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Contreras has 3 hits as Brewers take advantage of sloppy inning by Pirates in 3-2 victory

2024-04-25 10:14 Last Updated At:10:22

PITTSBURGH (AP) — William Contreras had three hits and the Milwaukee Brewers used one big inning to edge the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Wednesday night.

The Brewers took advantage of a sloppy second inning by the Pirates to turn an error, two walks and two hit batters and an RBI single by Contreras into three runs.

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Pittsburgh Pirates' Bryan Reynolds (10) crosses home plate past Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras after hitting a two-run home run off starting pitcher Bryse Wilson during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — William Contreras had three hits and the Milwaukee Brewers used one big inning to edge the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Milwaukee Brewers' Rhys Hoskins is awarded first base after being hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, with bases loaded, forcing in a run during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Rhys Hoskins is awarded first base after being hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, with bases loaded, forcing in a run during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Bryan Reynolds (10) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off starting pitcher Bryse Wilson (46) during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Bryan Reynolds (10) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off starting pitcher Bryse Wilson (46) during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Josh Fleming delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Josh Fleming delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Josh Fleming delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Josh Fleming delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Sal Frelick scores on a single by William Contreras off Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Sal Frelick scores on a single by William Contreras off Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Bryse Wilson delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Bryse Wilson delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz, left, tags out Milwaukee Brewers' Blake Perkins attempting to steal second during the second inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz, left, tags out Milwaukee Brewers' Blake Perkins attempting to steal second during the second inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras (24) singles off Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, driving in a run, during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras (24) singles off Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, driving in a run, during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Rhys Hoskins is hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, with bases loaded, forcing in a run during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Rhys Hoskins is hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, with bases loaded, forcing in a run during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras is greeted by Joey Ortiz (3) after scoring on a bases load walk issued by Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz to Brewer's Blake Perkins during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras is greeted by Joey Ortiz (3) after scoring on a bases load walk issued by Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz to Brewer's Blake Perkins during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Sal Frelick had two hits for Milwaukee, which snapped a two-game skid. Bryan Hudson (2-1) worked 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Joel Payamps overcame a pair of errors in the ninth for his fourth save.

Payamps made the first error, briefly mishandling a comebacker by Edward Olivares that allowed Olivares to reach safely. Frelick, in left field, let a fly ball by Oneil Cruz drop to put two runners on. Payamps then got Jared Triolo to line out then struck out pinch-hitter Andrew McCutchen to end it.

“Everyone’s going to make errors and, you know, we’re a team, right?" Payamps said through a translator. “So that’s what we have to do. We got to pick each other up. ... The job was to strand that runner on base and that's what we did.”

Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer for Pittsburgh, but the Pirates managed just four hits against five relievers in a bullpen game that favored the Brewers.

Bryse Wilson worked 4 1/3 innings while making his second start of the season. Wilson allowed two runs on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Given the injuries that have ravaged Milwaukee's pitching staff, Wilson could be on his way to becoming a full-time starter, a role he filled earlier in his career.

“I like him as a starter, I think he can do it,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “And I think he’s, he’s just just, getting started at it, you know. And I think he’s he’s very, very capable. So with our situation right now, he’s a good option.”

The Pirates opted to give Quinn Priester a couple of extra days to rest after making his 2024 major-league debut in a rocky outing last Friday against Boston. Reliever Josh Fleming (1-1) served as the opener, something he did occasionally last season while with Tampa Bay.

Fleming cruised through the first two innings before running into trouble in the third. Frelick reached on an error by first baseman Rowdy Tellez and Brice Turang walked two batters later.

Luis Ortiz came on in relief and promptly gave up an RBI single to Contreras. Ortiz, who was in the mix for a spot in the starting rotation during spring training before being sent to the bullpen, hit a pair of batters to force in a run and then walked Blake Perkins to give Milwaukee a 3-0 lead.

Reynolds' third home run of the season — a shot to the seats in right-center — in the bottom of the third brought Pittsburgh within one. But the Pirates never really threatened to tie it until the ninth. McCutchen — who had homered on Monday and Tuesday — couldn't find a way to get pinch-runner Michael A. Taylor home.

Pittsburgh has scored two or fewer runs seven times in its last eight games, a stretch in which the Pirates are just 2-6.

“We were the big hit away from -- I mean, understatement -- but a big hit away from winning that game,” Pittsburgh manager Derek Sheltons said. "We created some opportunities late in the game but weren’t able to capitalize on it.”

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Brewers: LHP Robert Gasser made his season debut for Triple-A Nashville after missing time with bone spurs in his left elbow. The 24-year-old Gasser, considered one of the top prospects in the organization, allowed one run in four innings with five strikeouts.

Pirates: C Yasmani Grandal (left foot) will remain at Triple-A Indianapolis through the end of the week. Pittsburgh general manager Ben Cherington said the team wants to give Grandal plenty of chances to run the bases in the minors since Grandal missed the vast majority of spring training.

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The series concludes on Thursday. Freddy Peralta (2-0, 1.90 ERA) starts for the Brewers against Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller (2-2, 4.80).

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Pittsburgh Pirates' Bryan Reynolds (10) crosses home plate past Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras after hitting a two-run home run off starting pitcher Bryse Wilson during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Bryan Reynolds (10) crosses home plate past Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras after hitting a two-run home run off starting pitcher Bryse Wilson during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Rhys Hoskins is awarded first base after being hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, with bases loaded, forcing in a run during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Rhys Hoskins is awarded first base after being hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, with bases loaded, forcing in a run during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Bryan Reynolds (10) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off starting pitcher Bryse Wilson (46) during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Bryan Reynolds (10) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off starting pitcher Bryse Wilson (46) during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Josh Fleming delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Josh Fleming delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Josh Fleming delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Josh Fleming delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Sal Frelick scores on a single by William Contreras off Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Sal Frelick scores on a single by William Contreras off Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Bryse Wilson delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Bryse Wilson delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz, left, tags out Milwaukee Brewers' Blake Perkins attempting to steal second during the second inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz, left, tags out Milwaukee Brewers' Blake Perkins attempting to steal second during the second inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras (24) singles off Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, driving in a run, during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras (24) singles off Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, driving in a run, during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Rhys Hoskins is hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, with bases loaded, forcing in a run during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' Rhys Hoskins is hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz, with bases loaded, forcing in a run during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras is greeted by Joey Ortiz (3) after scoring on a bases load walk issued by Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz to Brewer's Blake Perkins during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras is greeted by Joey Ortiz (3) after scoring on a bases load walk issued by Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Luis L. Ortiz to Brewer's Blake Perkins during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) and Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, right, go after a rebound during the first half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) and Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, right, go after a rebound during the first half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) drives past Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Friday, May 3, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) drives past Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Friday, May 3, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley, left, fouls Orlando Magic guard Cole Anthony as he goes up for a shot during the second half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley, left, fouls Orlando Magic guard Cole Anthony as he goes up for a shot during the second half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

A Minnesota Twins fan holds a sausage before a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Chicago. The Twins recently began passing around summer sausages in the dugout. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

A Minnesota Twins fan holds a sausage before a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Chicago. The Twins recently began passing around summer sausages in the dugout. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

FILE - PJ Morton performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 26, 2019, in New Orleans. Morton comes home with a new album and memoir dropping soon amid a Saturday afternoon performance May 4, 2024, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which nears the end of an eight-day run. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - PJ Morton performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 26, 2019, in New Orleans. Morton comes home with a new album and memoir dropping soon amid a Saturday afternoon performance May 4, 2024, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which nears the end of an eight-day run. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Berkshire Hathaway shareholders pose with a cutout poster of CEO Warren Buffett Friday, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb., inside the exhibit hall in Omaha where Berkshire companies sell their products. Buffett will spend hours answering questions at the meeting Saturday. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

Berkshire Hathaway shareholders pose with a cutout poster of CEO Warren Buffett Friday, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb., inside the exhibit hall in Omaha where Berkshire companies sell their products. Buffett will spend hours answering questions at the meeting Saturday. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

In this Friday, May 3, 2024, photo released by the Wajo Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Wajo), rescuers carry a victim of a flood in Wajo, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. A flood and a landslide hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing a number of people, officials said Saturday. (BPBD Wajo via AP)

In this Friday, May 3, 2024, photo released by the Wajo Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Wajo), rescuers carry a victim of a flood in Wajo, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. A flood and a landslide hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing a number of people, officials said Saturday. (BPBD Wajo via AP)

A man wades through an area flooded by heavy rains, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)

A man wades through an area flooded by heavy rains, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Macedo)

FILE - Lucky Debonair and jockey Bill Shoemaker are seen coming ahead in the final challenge to win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 1, 1965. America’s longest continuously held sporting event turns 150 years old Saturday. The Kentucky Derby has survived two world wars, the Depression and pandemics, including COVID-19 in 2020, when it ran in virtual silence without the usual crowd of 150,000. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Lucky Debonair and jockey Bill Shoemaker are seen coming ahead in the final challenge to win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 1, 1965. America’s longest continuously held sporting event turns 150 years old Saturday. The Kentucky Derby has survived two world wars, the Depression and pandemics, including COVID-19 in 2020, when it ran in virtual silence without the usual crowd of 150,000. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Sudanese Children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, on April 6, 2024. The United Nations food agency warned Sudan’s warring parties Friday, May 4, that there is a serious risk of widespread starvation and death in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan if they don’t allow humanitarian aid into the vast western region. (AP Photo/Patricia Simon, File)

FILE - Sudanese Children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, on April 6, 2024. The United Nations food agency warned Sudan’s warring parties Friday, May 4, that there is a serious risk of widespread starvation and death in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan if they don’t allow humanitarian aid into the vast western region. (AP Photo/Patricia Simon, File)

Former President Donald Trump walks outside the Manhattan Criminal Court room in his trial Friday, May 3, 2024, in New York. (Mark Peterson/Pool Photo via AP)

Former President Donald Trump walks outside the Manhattan Criminal Court room in his trial Friday, May 3, 2024, in New York. (Mark Peterson/Pool Photo via AP)

FILE - An indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif., is seen, Aug. 15, 2019. Marijuana advocates are gearing up for Saturday, April 20, 2024. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

FILE - An indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif., is seen, Aug. 15, 2019. Marijuana advocates are gearing up for Saturday, April 20, 2024. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden talks with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden talks with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

University of Mississippi student and counter-protester Connor Moore, center, taunts graduate student Jaylin R. Smith with a piece of bread during a protest in support of Palestinians on Thursday, May 2, 2024, outside the J.D. Williams Library on the school campus in Oxford, Miss. (HG Biggs/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

University of Mississippi student and counter-protester Connor Moore, center, taunts graduate student Jaylin R. Smith with a piece of bread during a protest in support of Palestinians on Thursday, May 2, 2024, outside the J.D. Williams Library on the school campus in Oxford, Miss. (HG Biggs/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

FILE - Palestinians line up for free food during the ongoing Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Jan. 9, 2024. A top U.N. official said Friday, May 3, 2024, that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine" after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

FILE - Palestinians line up for free food during the ongoing Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Jan. 9, 2024. A top U.N. official said Friday, May 3, 2024, that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine" after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

University of Georgia pro-Palestinian students protest in front of the UGA arch in Athens, Ga., on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

University of Georgia pro-Palestinian students protest in front of the UGA arch in Athens, Ga., on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks at the McCain Institute's Sedona Forum in Sedona, Ariz., Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jake Bacon)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks at the McCain Institute's Sedona Forum in Sedona, Ariz., Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jake Bacon)

Ashley Eyer, wife and son Andrew watch during a memorial service for Officer Joshua Eyer, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. Police in North Carolina say a shootout that killed Eyer and wounded and killed other officers began as officers approached a home to serve a felony warrant on Monday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Ashley Eyer, wife and son Andrew watch during a memorial service for Officer Joshua Eyer, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. Police in North Carolina say a shootout that killed Eyer and wounded and killed other officers began as officers approached a home to serve a felony warrant on Monday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Joseph Torres stands in the remains of his father's home in Hodges, Texas, Friday May 3, 2024. It and several other houses in the unincorporated Jones County community west of Hawley were damaged or destroyed by a tornado Thursday evening. (Ronald W. Erdrich/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)

Joseph Torres stands in the remains of his father's home in Hodges, Texas, Friday May 3, 2024. It and several other houses in the unincorporated Jones County community west of Hawley were damaged or destroyed by a tornado Thursday evening. (Ronald W. Erdrich/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)

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