Brewers wild win over Twins to complete early deficit

Orlando Arcia hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to edge the Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Monday night in Minneapolis. Milwaukee was trailing 4-3 heading into the eighth when pinch-hitter Hernan Perez led off with a double to the wall in left-centre off reliever Taylor Rogers (1-1), then Arcia followed with his sixth home run of the season into the bleachers in left.

Arcia finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Corbin Burnes (1-3) picked up the win with a scoreless inning of relief. Josh Hader, despite giving up two hits and a walk, blanked the Twins over the final two innings to earn his 13th save. Byron Buxton hit a three-run homer and Max Kepler had a double and single for Minnesota, which had its season-best six-game winning streak snapped. It also was just the second loss in the last 13 games for the Twins.

Minnesota batted around in the second inning against Milwaukee starter Gio Gonzalez en route to a 4-0 lead. Eddie Rosario led off with a single and advanced to third two outs later on a single to centre by Willians Astudillo, the first of five consecutive hits by the Twins. Luis Arraez then lined a single to centre to drive in Rosario. Buxton followed with his fifth home run of the season, a three-run blast over the bullpens in left-centre.

Milwaukee retired in order in five of the six innings by Twins starter Michael Pineda, cut it to 4-3 in the third. Keston Hiura and Eric Thames started the inning with back-to-back singles, then Arcia lined a double into the gap in left-centre, driving in Hiura and sending the Thames to third. Lorenzo Cain followed with a sacrifice fly to drive in the Thames, with Arcia also tagging and advancing to third. Christian Yelich then drove in Arcia with another sacrifice fly. Buxton's home run was the 55th in the month for the Twins, tying the team's record for homers in May set by the 1964 squad.