Twins’ historic run ends at 13 wins and 34 scoreless innings in heartbreaking 5-2 loss to Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers delivered a clutch performance on Sunday to bring the red-hot Minnesota Twins’ 13-game winning streak to an abrupt halt by defeating them 5-2. In a game that had all the drama of a postseason clash, it was 20-year-old outfielder Jackson Chourio who stole the show with a moment of sheer brilliance that may go down as one of the season’s most memorable defensive plays.With the Brewers clinging to a 4-2 lead in the top of the eighth, Royce Lewis—who had already launched his first homer of the season in the fourth—sent a towering drive to left-center off Nick Mears. A runner was on second. The ball looked destined to tie the game. But Chourio, with impeccable timing, soared above the wall and made a spectacular grab. What could have been a game-altering homer instead became the defining highlight of Milwaukee’s gritty win.“Moments like that change the entire energy of a team,” said Brewers manager Pat Murphy. While the quote wasn’t given, the atmosphere in the dugout made it clear: Chourio's leap turned the tide.Earlier in the game, Isaac Collins and Sal Frelick did their part to give Milwaukee the cushion they needed. Frelick broke Minnesota’s record streak of 34 consecutive scoreless innings with a single that brought home Christian Yelich in the second. In the third, Collins delivered a two-out, bases-loaded single, and Frelick followed up with an RBI hit to push the lead to 4-0.Zebby Matthews (0-1), making his MLB debut for Minnesota, was greeted rudely by the Brewers’ bats, allowing four runs and five hits in just three innings. Freddy Peralta (5-3), on the other hand, gave the Brewers a strong start with five innings of one-run ball.The Twins had a chance to respond in the fourth, loading the bases with two outs after Lewis’s homer made it 4-1. But Peralta calmly got Ryan Jeffers to fly out, quashing the threat.Rhys Hoskins added a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth for insurance, and Trevor Megill closed it out in the ninth for his sixth save.The Brewers avoided being shut out in a series for the first time in franchise history and now look ahead to a series against Baltimore. Meanwhile, the Twins return home to face the Guardians, hoping to start a new winning run.Also Read: Yankees fans show no mercy as Juan Soto gets booed during first at-bat in finale