ATLANTA (AP) — Isaac Collins hit a three-run homer, Quinn Priester allowed just one more hit over seven innings after surrendering a first-pitch home run, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Monday night.
Priester (11-2) struck out four and walked two while throwing 90 pitches as the Brewers improved to a major league-best 68-44.
Jurickson Profar hit Priester's first pitch of the game over the right-field wall to put the Braves ahead. It was Profar's fourth home run of the year.
Collins, the NL rookie of the month, made it 3-1 in the fourth with his drive to right.
Erick Fedde (3-12), who made his first home start with the Braves, pitched 5 1/3 innings while giving up three runs. Aaron Bummer came in as relief and posted the first strikeout of the game for Atlanta in the seventh inning.
Ozzie Albies had his five-game hitting streak snapped as the Braves finished with just three hits.
All-Star Trevor Megill picked up his 25th save of the season for the Brewers in a perfect ninth inning.
With runners at the corners in the eighth inning, Joey Ortiz caught a hard line drive over second base for the Brewers' second out. Abner Uribe escaped the inning and preserved the lead as a result of Ortiz’s acrobatic catch.
The Braves stranded six runners on base.
RHP Freddy Peralta (12-5, 3.03 ERA) is slated to start for the Brewers on Tuesday in the second game of the series, while LHP Joey Wentz (2-2, 5.02 ERA) is expected to take the mound for the Braves.
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Atlanta Braves' Jurickson Profar (7) celebrates his solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester (46) works against the Atlanta Braves in the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Milwaukee Brewers' Isaac Collins (6) celebrates his three-run home run against the Atlanta Braves in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
MILAN (AP) — AC Milan didn’t let city rival Inter Milan open up too big a gap at the top of Serie A as it fought back to win 3-1 at in-form Como on Thursday, with Adrien Rabiot winning a penalty and then scoring two goals.
Inter had moved six points clear of Milan and Napoli with a 1-0 win over Lecce on Wednesday, coupled with Napoli’s frustrating draw against Parma.
Milan’s victory saw the Rossoneri cut the gap back to three points.
It didn’t start off so well for Massimiliano Allegri’s team, however.
Como — which was sixth in Serie A — got off to the perfect start when a corner was taken short and then floated in for Marc-Oliver Kempf to head the hosts into the lead in the 10th minute.
Como dominated but Milan leveled on the stroke of halftime when it was awarded a penalty after Rabiot was brought down by Kempf and Christopher Nkunku’s spot kick squirmed under the body of Jean Butez.
Milan turned the match around completely 10 minutes into the second half. Rafael Leão controlled a crossfield pass and then cut inside before lifting the ball over for Rabiot to chest down and volley across into the bottom right corner.
And Rabiot sealed the match shortly before full time when Niclas Füllkrug headed a ball back to the France midfielder and he drilled hard and low into the near corner.
Bologna ended a miserable run as it fought back to win 3-2 at relegation-threatened Hellas Verona in a match full of spectacular goals.
Bologna hadn’t won since November and got off to a poor start when it gave away the ball in the opposition penalty area and Antoine Bernède raced almost from box to box before laying it off for Gift Orban to fire home.
Riccardo Orsolini curled in an equalizer following a smart free kick and equally impressive goals from Jens Odgaard and Santiago Castro put Bologna 3-1 up at halftime.
Bologna midfielder Remo Marco Freuler accidentally turned a cross into his own net in the 71st minute.
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Verona's Gift Orban, left, celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Bologna in Verona, Italy, Thursday Jan. 15 , 2026. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Bologna's Santiago Castro (9), right, celebrates goal 1-3 during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Bologna in Verona, Italy, Thursday Jan. 15 , 2026. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Como's Marc-Oliver Kempf, center, celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Como and Milan in Como, Italy, Thursday Jan. 15, 2026. (Antonio Saia/LaPresse via AP)
Como's Nico Paz, left, and AC Milan's Luka Modric in action during the Serie A soccer match between Como and Milan in Como, Italy, Thursday Jan. 15, 2026. (Antonio Saia/LaPresse via AP)
AC Milan's Christopher Nkunku celebrates scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Como and Milan in Como, Italy, Thursday Jan. 15, 2026. (Antonio Saia/LaPresse via AP)
