Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich hits an RBI double during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout hits a single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Milwaukee Brewers’ Brice Turang gets an RBI hit during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Yelich gets his 100th RBI as Brewers beat Angels 5-2 to complete sweep
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich went 2 for 4 and reached 100 RBIs for the season as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Thursday night.
Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich hits an RBI double during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich went 2 for 4 and reached 100 RBIs for the season as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Thursday night.
Yelich Brice Turang as part of the Brewers’ three-run outburst in the seventh inning that broke a 2-all tie. This marks Yelich’s first 100-RBI season since 2018, when he had 110 and was named the
The Brewers completed a three-game sweep and reduced their magic number for clinching the NL Central to four. The Angels have lost seven straight.
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Milwaukee’s Quinn Priester struck out eight of the first nine batters he faced and didn’t allow a baserunner until the fifth inning, when Jo Adell drew a leadoff walk and Luis Rengifo homered. Those were the only runs allowed by Priester, who struck out 10 and gave up three hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings.
Priester has won a Brewers-record 12 straight decisions. He left this game with Milwaukee trailing 2-1, but the Brewers rallied after his departure.
Jackson Chourio led off the seventh with a ground-rule double off Luis GarcÃa (2-2) and scored the go-ahead run on Turang’s single. After Yelich doubled home Turang, William Contreras came home on Andrew Vaughn’s sacrifice fly.
Aaron Ashby (4-2) struck out three in 1 1/3 scoreless innings to get the win. Jared Koenig worked the ninth for his second save in four opportunities.
Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi allowed two runs over 5 2/3 innings.
Key moments
With runners on third and second, Milwaukee’s Blake Perkins made a of Chris Taylor’s drive to the center-field warning track in the seventh to keep the score tied 2-all.
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Los Angeles had runners on the corners with one out in the eighth, but Abner Uribe struck out Rengifo and Yoán Moncada to end the threat.
Key stat
The Brewers have won the last 19 games that Priester pitched, a stretch that includes 16 starts and three games in which he followed an opener.
Up next
The Angels head to Colorado. Friday’s scheduled starters are Mitch Farris (1-1, 4.80 ERA) for the Angels and Bradley Blalock (1-5, 9.00) for the Rockies.
The Brewers go to St. Louis. Jacob Misiorowski (5-2, 4.35) pitches for Milwaukee and Sonny Gray (13-8, 4.43) starts for the Cardinals on Friday.
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