MILWAUKEE (AP) — Willy Adames hit a three-run shot for his fourth homer in four games and the Milwaukee Brewers again capitalized on a fast start while defeating the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Friday night for their fourth straight win. Brice Turang also homered and Aaron Civale (3-8) allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings to earn his first win in exactly four months. Civale, who came to Milwaukee in a July 3 trade with Tampa Bay, had gone 0-7 in his last 19 starts.
“I think the story was Civale,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “He was really good. He threw the ball at the bottom of the zone tonight when he needed to.
He was all over the strike zone.” For the second straight game, Milwaukee took an 8-0 lead by scoring three runs in each of the first two innings and two more in the third. The Brewers had followed the same formula Thursday afternoon in a 16-7 victory in Atlanta that completed a three-game sweep of the Braves.
“We were taking good at-bats (before), but we were just missing that little big hit to click,” Adames said. “In Atlanta, we did it. After that, we just carried on the momentum and brought it here.
Hopefully we can continue to do that, because it's so much fun.” Adames got things started by sending a 1-2 pitch from Carson Spiers (4-4) into the second deck of the right-field seats with two outs in the first inning. The 391-foot blast was the 21st of the season for Adames, who went deep twice on Tuesday and once Thursday.
“Adames did what he sh.