Brewers 7, Rockies 6: Walk-off error gives Milwaukee a messy but much-needed victory
The Milwaukee Brewers needed a break to go their way. At the final hour, they got it.
Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar short-hopped a throw to first on an Andruw Monasterio ground ball with two outs in the bottom of the 10th to allow a run to score and give the Brewers a walk-off, 7-6 win on Wednesday afternoon at American Family Field.
Mark Canha, who had tied the game moments prior with a double to center field, trotted home from third once Rockies first baseman Michael Toglia was unable to come up with the pick on Tovar's throw.
Canha's double provided redemption after his error in left field allowed the Rockies to score the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th.
Box score: Brewers 7, Rockies 6 (10 innings)
A bad hop got the Rockies right back in it
A night after struggling to throw strikes during a 10th-inning nightmare, rookie reliever Abner Uribe was thrown right back in the fire Wednesday, inheriting a one-run lead and runners on second and third with one out in the seventh.
This time, Uribe should have gotten out of the jam with the lead intact.
Uribe got Austin Wynns to ground out softly to Monasterio, who fired home from third to get Harold Castro out, then got another grounder off the bat of Jurickson Profar.
The ball, however, took a wicked hop on the dirt and ate up Brice Turang at second base, resulting in a tying infield hit.
The game turned quickly on Adrian Houser
Brewers starter Adrian Houser began his afternoon by retiring the first nine Rockies he faced.
Things went south quickly.
Profar, one pitch after what should have been a called third strike was deemed a ball by umpire John Tumpane, led off the fourth inning with a solo homer to open the game’s scoring.
Tovar then singled, Ryan McMahon walked and Nolan Jones doubled to make it 3-0, and two batters later Harold Castro lined a single to up the Colorado advantage to 4-0.
Houser threw a scoreless fifth after that to finish with a final live of five innings, five hits, four runs, one walk and five strikeouts.
Brewers claw back from deficit
A rally effort began immediately for the Brewers.
Following a Monasterio single and Turang walk in the bottom of the fourth, Tyrone Taylor roped a two-run double to left and Christian Yelich poked a seeing-eye single through to draw Milwaukee within 4-3.
Then, with two outs in the fifth, Willy Adames homered to tie the game, the first step in what he and the Brewers hope is a strong final push to the season for the shortstop.
Adames, fresh off his two days off, was hitting .157 with a .484 OPS in the second half entering the day and had just one homer in his previous 100 plate appearances.
Two pitches following Adames’ blast, Monasterio hit his second homer in as many days and put the Brewers up, 5-4.
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Brewers beat Rockies in 10th inning on walk-off throwing error
