Twins Swept By Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers wrapped up a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 9-8 win at Target Field yesterday. Milwaukee’s Rhys (reese) Hoskins and Brice Turang both homered as the Brewers raced out to a 9-3 fifth inning lead, before having to sweat out a tough win. After the Twins rallied to get within a run, Brewers closer and former Twins pitcher Trevor Megill picked up his 17th save by stranding the game-tying run at second to end the game. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli says offensively this team did some special things to get back into this one.

Milwaukee is on a four-game winning streak and sitting at 43-35. The Twins dipped to 37-40 and have dropped nine of ten and 13 of their past 16 games. Byron Buxton hit a pair of home runs, and David Festa was charged with his second loss after allowing eight runs on 12 hits in four-and-two-thirds innings. The Twins open a four-game series against Seattle tonight at Target Field at 6:40 P-M. Coverage begins at 6pm on KNUJ and SAM 107.3.