(WNFL) – The Milwaukee Brewers reduced their magic number for clinching the National League Central Division to 4 with their 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago Cubs 1-0 loss to the Cincinnatie Reds on Thursday.
The Brewers who won their 19th straight game in which Quinn Priester pitches broke a 1-1 tie with 3 runs in the seventh inning.
They scored the go-ahead run on a single by Brice Turang and added additional runs on a run-scoring double by Christian Yelich and an sacrifice fly by Andrew Vaughn.
Aaron Ashby got the win for the Brewers with 1 1/3 innings of work in relief of Priester.
Jared Koenigs pitched the ninth inning to earn the save.
Luis Garcia took the loss for the Angels.
Next up for Milwaukee is a 3-game weekend series in St. Louis against the Cardinals.
Jacob Misiorowski will start on Friday for the Brewers. Sonny Gray will pitch for the Cardinals.
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