Henderson, Chourio Pace Brewers' Win

There wasn't much offense between the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins on Saturday at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn. But the Brewers had just enough to slip past the Twins 2-1.

Brewers starting pitcher Logan Henderson worked five innings of one-run ball to get the win, going to 1-1 this season. Henderson only allowed a third-inning solo home run to Minnesota's Trevor Larnach. Outside of that one earned run, Henderson allowed six hits, walked one, and struck out seven.

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Reliever Chad Patrick worked the final four innings, giving up just one hit, in earning his first save this season. Patrick didn't walk a batter and struck out three, lowering his ERA to 2.75.

Twins starter Connor Prielipp was the hard-luck loser, falling to 1-2 this season. Prielipp worked six innings, giving up three hits, two runs (one earned), walked two, and struck out eight. 

Down 1-0 in the top of the fourth inning, the Brewers' Luis Rengifo reached base on a fielder's choice and throwing error on Twins third baseman Royce Lewis. Brice Turang scored on the play and Andrew Vaughn got to second base. 

That tied things up at 1-1 and set the stage for Chourio's heroics.

In the top of the sixth inning, Chourio took a Prielipp pitch and sent it over the left-center field fence at Target Field. That put the Brewers up 2-1, a lead that they didn't relinquish.

The Brewers were 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position on Saturday night, leaving seven runners on base. As for the Twins, they were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base. 

Both teams had plenty of opportunities to score runs, but just couldn't come up with timely hits. Milwaukee only had five total hits, while the Twins had seven hits themselves. In the end, Lewis' error proved costly.

The victory gives the Brewers a 26-17 overall record right now, putting them in second place in the National League Central Division. As for Minnesota, the loss sinks the Twins to 20-26 overall and in third place in the American League Central Division.

Milwaukee is calling up Robert Gasser to start on Sunday against the Twins. He'll be the 11th different starting pitcher used by Brewers manager Pat Murphy this season, putting Milwaukee only behind the Houston Astros, who have used 12 different starting pitchers this season.

The Brewers are leaning on some young arms to get them through this period. Coleman Crow had his second major-league start on Friday, while Henderson had his ninth MLB start on Saturday. What about Gasser? It's going to be his eighth major-league start on Sunday.

“I think it’s just a way of doing things,” Murphy said, according to Brewers beat reporter Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. “The organization has come to know that this is the way we need to do it.”

It'll be the final game of this three-game series between the Brew Crew and Twins on Sunday afternoon at Target Field. With two one-run victories in a row, Milwaukee hopes that it can get out of town with a series sweep.

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