Suárez powers Reds past Brewers in afternoon victory

MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — Brandon Williamson earned the win and Emilio Pagán recorded his 23rd save as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at American Family Field. Cincinnati improved to 70-79, while Milwaukee fell to 93-57. Eugenio Suárez homered and drove in three runs for the Reds, and Tyler Stephenson added a go-ahead sacrifice fly. Joey Ortiz homered and drove in two runs for Milwaukee, and Jake Bauers also homered. Robert Gasser started for Milwaukee and allowed one earned run over five innings with five strikeouts. Williamson worked four innings, allowing one earned run and two hits with two strikeouts. Chase Burns struck out five over three innings. Abner Uribe took the loss. Pagán pitched a scoreless ninth. Cincinnati had eight hits and Milwaukee finished with six. JoJo Romero pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for Milwaukee. The game took 2 hours, 33 minutes and drew 40,559 fans.