Milwaukee Brewers fall to Rays, Pat Murphy ejected

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Taylor Walls of the Tampa Bay Rays rounds second base behind Joey Ortiz. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)

TAMPA - Taylor Walls drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning Friday night to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 and snap a seven-game home skid.

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Brandon Lowe, who went into the game hitting .077 against lefties this season, homered off left-hander Jose Quintana for the Rays. Tampa Bay had lost 11 of 12 at Steinbrenner Field, its temporary home.

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Brewers manager Pat Murphy was ejected in the sixth after third baseman Caleb Durbin was called for obstruction, and Christopher Morel – who had been caught in a rundown between third base and the plate – was awarded home to give the Rays a 3-2 lead.

Rhys Hoskins hit an RBI single against Cole Sulser (1-1) in the eighth to make it 3-3 before Jared Koenig (2-1) allowed two hits and two walks in the bottom half.

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Eric Orze pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.

William Contreras returned from a one-game absence and played through a fractured finger on his left (catching) hand. Brewers coaches Charlie Greene and Nestor Corredor modified the 27-year-old catcher's grips on his bats and the pocket of his mitt to expedite Contreras' return. He had a first-inning RBI single.

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The Rays’ José Caballero hit a single to center field that was misplayed by Jackson Chourio – the 21-year-old’s first career error – and Walls scored from first to make it 1-1 in the third inning.

Quintana pitched 5 1/3 innings to reach 2,003 2/3 for his career, joining Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Charlie Morton and Chris Sale as the only active players with more than 2,000.

What's next:

Brewers RHP Tobias Myers (1-0, 3.65 ERA) is scheduled start Saturday against Rays right-hander Taj Bradley (3-2, 4.43).