Brewers pound 17 hits to complete 3-game sweep of Twins with 9-8 win

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rhys Hoskins homered, doubled and drove in two runs on Sunday as the Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 9-8 victory.

Brice Turang hit a three-run homer and Caleb Durbin had three hits for the Brewers, who won their fourth straight and sit a season-high eight games over .500 at 43-35.

Byron Buxton homered twice, giving him six home runs in his last six games, while Brooks Lee and Carlos Correa each had four hits for the Twins, who have lost five straight series and 13 of their last 16 games.

On a steamy afternoon, the teams combined for 35 hits and used 14 pitchers. Brewers starter Quinn Priester was pulled after throwing 76 pitches in 3 1/3 innings. The win went to Rob Zastryzny (2-1), who pitched two-thirds of an inning.

Rookie David Festa (1-2) allowed eight runs on 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Milwaukee led 9-3 in the fifth inning, but the Twins didn't go quietly, with Ty France's two-run homer in the eighth cutting the lead to 9-8.

Brewers closer Trevor Megill entered the game with runners on the corners and two out in the eighth. He struck out Jonah Bride, then got out of a jam in the ninth to pick up his 17th save.

With runners on first and second and one out in the ninth, Megill got Matt Wallner to pop out and then struck out Trevor Larnach.

The Twins entered with a team ERA in June of 6.46, the worst in the major leagues.

The Twins open a four-game series against visiting Seattle on Monday with RHP Bailey Ober (4-4, 4.54 ERA) on the mound. Milwaukee returns home to face Pittsburgh on Monday, with RHP Chad Patrick (3-7, 3.50) getting the start.

This story has been corrected to show that Brewers closer Trevor Megill struck out Trevor Larnach, not Trevor Plouffe, to end the game.

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Minnesota Twins' Ryan Jeffers (27) hits a solo home run off of Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Quinn Priester during the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Minnesota Twins' Byron Buxton (25) hits a single off of Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Quinn Priester during the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

Milwaukee Brewers' Caleb Durbin is congratulated after scoring a run on a wild pitch by Minnesota Twins relief pitcher David Festa during the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bailey Hillesheim)

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man handed an illegal prison sentence years longer than the maximum penalty for his crime has been granted clemency by Mississippi's governor, weeks after the man's brother received clemency in a similar case.

Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday that he was granting clemency to Maurice Taylor. The man's brother, Marcus Taylor, received clemency earlier this month from the governor for another illegal sentence.

In February 2015, both brothers accepted plea bargains and pled guilty to conspiracy to sell a Schedule III substance.

At the time, the maximum penalty for conspiracy to sell a Schedule III substance was five years. Yet Maurice Taylor was sentenced to 20 years in prison with five years suspended, and Marcus Taylor to 15 years.

“Like his brother, Maurice Taylor received a sentence more than three times longer than allowed under Mississippi law,” Reeves wrote in his announcement. “When justice is denied to even one Mississippian, it is denied to us all.”

In May, the Mississippi Court of Appeals had ruled that Marcus Taylor’s sentence was illegal, but did not commute his sentence because Taylor had missed the deadline to apply for post-conviction relief. After rehearing that case in November, the court reversed course and ordered his release.

In Wednesday's order, Reeves wrote that Maurice Taylor's post-conviction counsel contacted his office for the first time a few weeks ago, providing legal documents in his case. Maurice Taylor must be released within five days, according to Reeves’ order.

The Associated Press was not immediately able to identify and contact Maurice Taylor's post-conviction counsel.

The brothers are the only people to receive clemency from Reeves.

FILE - Republican Gov. Tate Reeves responds to a reporter's question during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)