Quinn Priester pitched seven solid innings and the Milwaukee Brewers amassed 17 hits to defeat the host Seattle Mariners 10-2 Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series.
Leadoff hitter Brice Turang went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs for the Brewers, who bounced back after managing just two hits in a 1-0 loss Tuesday that snapped their 11-game winning streak.
Priester (9-2) allowed two runs on six hits. The right-hander walked two and struck out six.
The Brewers broke a 2-2 tie with three unearned runs in the fourth. Isaac Collins reached on a fielding error by Seattle shortstop J.P. Crawford and advanced to second on a wild pitch. With two outs, Anthony Seigler was hit by a pitch and Joey Ortiz grounded a run-scoring single to right, with runners ending up at second and third on the throw home that was just tardy. Seigler scored on Turang’s infield single and William Contreras grounded a single off a diving Crawford’s glove to make it 5-2.
Milwaukee added another run in the fifth as Jackson Chourio, Collins and Tyler Black led off with consecutive singles.
Mariners starter Luis Castillo (7-6) went five innings and allowed six runs (three earned) on 10 hits. The right-hander, who had won his previous three starts, didn’t walk a batter and fanned seven.
The Brewers added a run in the sixth off reliever Trent Thornton on one-out singles by Turang and Contreras and a two-out hit by Chourio.
In the seventh, Milwaukee scored three more runs with a two-out rally. Seigler and Ortiz singled before Turang hit a two-run double to right. Contreras grounded another single off Crawford’s glove to extend the lead to 10-2.
The Brewers took a 2-0 edge when they opened the second with three hits. Collins grounded a single to center, Black doubled to right and Blake Perkins drove in both with a double into the left-center gap.
The Mariners tied it in the bottom of the inning. Jorge Polanco led off with a double to right and, two outs later, Dominic Canzone did the same to cut the deficit in half. Ben Williamson followed with a bloop single into shallow center to plate the tying run.
