Yastrzemski Homer, Dubon's Two RBI Lift Atlanta Past Milwaukee
Atlanta walked away with a 3-2 win over Milwaukee on Friday, a game that looks like it turned on two players doing the heavy lifting with the bat. Mike Yastrzemski went 1-3 with a home run and an RBI, while Mauricio Dubon drove in two runs on 1-4 — together accounting for all three Atlanta runs.
The pitching story of the night was genuinely compelling on both sides. Jacob Misiorowski gave Milwaukee six innings, allowing 5 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 7 and walking just 1 — the kind of outing that keeps a team in a game but doesn't win it. Martin Perez matched him inning-for-inning with 6.0 IP of his own, giving up 6 hits and 1 earned run against 5 strikeouts and 2 walks. On paper, Misiorowski's line looks slightly cleaner, which makes the final score feel like it stings a little for Milwaukee's side.
The Brewers had the bodies on base to make this interesting. Brice Turang went 2-5 with 2 RBI, and both Garrett Mitchell and Andrew Vaughn each went 2-4 — Milwaukee put up a 2-run effort despite generating real contact throughout the lineup. The problem, it appears, was that Atlanta's offense was just efficient enough where it mattered. Dominic Smith also went 2-4 for the Braves, giving Atlanta four players with multi-hit or multi-RBI performances. That kind of balanced production is hard to overcome when your own offense leaves runs on the table.
Out of the bullpen, Craig Yoho tossed a clean inning for Milwaukee — 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 strikeout — while Robert Suarez handled 1.1 innings for Atlanta, allowing 2 hits and a walk but keeping the scoreboard frozen. The Brewers are a team dealing with real pitching depth concerns right now, with Quinn Priester already shut down for the season due to thoracic outlet surgery. Losing a rotation arm for the year and then watching a tight 3-2 game slip away in the final innings looks like exactly the kind of compounding frustration a team in Milwaukee's position can't afford. Atlanta, meanwhile, takes the win and moves on — a roster that just added a catcher in Joey Bart from Pittsburgh showing it's still actively trying to build. Friday night belonged to the Braves.