Joey Ortiz homers, drives in 4 runs, including winner in the 11th inning, as Brewers top Yankees 7-6

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Joey Ortiz hit a run-scoring single in the 11th inning and finished with a homer and four RBIs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-6 win over the New York Yankees on Friday night.

Owen Miller, inserted as a pinch runner for former Yankee Gary Sánchez at second to start the 11th inning, advanced to third on a fly ball to right field by Brice Turang. Ortiz then singled through the legs of third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera, driving in the winning run.

“I was just excited to be able to help the team win,” Ortiz said. “That’s what really matters.”

Ortiz came into the game with three hits in his last 24 at bats, including 0 for 13 in the last 12.

“Hit something hard, put the barrel on the ball,” he said. “Put the ball in play and make things happen.”

New York's Jose Trevino, on second to start the 10th inning, scored on a double to the wall in left-center by pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton. Milwaukee tied the game in the bottom half of the inning when Willy Adames singled to center, scoring William Contreras and tying it at 6-all.

Jared Koenig (2-0) picked up the win with two innings of relief. Michael Tonkin (1-3), claimed off waivers from the New York Mets on Thursday, took the loss.

“Baseball, in general, is tough,” Tonkin said. “Still got to go out and do your job.”

Clay Holmes pitched a perfect ninth, but Boone didn't want his closer to come for the 10th.

“I wasn't going two innings with my closer tonight when he's been in essentially half our games," Boone said. "And, especially some of the attrition we had down there in our bullpen, I've got to make sure we keep him in a great spot."

New York's Juan Soto made his 800th career hit special, sending a 0-1 cutter 103.9 mph over the left-field wall in the first inning off Colin Rea.

The Yankees went ahead 2-0 in the second when Alex Verdugo launched a solo homer.

Ortiz tied it with his first career homer, two-run blast to left in the bottom half of the inning.

The home-run ball was sitting on the top shelf of his locker.

“I guess the ball bounced back,” Ortiz said. “I had no idea because I kind of blacked out when I hit it. I guess the ball bounced back on the field and (left fielder Alex) Verdugo was able to throw it into the bullpen.”

Blake Perkins gave Milwaukee a 4-2 lead in the third with a two-run homer to right-center, his third of the season.

Trent Grisham put the Yankees ahead in the fourth with his first home run of the season, a three-run shot that traveled 404 feet to right.

Yankees starter Luis Gil was chased in the sixth inning when Sánchez hit a lead-off double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Joey Ortiz.

Gil allowed five runs on six hits with two walks and six strikeouts in his first career start against Milwaukee, a no-decision.

Rea allowed five runs on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Yankees: OF Jasson Domínguez (right UCL tear) continues to improve and is a few weeks away from playing in a game.

Brewers: LHP Wade Miley said he needs Tommy John surgery. The 37-year-old lefty (0-1, 6.43 ERA in two starts) was put on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation on April 22, retroactive to April 19.

UP NEXT

Yankees: LHP Carlos Rodón (1-1, 2.70 ERA) makes his sixth start of the season and will face Brewers RHP Joe Ross (1-2, 4.05 ERA), making his fifth start this season and first against the Yankees since May 9, 2021, while pitching for Washington.

Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras tags out New York Yankees' Jahmai Jones at home during the 11th inning of a baseball game Friday, April 26, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Blake Perkins hits a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Friday, April 26, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz is congratulated after hitting a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Friday, April 26, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Willy Adames douses Joey Ortiz after a walk off hit during the 11th inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Friday, April 26, 2024, in Milwaukee. The Brewers won 7-6. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz reacts after hitting a walk off RBI single during the 11th inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Friday, April 26, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz hits a walk off RBI single during the 11th inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Friday, April 26, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz hits a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Friday, April 26, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus showed premeditation and intent in the 2022 fatal shooting, according to prosecutors.

Murad Dervish’s trial began Tuesday and is expected to last two weeks in Pima County Superior Court.

Dervish, 48, faces seven felony charges including first-degree murder in the death of Thomas Meixner, who was shot nine times inside a campus building on Oct. 5, 2022.

Meixner, 52, headed the university’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences and was an expert on desert water issues. Dervish had been a graduate student in the hydrology program.

Authorities said Dervish was banned from the school in January 2022 and later expelled for ongoing issues with professors after he received a bad grade.

“This isn’t a case about whether or not the defendant was the one who pulled the trigger and shot and killed Professor Meixner,” Deputy Pima County Attorney Hayley Weigold told jurors in her opening statement Tuesday, according to the Arizona Daily Star. “What it’s about is the intentional killing of Professor Meixner and knowing right from wrong.”

Attorneys for Dervish have chosen to wait to make their statement until after the state rests its case. They may be seeking an insanity defense.

But Weigold told the jury that Dervish fled the scene after the shooting so he knew that criminal act was wrong.

Dervish was arrested after Arizona state troopers stopped his car on a highway more than 120 miles (193 kilometers) northwest of Tucson.

Authorities said a loaded 9 mm handgun was found in the vehicle and the ammunition was consistent with the shell casings found at the shooting scene.

According to a criminal complaint, a flyer with a photograph of Dervish had been circulated to university staff in February 2022 with instructions to call 911 if he ever entered the Harshbarger Building, which houses the hydrology department.

The complaint also said Dervish was barred from being on school property and he had been the subject of several reports of harassment and threats to staff members working at Harshbarger.

Lawyers for Meixner’s family said Dervish had threatened the professor in the past and entered the building without being stopped or followed.

University President Robert Robbins said campus police tried to get Dervish charged two separate times before the shooting and took the complaints to Pima County prosecutors, but they were told there wasn’t enough evidence.

Meixner’s family filed a $9 million notice of claim — a precursor to a lawsuit — in March 2023, saying there were numerous ways the university failed to protect him and the rest of the community.

The school and the Arizona Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s three public universities, reached a $2.5 million settlement with Meixner’s family in January.

FILE - This undated photo provided Oct. 7, 2022, by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows Murad Dervish. A jury was seated Tuesday, May 7, 2024, for the trial of Dervish, a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of fatally shooting a professor in 2022 after he was banned from campus because of harassment complaints. (Pima County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

FILE - A memorial for University of Arizona professor Thomas Meixner is seen outside the school's Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences building in Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2022. A jury was seated Tuesday, May 7, 2024, for the trial of a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of fatally shooting Meixner in 2022 after he was banned from campus because of harassment complaints. (AP Photo/Terry Tang, File)