Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich, right, celebrates after his solo home run with Rhys Hoskins (12) during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Christian Yelich and William Contreras hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning for Milwaukee on Sunday to help the Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 and avoid a three-game sweep.

Tyler Alexander (2-3) came on with one out and two on in the bottom of the fifth and pitched 1 2/3 hitless innings. Trevor Megill pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save as the Brewers snapped a three-game skid.

Jake Bauers drew a walk off Drew Rasmussen (1-4) and scored on Caleb Durbin’s groundout to make it 3-2 in the fifth. Yelich led off the eighth with a hit and stole second before scoring on Rhys Hoskins’s two-out single to cap the scoring.

Chandler Simpson had two doubles and Jonathan Aranda had three hits and an RBI for the Rays. Jose Caballero’s sacrifice fly made it 2-2 in the fourth.

Key moment

After Danny Jansen led off the seventh with an infield single and was replaced by pinch-runner Christopher Morel, Chandler Simpson grounded into a 1-6-3 double play. Brandon Lowe hit the next pitch to second baseman Brice Turang to end the inning.

Key stat

The Brewers snapped a string of 13 consecutive losses to open the season in games where they allowed the first run. Milwaukee was the last team in the majors this season to win a game when its opponent opened the scoring.

Up next

Right-hander Freddy Peralta (4-2, 2.18 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Brewers today against Guardians righty Ben Lively (2-2, 3.46 ERA) in the first of a three-game series at Cleveland.

RANGERS 6, TIGERS 1

DETROIT (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi tossed seven shutout innings, Marcus Semien and Josh Jung hit two-run home runs and Texas beat Detroit on Sunday.

Eovaldi (4-2) limited the Tigers to two hits and a walk while striking out seven in his fifth consecutive quality start.

Jung’s brother, Jace, started at third base for the Tigers. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Jung’s home run was the first by a player facing his brother’s team on Mother’s Day since it first became a national holiday in 1914. Their mother, Mary, was in attendance and delivered the game ball to the mound before the game.

Jonah Heim added a solo homer for Texas, which took two of three games from Detroit.

Detroit starter Reese Olson (4-3) allowed three runs and seven hits with five strikeouts in four innings. Spencer Torkelson ended the Rangers’ shutout bid with a ninth-inning sacrifice fly.

Rangers shortstop Corey Seager, who had two solo home runs and an RBI double in Texas’ 10-3 victory on Saturday, did not play because of hamstring tightness.

Up next

Tigers rookie RHP Jackson Jobe (2-0, 4.88 ERA) will start the opener of a three-game home series against Boston today.