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Game recap
Guardians 9, Brewers 6
Milwaukee held a 4-3 lead going into the fifth inning but Cleveland responded with its second and third straight three-run innings to take control in the teams' Cactus League lid-lifter at American Family Fields of Phoenix.
The highlight for the Brewers was the fourth inning, when Tyler Black and Brandon Lockridge singled, pulled off a double steal and then scored on a double by David Hamilton.
Jackson Chourio, starting at designated hitter, and Lockridge, starting in center, each had two-hit days to lead Milwaukee.
Lockridge's first hit was a 440-foot, first-pitch bomb of a home run to left field to lead off the bottom of the second.
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"He's a great kid. He can run. I trust him," Murphy said. "He's right in the thick of it."
– The first incidence of the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System occurred in the second inning, when Cleveland catcher Austin Hedges challenged a called ball in a 2-2 count with Hamilton at the plate. The challenge by Hedges proved successful, and Hamilton went down as a strikeout victim.
There were seven challenges in all in the game, with five calls overturned and two confirmed. The lone challenge lodged by the Brewers came from Reese McGuire, and the call was confirmed.
– For the second consecutive spring, brothers Jackson and Jaison Chourio – a Cleveland outfielder – shared the same diamond.
But it marked the first time both were in the lineup at the same time, and in the fifth inning, Jackson singled to Jaison in center.
"I was trying to hit a fly ball to him," Jackson said with a smile.
– Brock Wilken has been slowed by a right shoulder impingement in recent days but replaced Chourio as designated hitter in the seventh inning and drew a walk.
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Pat Murphy, unplugged
"A lot of good at-bats. A lot of good defensive plays. Get out and play a game," Murphy on what stood out to him in his team's spring opener.
Prospect watch
Right-hander Tyson Hardin, the No. 10 Brewers prospect as ranked by the Journal Sentinel, surrendered the lead for good in the fifth when he surrendered a two-out, three-run homer to right-center to Nolan Jones.
Top prospect Jesús Made replaced Joey Ortiz at shortstop in the sixth and went 0 for 2 and Luis Peña entered the game in the seventh and laced a ringing single to center in his lone at-bat.
Brewers spring training schedule
Brewers vs. Royals, 2:10 p.m. Sunday. Milwaukee LHP Robert Gasser vs. Kansas City LHP Bailey Falter. Radio – 94.5-FM.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Chourio, Lockridge each have 2 hits in Brewers' Cactus opener
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