Milwaukee Brewers gamers Thyago Vieira, left, and Abner Uribe, heart, and Joel Payamps, proper, rejoice within the clubhouse after the Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 16-1 in a baseball sport and clinching a postseason berth, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Miami. Credit score: AP/Wilfredo Lee
Milwaukee Brewers gamers Thyago Vieira, left, and Abner Uribe rejoice within the clubhouse after the Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 16-1 in a baseball sport and clinching a postseason berth, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Miami. Credit score: AP/Wilfredo Lee
Milwaukee Brewers gamers Thyago Vieira, left, and Abner Uribe rejoice within the clubhouse after the Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 16-1 in a baseball sport and clinching a postseason berth, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Miami. Credit score: AP/Wilfredo Lee
MIAMI — Christian Yelich and Josh Donaldson homered throughout a 12-run second inning and the Milwaukee Brewers clinched a playoff berth Friday evening with a 16-1 rout of the Miami Marlins.
Milwaukee, assured no less than a Nationwide League wild card, shaved its magic quantity to 1 for wrapping up the NL Central title. The Brewers, who’ve gained 4 straight, can safe the crown with one other victory Saturday over Miami or a loss by the Chicago Cubs to Colorado.
The loss dropped the Marlins one sport behind the Cubs for the third and closing NL wild card.
Yelich additionally launched a three-shot within the sixth as he returned to the lineup after lacking 11 of the earlier 12 video games due to decrease again tightness.
Corbin Burnes (10-8) benefited from the early run assist and scattered two hits over 5 scoreless innings. He struck out six. The 2021 NL Cy Younger Award winner had not gained since July 20.
Milwaukee despatched 15 batters to the plate in opposition to relievers Steven Okert (3-2) and Bryan Hoeing in its second-largest inning in franchise historical past. The Brewers scored 13 within the fifth to beat the California Angels 20-7 on July 8, 1990.
Two-run homers by Donaldson and Yelich began and capped the scoring. Mark Canha additionally hit a two-run double, Carlos Santana and Blake Perkins added RBI doubles, and William Contreras, Sal Frelick and Brice Turang had run-scoring singles. In his second at-bat of the inning, Donaldson had one other RBI with a groundout.
Milwaukee Brewers gamers Thyago Vieira, left, and Abner Uribe rejoice within the clubhouse after the Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 16-1 in a baseball sport and clinching a postseason berth, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Miami. Credit score: AP/Wilfredo Lee
Miami’s Luis Arraez was hitless in a single at-bat as his main league-leading batting common stayed at .354. Arraez missed the earlier two video games due to a left ankle sprain and was changed after the Brewers constructed the early double-digit lead.
Jon Berti homered for Miami within the eighth.
Marlins opener JT Chargois was lifted after getting two outs and strolling two in a bullpen sport for Miami.
BLOWOUTS
Milwaukee Brewers gamers Thyago Vieira, left, and Abner Uribe rejoice within the clubhouse after the Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 16-1 in a baseball sport and clinching a postseason berth, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Miami. Credit score: AP/Wilfredo Lee
The Brewers additionally had a lopsided win over Miami within the first sport of their collection in Milwaukee on Sept. 11. They scored 5 runs within the sixth for his or her largest inning in a 12-0 rout.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins RHP Sandy Alcantara (proper forearm flexor pressure) skilled forearm tightness after his four-inning rehab outing Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. The reigning NL Cy Younger Award winner is returning to Miami for analysis.
UP NEXT
Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff (5-1, 1.89 ERA) will begin the center sport of the collection Saturday. LHP Jesús Luzardo (10-9, 3.68) goes for the Marlins.