Turang's homer off Bednar in 9th helps Brewers complete sweep with 4-3 win over Yankees

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brice Turang homered off David Bednar with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees with a 4-3 victory Sunday.

Bednar (1-3) struck out Joey Ortiz and Jackson Chourio to start the ninth before Turang hit a 411-foot drive over the center-field wall for his first big league walk-off homer.

Milwaukee had not swept the Yankees in a series of at least three games since August 1989. The Brewers improved their interleague record since 2022 to a major league-best 116-65. They are 14-7 against American League teams and 8-9 against National League squads this season.

New York's Aaron Judge hit a solo shot off Logan Henderson in the first inning for his 16th homer, matching Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber for the major league lead. Judge has seven first-inning homers this year and 92 in his career.

Two days after his debut, the Yankees' Spencer Jones got his first hit, a second-inning RBI single. He was 1 for 9 in the series with five strikeouts.

Milwaukee's Abner Uribe (2-1) worked a scoreless ninth inning.

Yankees starter Carlos Rodón made his season debut and held Milwaukee hitless for the first 3 2/3 innings, but the Brewers erased a two-run deficit and took the lead in the fourth inning by capitalizing on the left-hander’s wildness.

Rodón started the fourth inning by walking William Contreras and Gary Sánchez and hitting Andrew Vaughn with a pitch. Contreras was forced out at home on Luis Rengifo’s bouncer to third before Sánchez scored Milwaukee’s first run on Garrett Mitchell's sacrifice fly. Blake Perkins then got the Brewers’ first hit by lining a two-run single to center.

Rodón had surgery Oct. 15 to remove loose bodies in his left elbow and shave a bone spur. He worked 4 1/3 innings and struck out four while allowing three runs, two hits and five walks. Rodón averaged 95.7 mph with his fastball, up from 94.1 mph last year.

New York tied the game against DL Hall in the sixth on Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s two-out RBI double.

Ben Rice was 0 for 13 in the series after returning from a bruised hand that caused him to miss four games.

Yankees: Open a three-game series at Baltimore. Ryan Weathers (2-2, 3.03 ERA) pitches for New York on Monday. Brandon Young (3-1, 4.35) starts for the Orioles.

Brewers: Off Monday before hosting the San Diego Padres in a three-game series. Brandon Sproat (0-2, 5.87) pitches for Milwaukee on Tuesday. The Padres haven’t named their starter.

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Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang is dunked with gatorade after hitting a walk-off home run in the ninth inning against the New York Yankees Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang watches his walk off home run in the ninth inning against the New York Yankees, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang (2) reacts with teammates after his walk off home run in the ninth inning against the New York Yankees, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang (2) gets a high-five after his walk off home run in the ninth inning against the New York Yankees, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Milwaukee Brewers' Luis Rengifo scores during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

New York Yankees Spencer Jones' girlfriend, center left and his parents, bottom right, watch his first major league hit during the second inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Logan Henderson (43) throws to the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge (99) reacts with Jazz Chisholm Jr., center, and Amed Rosario, right, after his home run during the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

New York Yankees catcher J.C Escarra tags out Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras after he struck out during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

CHICAGO (AP) — For Michael Winger, 1 was the loneliest number. And for the Washington Wizards, it was the best ping-pong ball.

Let's explain: Winger, the president of Monumental Basketball, was the Wizards' representative inside the sequestered room where the NBA draft lottery was taking place Sunday. The first ball was 4, the second ball was 2.

“I knew it was us,” Winger said.

He was right. The third ball — 1 — made it official. The fourth ball was a 13, which meant nothing. The 4-2-1 combination ensured that the Wizards had won the lottery and earned the right to pick No. 1 in next month's draft, a huge step forward for a team that finished with the league's worst record this season. And for the next 45 minutes, before the rest of the world found out during a television broadcast, Winger was essentially stone-faced.

“I could have celebrated by myself, looking around for somebody to high-five,” Winger said. “There wouldn't have been anybody there.”

The celebrations came later. Winger, Wizards great John Wall, vice president of player personnel Travis Schlenk, coach Brian Keefe and assistant coach David Vanterpool posed on stage after the lottery ended, all smiles. There haven't been a lot of moments worth smiling about in Wizards-land over the last three years. That may be changing.

“It’s our fans that have endured the most," Winger said. "And to me, this No. 1 pick is for them. It's a reward for hanging in there with us. It’s a reward to continue to support us despite sometimes really bad basketball. They knew and they supported a multiyear teardown, a multiyear reinvention of the franchise.”

It will be Washington's first time with the No. 1 pick since they chose Wall in that spot in 2010. Wall was the Wizards’ on-stage representative for the lottery.

“They could be a team that I feel should be in playoff contention next year,” Wall said.

Washington had a 14% chance of winning the No. 1 pick, tied with Brooklyn and Indiana for the best odds. The Wizards had basically a 50-50 chance of getting either a top-four pick or the No. 5 spot.

But three consecutive years of losing — the three worst seasons in the franchise’s 65-year history — paid off for a team that went 17-65 this season and even allowed Miami’s Bam Adebayo to score 83 points for the league’s second-highest single-game total ever.

The Wizards swung deals to land All-Stars Trae Young and Anthony Davis earlier this year, and now they can add whichever college player they want.

“This is another step in our journey," Keefe said. "Obviously, it’s a great day and we’re looking forward to going through the process and finding who we’re going to take with that pick, but I’m just thrilled for everybody that works with the organization and most importantly the community.”

Winger brought a photo of his family with him into the lottery room, perhaps the bit of luck he needed. And there is a certain symmetry to how the 4-2-1 combination was what delivered for the Wizards; those numbers add up to 7.

“The day I was born,” said Keefe, born April 7, 1976.

Utah will pick No. 2, Memphis will pick No. 3 and Chicago will pick No. 4.

The Los Angeles Clippers got the fifth pick — via a trade with the Pacers, who were shut out of the draft entirely — followed by No. 6 Brooklyn, No. 7 Sacramento, No. 8 Atlanta, No. 9 Dallas, No. 10 Milwaukee, No. 11 Golden State, No. 12 Oklahoma City, No. 13 Miami and No. 14 Charlotte.

The draft begins June 23 in New York. The draft combine in Chicago starts on Monday.

There are four candidates that generally are considered front-runners to be the No. 1 pick, all coming out of college after one year.

— BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, who led the nation in scoring at 25.5 points per game.

— Duke’s Cameron Boozer, the AP player of the year who averaged 22.5 points and 10.1 rebounds.

— Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, who averaged 20.2 points in 24 games.

— North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson, who averaged 19.8 points and 9.4 rebounds on 58% shooting.

“Obviously we’re going to find out on June 23 where I’m going to land," Dybantsa said. "I’m betting on myself to be a No. 1 pick. I think I’m very adaptable, I can play anywhere.”

It's now possible that Boozer could be selected by the Bulls or the Jazz — two teams that his father, Carlos Boozer, played for in his NBA days.

“It could be surreal, for sure," Cameron Boozer said.

This was the eighth, and likely final, year of this version of an NBA draft lottery, with the worst teams having a 14% chance of winning.

Framework fell into place last month on changes meant to further discourage tanking, and the league’s Board of Governors is expected to ratify that plan in the next few weeks — with general managers meeting in Chicago on Tuesday to discuss them presumably for one last time.

The three worst teams, starting next season, would have a 5.4% chance of winning — with the next seven teams all having an 8.1% chance of winning. The lottery would grow from 14 to 16 teams if the plan, as expected, is approved.

AP Sports Writer Andrew Seligman and freelance reporter Scott Held contributed to this report.

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BYU forward AJ Dybantsa smiles as he talks to media during the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum announces that the Washington Wizards won the first pick in the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Washington Wizards' John Wall, left, and NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, pose for photos after Tatum announced that the Wizards had won the first pick in the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

A person walks by a sign in the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

A person walks by a sign in the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)