Brewers pour it on early as Garrett Mitchell leads the way in 13-9 victory over the Reds

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Garrett Mitchell went 4 for 5 with a homer and four RBIs as the Milwaukee Brewers scored all their runs in the first five innings of a 13-9 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.

William Contreras hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fourth inning and Brice Turang added a two-run shot one night after the Brewers clinched a playoff berth by trouncing the Reds 20-0. Never before in franchise history had the Brewers totaled that many runs in a two-game stretch.

The Reds headed to Milwaukee after losing 14-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, so they’ve allowed 47 runs over their last three games. According to Sportradar, the last time the Reds gave up 47-plus runs over a three-game stretch was in September 1901.

No major league team has given up that many runs in a span of three games since July 2022, when the Boston Red Sox allowed 55.

The Brewers’ magic number for clinching the NL Central dropped to three.

Eugenio Suárez and Juan Brito homered for Cincinnati.

Turang and Mitchell hit two-run homers off Brady Singer (6-14) in the first inning to give Milwaukee a 4-0 lead. Cincinnati rallied off Shane Drohan to tie it at 5-all on Brito’s two-run blast in the fourth.

Milwaukee responded with three runs in the fourth and five in the fifth.

Singer allowed eight runs in four innings. Graham Ashcraft allowed five runs in the fifth while retiring only one batter.

Chad Patrick (9-4) got the win by striking out four in 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Abner Uribe worked the ninth for his seventh save.

The news wasn’t all good for the Brewers.

In his first relief appearance of the season, Kyle Harrison allowed hits to each of the four batters he faced, and they all ended up scoring. Harrison has given up 19 runs – 17 earned – over 7 1/3 innings in his last three outings as his ERA has climbed from 2.79 to 3.98.

Chase Burns (15-3, 2.73 ERA) pitches for the Reds and Robert Gasser (4-5, 4.43) starts for the Brewers on Sunday.

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Cincinnati Reds' Juan Brito hits a two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras gestures as he rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Jake Bauers claps after hitting a two-run single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Garrett Mitchell, right, watches his two-run double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Milwaukee Brewers' Garrett Mitchell gestures after hitting a two-run double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

CAIRO (AP) — State-run media say an Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and three wounded.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations monitor separately reported a vessel was hit by a projectile while transiting the strait, with no details.

There was no immediate statement by the U.S. military, which previously has struck Iranian-flagged vessels as it keeps up a blockade of Iranian ports.

The strike came as tensions continue around the waterway that was seen as an international one before the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28.

Iran said Saturday foreign ministers from regional countries will meet about efforts by Iran and Oman, on the other side of the strait, to manage shipping on it.

A motorboat travels past commercial vessels anchored amid haze in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)