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.

Sánchez hit his fourth triple with one out in the fifth and Lopez followed with his ninth home run to tie it 5-5. Priester allowed five runs — four earned — on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Lopez had an RBI groundout to put Miami up 1-0 in the first.

Durbin had a one-out single off Sandy Alcantara in the third and Ortiz walked. Sal Frelick tied it with a sacrifice fly and William Contreras doubled for a 2-1 lead.

Throwing errors by Priester and second baseman Brice Turang allowed the tying run to score in Miami's third.

Alcantara allowed five runs on five hits in six innings.

Chourio drove in the winning run with his 23rd double. That ties him with the Dodgers' Freddie Freeman for second in the NL behind the Mets' Pete Alonso with 25

Durbin stole two bases to give the Brewers 101 on the season.

Brewers RHP Chad Patrick (3-7, 3.51 ERA) starts Saturday opposite Marlins RHP Cal Quantrill (3-7, 5.42).

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Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz (3) is congratulated in the dugout after scoring on a double hit by William Contreras during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Miami Marlins' Otto Lopez crosses the plate after hitting a two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Trevor Megill (29) reacts after striking out Miami Marlins' Otto Lopez for the final out in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich (22) scores on a double hit by Jackson Chourio during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio hits a RBI double to score Christian Yelich during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war held for five months, fulfilling the terms of a ceasefire agreement the two countries signed to end bitter fighting along their border.

The release was stipulated in the ceasefire agreement, signed Saturday by the defense ministers of the two countries at the same border checkpoint between Thailand’s Chanthaburi province and Cambodia's Pailin province where the soldiers were released.

“The repatriation of the 18 Cambodian soldiers was undertaken as a demonstration of goodwill and confidence-building, as well as in adherence to international humanitarian principles,” Thailand’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Cambodia’s Defense Ministry said the release “creates an environment conducive to peace, stability, and the full normalization of relations for the benefit of both nations and their people in the near future.”

The soldiers’ release removes a major impediment toward that goal after two rounds of destructive combat over competing territorial claims.

Thailand insisted it was allowed to hold the men under the Geneva Conventions' rules of war, which say prisoners can be detained until the end of hostilities. The prisoners were allowed visits by the International Committee of the Red Cross and other rights covered under international humanitarian law, Thai authorities said.

Their continued detention was used effectively by Cambodia’s government to rally nationalist sentiment in the conflict against Thailand.

Wednesday’s statement from Cambodia’s defense ministry said the government “has remained steadfast in the promise made to the families of the 18 soldiers and the Cambodian people: that no soldier would be left behind.”

The former prisoners were flown in the afternoon from western Cambodia to the capital, Phnom Penh, where they were greeted with hugs and visible emotion by their families as they stepped off a helicopter at the city's old airport.

They and their families were then taken by buses for what was reported to be a planned private meeting with Prime Minister Hun Manet.

Crowds outside the airport gates cheered and waved small flags as their motorcade passed. The freed men acknowledged the welcome by waving or displaying the traditional Asian greeting of clasping hands in prayer-like fashion in front of ones's face or chest.

The ceasefire agreement said the soldiers would be freed if the end of combat was sustained for 72 hours after it came into effect at noon on Saturday. The 72 hours passed on Tuesday, but Thai authorities said they needed to evaluate the situation, claiming that 250 Cambodian drones had been active along the border.

The two countries had given differing accounts of the circumstances of the men’s capture, which took place on the same day the initial ceasefire came into effect at the end of July.

Cambodian officials say their soldiers approached the Thai position with friendly intentions to offer post-fighting greetings, while Thai officials said the Cambodians appeared to have hostile intent and entered what Thailand considers its territory and subsequently were taken prisoner.

There were originally 20 Cambodia soldiers taken captive, but two were repatriated within days for what were said to be medical reasons.

The original July ceasefire was brokered by Malaysia and pushed through by pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, who threatened to withhold trade privileges unless Thailand and Cambodia agreed. It was formalized in more detail in October at a regional meeting in Malaysia that Trump attended.

Despite those deals, the countries carried on a bitter propaganda war and minor cross-border violence continued, escalating in early December to widespread heavy fighting.

Thailand lost 26 soldiers and one civilian as a direct result of the combat since Dec. 7, according to officials. Thailand also reported 44 civilian deaths.

Wasamon Audjarint reported from Bangkok.

Cambodian police officers stand guard as they wait for 18 soldiers released after being captured and held by the Thai army, at former Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian soldiers, center, arrive after being captured and held by the Thai army, at Prum border gate, in Pailin province, Cambodia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AKP via AP)

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian soldiers sit in a van as they arrive after being captured and held by the Thai army, at Prum border gate, in Pailin province, Cambodia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AKP via AP)

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian soldiers are welcomed by villagers upon their arrival at Prum border gate, in Pailin province, Cambodia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, after being captured and held by Thailand. (AKP via AP)

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian soldiers, center, arrive after being captured and held by the Thai army, at Prum border gate, in Pailin province, Cambodia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AKP via AP)