advantage. The Brewers had not scored in the first three innings and were facing Kerry, who had allowed only two hits before the home run. Bauers connected on a fly ball to right center, and the ball cleared the fence to knot the game at 1.

Milwaukee’s bullpen protected the tie from the sixth inning onward. Patrick retired six of the seven batters he faced, including five strikeouts. Uribe handled the seventh with a pair of strikeouts around a Denzer Guzman single, and Megill closed with a clean ninth.

The Angels’ bullpen matched Milwaukee’s for most of the night. Suter was perfect over two innings, and Natera allowed only the one run in the eighth. But the Brewers’ ninth-inning insurance run came on a walk and a single, an inning that began with two quick outs before Mitchell worked his second walk of the game and Pratt delivered.

The final play of the game was a groundout by Meckler, sealing Milwaukee’s 69th win of the season. The Brewers have won four of their last five games, with the only loss coming in Wednesday’s blowout at San Francisco. The Angels have lost seven of their last eight.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Milwaukee 6, Los Angeles 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Milwaukee with a 69.20 percent probability to win. Milwaukee had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5, and the total of 4 runs went over the over/under line of 9.