Milwaukee rookie Jackson Chourio hit two two-run home runs as part of a six-homer, 20-hit attack by the Brewers, who defeated the Atlanta Braves 16-7 on Thursday to complete a sweep of the series.
This sweep was only the fourth time the NL Central-leading Brewers have swept the Braves and the second time in Atlanta. The other sweep occurred in 2016. The Braves, who gave up 36 hits in the last two games and were outscored 34-12 in the series, are now on a five-game losing streak.
“To come here in their ballpark where we haven’t had a lot of success recently and play well all three days regardless of the outcome,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said, “We played good defense, kind of unnoticed. Offensively, we scrapped and pecked away, ran pitch counts up and put balls in play.”
Along with Chourio, who went 3 for 5 with four RBIs, the Brewers also had home runs from William Contreras, Garrett Mitchell, Willy Adames, and Jake Bauers.
Chourio, at 20 years and 150 days, became the youngest player in Brewers history to hit two home runs in a game.
Billy Jo Robidoux, at 21 years and 266 days, previously held the record in 1985. Chourio is also the youngest player in baseball to achieve this since Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in 2019.
“We’re in an incredible moment right now,” Chourio said through an interpreter. “We’re just having really good communication, getting really good results. We’ve got a lot of energy in this dugout.”
For the Brewers, Contreras went 3 for 5 with three RBIs, Sal Frelick was 4 for 5 with two RBIs, and Mitchell went 2 for 4 with an RBI and three runs.
For Atlanta, Austin Riley went 2 for 5 with a three-run homer, and Marcell Ozuna was 2 for 4 with two RBIs, including a 440-foot solo homer to left field.
This was the seventh major league game this season where both teams combined for at least eight home runs.
Right-hander Frankie Montas pitched the first four innings for the Brewers. He faced some trouble in the third inning when Riley hit a homer, but he was almost unhittable otherwise. His first five outs were strikeouts, and he ended with seven strikeouts while allowing only two hits.
