KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 William Contreras had a double and two RBIs, and Kyle Harrison struck out six as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Harrison (1-0) allowed three hits and two runs in 5 1\/3 innings, earning his first win since May 30, 2025. Christian Yelich was 2 for 5 with an RBI triple that opened the scoring in the first inning.<\/p>\n
Jake Bauers hit a pinch-hit RBI double and later scored in the ninth to extend the Brewers\u2019 lead, and Trevor Megill secured the win with his third save of the year.<\/p>\n
Gary S\u00e1nchez hit a two-out, two-run homer in the first, his third of the season, to take a 3-0 lead. He had five homers in 29 games last season.<\/p>\n
Maikel Garcia got the Royals within one with a two-run homer of his own in the third. After reaching on a walk and stealing second, Bobby Witt Jr. nearly tied the game on a Vinnie Pasquantino single but was thrown out at home<\/a> by Luis Matos to maintain the Brewers\u2019 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n Blake Perkins lined a double to left to add some insurance in the fourth, and Contreras added two more with a single to left in the seventh.<\/p>\n Kansas City\u2019s comeback bid came up short after Pasquantino hit a two-run single to bring them within one in the seventh. Pasquantino and Garcia each had two hits.<\/p>\n Kris Bubic (1-1) took the loss, allowing four hits and four runs with eight strikeouts.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Milwaukee\u2019s Brandon Woodruff (1-0, 3.60) starts Monday opposite Brayan Bello (0-1, 9.64) in the opener of a three-game series against Boston. Kansas City\u2019s Michael Wacha (0-0, 0.00) faces Tanner Bibee (0-1, 4.00) to kick off a three-game set at Cleveland.<\/p>\n