Brice Turang drove a solo home run to center field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning on Mother’s Day, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers past the New York Yankees 4-3 and completing a three-game sweep.
The Brewers have now won on walk-off swings in two consecutive games, and Turang’s blast gave Milwaukee a sweep of New York for the first time since 1989. It also marked the sixth homer of the season for Turang, who turned a tight game into a finish that sent the home crowd into the day’s final celebration.
Milwaukee needed that late swing after Aaron Judge hit a solo homer for the Yankees, keeping New York in a game the Brewers had to scratch for from the start. Blake Perkins provided the first hit of the afternoon for Milwaukee with a two-run go-ahead single in a three-run fourth inning, a timely blow from a player who was recalled on Saturday after being sent to the minors twice this season.
Perkins’ hit carried its own weight. His mother died of colon cancer in July, and the timing of his return and his impact in the lineup added another layer to a game already shaped by late pressure and one decisive swing.
The sweep was Milwaukee’s first over New York since 1989, when the Brewers were still in the AL East, and Turang’s homer came 20 years after Billy Hall hit a walk-off homer on Mother’s Day for Milwaukee. That history made the finish feel larger than one win, but the present tense is simpler: the Brewers are beating good teams, finishing games cleanly and moving through the brewers standings with momentum that is hard to ignore.
For the Yankees, Judge’s power was not enough. For Milwaukee, two days of walk-off wins turned a tense series into a statement, with Turang’s ninth-inning drive standing as the kind of hit that can define a week and, in a crowded race, matter well beyond Sunday.
