DENVER — Christian Yelich Milwaukee won the game with a homer of 499 feet. Randal Grichuk Connected twice for the Colorado RockiesThis included a three run drive in the 10th to beat the Brewers 10-7 Tuesday evening.
The Brewers were two games behind San Diego at the start of the day for the final NL wild card spot.
Yelich gave Milwaukee a strong start when he launched a drive into Coors Field’s 3rd deck. It was the third longest home run since Statcast began tracking homers in 2015. Texas’ Nomar Mazara made a 505-foot shot in 2019. Miami’s Alex Rodriguez also had a home run. Giancarlo Stanton hit a 504-footer at Colorado in 2016.
Grichuk scored a solo homer to cap a five-run rally in eighth that made it 6 all. His 15th home run of the season and second of the game was a walk-off. Taylor Rogers (3-7).
Daniel Bard (4-4) pitched two innings to win.
Willy Adames Milwaukee got three hits from Yelich, with an RBI double in 10th to bring in Yelich and give Milwaukee a 7-6 lead.
Yonathan DazaAfter hitting a three-run homer to the eighth, Grichuk hit an RBI double in Colorado’s 10th that tied the game. Grichuk won the game with a homer after an intentional walk, and a groundout.
The Brewers jumped to a 6-1 advantage after seven strong innings of starters Brandon Woodruff But the Rockies tied it in the eighth. Luis Perdomo And Peter Strzelecki.
Alan TrejoThree hits by Daza, Grichuk had an RBI single in the Rockies eighth to make it 6-2. Grichuk reached base with two outs and Daza homered to make it 6 all.
Yelich’s 12th homer put Milwaukee ahead, and Hunter Renfroe’s 25, the 25th of the season three batters later made it 3-1. A two-run double by Omar Narváez in the fourth to give the Brewers a 5-1 lead and Adames padded the lead with an RBI double in the seventh.
Elehuris Montero He hit a solo homer to end Colorado’s one-run victory against Woodruff. It was his longest outing of this season. He allowed only two hits and struck out 5.