Fiers phenomenal in win over Twins
Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Ryan Braun slugged two of Milwaukee's four solo home runs, and the Brewers went on to post a 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.
Aramis Ramirez and Cody Ransom also went deep for Milwaukee, which snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-3 win in Friday's series opener.
Michael Fiers (2-2) limited Minnesota to one run on four hits in seven strong innings. He struck out five and walked two.
Josh Willingham and Ben Revere both knocked in a run for the Twins, who have dropped four straight.
Liam Hendriks (0-3) allowed five runs -- two earned -- on eight hits over five frames.
"Hendriks was behind the count quite a bit," said Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire. "It was one of those games where nothing really good happened."
The Brewers took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on Norichika Aoki's two-out, two-run single. A base hit by Rickie Weeks and a fielding error by Minnesota second baseman Jamey Carroll put runners on first and third with no outs. After Ransom was called out on strikes, Martin Maldonado attempted a safety squeeze but Weeks didn't come home. Aoki then delivered with a single to right.
Milwaukee extended its lead when Braun and Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs to begin the third.
A two-out single by Revere plated Darin Mastroianni, who doubled, in the bottom of the inning.
Braun added his 19th home run of the season in the fifth when his at-bat was prolonged after Carroll dropped a pop-up in foul territory. Ransom then crushed Anthony Swarzak's first pitch out of the bullpen over the left-field wall, stretching the lead to 6-1 in the sixth.
Willingham hit an RBI single in the eighth to account for the final score.
Game Notes
Braun, who finished 3-for-4 with a walk, now has a 21-game hitting streak in interleague play...Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe walked three times and flew out in his lone at-bat. He had homered in four consecutive games.
06/16 17:51:29 ET