Blake Perkins homers twice as Brewers get 25 hits in 16-9 win over Nationals

WASHINGTON AP Blake Perkins hit his first two home runs of the season and drove in three runs and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals - on Friday night William Contreras homered as part of a five-hit night and Andrew Vaughn went deep for the sixth time in games with Milwaukee which finished with a season-high hits All nine offensive starters had at least one hit and one run for the Brewers who have won of Paul DeJong homered in the third inning for Washington which is a season high-tying games under The Nationals trailed - before a five-run ninth Perkins hit a solo home run in the second and a two-run shot in the fifth off Nationals starter Mitchell Parker - The outfielder missed the Brewers first games with a fractured right shin and made only his seventh start of the season as Milwaukee placed center fielder Jackson Chourio on the injured list with a right hamstring strain Milwaukee went ahead when it opened the third with four consecutive singles and Danny Jansen s sacrifice fly made it - Two batters later Andruw Monasterio had a two-run double then came around on Joey Ortiz s RBI double Parker allowed eight runs and hits in four-plus innings He is - with a ERA in two starts against Milwaukee this season Brewers starter Jos Quintana - allowed two runs and struck out four in five innings Key moment Monasterio s two-out two-run double in the third allowed Milwaukee to erupt for a big inning early Key stat The hits were a Nationals franchise record for the greater part allowed in a single encounter and tied for the third-most in Brewers history It was the Milwaukee s most of in a event since a -hit effort on Aug at the Chicago Cubs Up next Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff - ERA starts against Nationals RHP Jake Irvin - on Saturday AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source