Christian Yelich and Joey Ortiz each hit two-run homers as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers evened their four-game series against the Chicago Cubs with a 9-4 win on Tuesday.
Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang, William Contreras and Ortiz each had two hits for Milwaukee (86-53), which bounced back from a 17-3 loss in the series opener on Monday.
The Brewers outhit Chicago 13-6 and moved eight games ahead of the second-place Cubs (78-61) in the National League Central.
Trailing 3-0 after four innings, the Brewers scored nine runs over the next four frames to snap a two-game losing skid. Antonio Senzatela (10-4), one of five Milwaukee relievers, earned the victory.
Chicago broke a scoreless tie with three runs against Robert Gasser in the fourth inning. Seiya Suzuki drew a leadoff walk, Alex Bregman hit an infield single, and Tyrone Taylor followed with a two-run double against his former team.
Taylor then scored when Gasser mishandled the toss from first baseman Andrew Vaughn on Nico Hoerner’s infield liner. Gasser gave up three runs (two earned) over 4 1/3 innings.
Milwaukee got on the board in the fifth against Matthew Boyd when Luis Lara and Ortiz each singled with two outs before Lara scored on Cooper Pratt’s single to left field.
