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07/31 23:43 CDT Turang, Bauers hit home runs to back Drohan's quality start in
Brewers' 6-2 win over Angels
Turang, Bauers hit home runs to back Drohan's quality start in Brewers' 6-2 win
over Angels
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ---
Brice Turang and Jake Bauers powered a five-run fifth inning with home runs,
Shane Drohan struck out seven in six innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat
the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Friday night.
Drohan (6-4) allowed two runs on four hits and walked one while delivering his
fifth straight start of six innings or more for the NL Central-leading Brewers,
who have won nine of 13 games.
Milwaukee reliever Grant Anderson threw a one-two-three seventh and got the
first out of the eighth, Abner Uribe retired two batters in the eighth, and
closer Trevor Megill retired the side in order with a strikeout in the ninth.
Starter Ryan Johnson (2-6) gave up five runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings for
the Angels, who have lost four straight, seven of eight and 19 of 24.
Milwaukee took a 1-0 lead in the second when Bauers and Garrett Mitchell
singled and No. 9 batter Cooper Pratt dunked a two-out RBI single to shallow
left.
Pratt led off the fifth with a walk and Turang, the leadoff man who leads major
league second basemen in OPS (.834), doubles (25), RBIs (68), runs (71) and
walks (61), drove an inside cutter from Johnson 398 feet over the wall in
left-center for his 16th homer and a 3-0 lead.
Jackson Chourio singled, William Contreras walked with one out, and Johnson was
pulled in favor of Angels right-hander Jose Fermin. Bauers then crushed a
three-run homer to right, the ball leaving his bat at 110 mph and traveling 424
feet, for a 6-0 lead.
The Halos trimmed the deficit to 6-2 in the bottom of the fifth when Vaughn
Grissom singled and Denzer Guzman drove an opposite-field, two-run homer to
right-center, his fifth of the season.
Up next
Brewers LHP Robert Gasser (3-4, 4.71 ERA) will oppose Angels RHP Jose Soriano
(9-6, 3.29 ERA) on Saturday night.
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