Brewers tag Edwin Diaz and rally for 3 runs in the 9th inning to beat the Dodgers 5-4

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jake Bauers delivered the Brewers' third RBI single of the ninth inning with two outs, and Milwaukee rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night to stay alone atop the National League standings.

Los Angeles entered the ninth with a 4-2 lead, but Edwin Diaz (2-2) gave up four straight one-out singles, including run-scoring hits by Jackson Chourio and Garrett Mitchell. The majors’ highest-paid closer has blown saves in three of his last four appearances, with his ERA ballooning to 11.57.

Alex Vesia relieved Diaz, but Chourio scored on a bouncing single by Bauers, a Huntington Beach native.

DL Hall (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief, and Trevor Megill threw a perfect ninth for his 22nd save as the Brewers dramatically rebounded late in their first game since getting swept by the surging San Diego Padres.

In a rematch of last year's National League Championship Series, the comeback victory kept NL Central-leading Milwaukee (75-47) two games ahead of NL West-leading Los Angeles (73-49), which had won four of five after a seven-game skid.

Pinch-hitter Max Muncy crushed a three-run shot in the sixth inning to become the top home run hitter in Dodger Stadium history, but Los Angeles’ three-game winning streak ended with another concerning bullpen meltdown.

Muncy’s 131st homer at Chavez Ravine was a 426-foot drive to center field that broke Eric Karros’ franchise record for the majors’ third-oldest ballpark.

Roki Sasaki pitched six innings of four-hit ball, but he also issued five walks, including two with the bases loaded in a rocky fourth inning.

Shane Drohan yielded three runs on three hits and three walks while pitching into the sixth for Milwaukee.

Freddie Freeman didn't take a day off after his frightening fall into the visitors' dugout Wednesday while chasing a foul popup, going 0 for 3 with a walk.

World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7, 2.65 ERA) takes the mound for the Dodgers on Friday against Robert Gasser (3-4, 4.57) and the Brewers.

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Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Kiké Hernández throws out Milwaukee Brewers' Jake Bauers at first during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Miguel Rojas, left, scores on a single by Ben Rortvedt as Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras tries to tag him without the ball after missing the throw during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Muncy hits a three-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Shane Drohan throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Walbert Ureña allowed two hits in six innings, Mike Trout and Denzer Guzman led a 15-hit outburst with three singles and an RBI apiece, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 7-0 on Thursday night.

Josh Lowe added two hits and two RBIs, and Adam Frazier had two hits and an RBI for the Angels, who extended their win streak to three and amassed 10 or more hits in a game for the first time since July 8.

Ureña (8-8) struck out five and walked two while lowering his ERA to 2.67. The rookie right-hander has a 2.43 ERA in 18 games since May 1 and has allowed no more than one run in 13 of those starts. José Fermin, Tayler Saucedo and Sammy Peralta each threw a scoreless inning to complete the five-hitter.

Rangers starter Jacob deGrom, who has been battling a left hip and glute injury since the All-Star break, was pulled after two innings because of right triceps fatigue.

The 38-year-old right-hander escaped a two-on, one-out jam in the first but gave up two runs and five hits during a 32-pitch second — the first time deGrom (8-8) allowed five hits in an inning since Sept. 5, 2017, with the New York Mets.

Guzman sparked the Angels’ second-inning rally with a single. He went to third on Lowe’s double and scored on Frazier’s one-out single. Lowe tried to score from second on Frazier’s hit but was thrown out by left fielder Wyatt Langford. Wade Meckler singled and Trout hit an RBI single for a 2-0 lead.

The Angels broke open the game with four runs and six hits off Texas left-hander Jordan Montgomery in the fifth.

Singles by Trout, Nolan Schanuel and Vaughn Grissom loaded the bases. Guzman drove in a run with an infield single, Lowe hit a two-run single and Jose Siri’s RBI groundout made it 6-0. Siri added an RBI single in the seventh.

Rangers: RHP Kumar Rocker (4-9, 4.46 ERA) opposes Athletics LHP Gage Jump (5-7, 4.46) on Friday night in West Sacramento.

Angels: RHP Grayson Rodriguez (3-5, 7.20 ERA) faces Royals RHP Seth Lugo (5-7, 4.41) on Friday night in Anaheim.

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Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jacob Degrom (48) throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)

Los Angeles Angels' Josh Lowe (3), left, is thrown out at home by Texas Rangers catcher Austin Wynns (38), right, during the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)