Yelich scores from first on Chourio’s double and Brewers beat Marlins 6-5

MIAMI (AP) — Christian Yelich scored the go-ahead run all the way from first on a double by Jackson Chourio in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 6-5 on Friday night.

Yelich singled leading off the eighth against Cade Gibson (2-4) and Chourio followed with his hit to help the Brewers win for the 10th time in 14 games.

Aaron Ashby (1-0) retired all seven batters he faced for the win. Trevor Megill gave up a two-out single to Xavier Edwards before issuing a nine-pitch walk to Jesús Sánchez, but he struck out Otto Lopez swinging for his 19th save in 22 opportunities.

Caleb Durbin had an RBI single in the third and scored on a two-run single by Joey Ortiz to give Milwaukee a 5-2 lead.

Connor Norby hit his fifth home run to cut it to 5-3 in the Miami fourth.