Brewers need extras again, top White Sox in 10 innings

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Aug 11, 2023; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Milwaukee Brewers catcher Victor Caratini (7) celebrates with teammates after scoring against the Chicago White Sox during the second inning at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Aug 11, 2023; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Milwaukee Brewers catcher Victor Caratini (7) celebrates with teammates after scoring against the Chicago White Sox during the second inning at Guaranteed Rate Field.
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Mark Canha delivered a go-ahead, pinch-hit double in the 10th inning and the bullpen contributed 4 1/3 innings of one-run relief to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-6 win over the host Chicago White Sox on Friday

William Contreras, Carlos Santana and Victor Caratini had two hits apiece for the Brewers, who maintained a 2 1/2-game lead on the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds atop the National League Central

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Contreras and Willy Adames each drove in two runs for Milwaukee, which overcame a 5-2 deficit. The Brewers have played extra innings in four of the past six games, including three straight

Devin Williams (7-3) struck out the side in the ninth to earn the win. Abner Uribe worked a perfect 10th for his first career save

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Eloy Jimenez smacked a two-run home run among his three hits for Chicago, while Yoan Moncada and Andrew Vaughn had two hits apiece

Jimmy Lambert fell to 2-2 with the loss, allowing one run and one hit in two innings

Chicago soured Milwaukee right-hander Corbin Burnes' streak of seven straight starts of at least six innings with four hits or fewer and two runs or fewer

An uneven first inning presented Burnes with an uphill climb. He needed 26 pitches to complete a frame in which he allowed an RBI single to Moncada and Grandal's run-scoring sacrifice fly. That made it 2-1 Chicago after Contreras scored Christian Yelich in the top of the first

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Caratini hit a solo home run against Michael Kopech in the second to tie the game 2-2

Adames' two-run single in the fifth trimmed a three-run Brewers deficit to 5-4. Then the Brewers took a 6-5 lead in the sixth, scoring twice when reliever Aaron Bummer made a barehanded, backhand toss over the head of catcher Yasmani Grandal with the bases loaded

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Chicago tied the game on Vaughn's RBI groundout in the seventh

Kopech scattered four runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings with five walks and four strikeouts

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Burnes allowed five runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings while walking three and striking out five

Luis Robert, who sprained the pinky finger in his right hand Wednesday, was out of the lineup for the White Sox but pinch-ran in the bottom of the 10th

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--Field Level Medi