Brewers enjoy another offensive outburst, sweep Braves with 16-7 victory

Milwaukee slugs six homers, including a pair from Jackson Chourio

Box Score

The trend of the Brewers lately has been hot-and-cold performances on consecutive days. But in Atlanta, the Brewers found some rhythm, sweeping the Braves while scoring a total of 34 runs in the three-game set, capped with a 16-run outburst Thursday afternoon.

The Brewers got things going right away against Charlie Morton in the first. After Morton managed to set down Brice Turang and Jackson Chourio to open things up, Garrett Mitchell singled, William Contreras homered, Willy Adames doubled, and Sal Frelick singled to make it 3-0 before Morton escaped the inning.

Frankie Montas had a solid opening inning himself, picking up three strikeouts around an error by Adames and a walk.

Morton once again set down the first two batters in the second, but as was the case in the first, he couldn’t get the elusive third out. Instead, he walked Turang, and allowed back-to-back homers to Chourio and Mitchell to make it 6-0 Milwaukee.

Montas set the Braves down in order in the bottom of the inning, and the Brewers tacked on two more in the top of the third as Adames went deep and Eric Haase singled to score Jake Bauers, making it 8-0. With two outs in the third, Morton was done for the day as he was replaced by Parker Dunshee.

Montas lost his rhythm in the third, allowing back-to-back walks to Whit Merrifield and Jarred Kelenic before giving up a three-run bomb to Austin Riley to make it 8-3. After a single from Marcell Ozuna, Montas set down the last three batters of the inning in order to keep the lead at five runs.

After a scoreless fourth, the Brewers kept the barrage going in the fifth, as Bauers hit a two-run homer, Chourio hit his second homer of the day, and Contreras doubled in another run to make it 13-3.

Milwaukee tacked on another in the seventh with a single and three walks by Luke Jackson. Raisel Iglesias came in with the bases loaded and no outs, inducing a pair of flyouts and a strikeout to get out of the jam, though the deficit was now up to 14-3.

Marcell Ozuna homered in the bottom of the seventh and the Braves got three more in the eighth on a two-run double and an RBI groundout against Hoby Milner, but that was as close as the Atlanta would get.

Just for good measure, the Brewers finally figured out outfielder-turned-pitcher Luke Williams in the ninth, scoring two runs on four singles after he managed to work two-plus scoreless frames against the Crew between Tuesday night and today.

With 20 hits and a 4-for-13 line with runners in scoring position, every Brewer in the lineup reached at least once. Eight of nine had a hit, with Turang (0-for-5, one walk) the lone man out. Chourio led the way with a 3-for-5 day that included two homers, four RBIs, and three runs. Contreras picked up three hits and three RBIs, while Frelick led the offense with four hits. Plus, here’s a fun fact on Chourio to (once again) make you feel old:

Montas went four innings, allowing three runs on two hits and four walks with seven strikeouts. Elvis Peguero got the win with a scoreless fifth, while Bryse Wilson and Hoby Milner pitched the last four innings, allowing a combined four runs on eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

The Brewers will look to keep the good times rolling as they return to Milwaukee to begin their longest homestand of the year against the Reds, Dodgers, and Guardians for a combined 10 games. Cincinnati arrives first, with the first game scheduled for Friday night at 7:10 p.m. Aaron Civale is lined up to face off against Carson Spiers.