MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Garrett Mitchell homered and drove in three runs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 Thursday at American Family Field.

Milwaukee scored six times in the first inning. Gary Sánchez delivered a two-run double, Joey Ortiz singled in a run, Mitchell doubled in two more and David Hamilton doubled in Mitchell. Seattle cut the deficit to 6-4 with two runs in the second on Brendan Donovan’s double and two in the fourth on Dominic Canzone’s single. Mitchell’s solo homer in the eighth restored the three-run lead.

Milwaukee outhit Seattle 11-6. Chad Patrick improved to 7-4 with 2 1/3 scoreless innings and four strikeouts, Aaron Ashby struck out four over two scoreless innings, and Trevor Megill earned his 23rd save with a scoreless ninth. George Kirby fell to 8-10 for Seattle. Michael Rucker tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts for the Mariners.

The Brewers improved to 80-49 and the Mariners dropped to 60-68. Attendance was 35,909, and the game lasted 2 hours, 59 minutes.