Adames hits game-winning RBI single in 10th and Brewers beat White Sox | Sports

MILWAUKEE — Willy Adames hit an RBI single in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the White Sox 4-3 on Saturday to extend Chicago’s losing streak to 10 games.

Adames also had a two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning.

“It was a good win,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “It could have gone the other way very quickly.”

Chicago’s Garrett Crochet struck out eight over six innings of one-run ball. The pitching has been one of the few bright spots for the White Sox this season. He took the mound Saturday after allowing just two runs in his last four starts while striking out 32 in his last 23 innings.

“I throw the ball well, to be honest,” Crochet said. “Other than the change we made to (Joey) Ortiz tonight, I felt like I was really subdued.”

Home runs by Andrew Benintendi and Gavin Sheets gave Crochet an early 3-1 lead against rookie left-hander Robert Gasser.

Gasser scattered seven hits over five innings, but still struck out three and walked none. He has allowed just one walk through his first 29 career innings and none in his last three starts. Hoby Milner (3-0) pitched the ninth.

“I wasn’t as sharp as I wanted to be today,” Gasser said. “There’s always room to grow, so I’ll learn from it.”

The Brewers’ offense got Gasser off the hook in the seventh on Adames’ two-run single against Jordan Leasure. Adames’ shortstop in the 10th came off Michael Kopech (1-5).

“I just tried to put the ball in play,” Adames said. “Especially in this situation, if you try to do too much, you don’t stand a chance.”

Chicago has lost 14 of its last 15, while the NL Central-leading Brewers have won four straight and seven of their last nine.

INSTRUCTOR’S ROOM

White Sox: 1B Andrew Vaughn was held out of the lineup for the second straight game with a finger strain suffered sliding into third base Wednesday against the Blue Jays. … Benintendi left the game after his first home run with left Achilles tendinitis.

Brewers: RHP Trevor Megill returned to the mound for the first time since taking a bounce from his right elbow Tuesday against the Cubs. Megill entered the seventh and struck out all three batters with his fastball reaching 99 mph.

IT FOLLOWS

RHP Freddy Peralta (3-3, 3.61 ERA) and RHP Nick Nastrini (0-4, 9.52) square off when the Brewers and White Sox conclude their series on Sunday.

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