{"id":813766,"date":"2026-07-21T05:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813766\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T05:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:58:10","slug":"pratt-hits-1st-career-homer-as-brewers-beat-mets-8-3-in-peraltas-return-to-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813766\/","title":{"rendered":"Pratt hits 1st career homer as Brewers beat Mets 8-3 in Peralta’s return to Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILWAUKEE — – Cooper Pratt<\/a> hit his first major league homer<\/a> and had his first career three-hit game to help spoil Freddy Peralta’s return to Milwaukee as the Brewers defeated the New York Mets<\/a> 8-3 on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Joey Ortiz<\/a> had a three-run homer<\/a> and Andrew Vaughn<\/a> launched a two-run shot<\/a> for the Brewers (63-37), who won their fourth straight and overtook the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> (63-38) for the best record in the majors.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski<\/a> struck out six and allowed one unearned run while throwing 65 pitches over four innings in his first appearance since July 7.<\/a> Misiorowski was scratched<\/a> from a scheduled July 12 start due to arm fatigue, and Brewers manager Pat Murphy spoke before Monday’s game about monitoring the two-time All-Star’s workload.<\/p>\n

Peralta (5-9) gave up seven runs over 5 1\/3 innings while facing the Brewers for the first time after pitching for them from 2018-25. He received two standing ovations from the Milwaukee crowd – one after a pregame video tribute to him aired on the American Family Field scoreboard and another as he left the game with the Mets trailing 5-1.<\/p>\n

Ortiz then greeted Xzavion Curry<\/a> with a drive over the left-field wall to break open the game.<\/p>\n

Peralta opened the bottom of the first by striking out Christian Yelich<\/a>, but followed that up by walking Jackson Chourio<\/a> on four pitches. According to Sportradar, that was just the second four-pitch walk Chourio had drawn all season.<\/p>\n

Brice Turang<\/a> doubled home Chourio and later scored on William Contreras’ two-out single.<\/p>\n

Pratt, who went 3 for 4, extended Milwaukee’s lead to 3-0 in the second. Vaughn added his two-run shot in the third.<\/p>\n

Craig Yoho<\/a> (2-0) pitched one inning of scoreless relief to pick up the win. Lance McCullers<\/a> allowed two runs over three innings in his Brewers debut.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Milwaukee’s Brandon Sproat<\/a> (3-4, 5.18 ERA) faces his former team for the first time and Zach Thornton (0-1, 2.60) starts for New York on Tuesday. The Brewers acquired Sproat<\/a> in the January trade that sent Peralta to the Mets.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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