A CJ Abrams leadoff double and two-out Luis Garcia Jr. two-strike RBI single produced the first run of the game in the bottom of the first, but Blake Perkins promptly got it back. The Brewers center fielder got a 1-2 mistake from Parker and sent it out to the first row of the left-field seats for his first home run of the season.

The Brewers are 64-44 and looking to bounce back from a 10-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs that halted a three-game winning streak. Left fielder Christian Yelich, the team’s leader in homers and RBI, is coming off an 0-3 performance with two strikeouts. They sit atop the NL Central, but the Cubs are only one game back.

William Contreras had five hits including his third homer in two games, Blake Perkins homered twice and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 16-9 on Friday.