Bauers Walks It Off in the 10th, Brewers Edge Twins 4-3

Jake Bauers singled to left in the tenth inning to score the winning run, sealing a 4-3 Milwaukee win over Minnesota. The play swung Milwaukee's win probability from 73% to 100% — and survived a Twins challenge that only made the moment louder.

Milwaukee struck first and fast. Jackson Chourio launched a 387-foot homer to right center in the first inning to put the Brewers up 1-0, and the game looked like it might be a comfortable night at home. Then the fifth inning happened — and it belonged to everyone. Brooks Lee answered with a 401-foot shot to right center to tie it, but Milwaukee came right back: Bauers went deep to left center at 384 feet, and then David Hamilton doubled to center to score Sánchez, pushing the lead to 3-1. Minnesota had been punched twice in the same frame and was staring at a two-run deficit.

The Twins refused to fold. In the sixth, Kody Clemens launched a 401-foot two-run homer to right center — Bell also scored on the play — and just like that it was 3-3. That's the kind of swing that can deflate a ballpark, and it appeared to do exactly that. On the mound, Jacob Misiorowski had been sharp for Milwaukee — 6.0 innings, 4 hits, 3 earned runs, 9 strikeouts — but the Clemens blast erased his lead. Connor Prielipp matched the intensity for Minnesota, going 5.0 innings with 7 strikeouts of his own, though he allowed 3 earned runs on 5 hits. Both starters left with nothing to show for it.

The game pushed to extras, and that's where Bauers wrote his name on the night. With Milwaukee's win probability sitting at 73%, Bauers singled to left, scoring Turang and sending Mitchell to third. Minnesota challenged the call on the field — and it was upheld. Win probability jumped to 100%. Game over. Bauers finished 2-for-3 with a home run, 2 RBI, and the walk-off single — the story of the night was his, start to finish. Aaron Ashby added a clean inning of relief with 3 strikeouts, and Kody Funderburk was equally sharp for Minnesota with 2 strikeouts on no hits in his inning of work. The bullpens both held, but only one team got the run it needed. Milwaukee wins, 4-3.