Astros vs. Brewers Game Highlights (5/5/25) | MLB Highlights

Greetings from American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where today the Houston Astros open up a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Astros are 17-16 and third in the AOS, three games behind Seattle, while the Brewers are 17-18. That puts them third in the NL Central, four games behind the Cubs. Tobias Myers for the Milwaukee Brewers, three games this season, a couple of starts. You can see no record as of yet, a 5.14 ERA. And the reason you see that whip at 1.86 is because he has more walks than strikeouts this season. Last outing, only lasting two innings against the Chicago White Sox. And Jeremy Peña leading things off. Peña hits the ball sharply, and that is a nine-game hitting streak for Jeremy Peña. Peña continues to rake as a leadoff hitter. And Altuve swinging at the first pitch, goes to Capra. They will go to second for one, on to first. It's late, and Altuve beats it out for a fielder's choice. Just saw Kyle Tucker in the Cubs series. Astros traded him away for this man, Isak Paredes. Paredes, a fly ball in the shallow right. Bower's got a late break. It'll be Durbin coming out and making the catch over the shoulder. Wow. We are so used to seeing Bryce Terang go out there and take hits away. And Durbin just took a blue pit away from Isak Paredes. That is a tremendous play. Struck him out. And Tobias Myers works around a leadoff single. Ronel Blanco getting the start here in the first game of this three-game series against the Brewers. Six previous starts, has a 5.08 ERA. Isak Collins just continues to hit. And now here's William Contreras hitting 248, three home runs, and 18 driven in. There goes Collins swinging a miss. The throw is going to be on the money and out at second base. Yadier Diaz with a great throw to peg Isak Collins for the final out, and to strike him out, throw him out. Excellent job by the Astros. And we go to the second inning. Astros, nothing. Brewers, nothing. And a 1-2-3 inning for Tobias Myers in the top of the second. We go to the bottom half, and we head to the bottom of the second score list. It'll be Yellich, then Reese Hoskins, and Jake Bowers here in the second inning. 2-2 is lifted in the left field. DeCenzo racing in, and he makes a sliding catch. He started off slowly and then realized he had to book it. Yellich is the first out. Got him. Ronell has his first strikeout of the night as he strikes out Reese Hoskins for out number two. Jake Bowers making his first appearance at the plate in this homestand. Here's a pitcher in the opener against the Cubs. He lays down a bunt, tough play, and it's a knock for Bowers. That's smart baseball right there. Yeah, why not? Get on base, second hit for the Brewers. Four-pitch walk, but he runners on first and second. Topenia will make the play to first. And that'll do it for the Brewers here in the second. Blew him away, fastball on the outer third, and he struck out Dubon on three straight pitches. What a great first trip through the order. Tobias has retired the last eight Astros he's faced. To right field, Bowers, very busy out in right, is there, makes the catch. About a step in fair territory, and it is another 1-2-3 inning for Myers. Joey Ortiz will greet Ronell Blanco as we get to the bottom of the third in this scoreless game. It's Ortiz, then the top of the order. Ortiz out to left center, sinking fast, and down a base hit for Ortiz. Trying to stretch it into two. The throw is late. Head first dive and a bloop, two-base hit to begin the inning for Joey Ortiz. So, two gone, and it'll take something from William Contreras to try to keep the threat alive. Joey Ortiz still is at second base. And now lines one into left field. That'll get down. Dezenzo's got it. He throws home. The ball is cut off. It's 1-0 Brewers. RBI single with two out in the third inning. 1-0 Milwaukee. So, the Brewers scratch a run across first. That's usually a good sign for Milwaukee's offense. Now, here's Christian Yellich. Yellich bangs one into right center. It is high and deep, and Yellich delivers a two-run, two-out home run in the third, and the Brewers have a 3-0 lead. Wow, Christian Yellich is sixth of the season, and that was a majestic Yellich bomb. Astro snapped their string of 10 straight hitters, retired his greatest single with one out. Now he's there with two away. It brings up the catcher, Yander Diaz. On the ground, Ortiz will shovel it to Durbin. Six to four, and a fielder's choice to end the inning. Tobias is just mulling it down. So, a couple of ground outs for Ronell. He tries to bounce back from a tough third inning when he faced seven batters and gave up three runs. Oh, punch shot, and Durbin makes a great jumping catch. Mauricio covering a lot of ground. And a lot of rays for Durbin, the gold-lover for the third out of the inning. So, a 1-2-3 for Blanco. We'll go to the fifth inning. Brewers lead 3-0. The Astros came into this, and it looked like their game plan was, Meyers has struggled to throw strikes. We're gonna be patient. Well, he has great command tonight, and now the Astros seem to be a little bit more aggressive early this second time through. Hit hard, and that's a base hit. Cam Smith has himself a two-out single. The Astros have their third hit of the night. Once again, pops it up. Meyers has it, easiest out he'll have all night long. And it's five scoreless from Tobias Meyers as we go to the bottom of the fifth here in Milwaukee. 3-0 crew. Put Brewers on first and second here with nobody out of the fifth. Opportunity for a big inning here. Yes, you got the guys that you want up. Contreras, Yelich, Hoskins. Got him! That was a good one. 3-2 pitch, getting Contreras for out number one and strikeout number three. Big swing, no contact. Ronel Blanco with back-to-back strikeouts after a single and a walk. Now two away in the inning. Swing and a miss. Ronel Blanco bounces back after a single and a walk. He strikes out Contreras, Yelich, and Hoskins in order to get through the fifth. Nobody on and one away here in the sixth. Meyers has been brilliant so far. Has allowed just three hits in this outing. To one pitch, out two base. Sends one into right center field. That'll be down. We mentioned he's a lifetime .354 hitter in Milwaukee. Today he's one for three. So he hurt that career average, but he'll take the double. And the Astros have a runner in scoring position for the first time tonight. There's one out for Isak Paredes, who's singled back in the fourth. Paredes, ground ball, right side. Off the glove of Hoskins. Everybody's gonna be safe. Altuve takes a wide turn, but he'll hold up at third. Isak Paredes bounced one to the right side. Hoskins went for it on a sliding attempt, but it ticked off his glove and into foul territory. Astros now with runners on first and third and one out. Walker 0-2 tonight. He has struck out and flied out. First pitch is a comebacker to the mound. They're gonna go to second. It's a high throw. Safe at second base, Paredes. Everybody's safe. It is gonna be a run for the Astros, three to one. Myers with a great jumping stab of that chopper back to him. But then threw errantly to second base. Durbin had the leap for the throw and it pulled him off the bag. Fielder's choice for Walker in an RBI and error on the pitcher. And the bases will be loaded for Houston. A bunch of paper cuts in this inning after the double by Altuve. And here comes Pat Murphy. 80 pitches for Tobias Myers and he leaves with the bases full of Astros. And now it's up to Nick Mears. He's in a buzzsaw right here. Bases loaded and only one out. And a swing and a miss. No doubt about that one. That is a nasty slider. Myers loves it. One more to go. Ground ball to short. Ortiz gonna go across, take care of it. And Nick Mears pulls the magic act and gets the Brewers out of the sixth. Koenig has pitched in 16 games. Lefty's having an issue against him but fortunately no lefties in this lineup. But a 2.40 ERA on the season for Koenig. He's thrown in 11 innings against the Astros. Dubon sends one into right field and he has a seven game hitting streak. Dubon not playing every day but still has hit in his last seven opportunities. He's a one out baserunner. Ground ball to short. Ortiz to Durbin. That's one. First double play. Koenig turns two. That is Taylor made. Hit in two by Jeremy Pena. And another zero put up by Jared Koenig. Go to the bottom half of the eighth inning in this 3-1 game in Milwaukee. The Astros go back to their bullpen. It's gonna be left hander Bennett Souza into this game. 3-2. And he took low. Worked the walk. Lefty on the mound. So we'll see if the Brewers try to get aggressive. Maybe try to swipe a bag. Yellich, such a great baserunner. He'll know if he's got that opportunity in front of him. It is a strike and Yellich swipes the bag without a throw. Didn't even bother. Diaz just said, you know what? If you're not gonna hold him on, I'm not even gonna throw. Stolen base number seven on the year for Yellich. It's 0-1 on Hoskins. Big run out there and Hoskins drives one down the left field line. That's a fair ball and into the corner. Yellich will score with ease as Hoskins digs for two. He's there and a huge insurance run for the crew here in the eighth inning. 4-1 Milwaukee. Hoskins coming through with extra bases into the left field corner. And we will get a pinch runner for Reese Hoskins. Daz Cameron will come in and run for Hoskins. So now here's Bowers. And a bullet into left center. That'll get down. Cameron will score. Another big insurance run for the Brewers driven in by Bowers. Jake Bowers with an RBI single. It is 5-1 crew. Joel Puyhams coming into this game. He is not the closer for the Milwaukee Brewers. But he has pitched in 15 games at ERA Elevated at 10.22. And the Astros down to their last chance and it's the former Brewer Mauricio Dubon. And a fly ball into left for Collins. He is there. He makes the catch and this one is over. The Brewers with a 5-1 win over Houston. The Brewers got a strong pitching performance from Tobias Myers. The bullpen did a beautiful job and Yelich hit a two run blast. And the Brewers tacked on some insurance in the eighth inning as well. Five to one the final.