Brewers fall to Braves, Atlanta wins series
ATLANTA, GA - MAY 08: Willy Adames #27 of the Milwaukee Brewers cant bring in the ball off the bat of Matt Olson of the Atlanta Braves during the second inning at Truist Park on May 8, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
ATLANTA - Adam Duvall and William Contreras homered to help Charlie Morton win for the first time in five starts as the Atlanta Braves cranked up their bats, 9-2 over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.
Matt Olson hit a two-run double during a four-run second inning. Duvall homered in the third off starter Aaron Ashby and Contreras added a three-run drive in the fifth off Jandel Gustave to pad the lead.
The Braves were winless over Morton’s last four starts, a stretch that included a 7.85 ERA. But the 38-year-old right-hander (2-3) pitched around three walks to allow two hits with five strikeouts in five scoreless innings.
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The defending World Series champions won just their second series of the season in nine tries to improve to 14-16. The Brewers have lost two straight but still lead the NL Central with a 19-10 record.
Duvall hit his second homer of the year with an opposite-field solo shot in the third to make it 5-0. Of Atlanta’s 34 homers this year, 27 have been solo shots. Contreras made it 9-0 by connecting to left field with a 436-foot shot that left his bat at 113 mph.
The Braves went up 6-0 in the fourth when Dansby Swanson scored on a wild pitch off Ashby (0-3). Ashby was charged with six hits and six runs with four walks and three strikeouts in four innings.
Morton escaped trouble with the bases loaded in the second when Lorenzo Cain struck out and Jace Peterson flied out.
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The Braves took a 4-0 lead in the second on Contreras’ bases-loaded walk, Ronald Acuña Jr.’s RBI grounder and Olson’s double. Olson’s bloop hit landed in shallow left field, just out of the reach of shortstop Willy Adames, and allowed Acuña to score from first.
Milwaukee scored twice in the eighth off Tyler Matzek. Pinch-hitter Mike Brosseau had a run-scoring single and another run scored on a double-play grounder.