Brewers beat stumbling Red Sox 8-6 behind Mitchell’s tiebreaking single and 3 hits from Yelich

BOSTON (AP) — Garrett Mitchell lined a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the stumbling Boston Red Sox 8-6 on Monday night, sending them to their eighth loss in nine games.

Christian Yelich had three hits and an RBI for the red-hot Brewers (8-2).

Willson Contreras hit a solo homer and reached base five times for the Red Sox (2-8).Garrett Whitlock (0-1) walked two batters before Mitchell’s go-ahead hit. Left fielder Roman Anthony threw wildly to the plate, allowing a second run to score that made it 7-5.

Aaron Ashby (3-0) got four outs and Angel Zerpa worked the ninth for his first career save.Contreras had words with Milwaukee starter Brandon Woodruff after getting hit by a pitch on the hand. Contreras then slid hard into second base, banging into David Hamilton’s left knee with his cleats and tearing his pants.