Hill, Carter, Santana go deep, Brewers beat Twins 10-5
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Aaron Hill, Chris Carter and Domingo Santana hit home runs to help Jimmy Nelson and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Minnesota Twins 10-5 on Wednesday night.
Nelson, who had never faced the Twins, allowed four runs on 10 hits. He struck out six and walked one to keep the Twins winless in seven games on the road.
Hill led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo shot off Ryan Pressly (1-1) after the Twins tied it at 4 in the sixth on Oswaldo Arcia's two-run homer and Eddie Rosario's home run.
Brian Dozer chased Nelson (3-1) with a double down the first-base line. Carlos Torres walked the next two batters, but escaped the jam when he struck out Arcia.
The Brewers tacked on four more runs in the seventh. After a run scored on Arcia's fielding error, Carter hit his fourth of the season, a two-run drive over the wall in center.
Santana led off the eighth with his second home run of the season.
Joe Mauer drove in a run off Tyler Cravy in the top of the ninth.
Twins starter Tommy Milone exited with two outs in the Brewers' fifth, leaving the bases loaded and the score tied at 1. Reliever Michael Tonkin took over and walked Ryan Braun to force in a run. Jonathan Lucroy followed with a two-run double that pushed the lead to 4-1.
Braun singled and scored on Carter's double in the fourth as the Brewers tied it at 1.
Kurt Suzuki doubled with two out and took third when Milone slapped an 0-2 pitch to deep short and beat a strong, accurate throw to first from shortstop Jonathan Villar. Eduardo Nunez's grounder foiled a Brewers' defensive shift, sailed through a gap between second and first as Suzuki scored.
Milone allowed four runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings in his third career start against the Brewers and all of them have been at Miller Park. He came in 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA with three walks and 11 strikeouts
MILONE GETS TWO HITS
Twins pitchers aren't known for hitting during interleague play, but Milone did his part. Looking to improve on the staff's 3-for-20 performance last season, he went 2 for 2 with two singles. His first at-bat extended the second inning and helped set up a run. He came in with four hits in 25 at bats (.160).
WELCOME BACK
Fans welcomed Twins manager Paul Molitor with a nice round of applause during pregame introductions. He played 15 seasons for the Brewers from 1978-1992, hitting .303 with 405 doubles, 86 triples, 160 home runs, 790 RBIs, 1,275 runs scored and 412 stolen bases. The team retired his No. 4 in a ceremony at Milwaukee County Stadium on June 11, 1999.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Twins: C Kurt Suzuki took a foul ball off his face mask in the Brewers' fifth. He needed a few minutes to regroup, but stayed in the game. . The Twins pitching staff came in 54 for 372 (.145) since interleague play started in 1997. Molitor worries more about his staff getting hurt than hitting. "You're always a little bit fearful when you're asking guys to do things they don't normally do," he said. "You just hope nobody does anything too crazy, either get carried away with their swings or if they do get a chance to run the bases. You hate to lose somebody because of a rare opportunity to get into the game offensively as a pitcher."
Brewers: Team physician, Dr. William Raasch, examines RHP Matt Garza (right lat strain), RHP Corey Knebel (left oblique strain) and LHP Will Smith (sprained right knee) on Thursday. All three are on the 15-day disabled list. . Nelson threw 67 of his 95 pitches for strikes.
UP NEXT
Twins: RHP Ricky Nolasco (0-0, 3.21 ERA) makes his 10th career start against Milwaukee. He is 3-3 with a 7.20 ERA over that stretch.
Brewers: RHP Taylor Jungmann (0-2, 2.90 ERA) makes his fourth start and first career appearance against the Twins