The Milwaukee Brewers capped a three-game series sweep of the New York Yankees with a thrilling 4-3 victory on Sunday, courtesy of a walk-off home run from Brice Turang in the ninth inning. Turang connected on a 411-foot blast to center field off Yankees closer David Bednar (1-3), marking his sixth homer of the season and the first walk-off of his career. Bednar had struck out the first two batters of the inning before Turang drilled the first pitch he saw for the game-winner.
Abner Uribe (2-1) earned the win with a scoreless ninth inning. The Yankees had tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the sixth after Aaron Judge drew a one-out walk but was caught stealing. Cody Bellinger then walked, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with an RBI double into the right-field corner.
Yankees starter Carlos Rodon, making his season debut after being activated from the injured list Sunday following surgery last October, navigated three hitless innings with two walks before running into trouble. In the fourth, the Brewers loaded the bases with no outs as William Contreras and Gary Sanchez drew consecutive walks and Andrew Vaughn was hit by a pitch. Garrett Mitchell’s sacrifice fly put Milwaukee on the board, and after a wild pitch advanced both runners, Blake Perkins lined a two-run single to center, giving the Brewers a 3-2 lead.
Rodon exited after allowing a single and a walk in the fifth inning. Over his 78-pitch outing, he surrendered three runs on two hits with four strikeouts, but also issued five walks, a hit batter, and a wild pitch.
The Yankees struck first in the opening frame when Aaron Judge launched a 373-foot homer to right field, his league-leading 16th of the year, with two outs. They extended their lead to 2-0 in the second inning after Jose Caballero doubled with one out and highly touted prospect Spencer Jones followed with an RBI single to center for his first career hit. Jones, who compiled 11 homers and 41 RBIs in 33 games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, had gone hitless in his first two games of the series.
