MILWAUKEE (AP) — Caleb Durbin homered for a second straight game and Andruw Monasterio also went deep to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 on Monday night.
Monasterio and Christian Yelich each had two hits and two RBIs for NL Central-leading Milwaukee. William Contreras also had two hits.
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (12) is congratulated at the dugout after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo, left, talks with Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras (24) during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo reacts after being hit by a pitch during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Milwaukee Brewers' Andruw Monasterio hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a three-run homer for the Diamondbacks.
The game featured two five-run rallies. Milwaukee broke a scoreless tie with five runs in the third. Arizona trailed 6-0 before getting five runs in the sixth.
After Arizona’s Eduardo Rodríguez (5-8) retired his first six batters, he allowed the first seven Milwaukee batters to reach in the third inning. Yelich had a bases-loaded single.
Rodríguez lasted just 2 1/3 innings in his shortest start of the season.
Monasterio added a 404-foot solo shot off Bryce Jarvis in the fourth.
Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff (5-1) was cruising along before running into trouble in the sixth. Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll hit consecutive RBI singles before Gurriel connected for a 380-foot drive to left.
Durbin provided some insurance for the Brewers with a leadoff drive in the eighth off Jarvis.
Abner Uribe retired the side in order in the ninth for his third save.
The Diamondbacks didn't arrive in Milwaukee until shortly before 4 a.m. CDT. Manager Torey Lovullo said he was told there were brake issues with the plane that was supposed to take the team from Arizona to Milwaukee. The Diamondbacks then had to wait about five hours for a different plane.
Arizona put the tying run on base on Geraldo Perdomo's two-out single in the seventh and Gurriel's one-out walk in the eighth. The Diamondbacks couldn't advance the runner either time.
Yelich is 8 of 11 with two homers and 21 RBIs in bases-loaded situations this season.
Brandon Pfaadt (12-8, 4.95 ERA) pitches for the Diamondbacks on Tuesday, and Jacob Misiorowski (4-2, 4.19 ERA) starts for the Brewers.
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (12) is congratulated at the dugout after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo, left, talks with Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras (24) during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo reacts after being hit by a pitch during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Milwaukee Brewers' Andruw Monasterio hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media. The ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean,” she said.
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Several U.S. government social media accounts posted brief videos that appeared to show various parts of the ship’s capture. Black-and-white footage showed at least four helicopters approaching the ship before hovering over the deck while armed troops dropped down by rope. At least nine people could be seen on the deck of the ship.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, it was partially filled with crude.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for moving cargoes of illicit Russian oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
Speaking to reporters at the White House later Thursday, Noem declined to say how many sanctioned oil tankers the U.S. is tracking or whether the government is keeping tabs on freighters beyond the Caribbean Sea.
“I can’t speak to the specifics of the operation, although we are watching the entire shadow fleet and how they’re moving,” she told reporters.
However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear that they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro’s capture and the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, not the Galileo.
Associated Press writer Ben Finley contributed to this report.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
