MILWAUKEE (AP) — Willy Adames and Gary Sánchez hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, William Contreras later added a two-run shot and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Saturday night.

Rookie right-hander Tobias Myers (7-5) recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts over six innings to help Milwaukee avoid a fourth consecutive loss. The NL Central-leading Brewers are the only major league team without a losing streak of at least four games this season.

Myers explained after the game why the Brewers have managed to avoid prolonged slumps.

“We just never give up,” Myers said. “I think even when we lose a game, we always have the tying run at the plate, we always have a chance. We just always believe in each other and just fight until the end, for sure.”

Ryan McMahon and Sam Hilliard homered for the Rockies.

Adames put Milwaukee ahead for good with his two-out homer off Ty Blach (3-8) in the first inning. The homer was the 30th of the season for Adames, who also has 101 RBIs. Adames entered Saturday tied with Los Angeles’ Shohei Ohtani for the NL lead in RBIs.

Adames is the first Brewers shortstop ever to have a 30-homer, 100-RBI season. Hall of Fame shortstop Robin Yount, who spent his entire career in Milwaukee and owns many of the franchise's hitting records, never homered more than 29 times in a single season.

Sánchez followed Adames’ homer by delivering a 418-foot shot to left center for his 10th homer of the year. Milwaukee nearly ended up hitting three straight homers, as Rhys Hoskins hit an inning-ending fly ball that center fielder Brenton Doyle caught on the warning track.

Contreras extended the lead to 4-0 in the third when he broke out of an 0 for 20 slump with his two-run shot to right-center. Joey Ortiz added an RBI double down the left-field corner in the fifth.

Those big hits provided more than enough support for Myers, who gave up just one run, four hits and one walk. The only run Myers allowed came on McMahon’s leadoff homer in the fourth.

“The kid is relentless,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said of Myers. “He's taking it all in. I think he'll continue to do that. I just told (president of baseball operations) Matt Arnold back there, I said, ‘I think you’ve got a good one.' I really do. They signed this guy for a reason.”

Hilliard added a solo shot off Jared Koenig with two outs in the eighth. Devin Williams struck out the side in the ninth for his ninth save in 10 opportunities.

Blach gave up five runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out one and walked nobody.

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After making a diving catch to rob Sal Frelick of an extra-base hit in the second inning, Doyle left the game in the bottom of the fifth.

“His left hand suffered a little bit of an impact,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “It started swelling up a little bit. It affected his ability to grip the bat.”

Before the game, Black conceded the possibility that OF/1B Kris Bryant might not return this season. Bryant, who is dealing with a back strain, has appeared in only 37 games this season and last played on Aug. 10.

“You know in the NFL, you’ve got probable, questionable and doubtful," Black said. "I’m going to say it’s questionable, but we’re running out of time.”

UP NEXT

LHP Kyle Freeland (4-7, 5.30 ERA) starts for the Rockies and RHP Freddy Peralta (10-7, 3.75) pitches for the Brewers when this three-game series concludes Sunday.

Nuggets star Jamal Murray agrees to a 4-year, $208M max contract extension, AP source says

DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray has agreed to a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity as the deal, which keeps Murray out of free agency next summer, awaited the requisite signatures.

Murray made a remarkable return from a torn ACL that sidelined him for all of the 2021-22 season to help lead the Nuggets to the franchise's first NBA title in 2023.

That was followed by an injury-filled regular season and truncated playoff run this summer, which preceded a disappointing performance by the Canadian in the Paris Olympics, where he often came off the bench.

In Denver, though, Murray is three-time MVP Nikola Jokic's pick-and-roll partner and provides the Nuggets with one of the NBA's best offensive duos.

The extension, which has been in the works for months, will keep Murray in a Nuggets uniform through the 2028-29 season.

The franchise's all-time leader in 3-pointers, Murray averaged a career-best 21.2 points and 6.5 assists last season, but he missed several games with a variety of nagging injuries.

After hitting a pair of game winners in the Nuggets' first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers, Murray was hobbled in Denver's seven-game loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round.

General manager Calvin Booth said following the early exit that the team needs Murray to be in top shape for the rigors of the upcoming season and for it to make another deep playoff run.

Murray averaged just 6 points per game at the Olympics and shot below 30% from the floor and 15% from 3-point range, leading many Nuggets fans to wonder if his extension would get done.