WASHINGTON (AP) — William Contreras had four hits for the second straight game, Jacob Misiorowski had a no-hitter through 5 1/3 innings before leaving with a right hamstring cramp and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Friday night.
Contreras became the seventh player in Brewers history to have four hits in back-to-back games and the first since Casey McGehee in 2010. Contreras went 4 for 5 with three RBIs — after going 4 for 4 with a homer and four RBIs in a 13-1 victory over the Diamondbacks on Thursday.
Misiorowski left the game after throwing a 98.9 mph fastball to James Wood. Aaron Ashby entered the game and struck out Wood before Luis García Jr. grounded out to end the inning.
Misiorowski (2-2) struck out eight, including García in the first inning on a 102.3 mph fastball. He worked a hitless outing for the first time since a five-inning stint June 12 against the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Nationals got their first hit in the seventh on Daylen Lile's one-out double — to break a string of 15 straight batters retired by Milwaukee pitchers. Left fielder Blake Perkins missed on a diving attempt to catch Lile’s double.
Jake Irvin (1-1), who entered with 13 strikeouts against no walks in his last two starts, allowed four runs, three earned in five innings. Cionel Pérez worked two scoreless innings in relief and has not allowed an earned run in eight of his last 10 outings.
Milwaukee loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth and Contreras singled home two runs for a five-run lead. He is batting .310 (36 for 116) with 13 walks and 23 RBIs.
Contreras also gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead in the third on an RBI single.
Washington LHP Foster Griffin (3-0, 2.67 ERA) takes the mound in the second game of the series on Saturday against Milwaukee RHP Kyle Harrison (2-1, 2.28).
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Milwaukee Brewers' Garrett Mitchell (5) celebrates with William Contreras (24) after scoring against the Washington Nationals on a passed ball during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski (32) walks to the dugout with head trainer Brad Epstein, right, as he exits due to an apparent injury during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras celebrates after his RBI single against the Washington Nationals during the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
MONTREAL (AP) — Gage Goncalves scored off his own rebound at 9:02 overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Friday night to force a Game 7 in the first-round series.
Goncalves scored soon after the Lightning killed scoring star Nikita Kucherov's penalty for tripping Alexandre Carrier.
Game 7 is Sunday in Tampa. The Lightning are trying to avoid a fourth consecutive first-round exit, while the Canadiens are chasing their first series victory in five years.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves for Tampa Bay, and Jakub Dobes stopped 32 shots for Montreal. The first three games of the series also went to overtime.
The game was the second in three days to go to overtime scoreless, with Philadelphia beating Pittsburgh 1-0 on Wednesday night to end that series in six games. Before the season, the last 0-0 playoff game in regulation was in 2021.
Dobes and the Canadiens survived a flurry of shots on a late power play. The Lightning got the man advantage after Ivan Demidov broke in on Vasilevskiy, failed to score and was called for goalie interference.
Late in the second — with the Lightning’s Charle-Edouard D’Astous off for slashing Phillip Danault — Vasilevskiy stopped Demidov twice from close range.
Tampa Bay had a power-play chance early in the third after Kaiden Guhle was called for slashing Jake Guentzel. On the Lightning’s best chance, Nikita Kucherov fired a shot off the post.
Montreal had only one shot on goal on a power play to start the second period with Guentzel off for high-sticking Guhle with 11 seconds left in the first.
Danault kept it scoreless a few minutes later when he swept the puck away before it could cross the goal line. Montreal then killed Alexandre Texier’s high-sticking penalty.
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Montreal Canadiens' Alexandre Texier (85) reaches for a rebound with Tampa Bay Lightning's Darren Raddysh (43) as Canadiens' Zachary Bolduc (76) and Lightning's Brandon Hagel (38) battle in front of the Lightning net during the second period of Game 6 in the first round of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in Montreal, Friday, May 1, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
Montreal Canadiens' Zachary Bolduc (76) and Tampa Bay Lightning's Brandon Hagel (38) battle for the puck behind Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the second half of Game 6 in the first round of an NBA basketball playoffs series in Montreal on Friday, May 1, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
Tampa Bay Lightning's Brayden Point (21) battles for a rebound with teammate Corey Perry (10) and Montreal Canadiens' Jayden Struble (47), Josh Anderson (17), Lane Hutson (48) and goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) during the first period of Game 6 in the first round of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in Montreal on Friday, May 1, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
Montreal Canadiens' Josh Anderson (17) collides with Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) as Lightning's J.J. Moser (90) defends during Game 6 in the first round of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in Montreal, Friday, May 1, 2026. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) stops a shot by Montreal Canadiens' Ivan Demidov (93) during the second period of Game 6 in the first round of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in Montreal, Friday, May 1, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
