Bell homers, Twins rally past Brewers 8‑6

MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Josh Bell homered and drove in two runs as the Minnesota Twins erased an early four-run deficit and beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-6 on Friday at American Family Field.

The Twins scored two runs in each of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Bell’s homer in the third cut it to 4-2. Austin Martin’s double tied it in the fourth. Luke Keaschall’s RBI single made it 5-4 in the fifth, and a double-play grounder by Kaelen Culpepper scored another. Milwaukee tied it in the bottom half on Jake Bauers’ sacrifice fly and Garrett Mitchell’s RBI single.

Royce Lewis doubled home the go-ahead run in the sixth, and Bell singled him in. Brewers starter Shane Drohan allowed six earned runs over five innings.

Zebby Matthews (5-8) earned the win, and Yoendrys Gómez notched his 16th save. Antonio Senzatela (9-3) took the loss. Brice Turang drove in two runs, and Jackson Chourio homered for Milwaukee.

Attendance was 42,118; game time was 2:49. Minnesota improved to 58-59; Milwaukee dropped to 72-44.