Milwaukee Brewers’ Andrew Vaughn (28) high-fives teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
Milwaukee Brewers’ Andrew Vaughn (28) hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
Atlanta Braves’ Sean Murphy hits an RBI single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jose Quintana delivers in the second inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
Perkins and Vaughn each homer, Brewers beat Braves 5-4 for 6th straight win
ATLANTA (AP) — Blake Perkins doubled, hit a homer and drove in two RBIs, Andrew Vaughn also homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight win.
Milwaukee Brewers’ Andrew Vaughn (28) high-fives teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
ATLANTA (AP) — Blake Perkins doubled, hit a homer and drove in two RBIs, Andrew Vaughn also homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight win.
Vaughn extended his hitting streak to a career-best 12 games and is batting .435 with five home runs and 16 RBIs in that span.
Jose Quintana (9-4) allowed three runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts in six innings. Jared Koenig and Abner Uribe each threw a scoreless inning of relief. Trevor Megill earned his 26th save despite giving up a solo homer to Michael Harris II in the ninth.
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The Brewers (70-44) are 26 games above .500 for the first time since finishing the 2021 season 95-67. They set a franchise record for fewest games played (114) to reach 70 wins. The previous mark was 116 set in 2021.
Sean Murphy and Eli White each had an RBI and Jurickson Profar hit a solo homer for Atlanta.
Braves starter Spencer Strider (5-9) took the loss after giving up five runs on 11 hits over 4 2/3 innings.
Key moment
Isaac Collins singled, Christian Yelich doubled and Collins scored on a groundout in the fifth by Vaughn before Perkins hit a two-out homer to right field to make it 5-1 and chase Strider.
Key stat
Milwaukee is a Major League-best 33-24 and is 10-7-2 in series play on the road this season. The Brewers have won a season-high seven straight, 12 of 13 and 24 of 30 away from home.
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