Yelich and Chourio homer as the Brewers beat the Guardians 9-4

By: Steve Megargee, The Associated Press Posted: 9:15 PM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026 Last Modified: 11:37 PM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich and Jackson Chourio homered and the Milwaukee Brewers scored seven runs in the first four innings in a 9-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich and Jackson Chourio homered and the Milwaukee Brewers scored seven runs in the first four innings in a 9-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich and Jackson Chourio homered and the Milwaukee Brewers scored seven runs in the first four innings in a 9-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night.

Chourio’s two-run shot in the fourth gave him six homers in his last seven games.

One night after making his major league debut, Milwaukee’s Cooper Pratt got his first hit and scored his first run in the second inning. Pratt also singled home a run in the eighth for his first RBI.

Milwaukee Brewers' Jackson Chourio gestures as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

Cleveland wasted a grand slam from Daniel Schneemann as Gavin Williams (9-4) allowed a career-high seven earned runs in five innings. Williams had given up seven runs just once before, in a 9-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 24, 2023. Only five of the runs were earned in that 2023 appearance.

Williams was bidding for his 10th win of the season, which would have enabled him to match Milwaukee’s Aaron Ashby for the major league lead.

But he struggled right from the start.

Yelich led off the first inning by connecting on a 3-2 pitch and delivering a 387-foot shot to left center. Two outs later, Williams issued back-to-back walks to William Contreras and Jake Bauers before Sal Frelick doubled home both runners.

Milwaukee made it 5-0 in the second as Yelich singled home Pratt and scored on Brice Turang’s double.

After not putting any runners on base in the first three innings, Cleveland got back into the game in the fourth. Milwaukee’s Brandon Sproat loaded the bases on two walks and a single before Schneemann sent a 2-2 pitch over the right-field wall to cut the Brewers’ lead to 5-4.

Sproat left with a right hamstring cramp later in the fourth inning.

Chad Patrick (4-3) struck out seven and allowed one hit in 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief to help preserve Milwaukee’s lead. Cleveland got just three hits all night.

Up next

Parker Messick (6-3, 2.86 ERA) was set to start for Cleveland against Shane Drohan (3-2, 3.59) in the series finale Thursday.

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