Brewers Crush Nationals, Contreras Shines

0:00It's May 2nd, MLB News. Today starts now, AI-powered and game ready. I'm Cory with the story. Milwaukee Brewer smoked the Washington Nationals 6-1 Friday night. William Contreras lit it up with 4 hits and 5 at bats and 3 RBI's, marking his second straight 4-hit game. Jacob Missyorowski owned the mound early, tossing no hits through 5-1 third innings with 8 strikeouts, including a 102, mile per hour heater. He bowed out with a right hamstring cramp, but Aaron Ashby cleaned up to keep the shed out rolling. The national snapped a no-no in the 7th, on Dailin' Lows 1-2 after Milwaukee retired 15 straight batters. Contreras etched his name and team history as just the 7th Brewer, with back-to-back 4-hit nights, first since 2010. Jake Irvin took the loss, coughing up 4 runs and 5 innings. Contreras patted the lead with an RBI single in the 3rd, and 2 more in the 8th, with bases loaded, boosting his line to 3-10 with.

1:0323 RBI's. Brewer's roll into Saturday, with Kyle Harrison on the hill against Nationals lefty Foster Griffin, who sports a 267 ERA. Milwaukee's got momentum locked in this series.