MILWAUKEE (AP) – Sal Frelick hit a solo shot to end Milwaukee\u2019s stretch of seven straight games without a homer and Tyler Black went 3 for 5 with three RBIs as the Brewers trounced the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-2 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee broke the game open by scoring eight runs in the sixth off reliever Andrew Hoffmann, whose earned run average rose from 2.38 to 8.49.<\/p>\n
Arizona\u2019s Ildemaro Vargas singled in the eighth inning and has hit safely in all 21 games he has played this season. Vargas actually has a 24-game hitting streak if his last three games from 2025 are included.<\/p>\n
Vargas has matched the fourth-longest, single-season hitting streak in Diamondbacks history. The record belongs to Luis Gonzalez, who had a 30-game hitting streak in 1999. <\/p>\n
Frelick put the Brewers ahead for good when he led off the second inning by sending a 1-2 pitch from Merrill Kelly (1-2) over the wall in right-center field. Frelick\u2019s 396-foot drive was Milwaukee\u2019s first homer since Turang hit a two-run shot off Miami\u2019s Sandy Alcantara on April 18.<\/p>\n
This represented Milwaukee\u2019s longest such drought since August 1999, when the Brewers went a franchise-record 13 straight games without homering. According to Sportradar, the Chicago White Sox also went seven straight games without a homer from April 5-11 of this year.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee extended the lead to 3-0 in the fourth on a two-out single from Joey Ortiz.<\/p>\n
Arizona cut the margin to 3-2 in the fifth as James McCann singled home two runs after Chad Patrick (2-1) walked the bases loaded. That was the only hit Patrick allowed in five innings, though he also walked five.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee answered with two runs in the bottom of the fifth.<\/p>\n
The game got out of hand in the sixth as Milwaukee\u2019s first eight batters reached on seven singles and a walk. Contreras and Jake Bauers each singled home two runs in that inning. Hamilton had a two-run double.<\/p>\n
Jake Woodford worked the last three innings to earn his first save.<\/p>\n
Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez (2-0, 2.89 ERA) pitches for Arizona and Brandon Sproat (0-1, 6.45) starts for Milwaukee when the three-game series continues Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
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