The Milwaukee Brewers opened their three-game series against the San Diego Padres with a 6-4 win on Tuesday.

The win is the Brewers’ fifth in a row and brings them to 23-16 on the season. There were various moments and key performances that made up the victory, let’s go over them:

Welcome Back, Christian Yelich

After missing a month with a left adductor strain, Brewers designated hitter Christian Yelich made his return to the lineup.

Yelich demonstrated rust in his first game back since April 12, and he finished the game without a hit in four at-bats. He also struck out twice.

While it was not the best night for Yelich, his return was significant for Milwaukee. Less than two weeks ago, the Brewers were without Yelich, Jackson Chourio , and Andrew Vaughn due to injury. Now, all three are back in the lineup, and the team is finding momentum.

Another Big Fourth Inning

The Brewers have made a habit of putting together offensive onslaughts in the middle innings of games this season, and the bottom of the fourth inning in Monday's win added to that trend.

After the Brewers took an early lead in the bottom of the third inning thanks to a Joey Ortiz solo home run to left field, the Padres struck back with two runs of their own in the top of the fourth to take the lead. Then, Milwaukee returned with an uppercut.

In the bottom of the fourth, the Brewers hung five runs on San Diego with six hits. The effort gave them a 6-2 advantage, which was enough breathing room to finish the game out.

Joey Ortiz and Brice Turang

After hitting a home run in the third inning, Ortiz contributed to the Brewers’ scoring in the fourth with a sacrifice fly RBI to make it a 4-2 game. Then, Brice Turang followed up with a two-RBI double, his second hit of the day, to cap off the scoring in the frame.

Later on, Ortiz added another single and finished the day by going 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs and a run scored, and Turang went 2-for-4 with two RBIs of his own.

Clutch Relief

After the Brewers caught fire in the fourth, they would not see another run cross home plate for the rest of the game.

The Padres, however, would make their push.

In the top of the sixth inning, Milwaukee starting right-handed pitcher Brandon Sproat allowed a solo home run to Miguel Andujar before allowing a single to Xander Bogaerts , prompting manager Pat Murphy to come out and send Sproat back to the dugout in favor of Shane Drohan .

Drohan would be the first of four relievers Murphy would call on after Sproat finished the game with six strikeouts while allowing six hits, three earned runs, and two walks in 5 ⅓ innings of work. A combination of Drohan, Chad Patrick , Trevor Megill , and Abner Uribe made sure things did not get out of hand.

The four relievers would end up combining for seven strikeouts while allowing two hits, one walk and one earned run that came via an RBI double by Andujar in the top of the eighth inning, but that is as close as the Padres would get to coming back.

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