Freddy Peralta, Brewers end Twins' 13-game winning streak

Field Level Media|published: Sun 18th May, 17:02 2025

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Isaac Collins (6) watches his two-run RBI single off of Minnesota Twins pitcher Zerby Matthews (52) during the third inning of their game Sunday, May 18, 2025 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Freddy Peralta allowed one run over five solid innings as the Milwaukee Brewers avoided a sweep with a 5-2 victory over visiting Minnesota on Sunday, snapping the Twins 13-game winning streak.

Peralta (5-3) needed 90 pitches to navigate those innings, allowing one run. a solo homer, on three hits. He struck out five, walked two and hit two batters. Trevor Megill finished with a perfect ninth for his sixth save in seven opportunities.

Zebby Mathews (0-1), called up from Triple-A St. Paul, allowed four runs on five hits in three innings in his season debut. Minnesota had not lost since a 6-1 defeat at Boston on May 2.

Milwaukee capitalized on Matthews' lack of command for three runs in the third to go in front 4-0. After striking out the first two hitters, Matthews issued three consecutive walks to load the bases. Alex Collins followed with a two-run single and Sal Frelick singled in a run.

Royce Lewis got Minnesota on the board in the fourth with his first homer, a one-out solo shot to left. The Twins loaded the bases with two outs on with a pair of walks around an error, but Peralta got Trevor Larnach on an inning-ending fly to right.

The Twins cut the lead to 4-2 in the seventh when Larnach doubled with one out, advanced on a fly out, and scored on Brooks Lee's single.

Jackson Chourio preserved the lead in the eighth inning with a leaping grab of Lewis' potential game-tying drive above the center field wall with a runner on second.

Milwaukee added a run in the eighth when William Contreras walked, advanced to third on a wild pitch and ground out, and scored on a sacrifice fly.

The Brewers snapped Minnesota's team-record streak of 34 consecutive scoreless innings with a run in the second. Christian Yelich and Rhys Hoskins opened with consecutive singles and both advanced on a sacrifice bunt. Frelick followed with an RBI single.

Carson McCusker, called up by the Twins earlier in the day from Triple-A St. Paul, pinch-hit in the eighth and bounced to the pitcher to end the inning in his first big league at-bat. The 6-8, 250-pound McCusker was hitting .350 with 10 homers and 36 RBI in 38 games at Triple-A.

--Field Level Media