{"id":2359959,"date":"2026-04-05T22:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2359959"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:20:18","slug":"contreras-harrison-lead-brewers-to-8-5-win-over-royals-milwaukee-brewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/contreras-harrison-lead-brewers-to-8-5-win-over-royals-milwaukee-brewers\/","title":{"rendered":"Contreras, Harrison lead Brewers to 8-5 win over Royals | Milwaukee Brewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" false=\"\">\n                                <meta itemprop=\"isAccessibleForFree\" content=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 William Contreras had a double and two RBIs and Kyle Harrison struck out six as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison (1-0) allowed three hits and two runs in 5 1\/3 innings, earning his first win since May 30, 2025. Christian Yelich was 2 for 5 with an RBI triple that opened the scoring in the first inning.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Bauers hit a pinch-hit RBI double and later scored in the ninth to extend the Brewers&#8217; lead, and Trevor Megill secured the win with his third save of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Gary S\u00e1nchez hit a two-out, two-run homer in the first, his third of the season, to take a 3-0 lead. He had five homers in 29 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>Maikel Garcia got the Royals within one with a two-run homer of his own in the third. After reaching on a walk and stealing second, Bobby Witt Jr. nearly tied the game on a Vinnie Pasquantino single but was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Brewers\/status\/2040868773456978195?s=20\">thrown out at home<\/a> by Luis Matos to maintain the Brewers&#8217; 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Blake Perkins lined a double to left to add some insurance in the fourth, and Contreras added two more with a single to left in the seventh.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_middle\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\">\n<div id=\"tncms-block-1625596\" class=\"tncms-block\">\n<div style=\"padding: 15px 25px 15px 25px; margin: 10px;  box-shadow: 0 4px 8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19); border-radius: 8px; font-family: sans-serif; width: 80%; align: center; margin: auto;background-color: #003366; color: white;\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80%\" v-align=\"middle\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin: auto;line-height:110%;color:white;\"><span>Always know what your neighbor knows \u2014 sign up for FREE email updates from the editors of GMToday.com:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\" style=\"padding:8px; justify-content: flex-end; text-align: right;\" v-align=\"middle\">\n<a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmtoday.com\/newsletter\/\"><button style=\"border: none; color: white; padding: 10px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; border-radius: 12px; background-color: #C40202;width:90px;\"><strong>SIGN UP<\/strong><\/button><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kansas City\u2019s comeback bid came up short after Pasquantino hit a two-run single to bring them within one in the seventh. Pasquantino and Garcia each had two hits.<\/p>\n<p>Kris Bubic (1-1) took the loss, allowing four hits and four runs with eight strikeouts.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Up next<\/h4>\n<p>Milwaukee&#8217;s Brandon Woodruff (1-0, 3.60) starts Monday opposite Brayan Bello (0-1, 9.64) in the opener of a three-game series against at Boston. Kansas City&#8217;s Michael Wacha (0-0, 0.00) faces Tanner Bibee (0-1, 4.00) to kickoff a three-game set at Cleveland.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.gmtoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 William Contreras had a double and two RBIs and Kyle Harrison struck out six as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Sunday. Harrison (1-0) allowed three hits and two runs in 5 1\/3 innings, earning his first win since May 30, 2025. 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