Rays end home skid with 4-3 win over Brewers

Taylor Walls drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the eighth inning to break a tie and give the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.Walls took a 3-2 pitch well below the strike zone from loser Jared Koenig (2-1), who gave up two hits and walk in the inning to load the bases.The Rays snapped a three-game losing streak overall and a seven-game skid at home.Cole Sulser (1-1) got the win, despite giving up a run in the top of the eighth on Rhys Holkins’ RBI single as the Brewers tied the game at 3-3. Kansas City rookie right-hander Eric Orze pitched around a two-out single in the ninth for his second save in as many chances.The Rays took a 3-2 lead in the sixth on an obstruction call against Milwaukee third baseman Caleb Durbin. With runners on first and third and one out, the runner on first, Junior Caminero, took off for second.Catcher William Contreras fired to second base, but Caminero retreated to first. The throw then went to third, and it appeared that Christopher Morel was picked off third. But the umpire ruled that Durbin blocked the base, and Morel was awarded home and Caminero second.Brewers’ manager Pat Murphy was ejected for arguing the call.Tampa Bay’s Brandon Lowe hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 2-2. He hit an 0-1 fastball over the right-center field fence an estimated 405 feet for his fifth homer of the season.

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